Banjo-Kazooie has a hidden minigame called Bottles’ Moving Picture Game in Banjo’s house in Spiral Mountain, accessible after obtaining the Jiggy from Treasure Trove Cove’s Sandcastle location. Players must position themselves on the green carpet directly in front of the fireplace and use the first-person camera perspective to examine Bottles’ portrait hanging above the mantelpiece, triggering a conversation where Bottles reveals his picture game and promises special rewards. The gameplay mechanics involve completing jigsaw puzzles showing scenes from various game worlds, with each successful completion earning players unique cheat codes that can be entered in the Sandcastle’s letter grid system. These cosmetic transformation codes provide funny alterations to the protagonists appearance, including enlarged body parts, distorted proportions, and ultimately the transformation into a washing machine through the final reward. All effects remain temporary and can be reversed either by entering the NOBONUS code or reloading the save file, ensuring players can experiment freely without permanent consequences. The Xbox 360 version of Banjo-Kazooie introduced some technical considerations, notably retaining Musical Notes permanently after world completion rather than resetting them upon exit, though some players experienced a critical bug where Musical Notes would vanish after interacting with Bottles’ portrait. Although subsequent patches addressed this problem, players should consider collecting all Musical Notes before engaging with the portrait to avoid data loss complications.
» Procedure of the Minigame
Bottles’ minigame presents players with a blue puzzle frame displaying moving scenes from the game’s environments, which subsequently splits into twenty individual jigsaw pieces that scatter around the frame’s perimeter. Players control Banjo’s right hand using the A button to select and manipulate fragments, with the objective of reconstructing the entire image within a 90-second time limit. This puzzle format bears similarities to Master Jiggywiggy’s challenges found in Banjo-Tooie’s Jiggywiggy Temple, where players solve increasingly complex jigsaws in order to unlock new worlds throughout the Isle O’ Hags. The difficulty progression follows a clear pattern, with early challenges featuring simple piece placement while later puzzles introduce additional fragments and more complex visual compositions. Each completed puzzle rewards the protagonists with special codes corresponding to the challenge number, starting with BOTTLESBONUSONE for enlarged head effects, progressing through BOTTLESBONUSTWO for bigger hands and feet, BOTTLESBONUSTHREE for Kazooie’s head and wing enlargement, BOTTLESBONUSFOUR for Banjo’s diminished head along with elongated torso, BOTTLESBONUSFIVE combining multiple distortion effects, and BIGBOTTLESBONUS merging the first three codes simultaneously.
» Bottles Final Challenge
Upon completing all six initial challenges, Bottles awards players the BIGBOTTLESBONUS code and claims to have exhausted his supply of puzzles for the adventurous duo. However, this declaration turns out to be a trick, as returning to the carpet and examining his portrait through first-person view reveals Bottles has prepared another challenge with increased complexity. This final test uses the same basic puzzle format but introduces the additional requirement of proper rotation, forcing players to not only place fragments in correct positions but also orient them using the C buttons for manipulation. Most fragments begin in incorrect rotational states, demanding attention to detail and precise timing within the same 90-second constraint. Completing this final challenge unlocks the WISHYWASHYBANJO code, which transforms the protagonists into a washing machine while preserving all standard abilities including Flight, Talon Trot, and Rat-a-tat Rap attacks. This transformation is more than just cosmetic, as Washing Machine Banjo receives immunity to harmful terrain that would normally require Wading Boots protection, though he cannot use the Wading Boots or Turbo Trainers equipment and cannot carry collectibles like Blubber’s Treasure. The washing machine form has unique physics, moving on wheels for better mobility while maintaining complete access to Kazooie’s combat and traversal abilities, which creates a funny contrast between mechanical appearance and organic functionality.
» List of Contents
BANJO-KAZOOIE
✤ BOTTLESBONUSONE – Banjo’s head grows in size
✤ BOTTLESBONUSTWO – Banjo’s arms and legs turn big
✤ BOTTLESBONUSTHREE – Kazooie becomes three times bigger
✤ BOTTLESBONUSFOUR – Banjo’s head shrinks in size
✤ BOTTLESBONUSFIVE – Banjo’s body turns into clay
✤ BIGBOTTLESBONUS – Banjo and Kazooie turn big
✤ WISHYWASHYBANJO – Banjo transforms into a washing machine
✤ NOBONUS – Banjo and Kazooie become normal
