Banjo-Kazooie fever has reignited after a game of executive quote telephone that ended with Xbox's Aaron Greenberg acknowledging "how much" the classic platformer means to fans. At around the same time, an old quote from Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto surfaced reminding us all of how outstanding Banjo looked ahead of its original release on Nintendo 64 - so good that it helped get The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time delayed.
The quotes come from the 5/8/98 issue of Famitsu magazine, a piece of which was shared by @m0m0_0ssrr_ on Twitter and translated by @gosokkyu. Ocarina of Time had originally been scheduled to launch in late 1997, but by this point it had already shifted back multiple times. "The Zelda delay is partially because of Banjo," Miyamoto said. "It's so amazing that we don't want to be outdone."
