Evergreen Nintendo Switch Titles Stay in UK Charts as Yooka-Laylee Makes a Mark

Sorry to see the Wii U version of Zelda: BOTW drop out of the charts. At least the Switch version is doing well.

Edit: There probably aren't any Wii U versions of the game left. Amazon were sold out prior to launch and didn't get any since. Also, there were no Collector Editions on Wii U and it got zero promotion. It's hard to buy something that doesn't exist.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Didn't Twilight Princess Gamecube get treated equally as bad? I remember never seeing that version at all when it released, only Wii copies.

Still waiting for the silent Switch version of Yooka-Laylee. Hope that doesnt take too long.

@XenoShaun Ya that was bad too. If I remember rightly, it came out a week or 2 after the Wii version with very limited supply.

Looking forward to it when it comes to Switch, but it's great to see Yooka Laylee doing well. Breath of the Wild sure has legs.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I remember the GameCube version becoming pretty elusive. It's kinda funny though, I reckon there's at least 8 or 9 copies of BotW on WiiU in most stores here in Australia. Been kinda tempted to pick one up purely for collectibility.

Just want my backer code for my Switch version now 😁

@XenoShaun I've still got the Gamecube version 😁

@XenoShaun

I had no problem getting GC TP.

Very happy to see Yooka-Laylee do well with the general public. Still can't help but think the Switch version would outsell all the others on day one, had the stars alligned.

I finished Yooka-Laylee a few days ago and it was very disappointing. Certainly won't be re-buying it for the Switch.

Also finished LEGO City again on Sunday with some family members. The co-op was so useless, but it didn't matter anyway as he was perfectly fine with just shooting bad guys, whilst I sorted the puzzles. But there really were no significant improvements. It's a good thing it was great in the first place.

Anyway, I'm going to get back to Kingdom Hearts again. Or I finally picked up Deadpool, which I might plough through.

@Nik-Davies
Oh, since you had finished LEGO CITY Undercover ps4, one question about Custom Character.
Can I use ALL Disguise part for my Custom Character (let's say I wanna put Boxing Gloves on my Custom characters after I got Boxer Token) ?

My WiiU copy of BOTW will never be opened, as will the other 3 people I know that bought it on WiiU, because we all got a Switch that day and bought it on Switch too.

Probably never had a 2nd print lol

@Franklin
I had. I was getting it as a gift for Christmas, and it was sold out everywhere. I almost cried out in happiness when my mom found it in the back of a local retailer, it was the last copy they had.

Nice to see YL doing fine. Reviews have been a bit unfair for it - people backed it because they wanted an old style game, so criticizing it for that doesn't make much sense.

@ricklongo Doubtful it would outsell the others. Almost everyone now a days has either PS4 or Xbox One and there are nearly 30 and 10 times those consoles, respectively, out there compared to Switches. Where they will also get a better experience.

"But banjo was on Nintendo!" isn't a valid argument because out of everyone that wants this game, I'd say 0.01% of them stayed only buying Nintendo consoles.

@Menchi187 At this point, even the "Banjo was on Nintendo" argument doesn't even cut it anymore because Rare Replay exists.

The difference between Yooka-Laylee and the original Banjo-Kazooie is that BK is an exclusive and was made with the N64 in mind, Yooka-Laylee is just more of the same and is a game that was nothing special on any platform thus didn't win the interest of gamers for any platform unlike BK. It's still a good game, just nothing special.

@AlphaJaguar I know, but fanboys aren't the most logical people. "It was originally on Nintendo!" was what I was alluding to.

Can we refrain from using Yooka-Laylee pics as the headliner until we get some Switch news please. They unceremoniously dumped the Wii U version and the Switch version hasn't even been dated yet. If I have to see a pic of the game on NL it should have "This is a paid advertisement" stamped across the middle of it.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Amazon have Wii u version in stock.

@Menchi187 Well, Lego City Undercover on Switch, a game I'd have said the same about, ousold both the PS4 and Xbox One versions day one, even with the install base discrepancy. Add to that the fact that the Wii U comprised the majority of Kickstarters backers for this game, and it's fair to say that could easily have been the case here as well.

