I hate this remake so much. It does so many things to the presentation and gameplay that make it, in my opinion, an entirely worse way to experience one of the best Mario RPGs ever made.
It's really interesting to go back to this game with everything else that came from it. I remember being really scared of it when it was new but now I can beat the entire game, including 20/20/20/20 mode.
I absolutely hate how you lose every music note when you die in the N64 version. I also thought Banjo was pretty slow and clunky to control sometimes. Otherwise, this game is pretty good!