It has been 15 years since the last Banjo Kazooie game (Nuts & Bolts). Phil Spencer said recently in an interview: “You’ve seen from our history that we haven’t touched every franchise that people would love us to touch — Banjo fans, I hear you... [But] it is true that, when we find the right team, and the right opportunity, I love going back to revisit stories and characters that we’ve seen previously.”