Banjo & Kazooie in Smash: A Rare Opportunity

Nintendo & Microsoft’s newest collaboration shocked everyone for the better last Tuesday, and it’s opening up more and more potential for the franchise. It’s been a week since Nintendo announced the addition of Banjo & Kazooie to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, something people didn’t think possible until now. There had been murmurs of his addition to Smash in the gaming community since 2015 when Phil Spencer openly tweeted that he’d be happy with Nintendo using their IP in the game.

Four years later, that murmur became a reality and everyone is raring to know what’s in store next for Banjo & Kazooie. It’s not the first time Microsoft and Nintendo have collaborated and given fans what they want; Earlier this year Microsoft announced that their previously Xbox exclusive “Cuphead” would be making its way to Switch, just a few months after Phil Spencer (Head of Xbox) shared the stage with Reggie Fils-Aimé (Nintendo) at the 2018 Game Awards and expressed their willingness to work together within the industry.

From left to right: Shawn Layden (Sony), Phil Spencer (Xbox), and Reggie Fils-Aimé (Nintendo)

These events have gotten fans scouring for any hint of a possible revival of the Banjo-Kazooie franchise, and to their luck, they managed to find something slightly interesting: The German Amazon store has listed a game called “Banjo-Kazooie” for Nintendo switch. Could this mean that Banjo-Kazooie is getting a possible remake/remaster coming to Switch? Nobody knows just yet, but one thing is certain, and it’s that people are eager to find out what’s next in store from this continuous collaboration between Microsoft and Nintendo.