Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Alphabet Challenge

I love Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and really wanted to play through it again, but I wanted to add some special restrictions to make things a bit more interesting. Inspired by one of the challenge races that Mecha Richter and I did, Xaintrix suggested that I attempt the Alphabet Challenge:

Goal: Complete the game with 100%: Achieve the T.T. Trophy from every Jiggy Challenge and redeem every Jiggy, complete every Jinjo challenge and redeem every Jinjo token, and collect all notes and all vehicle parts.
Every custom vehicle I use must be shaped like a letter of the alphabet.
The letter for a new vehicle is randomly selected by my sometimes-functional Chatbot.
Letter orientation and capitalization is decided on a case-by-case basis.

This challenge was utterly ridiculous and nearly every challenge was a highlight. I decided to compile some data for easy re-watching; below are tables of every challenge in the game, with the ~~vehicle~~ letter used, score/time for the successful completion, the threshold for a T.T. Trophy, and timestamped links to the appropriate video. Enjoy!

Nutty Acres Jiggy Challenges

Nutty Acres Jinjo Challenges

LOGBOX 720 Jiggy Challenges

LOGBOX 720 Jinjo Challenges

Banjoland Jiggy Challenges

Banjoland Jinjo Challenges

Jiggosseum Jiggy Challenges

Jiggosseum Jinjo Challenges

Terrarium of Terror Jiggy Challenges

Terrarium of Terror Jinjo Challenges

Spiral Mountain Jiggy Challenges

Vehicle Tier List

Nutty Acres

This is a really great level. The map is wide-open which lets me use some rather big vehicles, and it covers a wide range of story progression. I don’t have many parts for the early challenges, but by the later acts I am able to use some real monstrosities.

Jiggy Challenges

Level	Act	Challenge name	Challenger	Vehicle	Time/Score	T.T. threshold
Nutty Acres	1	Bangers ‘n’ Dash	Klungo	L.O.G.’s Choice	0:21.13	0:30.00
Nutty Acres	2	Great Balls of Fire	Humba	I	1:29.14	1:50.00
Nutty Acres	2	Coconut Circuits	Trophy Thomas	J	1:34.27	1:50.00
Nutty Acres	2	Tick, Tick, Bang!	Mumbo	L.O.G.’s Choice	0:42.63	0:50.00
Nutty Acres	3	Grunty’s Loco Coco	Grunty	c	0:03.79	0:30.00
Nutty Acres	4	Cheatin’ Witch	Trophy Thomas	e	1:44.73	1:50.00
Nutty Acres	4	High Jinks	Bottles	L.O.G.’s Choice	2:03.28	2:10.00
Nutty Acres	4	Vac o’ Nuts	Klungo	L.O.G.’s Choice	0:45.82	2:00.00
Nutty Acres	4	Fighting Fit	Mr. Fit	S	921	750
Nutty Acres	5	Save Our Statue	Bottles	c	959	800
Nutty Acres	5	Leaky Waterworks	Trophy Thomas	c	1:23.82	2:00.00
Nutty Acres	5	Farmhand of the Year	Mr. Fit	R	4250	2500
Nutty Acres	5	Beat the Fleet	Mumbo	O	0:58.46	1:05.00
Nutty Acres	5	Hard-Boiling Egg	Klungo	R	1:34.97	2:00.00
Nutty Acres	5	Old Dog, New Tricks	Humba	EEE	1:38.83	1:45.00
Nutty Acres	6	Air Coconut	Bottles	V2	2:24.45	3:00.00
Nutty Acres	6	Freewheel Festival	Trophy Thomas	&	1555	1500
Nutty Acres	6	Riverbed Head-to-Head	Klungo	littleW	1:57.66	2:00.00
Nutty Acres	6	Nuts to Go	Humba	L.O.G.’s Choice	0:57.82	1:10.00
Nutty Acres	6	Makin’ Waves	Mr. Fit	littleH	1:16.37	1:30.00

Jinjo Challenges

Level	Act	Challenge	Jinjo color	Vehicle
Nutty Acres	1	Jinjo Speed	Red	e
Nutty Acres	1	Jinjo Fetch	Green	V
Nutty Acres	2	Jinjo Taxi	Purple	L.O.G.’s Choice
Nutty Acres	2	Jinjo Race	Green	littleW
Nutty Acres	2	Jinjo Combat	Blue	I
Nutty Acres	3	Jinjo Hurling	Red	I
Nutty Acres	3	Jinjo Fetch	Yellow	c
Nutty Acres	4	Jinjo Taxi	Blue	L.O.G.’s Choice
Nutty Acres	4	Jinjo Hurling	Orange	I
Nutty Acres	5	Jinjo Speed	Purple	F
Nutty Acres	5	Jinjo Combat	Yellow	I
Nutty Acres	5	Jinjo Race	Orange	littleH
Nutty Acres	6	Jinjo Hurling	Orange	F2

LOGBOX 720

This is a rough level; it is very vertical but has low ceilings. Since most of my letters need to be large in order to be distinguishable as a letter, it is really hard for me to navigate this level. We still made it work, and had some interesting solutions!

