That Cloud Cuckooland sketch is an actual level map. I made it. Gregg made it better.

All sharing the same brain cell.

The door locations in the seaside part stayed there. We just boarded them up, which we thought was nicer (and more authentic) than just removing them altogether. But the structure of the town had to change according to what abilities Banjo had at each stage. I forget the details now!

Nice job! That’s how I remember it looking in my head.

Wow, @oliegamertv.bsky.social!

It was a new thing for the new game. The remake was just just going to have the old lair. Maybe some tweaks here and there as necessary but essentially recognisable as the original.

Ah, I remember that article. Thanks for digging it up. There was always talk of a town. It wasn’t defined and there wasn’t a name. We knew we needed a hub to link levels together and wouldn’t it be fun to have a single place and not a bunch of areas and tunnels again? So no Grunty’s Lair this time.

I can’t think what it is. Is it the Rare Revealed video? What’s the time stamp? I’ll have a look and try and expand.

Beat me to it.

Yeah, Brightlodge was my bit. Very pleased with it. Shame it never saw the light of day.

Twilight Princess!