I really like Banjo Kazooie and love Tooie.
Everything expanded in Tooie from Kazooie is how I would want any sequel to be from the previous game.
The worlds, gameplay, story, etc.
I hated Grunty Industries and HailFire peak as well when I first played the game back in 2002 but when I re-played the N64 versions again back in 2017, I just loved it completely.
Anyways, I have Rare Replay on Xbox - and planning to play through the series again and try out Nuts and Bolts (but the character design still looks awful lol).
Also need to try out Grunty's Revenge, have it somewhere, never got to play it.