@warioland523

5 years ago

I just find Grunty's evolution from a typical parody of Queen Grimhilde to an absolute tyrant over the course of the series to be quite jarring. In Banjo Kazooie she had a lair and overlooked Spiral Mountain from her massive castle built inside the cliff face. However by Tooie it seems Grunty's influence has grown drastically to the point where she now controls the entire island. This is shown in the name of the island by Tooie. Isle O Hags. Hags. Grunty is the hag it's referring to. This essentially means that Grunty usurped leadership and stripped Jingaling of all authority he had over the island. This is why the island is in such a dark dismal state throughout the entire game. Because of Grunty's influence. Crime is at an all time high too and all the various bosses and enemies you fight are all either minions of Grunty or criminals that are taking advantage of Grunty's rule to cause trouble on their own accord. Jingaling sees himself as a king but he is that in name only in Tooie. Grunty is the actual ruler of the isle and rules from her new tower she built at the island's highest point. What's even more disturbing is Grunty's complete and total disregard for all life as a ruler. She is willing to blast the entire island with the Big O Blaster which would essentially kill everyone turning them into zombies and creating a dead decayed wasteland. You actually see a taste of this with Jingaling's palace. Kind of glad Tooie doesn't have a bad ending for a Game Over now don't you? Grunty doesn't care for even her followers. She constantly beats and abuses Klungo over his constant inability to defeat Banjo and by the third fight she's so fed up with his failures that she's like "You either succeed or I feed you to a monster" (Probably those Dragundas that inhabit the swamps of Isle). Klungo got so disfigured from his beatings his wife actually left him because he no longer looked handsome to her. Grunty also punishes Mingella and Blobelda her sisters for failing to beat Banjo in a quiz show by dropping freaking weights on their head. Of course it's played for laughs considering this game is like a cartoon but it's still messed up in that the two younger hags are basically Grunty's sisters and she just flattened them. But her abuse towards her minions is just one thing. What she does to the people who oppose her is far worse. Let's see. She shoots Jingaling to test her blaster zombifying him and turning his pet Toots into a pile of ash, shoots a fireball at Banjo's house frying Bottles and causing him to have a literal out of body experience as he's now a ghost. Sure you bring back Bottles and Jingaling but there is one victim or should I say victims of Grunty that you don't save. Grunty on her rampage through the isle with the Hag 1 runs over the Grey Jinjo house crushing them all. Outside you see a sign acting as a memorial to pay tribute to them as what remains of their house is just there. A harsh reminder of what happens to those that oppose Gruntilda's reign. Going by that the Black Jinjos had 9 members of their family it is likely that their were 10 Grey Jinjos and Grunty just runs them all over without a care. Banjo Kazooie was about saving Banjo's sister. Banjo Tooie was about getting revenge for Banjo's fallen friends and liberating an entire island from a crazed hag and her armies. Definitely a step up from the first game.

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