The most influential portion of this supposed solution as the observant had caught, was the inclusion of only four of the six Mystery Eggs, leaving many to suspect that two of the Eggs were traps meant as a fail-safe to throw off players that had collected them illegitimately. Suddenly the online community had recessed into a witch hunt to figure out which of the four eggs were genuine, and which two were keeping them from activating the secret level. You can only be stopped and searched without reasonable grounds if it has been approved by a senior police officer. This can happen if it is suspected that: In the same level, players could acquire the Green Mystery Egg found above Loggo the Toilet by spelling out “CHEAT AMIDST THE HAUNTED GLOOM A SECRET IN THE BATHROOM”. Doing so would cause the Green Egg to appear, as well as permanently causing the Stop ’N’ Swop celebratory theme to play in place of the standard interior theme. Q12: I was wondering since you announced the existence of Banjo-Tooie in the ending of B-K, and several aspects of the sequel existed in the first game (the ice key, sharkfood island, etc.), has your freedom of development been limited by these stones already set in place in any way, or was the game already well underway at that point? (DasPoot@aol)

To surmise the response above, the pillar did at one point serve a function within Donkey Kong 64, but due to ‘developmental fluctuations’, this function was forced to be removed. So, which of Rare’s Nintendo 64 titles were intended to be involved in the Stop ‘N’ Swop process? Once again, Paul Machacek has graciously provided us with an answer: Amidst speculation and scruity of these findings, Rare seemed to provide credibility in a trailer promoting then-upcoming Jetpac Refuelled for the Xbox Live Arcade. Throughout the trailer, the players name appearing at the top of the screen was altered to “Coolmanboy”, “MeepoNoMore”, “Orange Egg”, “Purple Egg”, “DungeonDoor” and “FindTheSecret”. While many players became swept up in speculation in what the intended purpose for the Eggs and Key might serve in Banjo-Tooie, others became set on collecting the items in the original title without the sequel. Collecting the Pink and Blue Egg at this point wasn’t possible, as both items required players to set events in motion to have their locations opened first which would cause them to ‘load in’. Aside from several mean-spirited ‘guides’ online that claimed this could be done, there wasn’t a solution to causing either Sharkfood Island to rise, or Gobi’s Door to open. The Ice Key was another story however, as it already appeared in game as a ‘loaded asset’ which meant that if unsavory players could find a way through the wall, they could get their hands on the Key. You don’t have to stop or answer any questions. If you don’t and there’s no other reason to suspect you, then this alone can’t be used as a reason to search or arrest you. Stop and search: police powers

Interest has also surrounded environments and locations that had been removed during development, but could still be found buried in the games memory – the logic followed that if Stop ’N’ Swop had its own designated location to share the Mystery Eggs and Ice Key between both titles, it would make sense that this area would have been removed once the ‘Game Pak’ solution was presented, yet remnants of the original plan could have remained in the code just waiting to be found. When players started their XBLA adventure with a save game from Nuts & Bolts, they would discover that all of the locations that had hidden away the Mystery Eggs and Ice Key were now free to explore on the first pass. Akin to the original title, Banjo and Kazooie only exchanged dialogue for the first two Stop ’N’ Swop Eggs collected, though Banjo-Kazooie XBLA expanded on it, taking efforts to steer players in the right direction towards Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts where they could be utilized. This was especially evident in the ending during Mumbo’s photograph showing which stayed largely unaltered from the original, only replacing any mention of Banjo-Tooie with Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Answer 12 confirms the ties that Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie are meant to have with one another – accessing the secrets in a clever means will be elaborated on in the Discoveries in Banjo-Tooie section below. Interestingly however, it would seem that some elements of the connection were utilized in this new manner, as shown in the Rumour Mill’s question about the waterfall containing something in the sequel which would have still been part of the original plan just two months into development.

