Extra Lives recurring items in the Banjo-Kazooie series. Despite the implication their name give, their function is actually different from game to game.
Games
Banjo-Kazooie
As their name implies, once obtained, these give Banjo and Kazooie one extra life. They are muscular golden statues of Banjo.
Whenever a game file is loaded, the duo begin with three lives (regardless of how many they had when the file was last played). Up t nine lives can be collected. They can be found in virtually every level. The statues are usually hidden and require Banjo and Kazooie to use quick movements and decisive thinking to acquire them.
This is the only game that Extra Lives serve this purpose. They do not appear in Banjo-Tooie because it does not have a life system as its predecessor did, thus these Golden Banjo Statues were not needed.
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
A yellow Jinjo in Act 6 of LOGBOX 720 has lost his Extra Life and needs the duo to recover it for him. It is located on a ledge in the upper portion of the console, so a plane-type vehicle is needed. A yellow Jinjo Token is won for bringing it back.
In terms of appearance, the lone Extra Life in this game is nearly the same as the ones in Banjo-Kazooie. However this one is much larger than Banjo and is has his same physique.
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