all games are not created equal

    Banjo-Kazooie brings back nostalgic memories, of a time when I didn't care about multiplayer or achievements, and just played games for pure fun. I played Wind Waker a few years after Banjo-Kazooie and I was enthralled by it also, loving the gameplay, items and the graphics.

    This is actually a really hard comparison to make as I love both games almost equally, but it is on my comparison list so it shall be done!

    The reasons, in my opinion, why Banjo-Kazooie was better than Wind Waker are the reward and the grind.

    Nothing beats the feeling when you receive that jiggy that you've been working hard to achieve, the happiness and joy often made my mum ask me what I was smiling about. Also these jiggies weren't there just for show, they opened up new levels for more fun to be had and exploring to do.

    On the other side, Wind Waker rewarded you after a long gruelling task or dungeon with a piece or two of equipment. At first I was happy to have the cool new item and try it out in different situations, but this soon died out as I realised it was "just another item" which I would have to use over and over again to overcome simple (or not so simple) tasks.

    Some of the other objects you receive may of been useful in the dungeon which you found them in, but absolutely useless later on while in Banjo-Kazooie all those jiggies added up and kept a purpose.

    The second reason why I think that Banjo-Kazooie is better than Wind Waker is the grinding in the games.

    In Banjo-Kazooie, there may of been some grinding and repetition of tasks to win the jiggies, but the tasks weren't usually that long and could be dealt with without too much boredom.

    However, in Wind Waker, it usually forced you to do long sailing trips with absolutely nothing happening (they shortened it later with with a wind-direction changing song and a transportation song).

    But the thing I completely hated about Wind Waker was when you had to collect the triforce pieces. While collecting them, not only did you have to find the pieces, you had to find the maps to show you where they are (there is a different map for each of the eight triforce pieces). And to find the maps to show you where they, you needed to buy a map to locate them.

    But then, once you found the triforce maps, you had to get them deciphered from Tingle at 398 rupees each. Did I mention that each of the things you needed to collect had to be sailed to and then a short puzzle completed to receive them?

    I dreaded the triforce collection part of Wind Waker everytime I played it, and for this main reason I think that Banjo-Kazooie was a more enjoyable game.