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The Nintendo 64 library of the Switch Online Expansion Pack<\/a> gets a dose of Rare next month when Banjo-Kazooie joins the service.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The game joins the service sometime in January, but there’s no exact date as of yet.\u00a0The 1998 platformer is widely\u00a0remembered as\u00a0a standout game\u00a0for the N64 (especially for third-party games)\u00a0and among the most beloved games of the era overall. While the emulation of the Expansion Pack hasn\u2019t been universally loved, it\u2019s cool\u00a0to see Banjo-Kazooie making its way back to the house of N. Given that Microsoft owns Rare, the only way to play Banjo was on Xbox, such as in the Rare Replay<\/a> collection.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
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Banjo\u2019s on a mission to rescue his sister from the envious wicked witch Gruntilda!<\/p>\n

Foil her selfish plan to snatch the beauty from Tooty in Banjo-Kazooie, available to #NintendoSwitchOnline<\/a> + Expansion Pack members in January! #Nintendo64<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/pvPD4aRvwr<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As a reminder, Paper Mario joins the Expansion Pack<\/a> library today. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The Nintendo 64 library of the Switch Online Expansion Pack gets a dose of Rare next month when Banjo-Kazooie joins the service. The game joins the service sometime in January, but there’s no exact date as of yet.\u00a0The 1998 platformer is widely\u00a0remembered as\u00a0a standout game\u00a0for the N64 (especially for third-party games)\u00a0and among the most beloved games of the era overall. While the emulation of the Expansion Pack hasn\u2019t been universally loved, it\u2019s cool\u00a0to see Banjo-Kazooie making its way back to the house of N. Given that Microsoft owns Rare, the only way to play Banjo was on Xbox, such as in the Rare Replay collection.\u00a0 \u00a0 Banjo\u2019s on a mission to rescue his sister from the envious wicked witch Gruntilda! Foil her selfish plan to…<\/p>\n

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