It is the second instalment in the Banjo-Kazooie series and serves as a sequel to the original Banjo-Kazooie.
It was first released on 20 November 2000 in North America and on 12 April 2001 in Europe, and later re-released as an Xbox Live Arcade game for the Xbox 360 on 29 April 2009. Banjo-Tooie is a platform video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.