Yooka-Laylee Developer Playtonic Games Teases New Reveal Coming "Soon"

Oh please not another racing game just a normal Yooka-Laylee please

I feel like they are probably wanting to move away from Yooka-Laylee as a series, for now at least. The first game had such a massive backlash that I think probably effected sales of Impossible Lair. Also there’s rumours that they are rebranding the company and have had outside investment. Either way, I think Playtonic are doing something totally new and different.

I see they are teasing a teaser.
Banjo-Kazoo-ish 3? Or maybe something similar to another Rare game, like Perfect Dark? I'd definitely buy an off brand perfect dark.

Nice! I absolutely love Yooka Laylee 2, till the point I like it almost as much as the DK games (almost). So I´m really curious about their next project!

I hope it’s not another platformer. Both Yooka Laylee games weren’t very good IMO.

Hopefully whatever it is improves on YL's shortcomings

@FragRed I might be reading too much into it but the purple and green hearts they used in their post makes me think it'll be another Yooka Laylee game.

The Impossible Lair was awesome! Can't wait to find out what their next game will be.

The Yooka-Laylee games were quite fun. I'd like for their next game to be a 3D platformer.

@Rhaoulos These announcements would be so huge, they would not tease!

Never clicked an article so fast. Love you guys @ Playtonic. The Impossible Lair is quite frankly the best and most unique 2D platformer I've played since Donkey Kong Country, it really is worth a play, contrary to the strangely exclusively negative "I don't like their games; a rebrand basically means they're being bought by Microsoft, the company they all left to create Playtonic in the first place, but nonetheless this makes perfect sense to me" comments in this particular thread. A Diddy Kong Racing style game would be a great opportunity to simultaneously fill the Diddy Kong Racing-sized void that has existed since Rare's demise while also introducing new Playtonic characters. A Splatoon style shooter would be as well.

Banjo Kazooie or don’t even bother.

Banjo-Threeie. Funded by Nintendo, developed by Playtonic, owned by Microsoft. Timed exclusivity on Switch, after a year (or less) it will be on Xbox One/Series X/S too.
Sure, it's a wild guess but face it, we've seen weirder in the last few years. 2020 in itself notwithstanding.

A spiritual successor to Duddy Kong Racing would be fantastic but I'll happily play whatever their new game is after the masterpiece that is The Impossible Lair.

@FroZtedFlakerZz Yeah because kart racers are everywhere arent they? /s

No mentioning of the fact they have told kickstarter backers that they are completely rebranding...
I have a feeling it is something to do with that.
Personally think they might be tied in more with Team17.

@Tourtus I didn’t even think about the coloured hearts. If it is another game in that franchise then that’s cool, though can’t say it ever clicked with me. I did buy Impossible Lair day it came out but just like the first game I dropped it in half an hour and never went back.

@Perryg92 Ahh that’s where I heard about the rebranding. So it’s not a rumour but straight from the horses mouth. Thanks for that info.

Here's betting that NL will push this more than that stupid retro player thing!! WOOP WOOP

Hope its a new ip 3d platformer

Ah, Playtonic, the REAL Rare...

And yes, I most definitely AM looking forward to their new project.

@FragRed Was it a massive backlash? I know it fell a bit flat and didn't live up to some people's expectations, but I don't recall a significant backlash as such. I've actually really enjoyed the little I've played of it so far.

Impossible Lair is definitely one of the most underrated 2D platformers of recent years. If Nintendo had released it then it would have been a critical darling. It's a shame the first YL game tainted their reputation as they've done some stellar work since.

@gcunit It certainly felt that way. It was one of the biggest funded crowdfunded games offering a massive nostalgia trip by the very people behind some of the best N64 games at the height of Kickstarter mania. And it didn’t pan out the way it was hyped up to be. I think a fair amount of the backlash was fuelled by social media and news outlets so that may have made it feel bigger than it was.

TattleBoads.

@CourtneyDL if Duddy Kong gets round the TM I’m all for Duddy kong racing.

I jest.

But yeah - Y-L Racing as a basic remake of DK racing would work for me. Keep everything similar but with Y-L characters and settings. I’m in.

Did they ever finish their first game i.e. Yooka-Laylee? No? Failed to deliver kickstarter promises you say. Shock and Awe.

@FragRed I guess there could have been some Kickstarter-specific backlash that I didn't pay much attention to - I tend to skim past Kickstarter stories and had forgotten it was a Kickstarter game.

Of what I've played so far though, it seemed better than what I'd been led to believe about it.

I hope it’s better than the last attempt

I feel like 'cooking' is some kind of tease...

@FragRed the fanbase was sorta split, at least among those who kickstarted it, and it didn’t do great at launch, but it’s done decent overall. Impossible Lair was fairly critically acclaimed and did very well, turning the split fanbase around. It’s likely they’ll wanna keep that momentum going. Question is will they give the collectathon another try? The 2D DKC style game did much better.

I hope its a sequel to Yooka Laylee 1. I love 3d platformers way more than 2d ones.

Banjo Kazooie Threeie, pretty please!

Fingers are crossed for a spiritual successor to Diddy Kong Racing. Adventure Mode, bosses, battle arenas, cheat codes ALL that good stuff!

Yooka-Laylee had a pretty rough start. It wasn't as bad as other games such as Sonic 06, or Sonic Boom, or Superman 64, but it couldn't live up to its full potential as a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie. It was okay. The second game was much better.