Jiggy Challenges

Level	Act	Challenge name	Challenger	Vehicle	Time/Score	T.T. threshold
LOGBOX 720	1	Dodgy Connection	Klungo	R	0:22.59	0:50.00
LOGBOX 720	1	Workers Wipe Out	Pikelet	R	1:03.72	1:10.00
LOGBOX 720	2	Dumb and Dimmer	Bottles	L.O.G.’s Choice	0:52.67	1:10.00
LOGBOX 720	2	Chips Away	Humba	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:38.50	1:45.00
LOGBOX 720	3	Flush the Floater	Grunty	littleH	0:33.11	1:10.00
LOGBOX 720	4	Chip Chop	Jolly	e	1:22.29	1:40.00
LOGBOX 720	4	You Little Squirt	Mumbo	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:03.92	1:55.00
LOGBOX 720	4	Make the Weight	Bottles	I	1:17.90	1:40.00
LOGBOX 720	4	Gunge-a-Sponge	Klungo	R	1:26.32	1:30.00
LOGBOX 720	4	Red Bear Racing	Humba	V2	1:33.64	1:40:00
LOGBOX 720	5	Unstable Hardware	Humba	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:41.71	1:45.00
LOGBOX 720	5	System Update Required	Bottles	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:59.57	2:20.00
LOGBOX 720	6	A Sight for Poor Eyes	Pikelet	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:10.68	1:45.00
LOGBOX 720	6	Lap Happy	Humba	I	1:30.38	1:35.00
LOGBOX 720	6	Bug Ridden	Jolly	j	1:44.22	1:45.00
LOGBOX 720	6	Critics Say No	Mumbo	c	1:06.25	1:40.00
LOGBOX 720	6	Glubber Hubbub	Bottles	wM	1:46.81	2:00.00

Jinjo Challenges

Level	Act	Challenge	Jinjo color	Vehicle
LOGBOX 720	1	Jinjo Fetch	Blue	c
LOGBOX 720	1	Jinjo Speed	Orange	I
LOGBOX 720	2	Jinjo Combat	Orange	I
LOGBOX 720	2	Jinjo Taxi	Green	L.O.G.’s Choice
LOGBOX 720	3	Jinjo Combat	Yellow	I
LOGBOX 720	3	Jinjo Speed	Green	EEE
LOGBOX 720	4	Jinjo Race	Purple	e
LOGBOX 720	4	Jinjo Taxi	Blue	L.O.G.’s Choice
LOGBOX 720	4	Jinjo Hurling	Red	I
LOGBOX 720	5	Jinjo Race	Red	e
LOGBOX 720	5	Jinjo Combat	Green	I
LOGBOX 720	6	Jinjo Race	Red	e
LOGBOX 720	6	Jinjo Fetch	Yellow	R
LOGBOX 720	6	Jinjo Hurling	Purple	F

Banjoland

Banjoland is an exceptional stage. There are some really unique challenges here, and lots of space for me to maneuver unwieldy vehicles! I had a lot of fun with this level this time.

Jiggy Challenges

Level	Act	Challenge name	Challenger	Vehicle	Time/Score	T.T. threshold
Banjoland	1	You’ll Go Blind, You Clanker	Captain Blubber	e	1:00.26	1:10.00
Banjoland	1	Ice to See You	Bottles	L.O.G.’s Choice	0:43.32	1:00.00
Banjoland	1	Park Prix 1	Klungo	e	1:48.21	1:50.00
Banjoland	2	The Referee’s An Aardvark	Mr. Fit	j	11	10
Banjoland	2	Wasting Away	Boggy	R	0:43.86	1:00.00
Banjoland	3	Clock Off!	Bottles	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:58.63	2:00.00
Banjoland	3	Get Protected	Mr. Fit	V	1:10.28	1:30.00
Banjoland	3	Water Way to Go	Klungo	littleH	1:32.03	1:50.00
Banjoland	4	Spring Break!	Grunty	F	0:15.01	0:40.00
Banjoland	5	Canned and Panned	Bottles	U	11	10
Banjoland	5	Checkpoint Charlies	Mr. Fit	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:12:14	1:15.00
Banjoland	5	Land, Sea, Not Air	Klungo	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:29.88	1:30.00
Banjoland	6	Eggcellent Racing	Klungo	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:55.13	2:05:00
Banjoland	6	Home Improvements: Igloo Edition	Boggy	I	0:38.10	1:00.00
Banjoland	6	Baa For the Course	Mr. Fit	I	2	4
Banjoland	6	Mumbo’s Stunt Spectacular	Mumbo	L.O.G.’s Choice	2:35.68	2:45.00
Banjoland	6	Mad Monster Mix Up	Bottles	V2	1:49.41	2:00.00
Banjoland	6	Even Older Dog, Newer Tricks	Captain Blubber	X	1:27.85	1:30.00

