Jinjo

Jinjos are a species of colourful creatures that appear within the Banjo-Kazooie series. Within the series, Jinjos can be found in most of the games' worlds, hiding from the dangerous enemies that wish to harm them. The different variations of the Jinjo species all live peacefully under the rule of King Jingaling on the Isle O' Hags. The species also appears to worship Jinjo gods known as The Mighty Jinjonator, who assists Banjo and Kazooie during the climax of Banjo-Kazooie, and the Jinjo Oracle, who provides hints to the duo during the events of Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge.
There are ten known different colours of Jinjos: the purple, blue, green, orange, and yellow Jinjos first debuted in Banjo-Kazooie, while the black, brown, red, and white variations first debuted in Banjo-Tooie. Grey Jinjos are also known to have existed prior to the events of Banjo-Tooie, though they had unfortunately been killed by the Hag 1 - a vehicle with a large drill on the front piloted by Gruntilda and her sisters - at the beginning of Banjo-Tooie. These Jinjos are often attacked by similar-looking creatures known as Minjos, though besides their near-identical appearance a connection between them is unknown.
Despite being found in dangerous situations, Jinjos seem capable of surviving any environment. Some Jinjos can be found underwater or in other similarly-harsh areas. Additionally, Jinjos appear to have magical powers as they teleport when rescued among other similarly-unexplained techniques.
Jinjo possess a rather simplistic design, though the species had been given extra details during the transition from the Nintendo 64 titles to Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Originally Jinjos had possessed small humanoid bodies with their heads possessing a large pointed beak-like protrusion and two smaller horn-like ears. On the stomachs they had rectangular patches that separated their skin into a jacket-like pattern around it; these patches varied in colour between the different types of Jinjo, though were usually white in colour. The creatures' redesigns for the Xbox 360 title gave their ears splotches shading around their tips. The eyes of a Jinjo were also moved from simply resting atop their head to being slightly indented within it, and the patches on the species' stomach were changed to being a darker shade of the rest of their skin colour. Throughout all of their appearances Jinjos have always had four rectangular fingers and three squared toes on the ends of their limbs.
== Appearances ==
=== Banjo-Kazoomie ===
Jinjos appear as playable characters in the racing game Banjo-Kazoomie. Just as in Banjo-Pilot, a purple Jinjo serves as one of the default characters available upon initial start-up. A new addition to Banjo-Kazoomie is that players are now able to play as several different colours of Jinjos, as alternate designs are now available for some characters. In addition to the normal purple Jinjo, the other four colours from Banjo-Kazooie can also be played as: blue, orange, green, and yellow.
== Gallery ==
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Category:Banjo-Kazooie Characters