Ranking Every Banjo-Kazooie Level!

Terradaktylland is awesome imo ;( not hating on the video though all in all its good
EDIT: wtf freezeezy peak at number one ? YESSSS!

I like seeing the stop n swop areas open in his gameplay

Haunted mansion, 4 seasons, fire/ice, Christmas, train, ship. My FAVORITES

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My top 10 Kazooie + Tooie levels:

1. Hailfire Peaks / Tooie (love the combination of fire + ice worlds in one level, and the dragons were cool and scary to fight, like seeing the return of the aliens)
2. Click Clock Wood / Kazooie (love the four seasons mechanic, the music, Eyrie the Eagle, and trying to find Mumbo's season where he can transform you instead of being on vacation)
3. Mad Monster Mansion / Kazooie
4. Cloud Cuckooland / Tooie
5. Grunty Industries / Tooie
6. Jolly Roger's Lagoon / Tooie
7. Witchyworld / Tooie
8. Mayahem Temple / Tooie
9. Glitter Gulch Mine / Tooie
10. Bubblegloop Swamp / Kazooie

Has anyone else noticed he put Cloud Cuckoland as from Banjo Kazooie? Other than that great video!

Tooies levels aren't confined, they're all enjoyable for what they are I think. I enjoy the worlds because of that.

I just finished replaying the three console games a couple days ago, so let's see if I can break off a complete ranking of those games' levels myself:

30. Cauldron Keep
29. Mad Monster Mansion
28. Grunty Industries
27. Glitter Gulch Mine
26. Rusty Bucket Bay
25. Hailfire Peaks
24. Test-o-Track
23. Witchyworld
22. Spiral Mountain (Banjo-Tooie)
21. Gobi's Valley
20. Cloud Cuckooland
19. Spiral Mountain (Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts)
18. Isle O'Hags
17. Spiral Mountain (Banjo-Kazooie)
16. Mayahem Temple
15. LOGBOX 720
14. Jiggoseum
13. Bubblegloop Swamp
12. Gruntilda's Lair
11. Mumbo's Mountain
10. Banjoland
9. Treasure Trove Cove
8. Clanker's Cavern
7. Terrydactyland
6. Jolly Roger's Lagoon
5. Freezeezy Peak
4. Showdown Town
3. Terrarium of Terror
2. Nutty Acres
1. Click Clock Wood

Looking at the fully-assembled thing, it definitely clearly reflects what I already knew about my preferences between the three games (Nuts & Bolts is confidently my favorite, Tooie confidently my least), but even more than that I'm happily struck to find that I like almost all of these levels other than Mad Monster Mansion and Cauldron Keep. Those top two, though, I love especially intensely, with CCW in particular sticking out to me as probably the most brilliant 3D platformer world in the genre imo.

Completely agree with Terrarium of Terror. Hated it at the time. Hate it now.
Disagree with Terrydactyl land, i love it.

Thisis all his personal opinion. To me, shit take, but whatever.

Great video, a lot of work went into it I am sure!
Not too surprised by most choices. Mad Monster Mansion is a gem of a level. I probably would have rated spiral mountain (BK) a lot higher just from pure nostalia. And Treasure Trove Cove certainly ranks higher for me than Freezeezy - simply because theres so much to explore and no annoying ice or cold, its a very pleasent level (with some neat secrets and areas to explore - I always like any level with a large upwards climb). But I think any level with a large amount of ice or poison liquids around will always frustrate me. It just 'gets in the way' and makes for stressful gaming. (altho the crocodile transformation in BG Swamp is one of my favourites of all the games, as the poison water doesnt hurt anymore and also very much because of the crunch-crunch-crunch bite it has XD). I knew Clankers Cavern would score low as well, even just watching some of that footage gives me PTSD, the stress of that level oml...

o yes, this was the video that prompted me to replay all the games and make my own list 🤣
Shud be up soonish

Got around to play the 1st Banjo-Kazooie, and Rusty Bucket Bay is a platformer's nightmare!!

I gotta shout out the music in Spiller’s Harbour. Probably my fav track in Grunty’s Revenge

I've only ever played Banjo-Kazooie but 29, the level inside the game system has to be one of the most creative level ideas ive ever seen! wow.. but then again ive always loved the "honey i shrunk the kids/toy story" esque levels in video games. Id rate Gobi's Valley & Clankers Cavern higher. I've always found the latter to be scarier/creepier than Monster Mansion.

