Very disingenuous statement.
- Mario 64 has nearly twice as many levels as BK
- Mario 64 makes a lot less of the collectables mandatory, even within sub-objectives.
- Banjo has more collectables (honeycombs, mumbos, etc) that you aren't listing.
It's not really in the number or even the number of types, it's about how they're implemented. That was my point. The fact that you can completely ignore 1670 of the 1740 "collectables" in Mario 64 (you can ignore even more, really, because there are way more than 100 coins per level available to grab) and still beat it is a
huge deal.