Why you don't remember this Banjo Kazooie level...

Title should be 'Why you don't remember this Banjo Tooie level...' I clicked on this because I was expecting some mysterious subliminal level or something.

"You don't need your game to be long in order to be good." Oh, how I wish developers would learn this.

I absolutely remember the level exists and I played it about 20 years ago, now you could make an argument that specifics of Tooies later levels are less memorable, but larger maps and longer play time generally causes that.

Jak and Dexter would be a sick crossover

This game is better than most games today

One of Rare's other games at the time, Jet Force Gemini, had this issue more prominantly as you basically had to 100% get all the collectables before you could get to the final boss which was too much of an ask for most players.

I remember it lol.

you used "predecessor" to mean the opposite of its definition, Kazooie would be the predecessor, Tooie is the successor.

"If you think I'm an idiot and I'm wrong, tell me." Well, I won't be doing that because I think you are correct. Games do not need to be insanely long to be good. I managed to 100% BK a few months ago; I also 100% completed RDR2 about one month ago. Guess which one was fun until the end and which one became a chore? Both fantastic games in their own right but one became a checklist of tasks while the other felt like fun optional tasks if I wanted to go all out. I think that many people also remember BT having more collectables than BK. It would seem the logical conclusion given that it takes longer to complete, but it is mainly due to the backtracking and levels being overall more complex, I think. If I do have one minor nitpick, it was that you may want to make the thumbnail image more clear. Between the title and the "Hidden levels" bit, I thought this might be a video about cut content or a secret hidden world that most players didn't know about. Imagine my surprise when it was about simply forgetting the world existing. Not trying to pick on you at all; quite the contrary, I thought this video was good and wanted to suggest improvements to help. It could also be my own misunderstanding as I've been up all night and English isn't my first language. (Also, I can never forget Cloud Cuckooland. That race against Canary Mary will haunt me until my dying days. 20+ years later and my thumbs still hurt.)