A new Banjo Kazooie game is here … sort of, and it’s not on Xbox

When you think of the storied game developer Rare these days, you probably think of its acclaimed live-service Xbox title Sea of Thieves, or perhaps its infamously canceled action-adventure game Everwild. But many years ago, the studio also created the beloved 3D platformer Banjo-Kazooie, a series that follows the wacky adventures of brown bear Banjo and his backpack-riding avian companion named — you guessed it — Kazooie.

Like Super Mario 64 before it, the original 1998 Banjo-Kazooie is widely…