Jinjo Challenges

Level	Act	Challenge	Jinjo color	Vehicle
Banjoland	1	Jinjo Combat	Blue	I
Banjoland	1	Jinjo Speed	Orange	R
Banjoland	2	Jinjo Taxi	Purple	L.O.G.’s Choice
Banjoland	2	Jinjo Speed	Red	R
Banjoland	2	Jinjo Hurling	Orange	F
Banjoland	3	Jinjo Race	Blue	littleW
Banjoland	3	Jinjo Combat	Green	I
Banjoland	3	Jinjo Taxi	Yellow	L.O.G.’s Choice
Banjoland	4	Jinjo Race	Red	littleH
Banjoland	4	Jinjo Fetch	Green	R
Banjoland	5	Jinjo Taxi	Blue	L.O.G.’s Choice
Banjoland	5	Jinjo Speed	Yellow	F
Banjoland	5	Jinjo Fetch	Orange	R
Banjoland	6	Jinjo Hurling	Yellow	I
Banjoland	6	Jinjo Fetch	Purple	R

Jiggosseum

This is, without a doubt, the best stage in the game. I can’t say enough good things about the challenge design of this level. Absolutely fantastic. Wide-open space plus several non-race challenges means I was able to be as creative as possible with some of my solutions.

Jiggy Challenges

Level	Act	Challenge name	Challenger	Vehicle	Time/Score	T.T. threshold
Jiggosseum	1	Fat Blokes in Nappies	Pikelet	I	0:53.84	1:10.00
Jiggosseum	1	Unhappy Landings	Mr. Fit	F#	911	500
Jiggosseum	2	Burnin’ Rubber	Trophy Thomas	littleW	2:34.16	3:10.00
Jiggosseum	2	Half-Time Snacks	Bottles	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:25.02	1:30.00
Jiggosseum	2	Tumblin’ Domies	Boggy	wM	43	40
Jiggosseum	3	World’s Strongest Bear	Captain Blubber	R	1:15.17	2:10.00
Jiggosseum	3	Heavy Balls and Hairy Pits	Bottles	F2	1314	500
Jiggosseum	3	A Load of Blocks	Trophy Thomas	I	2:13.37	2:25.00
Jiggosseum	3	Brown Bears Can’t Jump	Mr. Fit	U	6	5
Jiggosseum	4	Who Left the Tap On?	Grunty	H	13	8
Jiggosseum	5	9-Ball Nightmare	Grunty	c	7	7
Jiggosseum	6	No Holds Beared	Pikelet	W	0:32.49	1:00.00
Jiggosseum	6	Up the Oche	Boggy	Z	330	300
Jiggosseum	6	Smashin’ Time	Bottles	O	95	75
Jiggosseum	6	Bear in a Ball	Trophy Thomas	L.O.G.’s Choice	2:56.60	3:00.00
Jiggosseum	6	The Jiggosseum Torch	Captain Blubber	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:12.37	1:35.00

Jinjo Challenges

Level	Act	Challenge	Jinjo color	Vehicle
Jiggosseum	1	Jinjo Taxi	Purple	L.O.G.’s Choice
Jiggosseum	1	Jinjo Race	Red	J2
Jiggosseum	2	Jinjo Combat	Red	I
Jiggosseum	2	Jinjo Speed	Blue	F#
Jiggosseum	2	Jinjo Hurling	Orange	F2
Jiggosseum	3	Jinjo Combat	Green	I
Jiggosseum	3	Jinjo Taxi	Yellow	L.O.G.’s Choice
Jiggosseum	4	Jinjo Race	Purple	X
Jiggosseum	4	Jinjo Fetch	Orange	wM
Jiggosseum	5	Jinjo Combat	Blue	F2
Jiggosseum	5	Jinjo Speed	Green	F#
Jiggosseum	5	Jinjo Hurling	Purple	F2
Jiggosseum	6	Jinjo Fetch	Green	R
Jiggosseum	6	Jinjo Speed	Yellow	littleH
Jiggosseum	6	Jinjo Hurling	Blue	F2

Terrarium of Terror

By far my least favorite level. I did enjoy this substantially more than my first playthrough of the game, but it is still a really prohibitive level. There are a lot of very narrow corridors and low ceilings that eliminate nearly all of my vehicles. There were some fun challenges/solutions this time around, but overall it was still the worst of the main levels.

