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During my travels the topic of Yooka-Laylee, a spiritual successor to Rare’s Banjo-Kazooie games, would naturally come up, since I worked on it.
Former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi has a grandson called – funnily enough – Banjo Yamauchi.
His son is named Katsuhito Yamauchi, or ‘Katsuhi’ for short.
— Gregg Mayles (@Ghoulyboy) March 10, 2019In Rare’s Nintendo heyday, it’s my understanding that the reigning Stamper brothers would’ve had the most oversight on issues such as this.