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• Banjo and Kazooie are the fourth foreign-created characters to be playable in Smash Bros.: they alongside Diddy Kong and King K. Rool were created by British developer Rare Ltd., and Dark Samus was created by American developer Retro Studios. They are the first third-party fighter to be created outside of Japan, and the first fighter in general to belong to a completely foreign franchise.
• They are the first third-party fighters in Smash Bros. to belong to a non-Japanese company, as well as current console rival of Nintendo, Microsoft.
  • However, they hold the unique distinction of being the only fighters who were formerly part of a second-party franchise, partially owned by Nintendo, before becoming a third-party.
• Banjo & Kazooie are the only third-party fighter whose series debuted on a Nintendo console other than the NES.
• Banjo & Kazooie are the first and only third-party fighters to debut in a game that was published by Nintendo worldwide.
• Banjo & Kazooie are the only third-party characters who fight as a team.
• Unlike Bowser, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong and King K. Rool, Banjo and Kazooie retain their voice actor from their home franchise. They share this trait with Yoshi, who is voiced by Kazumi Totaka, and Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings, who are all voiced by their respective Mario series actors.
• Banjo & Kazooie have been requested since shortly after the release of Smash 64, a duration of approximately 20 years, receiving 8th place with 33 votes in a small poll from 1999.
  • Masahiro Sakurai previously wrote on the Melee homepage that including Banjo & Kazooie was, at the time, "unlikely for a variety of legal and financial reasons." (translation)
• Banjo (with Kazooie) also appeared in the Xbox 360 version of Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing along with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Akira Yuki and Jacky Bryant.
• Banjo & Kazooie also appeared alongside the Mario characters in the N-Gang comics, as a picture in Mario Artist: Paint Studio, and as a skin in Minecraft.