The Story
Two years have passed since Banjo-Kazooie put Gruntilda the Witch under a rock outside her lair. The opening cut-scene features Grunty's long-time servant, Klungo, and as the rain pours down he anxiously tries to remove the large rock from atop of Grunty. Of course, being the failure he is, he doesn't have any success. The scene cuts to a game of cards in Banjo's house. As Banjo-Kazooie, Mumbo, and Bottles sit around the card table, the house begins to shake violently. After some dialogue it cuts back to a giant drill-on-wheels that pokes through the nearby rock-face. Inside are Grunty's sisters, who are nothing alike in appearance. One is terribly fat and the other is skin and bones -- a comical pairing indeed. They come to Grunty's aid by shattering the rock with a spell and resurrecting her. Much to Grunty's surprise, though, she's nothing but a skeleton. In the two years she spent lying under a rock, she's decomposed a bit.
Meanwhile, the courageous Mumbo slips out of the house to see what the shaking is about. He witnesses Grunty's rise from the grave and she catches him staring from behind a rock. Angrily she tries to cast a spell on him. Several huge green balls of magic race after Mumbo as he quickly heads back to Banjo's place. Mumbo warns everyone, but unfortunately the spell slams into the house before everyone gets out. Sadly, Bottles the Mole (who helped Banjo-Kazooie all through their last quest) doesn't make it out on time. But, as Kazooie quickly remarks, Bottles wasn't one of the favorite characters in the last game, anyway... With the damage done, Grunty heads into the drilling machine with her sisters in search of a cure for her bony body. On the way out her sisters tell her of a life-sucking machine that can help her get her grotesque body back. And thus the stage is set as Grunty and her sisters begin scheming to suck the life out of the land and people. Mumbo proclaims there must be revenge and volunteers Banjo-Kazooie for the job. Dead-set on putting Grunty in her place once and for all, our adventure begins. |