outside of watching old YouTube videos of it back in the day, I can't really say that I really grew up with the Banjo-Kazooie franchise so my reaction ended up just being "oh whoa they finally did it that was unexpected" on top of that I just think the pack is alright. nice gameplay, nice stage, nice music but nothing too mind-blowing.

that said, seeing all the people who did grew up with this game and characters cheer and cry tears of joy when these two were revealed put a big smile on my face, so that's deserves a high rating in my book :^)