Toys for Bob would love to make a new Banjo-Kazooie game

Toys for Bob has once again made clear it wants to develop a new Banjo-Kazooie game — though for now, the studio is focused on Spyro: A Realm Beyond.

The comments came during a Kinda Funny Games interview with Associate Creative Director Louis Studdert and Studio Head Paul Yan, who were on to talk about the upcoming Spyro title. When the conversation turned to Banjo-Kazooie, the pair didn't shy away — Studdert summed it up simply: "If the opportunity ever arose, that would be amazing."

Toys for Bob has history with beloved platformer revivals — the studio handled the Spyro Reignited Trilogy and the Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. Banjo-Kazooie, the classic N64 bear-and-bird platformer from Rare, has been dormant since Nuts & Bolts in 2008, and Microsoft now holds the IP. That ownership question is the key obstacle — no matter how keen Toys for Bob is, a new Banjo game needs Microsoft to greenlight it.

This isn't the first time the studio has floated the idea publicly, so the desire is clearly genuine. Whether Microsoft ever acts on it remains the real question — but at least one developer is ready to answer the call.