Topic: Yooka-Laylee

I reckon Head Over Heals on the humble Speccy was the first Buddy Duo game.

@ricklongo If they can fit 30 names on screen, and every name shows up for about 5 seconds, it'll take a little less than 3 hours for all the names to show up.

@Octane That's not a sensible amount of time for each name, though. You can't read 30 names in five seconds. Something like 0.5-1 second for each name would be closer to ideal if that's what they're going for.

Of course, that will never happen, and we'll probably get like 50-name batches on screen for a grand two seconds. It's way too impractical otherwise.

You know, I love Banjo-Kazooie to death, but nothing about this game is appealing to me. I don't know. It's almost like... the whole Kickstarter thing really turns me off (and I know it shouldn't... games like Original Sin are AWESOME...but really, at the same time, there are a FEW stellar examples out of HUNDREDS of kickstarter games, so the jury's still out), and the same sidekick-type thing almost seems like they're forcing a star-shaped block into the circle-shaped hole. Yea, I understand that it's the Banjo-Kazooie people so "duh" it's gonna be a 3D platformer, and I know it's raising boatloads of money, but I just have this "meh" feeling about it. Just a feeling, and I always advocate playing before reviewing, so we'll just have to wait and see.

I can't read all the names in credits normally, so I don't know why that would suddenly change for this game.

Is that Digital Deluxe thing for any system? Or PC only? Wanna make sure I get this on the Wii U, I also want the soundtrack, lol

I believe they actually answered that in their last update (and probably in the FAQ's) and the answer is yes, it's for your preferred system. But you should check around, first. I could be wrong.

It should be pretty obvious at this point that the credits will move about as fast as the credits in Super Smash Bros.

I 2nd this!!!

Just checked it and it is. they'll send out a survey for you to request what console you want it on.
Surprising hard to find that information, Its in a table they put near the bottom

For the record, that is a glorified flash drive. I was originally confused about that, but they do specify in the FAQs that it's just a flash drive modeled to look like an N64 cart.

Gamexplain is doing a Q and A with Playtonic, they just uploaded it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCIJUv2VRWA

So, just a minor update, the Kickstarter has passed 2.5 million USD, and still has a month to go!.

I'm hoping they'll do an successor for Jet Force Gemini, then again I wouldn't mind Yooka-Tooley. lol

By the end of the Kickstarter they might have enough money (especially in the long-term) to recreate their entire N64 library at this rate.

Well I just backed this game. It's the first game that I've donated more than the $1 minimum donation amount.

So I don't know who listened to that whole developer interview with Playtonic. It's actually really funny, but they did say a number of interesting things, including the fact that the kickstarter ending on the first day of E3 was not an accident.

If the kickstarter ends at E3 because they have a publisher lined up who's attending I'd be so annoyed.

Annoyed? I'd demand my money back.

There's far too much about that that makes no sense for that to even happen. For one, if they had a publisher, why would it be a Kickstarter? The main function of a Kickstarter is to get the money that a publisher would normally be supplying. Second, that would require them to sacrifice parts of their vision, since another thing a publisher does is ensure that the final product is the most marketable thing they could've come up with. (At least, that's the point.) They don't have a publisher. That would kinda defeat the purpose of the whole project.