Jiggy Challenges

Level	Act	Challenge name	Challenger	Vehicle	Time/Score	T.T. threshold
Terrarium of Terror	1	Bear’s Eye View	Humba	L.O.G.’s Choice	0:45.89	1:40.00
Terrarium of Terror	1	Need for Seed	Klungo	U	0:58.60	1:30.00
Terrarium of Terror	2	Flashy Fly-Off	Captain Blubber	K	1:46.88	1:50.00
Terrarium of Terror	2	Berry Ripe Indeed	Klungo	S	0:47.55	1:15.00
Terrarium of Terror	2	The Saucer of Peril Returns	Boggy	L.O.G.’s Choice	455	425
Terrarium of Terror	2	Great Balls of Gas	Boggy	R	1:02.56	1:10.00
Terrarium of Terror	2	Intergalactic Binman	Humba	O	0:35.97	0:45.00
Terrarium of Terror	2	Germ Warfare	Pikelet	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:12.51	1:40.00
Terrarium of Terror	2	Taxi of Terror	Jolly	K	2:07.58	2:15.00
Terrarium of Terror	3	Family Misfortune	Boggy	wM	1:10.78	1:40.00
Terrarium of Terror	3	Hovering Harvest	Klungo	R	1:37.70	1:45.00
Terrarium of Terror	3	Time for a Cuppa	Jolly	L.O.G.’s Choice	2:07.51	2:30.00
Terrarium of Terror	3	Super Sally	Captain Blubber	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:17.63	1:20.00
Terrarium of Terror	3	Flower Power Shower	Pikelet	O	0:59.50	1:00.00
Terrarium of Terror	4	Space Bandits Ahoy!	Captain Blubber	U	1:15.80	1:30.00
Terrarium of Terror	4	To Boldly Go… Anywhere	Pikelet	K	1:45.68	2:00.00
Terrarium of Terror	4	No-Armed Bandits	Humba	L.O.G.’s Choice	1:01.06	1:15:00
Terrarium of Terror	4	Uranus Mud Monsters	Klungo	O	17	15
Terrarium of Terror	5	Unpleasant Fat Oaf	Grunty	O	0:16.70	0:30.00

Jinjo Challenges

Level	Act	Challenge	Jinjo color	Vehicle
Terrarium of Terror	1	Jinjo Combat	Blue	F2
Terrarium of Terror	1	Jinjo Speed	Blue	F#
Terrarium of Terror	2	Jinjo Race	Red	littleH
Terrarium of Terror	2	Jinjo Taxi	Green	L.O.G.’s Choice
Terrarium of Terror	3	Jinjo Race	Orange	littleW
Terrarium of Terror	3	Jinjo Fetch	Red	R
Terrarium of Terror	3	Jinjo Hurling	Orange	F2
Terrarium of Terror	4	Jinjo Fetch	Yellow	wM
Terrarium of Terror	4	Jinjo Taxi	Purple	L.O.G.’s Choice
Terrarium of Terror	4	Jinjo Race	Red	I
Terrarium of Terror	5	Jinjo Hurling	Purple	F2
Terrarium of Terror	5	Jinjo Taxi	Yellow	L.O.G.’s Choice
Terrarium of Terror	5	Jinjo Combat	Green	I
Terrarium of Terror	5	Jinjo Fetch	Purple	R
Terrarium of Terror	5	Jinjo Speed	Yellow	F#

Spiral Mountain

I really like what they tried with this level, but with the restrictions I put out, the L.O.G. challenge was a nightmare. Good concept, and interesting take on the quiz show final battle they used for the other Banjo games, but it was a mess here.

Note: Spiral Mountain Act 1 is technically the intro cutscene with Fat Banjo

Jiggy Challenges

Level	Act	Challenge name	Challenger	Vehicle	Time/Score	T.T. threshold
Spiral Mountain	2	Six of the Best	L.O.G.	PJ	1:32.83	2:15.00
Spiral Mountain	2	Spiral Mountain Showdown	Grunty	N	3:29.58	4:00.00