Odd being a backer of Yooka-Laylee and being one of the few to never play it yet. It was a sucky situation the team was put in, and knowing some of how they work, I'd assume this wait is more Nintendo's fault than Playtonic, but man I am getting impatient

@Mart1ndo they do but it's 70 pounds

I caved and bought it digitally on PS4. Never going physical for that box since there is no reason beyond shelf space I'm conserving for Switch.

@Anti-Matter I've just had a look. Got the Switch version btw, but I highly doubt it's different between versions, and from what I can tell, you can't I'm afraid.

@UK-Nintendo
It's £48
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KL32AJA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

@rjejr here here! Or is it hear hear? I dunno, but I agree with you

I got Wii U Zelda on day of release, my neighbour got it for Mothers Day recently, so it is there

@DESS-M-8 me 2 it's becoming quite expensive

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I think I read somewhere that the Wii U version of Zelda sold like 450,000 copies, which is good for a dying console, IMHO.

I've been playing Yooka-Laylee on Xbox on and off since launch day. I find it very disappointing how 'move-less' Yooka and Laylee are at the beginning. True, you had to learn moves in Banjo and Tooie, too, but you could at least do basic jumps for a 3D platformer pretty much from the beginning in those games which then allowed you to do everything in a world in one go, which I just like to do in games like these. I also find none of the character's charming, the worlds' designs confusing and ultimately too big. I'd rather have had multiple smaller worlds than five gigantic ones. Anyhow, I don't think I'll double dip on this one, sorry, Playtonic!

Switch has been out a little over a month - seems a bit premature to call anything "evergreen".
We're still in the honeymoon launch phase were people who were trying to get systems at launch are just now finding consoles.
Zelda might be that eventually, but we won't know until holiday numbers come in.

@Nik-Davies

Was it really that bad?
Im not sure if i will be buying it or not.
Need some honest reviews from people who played it.

@Mart1ndo yea just checked the link you gave me. It also has 13 pounds new as well. Strange

I couldn't get past the intro for Yooka Laylee. The sound effect voices for the characters made me want to put my controller through my TV. My fond memories of Rare titles were all on the SNES with DK Country and Killer Instinct, so having never played Banjo Kazooie I guess I had no pre-attachment to this style of game. But man, I found it god awful annoying. So much so that it was unplayable to me.

@Mart1ndo I see that they got some back in stock. But at £48, good luck with that. I don't know if people will pay that much. The original listing was £33.

I reckon Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will top the charts easily upon release. Don't think a Nintendo game has since the days of the Wii/DS?

@Nik-Davies Got Deadpool at random the other day. Very funny but quite boring and repetitive (gameplay wise).

@BigBluePanda I think the fact its a port of the Wii U game will factor in. Sure lots of people missed out on it due to not buying a Wii U, but I see many comment of people not wanting to buy it a second time.

Yooka-Laylee is fantastic. I'm playing through the Steam version right now and I'm having a blast. Does it match the sublimity of BK and BT? Not quite, but it's definitely a worthy spiritual successor to BT. An 8.5/10 so far.

Good to see that it's doing well, because I sincerely hope it will spawn a couple of sequels.

@rjejr Butthurt much?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Must have been quite a while back at that price, I managed to snag it for £40.

Still pricey for a shelf piece but I have a feeling it'll hold its value.

Unless everyone else who bought it decided to do the same.

@InternetBowser I actually - and ironically - liked the idea of expanding worlds. If only the worlds weren't already big enough as is.
Also, as an extra point I'd like to bring up is that the Rextro's games were pretty bland and not really 'retro'. I would have preferred it if these games parodied older Rare games like BattleToads or SableWulf.
I wouldn't say it's a bad game necessarily. The thing is just that the name 'Rare' simply brings up a level of quality YL probably never would have reached. I'm also too busy with fantastic and almost perfect games that I just can't find a reason to play YL right now. Again, I'm a bit disappointed (which is partially my fault to begin with) but it is not a bad game. I'd give it a lower end 7/10 and definitely look forward to Playtonic's next move.