No. Just no.
I HATE Cloud Cuckooland for its lack of theme and randomness. I always thought they ran out of ideas and did some substance abuse and this was the result.
I prefer Grunty Industries to Cloud Cuckooland by a mile!
And Rusty Bucket Bay, too. Both these industrial themes were much better than given credit for.

But yes, I agree with you on Freezeezy Peak!

Having Grunty's Lair that low is wack

Can I point out that the people that Love Isle ol' hags (sorry I probably spelt that wrong) say that it's fun to explore but then also proceeded to warp EVERYWHERE. No disrespect

Yup! Freezeezy Peak and Treasure Trove Cove were also my top two! Witchyworld is my #3, gosh wrecking everything as a money van was so much fun! Great vid!

Edit: Going back to that last point, I suppose the only criticism I would have is you not talking about the transformations! You mentioned the crocodile but let's be real, all transformations in the first game were lame. There is hardly any mention of Humba Wumba's magic though, which made Tooie so much more fun.

Your opinion of click clock wood is still garbage. You have a skill issue with bk.

Before Watching imo click clock wood is by far the best will be interesting to see where you place it.

Really enjoyed this video! I was anticipating and trying to guess what your #1 would be and I wound up being right. Great list and points!

You listed Cloud Cuckooland as a Banjo Kazooie world. Oops.

This game was awesome my only problem with it is the game itself is short i can honestly sit down at noon and beat the game in about 5-6 hours. I'm talking about banjo-kazooie

Cool list.
Completely wrong, but still cool.

Just kidding.

1. Click clock wood
2. Mad monster mansion
3. Freezeezy peaks
4. Witchy world
5. Hellfire peaks

I agree on the Terrarium of Terrors although I liked it quite a bit. But the verticality is awful, the sail vehicle mission is just plain shit, the flower in the center is annoying to climb and I have fallen off that way to often. It is also the reason any vehicle in the end I built needed to have propellers and foldable wings.

I love Tooie’s introduction, but halfway through you realize the creators were just riding off the wave of the first.

I hate gruntilda's lair too but BRO THOUGHT "CILFF FARM" IS BETTER AND GRUNTY'S INDUSTRIES

Every level you ranked after click clock woods are fighting words

Unpopular opinion: I prefer tooie over kazooie. 😬

I know this seems like an unpopular opinion but two of my favorite worlds are Rusty Bucket Bay and Grunty industries. I really enjoy the music of each world and aesthetic that comes along with them. They even inspired me to write a story closely based on them. Since it seems that both worlds look like they're set during the industrial revolution.

I got every jiggy in the game except for Rusty bucket Bay propeller, took me 10 years to get it

I do disagree with a lot of what you said, but you were wise to say that in your video. So, I'll give you points for that.

Dude just throw in yooka Laylee into the ranking- i don't think it holds much a candle but its def comparable

Beat banjo tooie yesterday in 16 hours… grunty industries took me 3 1/2 hours, was definitely the longest level… that being said witchy world is the best banjo tooie level imo

I just knew Freezeezy Peak and Treasure Trove Cove had to be top two. They are perfect

I remember falling to my death in Rusty Bucket Bay twice, after that I made sure not to fall in the bottomless pits again. Speaking of which, I would always get nervous swimming in the water. I have fond memories of playing Freezy Peak on Thanksgiving as a kid.

Rusty Bucket Bay is my absolute favorite!
I usually enjoy a level based entirely on its visual theme and given that I absolute adore portsides and harbor aswell as Industrial sites, its easily my #1.
In 2nd place comes Grunty Industries for the same reasons plus I love how massive it is.

Hard, HARD disagree on Click Clock Woods, but not too bad overall.

37 worlds in total!

Putting any Tooie map above Kazooie map (except Rusty Bucket Bay) is just wrong. There's a lot of opinions on Kazooie vs Tooie, but Tooie will always be an inferior game to Kazooie. People may like Tooie, but it drops much of what made the original great, and the same is true of ALL its maps. Grunty's Revenge and Nuts & Bolts are even farther removed than Tooie is, and also do not deserve high rankings.

Tooie is fucking amazing, and it's long as fuck too. Speed runs just over 4 hours. If you know what you're doing, I think it's a great speedrun game.

My favorite world (and I feel like no one agrees with me on this) is actually Bubblegloop Swamp from Kazooie. Best Mumbo animal transformation!

I’m with you on click clock wood. Great theme, but such a chore.

Hot take, but Grunty Industries has become my favorite level. I think it’s design as a place you have to infiltrate is so cool.