... It was not a rare replay because of the Nintendo tie ins, just like Donkey Kong 64 and Donkey Kong Country. None of those are on the rare replay that was on the Xbox and other systems. ...
... I thought he was a frog as well, but he's a Kremlin, which would be the bad guys from the Donkey Kong country games. And then, of course, Diddy Kong himself, Banjo and Kanko. ...
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... So, yes, the roster is is a lot of generic animals, especially because you don't know Banjo or Kanko yet. I will run through them real quick. Billy was pretty much straight on. But there's Timber, the tiger, Pipsy, the mouse bumper, the badger, tip top, the turtle crunch, who's a Kremlin. But you wouldn't know that without the manual. I thought he was a frog as well, but he's a Kremlin, which would be the bad guys from the Donkey Kong country games. And then, of course, Diddy Kong himself, Banjo and Kanko. Now, Banjo's game, it was in magazines, it was talked about, but it wasn't going to come out till the next year. So this was why they were trying to get this out in 97 because Kanko or because Banjo was taking longer than it was supposed to. And they didn't want to put it out until it was, you know, more or less perfect. So Banjo was was basically unknown unless you're way in the magazines at that time. ...