@ShadJV I think what’s interesting is that they publicly stated they were rebranding the company. That can be taken 2 ways. First is they are getting away from that franchise to try something new for now at least. The other is they are rebranding to focus entirely on that particular franchise. It’ll be interesting to see which way they go.

I would throw my money at another Yooka Laylee without any second thought.

But I'm also willing to try out another new project from them. I think they've proven themselves enough by this point

I hope it's a Yooka-Twolee game.

@FragRed still, the purple and green hearts seem very intentional. Those are a very odd and misleading color combination if they’re moving away from Yooka Laylee.

I'm in love with the first Yooka-Laylee and I actually liked it as much as Banjo-Kazooie.

Impossibile Lair was really good too, but I would prefer if they went with another collectathon this time.

The original Yooka-Laylee was, imho, far better than the sequel. I enjoy YL more than Mario Odyssey, frankly. If there was a way to take the physics/smoothness of SMO and the design/character of YL, I’d take eight.

Impossible Lair has become one of my favorite platformers of all time; I'm very excited to see what they do next.

@Ghost_of_Hasashi

Twooka Laylee followed by Yooka Laythree.

I'm not the biggest fan of their first game, but I am completely enamoured of Impossible Lair.
I'm eager to see what they want show us

Bought both previous games and was underwhelmed! Didnt play more than 3hours across both. Might go back to see if I feel differently. I loved the style but for some reason didn't feel these

I just hate the bat and chameleon characters green and purple 🤮 I do enjoy the first game but hate impossible lair. Not a patch on dkc in my eyes.

I loved both games so if they continue the Yooka Laylee franchise I will be very happy. If it is something new, I might be just a tad disappointed but I have confidence they can be known for more than just Yooka Laylee. Whatever it is, I am pretty excited for them to share it with us!

Hoping for a spiritual sequel to DKR.

If you look at Playtonic and their history, they have their 3D Platformer homage (Yooka-Laylee), 2D Platformer Homage (Impossible Lair), all that's really left is a Kart-Racer (Diddy Kong Racing, but unlikely considering it'd likely be a serious financial loss), a Beat Em' Up (Battletoads, slightly more feasible but still a big risk depending if it's a B-Team or A-Team project), a Fighting Game (Killer Instinct, but a pretty hefty undertaking. Although this could work, very few fighting games coming soon), or what I think is most likely: A First person Shooter! It makes sense in all regards: A popular genre, something the Switch doesn't have a ton of, something people are craving especially in Rare's style of GoldenEye/Perfect Dark, and the start for a whole new IP should the team be getting tired of only Yooka-Laylee. I expect some new IP that's a bit more serious in tone, possibly even spy-themed.

I enjoyed the first Yooka. Not perfect but not bad for a first try. Impossible Lair is a gem, really high quality.

But I have my suspicions this isn’t a new game at all

The first YL was great..... I don't understand the hate some of you have.

I reckon it’s bayonetta 3, someone’s making it aren’t they? Xx

Impossible lair was such a bad game. I don’t like Yooka-Laylee

I totally loved the first game and it looked amazing on Switch. The reviews were weird and generally questionable.

I loved the second game too but visually it looked a bit rough and unpolished. Not the models and environments which were top-drawer and as good (or very close to) the quality seen in DKTF! But the anti-aliasing and edge-quality on everything was very rough on both docked and undocked - even in menus and static images. I think they compressed the crap out of it too. But the game itself was so good that it deserved a final polish that it never got - and I really hope they update it. Fix that and it's basically a classic.

I honestly don't know why YL2 looks so rough when they made the 3D game so visually perfect.

Please Playtonic revisit it for a bit of visual refinement.

In general I hope they go back and stay with 3D Platformers. Second choice would be for them to try a StarFox like. That would be amazing.

@aznable I agree, the first game was top-tier quality.

Is it the dlc they never gave us?

Maybe... a spin off of Yooka Laylee starring Trowzer the Snake akin to Conker's Bad Fur Day?

@fafonio It's the crowdfunding thing, I think. Think people are failing to understand the long game in that Playtonic are setting themselves up to become a modern Rareware Ltd. (one that actually makes games with the spirit of the original Rare and actually release at a reasonable frequency as opposed to one game a decade), and it all has to start somewhere. Think the crowdfunding thing set some unrealistic expectations early on, and now they are slammed with unreasonably negative comments at every turn, even when they release the most innovative 2D platformer made in the past two decades brimming with that old English charm.

Impossible Lair was my GOTY 2019. It was amazing. I don't expect another side scroller, but it would be awesome.

Probably another cartoonish game that fits in the world and story of Yooka without actually being a Yooka Laylee game

Oooooooooo! They are a talented studio.
Got crushed under the weight of expectation and ambition the first time, the second time was really really good. (For most of us, anyway. It’s a form of entertainment, so enjoyment is subjective)

So, whatever they are working on, I’m keen to see it. I’d be more than happy with more Yooka Laylee, but if it is a new series, I’m keen to see what it is. If it will be for me or not, well, it depends what It is. Like I said, enjoyment is subjective. We shall see, but I’m optimistic!
(A rare trait these days, isn’t it?)

Loved Impossible Lair except I found the Impossible Lair literally impossible.

@Stocksy The Impossible Lair owes a lot to Duddy's Kong Quest so I think they're well in tune with Duddy 🤣. FFS I hate this phone, typos galore 🤣

I definitely hope its a direct sequel to Yooka-Laylee, correcting the mistakes of its predecessor based on fan response.