@InternetBowser Probably a fine idea. Sadly I don't have a working pc or any of the other systems myself.

@UK-Nintendo
Thanks for that. I hadn't actually noticed it for £13. I sold my copy in CEX last week for €47 cash in hand. I'm after buying it again for £12.96 plus £2.03 p+p. I had to send it to my parcel motel address which will cost me another €4. Mad or what.
I was only on my way to take on the second Devine beast. I'm 60 hours in.

@InternetBowser

Thanks i will pick it up becouse it reminds me of the rareware donkykong and banjo kazooie games and i enjoyed them alot.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Just bought it again for £15

@Mart1ndo What? Where?

@Dangerous25 Here hear? Hear here?

@Yasume Yes, and dam proud of it. Explain to me how it makes sense to do free advertising for a game that isn't on a Nintendo system that was #6? Not 1, 2 3, 4 or even in the top 5, it was #6, why show it and write this -

"albeit irrelevant from a Nintendo perspective"

Makes no sense.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00KL32AJA/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

@Mart1ndo Nevermind. I looked at the above comments. I ordered a second copy too. From a seller with a rating of 2, chances are this will end in tears or be the Azerbaijani version.

I have unopened copies of GCN Twilight Princess and WiiU BOTW. Hoping they're worth something when I'm dead.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
It is a bit of a risk but we are protected by 'Amazon's A-to-z Guarantee'.

@Mart1ndo Yep. That's the safety net I'm relying on. If it sounds too good to be true and you know the rest of that line.

@Mart1ndo no. Thank you. I looked on Amazon uk through my mobile app but your link does come up cheaper. Even at 48 pounds is better than 70. 13 pounds plus 2 p&p is crazy and It's worth the risk. Worst come to it they'll just refund you the money back

@Mart1ndo I'm starting to think it's a problem because now the switch version is showing 15.99 new

@UK-Nintendo
I see that seller "talita16", every item he has for sale is £15.99 He even has Horizon: Zero Dawn for £15.99

This is going to get messy. I bought from "Mella25". Have to wait and see.

@Mart1ndo looking at the seller Meller25 it does seem like a scam. He's even selling a switch for 168 pounds. Seems dodgy. I'd say cancel that order, it's not worth the bother

@Mart1ndo I hope it does with that price. Anyway like I said worst case is you'll get your money back with Amazon a-z protection. It says dispatched from uk and in stock.

@InternetBowser No worries. I didn't read it like that anyway.
I looked up the credits on youtube actually and saw my name. Makes it even weirder that I can't give it a go yet.

We need Yooka-Laylee for Switch! When will it be out?

@Mart1ndo @UK-Nintendo Thank goodness I'm not alone. I bought a Switch from Mella25 and they haven't been replying to any messages since I placed the order. I haven't seen any money taken out of my bank account (how do I check if they've placed a claim?) and I've placed a claim with Amazon but I hope I haven't been scammed.

The only reason I caved was because they have two positive reviews from customers (from a long time ago, admittedly), what do you think the deal is with that?

@who-can-i-be if you contact Amazon you should be fine.

@UK-Nintendo Thanks! Do you possibly have any answers to my other questions? Thanks again!

@who-can-i-be not too sure sorry but when they put a claim it's usually taken within 3 days

@UK-Nintendo I checked my bank yesterday (4 days after placing the order) and my money was still there, so that's a good sign at least. What do you think the deal is with those positive reviews? Was Mella a "good" seller turned bad?

@who-can-i-be something like that. He is a robot scammer

@UK-Nintendo What are those?

@Mart1ndo Thank you so much for replying! I haven't received such an email yet and I placed my order on the 17th. Did you submit a claim on Amazon?

@Mart1ndo I have, I have an A-to-z claim open right now and it's still being processed. When did you submit yours? Thanks!

@Mart1ndo I submitted mine just before midnight Wednesday, so hopefully my refund is just a day behind yours xD What did you order, Zelda Wii U?

@Mart1ndo Glad to hear it! I hope you can get Zelda soon!