Yooka-Laylee News

Hello fine people, platformer enjoyers and dare I say it... friends?

I come with glad tidings and a new video for you! I (Steve, hello!) sat down with Gavin Price, Supreme Glorious Leader Game Director on Yooka-Replaylee for a bit of a chin-wag about the game, the progress we're making and some of the key differences both IN this demo that we shared with media and also some of the changes that have happened SINCE this demo was first shown!

Get this in yer eye holes:

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Some of the topics covered while I fumble around with a controller, trying to listen to my boss...

- Coinelius' coins' new colour — Coinelius, the helpful piggy bank and new character edition to Yooka-Replaylee has already undergone a change with his beautiful platinum coins having stolen the golden hues of the Quill because...

- Level-specific Quills — Having given up their golden coat to Coinelius' coins, Quills now come in a variety of colours as they become specific to the level the player is currently in. Why is this? Because our crafty salesman Trowzer has gotten pickier over the years.

-Trowzer's new wares — The role of Trowzer is fundamentally changing in Yooka-Replaylee with a whole new set of wares to sell. What these wares are we are not ready to reveal quite yet.

- All moves from the beginning — In one of the bigger changes to the game, and why the role of our beloved salesman has changed, is that players will have access to the full arsenal of Yooka and Laylee's moves from the start of the game.

- New Pagie pieces collectible — A new collectible has joined the roster in the form of Pagie pieces. Collecting these will unlock additional bonuses.

- Levels available in their "expanded" stage from the start — In another change to the original Yooka-Laylee, levels will now be available in their entirety from the very start.

We'll be showing off some new content in the New Year, as well as bringing you a wrap-up of what we've revealed so far since June in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for that!

Also worth mentioning, that YES, we're going to discount Yooka-Replaylee if you own Yooka-Laylee (On Steam, and working with the console platforms to ensure this too) and YES we are still listening to your feedback on what we reveal so far, I can't promise anything as we're all very busy bees but as the Community Manager, I'm seeing your comments and feeding back everything!

That's all for now, new friends, see you soon!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2448020/YookaReplaylee/?beta=1

Brace yourselves, people who start salivating and jumping up and down whenever something that's potentially about the Nintendo Switch's successor - I'm gonna say it: the Switch 2?!? - surfaces. Yooka-Replaylee, the amusingly-named remaster of Yooka-Laylee, has just been announced to be coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and unspecified "Nintendo platforms".

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Yes! Yes! Yes! Not just the cries of avid Daniel Bryan fans, but also the answer to the question "Will Yooka-Replaylee be coming to consoles?"

Yes! Yooka-Replaylee will be playable on PS5, Xbox Series consoles and... Nintendo? (Ooh mysterious. We'll have more on that as soon as poss!)

We've got a new trailer, with new gameplay, peeks at new content AND new orchestral music! Go on, have a watch below...

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And that's not all! As we've already confirmed discounts for Steam owners of Yooka-Laylee, we're also working with platforms to ensure we can offer discounts/upgrade paths to as many folks as possible. We'll hopefully be able to share more details on that soon, and we'll be updating our FAQ with platform specific information as soon as possible!

We'll ALSO be running through a gameplay demo and providing some developer commentary in the coming weeks, where we showcase some of the new gameplay features like new collectibles, Mark, the new warping bookmark character, the new world maps and more so be on the look out for that video coming soon!

Right, I'm sure that's got you absolutely BUZZING with excitement so please consider hitting that lovely wishlist button on your platform of choice, it makes marketing people like me very happy and also helps more folks discover the game as we all dance to the tune of the "Al Gore Rhythm"... or something.

Wishlist Yooka-Replaylee on PS5

Wishlist Yooka-Replaylee on Xbox

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2448020/YookaReplaylee

UPDATE: Since posting, we have removed the need to provide the elusive "BackerKit ID"

Hey folks!

When we announced Yooka-Replaylee, we had more than a handful of people ask us whether backers of the original game would still feature in the credits, and if so, would there be the possibility of changing the name featured in the credits.

I am pleased to say that the answer to both of these questions is: Yes!

We are, of course, still incredibly appreciative to those of you who helped bring Yooka & Laylee into the world kicking and screaming rolling and sonar...ing? And we’re also aware of the fact that some people have since changed their given names or have perhaps since decided that “xXThaToastGhostXx” isn’t as cool as it was 10 years ago (I disagree, I think that’s a sick name). If we’re remastering the game, it’s only fair you get to remaster your name!

With this in mind, we’ve created a Google Form for folks who originally backed the game to provide us with their new, preferred name they’d like to see in the Yooka-Replaylee credits!

You will need to provide the following details, if any of these are not included or incorrect, we will not be able to proceed with updating your name:

- The email address you used for BackerKit
- Your original name featured in the credits
- Your new desired name

Some general rules:

· Please use only ASCII characters
· You are limited to 40 characters
· No vulgar, abusive, racist, homophobic, transphobic or otherwise offensive terms
· No legal entity, copyright protected or trademarked names allowed
· If you are a minor, or want to enter the name of a minor, please make sure you have the permission of parents or guardians
· Please be aware that your name will be visible to everyone who plays the game
· We reserve the right to remove inappropriate names
· Please don't include URLs, twitter handles or email addresses
· ASCII art will most likely not show up correctly, so please don't include it
· If you wish to have your name removed from the credits, please tick the check box option at the bottom of the form and enter “N/A” in the new name field.

Hopefully it goes without saying but please don't fill this form out if you weren't an original backer of Yooka-Laylee, some poor person who draws the short straw (Not me!) is going to have to manually cross-reference all of these names so please help us by only filling this out if it's relevant to you!

REQUEST A NAME CHANGE HERE!

Submissions will close two weeks from now on 11/10/24 and no further changes will be accepted.

Stay tuned for more updates sooooon!

Hello folks!

I sat down with Ed, Nikita and Steve to talk all things art on Yooka-Replaylee! We talk about how they're improving the environments, characters and more for the remaster.

There's some new sneak peeks at gameplay and some nice new screenshots in this one too!

Check out the video below!

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The video and audio enjoyers amongst you will be pleased to hear that this will be the last of this series filmed in this location! For the next video in the series, we'll be taking proceedings to a much more fancy set-up, thank you for bearing with us on this as we sorted a better location!

We'll have news about the next feature video soon!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2448020/YookaReplaylee/