It was discovered that using a cheat device with a ‘levitation’ code would allow players to enter Wozza’s Cave and float high above the wall that kept them from the Ice Key – once a desired height were reached, the players would need only move forward a few feet and then return to the ground, where they now found themselves on the other side of the wall. Q14: In Mad Monster Mansion, there is a room with two pictures. One of Gruntilda, and one of this evil pirate bloke. What I want to know is: Will he be the next villain to face BK? Or is he somehow in league with Grunty? Is he mates with BK? Or is including his picture just arseing with my mind? (Chris Todd)

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Released in 2003 as their first title under Microsoft, haunted house romp Grabbed by the Ghoulies was largely comprised of the same team that had previously worked on Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. This would become fairly obvious when exploring Ghoulhaven Hall, as there were nearly 100 unique references that paid tribute to the Bear and Bird with cameo appearances from the principal and secondary cast in portraits, products and clothing found throughout. stop in (on someone or to see someone or at a place). The preposition "in" implies a place but it does not need to be named necessarily. It is definitely local also.

This connection between the two titles would receive further evidence when enthusiasts began to search through the code for Donkey Kong 64 for any trace or mention of Stop ’N’ Swop. Their efforts would pay off dramatically when it was discovered that the Totals Menu at one point was meant to display the “Ice Key” as a collectible object, with ‘1/1’ as its realized aggregate. It would be fair then to summarize that at some point during the development of both games, the Stop ’N’ Swop process originally featured a step wherein the Ice Key was to be transfered from Banjo-Kazooie to Donkey Kong 64 for use in Crystal Caves. The games I know were intended to be included were Banjo-Kazooie, a Banjo-Kazooie successor [ Tooie], Twelve Tales: Conker 64& Donkey Kong 64. I think the other two that were mooted were Jet Force Gemini and Perfect Dark. While the first automatic reward, “Oh No, Not Again…” would serve as the starting point for the next conundrum, players could find that doing certain tasks in the game would start to fill up a new menu which detailed each addition found just after the original Stop ’N’ Swop screen in the View Totals option.

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On the other hand, many thought that the Cyan Egg was itself a clever bait and switch as the wine barrel containing it had been marked with an X to indicate that it was ‘crossed off’, and not meant to be collected. It was very easy to get caught up in the conspiracy, and every potential selection seemed to have its own list of valid reasons for being, only to have it dismissed by the next theorist to come along. The most memorable easter egg, and the only one relating to Stop ’N’ Swop could be found in Chapter 3, Scene 8 when exploring the Classroom. Players could find a Stop ’N’ Swop “homework” assignment written on one of the whiteboards that broke down a proposed solution in three steps:

Please note: These are the most usual as I think of them right now. There are surely many others that just have not come to mind. Due to the removal of Stop ‘N’ Swop occurring so late in Donkey Kong 64’s development, the publication of the strategy guide from Nintendo of Europe references the original map for Crystal Caves (left) where an extra chamber can be seen to the north of the room, which the map from Nintendo of America has removed entirely (right).Released just weeks after the L.O.G’s Lost Challenges DLC on April 29th, 2009, Banjo-Tooie XBLA sought to update the Bear and Birds second adventure just as Banjo-Kazooie XBLA had done previously. Now with both titles on the same console, players would at last get a chance to transfer their mystery items between games – and they wouldn’t even need to use hot or cold swapping to do it. After starting Banjo-Tooie XBLA with the Stop ‘N Swop items collected, the framed portraits serving as the file selectors would be adorned with an ‘SNS’ logo, indicating that the feature could finally be used. A number of diagrams had been drawn next to the assignment that added further intrigue, including four Mystery Eggs coupled with a three-pronged Ice Key and three potential maps seen from overhead that had X’s marked on each of them. As much investigation as Stop ’N’ Swop had garnered since its discovery, enthusiasts were left without knowledge of how the feature was meant to function. What was known for sure was that a collection of secret items could be found in one game, and then were somehow ‘whisked away’ to another. Keeping to its trademark secrecy, Rare had remained rather tight-lipped in the few years proceeding Banjo-Tooie, perhaps allowing fans to engage in speculation and mystery on their own terms. This would continue until November 16th, 2004 when a patent filed by Rare founder Tim Stamper along with Banjo-Kazooie‘s programmer, Paul Machacek in 1999 had been published online.