Yooka-Replaylee Appears To Be Getting A Proper Physical Release For Switch 2

oh great now the game key card fans are gonna be mad

I never understood redoing this game, the original version is perfectly serviceable.

Don't say "appears" when it's being outright specified?

@PikaPhantom That's the same thing the news does for politics, The difference between uncertainty and certainty is supremely important.

Wow, a smaller publisher doing "full game on cart", no Switch Tax™️, AND releasing for lower than the average MSRP??

I understand every situation is different, but this kinda undercuts the speculation that Switch 2 data carts are too expensive for larger publishers. Either they must've gotten cheaper, new storage options, or game-key cards really were a cost-cutting option publishers were too excited to jump on.

Really cool that they seem to be doing a full cartridge release without even a price increase. I never got around to playing the original Yooka-Laylee, despite many sales it's gone on, but I guess I probably waited a good amount of time then for this remake. Definitely will be on the lookout for this physically if I get the chance.

Absolutely wild that this is a real cartridge. Crazy that companies like Bandai Namco and Sega can’t make real games, but this random company can. Makes the situation even worse for them lol

@Dee123 Yeah, disagree, had a lot of flaws and felt empty

Heal yeah, I've never had the chance to play, but you better believe I'll show my support and pick up a "full on cart" Switch 2 game.

Yesss...! 😃
It's also have physical release on PS5 version.
I can play the game immediately on my PS5 machine.

@Splash_Woman You don't like Banjo-Tooie?

Hell to the Hell Yeah!

While I'm undecided on the game itself, that is great news.

I bet this game will be fantastic, with all they, have learned over the years, and this news makes it even more exciting. I will likely get it day one!

While I'll probably buy this day one, and love it like I did when it came out both on PC and Switch, I can't stress enough how bad of an idea this entire project is.

I've already talked about it enough in other news, but the mood surrouding this remake is really a bad sign for it's sales.

I hope everything goes well for Playtonic Games as I want them to be successfull so we can finally have a brand new Yooka-Laylee, because I feel like this will flop badly.

A year ago they said that the updated game would be discounted for owners of the original game. Hopefully they hold to this.

Well, I'm a lot more interested in it now.

@Dee123 That's exactly the reason, it's "serviceable", but not great like they wanted it to be. On release it disappointed many, the developers themselves included, and they want to fix that.

They've changed so much for this re-release, from controls and graphics to adding much more challenges and enemies and even completely redoing the opening segment and adding more story, that imo they should have just called it a remake.
Even people who really didn't like/hated the original are very positive about the game in recent previews thanks to all the changes.

And personally speaking, it would be nice if this release finally made the haters shut up and we could talk about this game without an angry mob jumping us for daring to like it ^_^

@Dee123
If the Remaster is better than the original, why not?
I will pick the remaster version since I have second chance to get the game in physical release and better performance.

I wish there were some sort of upgrade path or discount if you own the original game. I'm not sure I want to buy the whole game all over again, for almost the same system.

@AussieMcBucket They actually announced a discount for current owners last year: https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/yooka-replaylee-discount-for-original-owners

It's currently only for people with the Steam version, but they do mention console support and I'm guessing we'll hear about that too in that presentation they're doing next week.

Silksong this and Silksong that, but Yooka-Replaylee is my most anticipated "indie' game and I'm glad I'll be able to pick it up on NS2 since it's a cartridge. I'll sit nicely next to my original Yooka -Laylee switch physical copy.

awesome, day 1 purchase for me

@NinjaSyao Hey wow, that's great! I hope it's enough of a discount to tempt me. Not to undervalue their efforts. Thank you for sharing!

I doubt it will be solid enough not to get a few sizeable patches, so eh.

We take those. o/

this is a bit of a nitpick but. ... if the goal of Yooka-Replaylee is to "replace" the original Yooka-Laylee by making it basically improved in every way, then I find the title of the game to be a bit of a problem - putting "Replay"lee front and center like that draws attention to the fact that there was originally a previous version. This is all well and good for fans who played the original, but it might make newcomers think twice about jumping in with this version, if the title might give the feeling they're missing out on something.
I dunno. Is their demographic purely just fans of the original who wish it was better? That's a pretty small demographic

@DTFaux Of course key cards were a cost cutting exercise by large third parties.Nintendo don't use them. It's obviously a third party incentive. They (EA / Ubisoft / Square / Capcom etc have their sights on a digital only world to eliminate the cost of actually manufacturing anything (and those savings do not get passed on to the consumer!) It's at odds with how Nintendo operate. So I do applaud Nintendo for trying to inject a sense of ownership to digital media...but resent third parties that choose to use them. It's a solution to a greed problem. Not cool.

@TryToBeHopeful it's still spelled incorrectly at least once in the article. To be fair though, I don't envy anyone having to type out that stupid-arse title 🤣

Really didn't enjoy this game and felt like I wasted my money. It's great that have returned to it and worked hard to make it better, but it will be a hard pass for me, not risking being burnt twice, this game has already left a bitter taste in my mouth and I have zero enthusiasm for it.
Good for them doing a proper release though, to be commended in todays world.

This game was about as good as Banjo-Kazooie, so I'd play it again with nicer visuals.

Also, why is this full on cart but bigger third-party companies won't do that? Again, I will criticize them because if this company can do it, Sega can.

A good review and an eventual 20$ price point will get me to buy it. But I’m guessing the game with the “already own the original” discount is going to be like 20% off. So it’ll be a long wait for me.

Never finished it. So it’s a maybe. I did buy the original on sale for £3.50

I don't care if the game's on the cart, I'm not paying $50 for a remake of a $20 game.

Happy for all physical collectors. I'll wait for a heavy discount on the eshop someday.

It's one of those games where I was kinda "meh" on the first playthrough, but when I gave it a second spin, I really enjoyed it.

And I think this is more than just a visual upgrade - I thought I read that they've tightened up the controls and camera a bit, which were the two biggest sore spots. Movement, especially rolling and flying, was too floaty. And the camera had your classic camera problems.

Very much appreciated. Day 1 buy

I might finally buy it, if it runs well on Switch 2 !

Can we make a completely arbitrary rule that the game has to be over 10 years old to get a remaster...it doesn't really bother me juat seems strange

Cool About time day one 😁

I've got a feeling they truly picked this up, shuffled and tinkered it till it was something way better then we got.

Now let's hope my hunch is right!!

@DTFaux To be fair, Yooka-Laylee is a 30€/$30 game, often on sale for a lot less (currently on sale for 6€ on Steam for example), so having to pay $50 for a physical version of this doesn't exactly seem like a great deal. Sure, the game is remastered, but I'm not sure if it's changed enough to be worth it.

I was interested in the original game, then ultimately passed on it due to some of the feedback and being busy with other games at the time. I will seriously consider picking this one up for my future Switch 2!

@Liam_Doolan Playtonic weren't thinking of media outlets at all when they signed off on calling the game "Yooka-Replaylee". Hopefully the next game is named something less stupid.

I need to see some reviews. I have, and am not a fan of, the original version or the second game.

No game key-card and less than than 60 bugs? Bless them, day 1 for me

Oh nice!

I seem to be getting quite lucky with the 3rd party games I'm interested in (Cyberpunk, Sonic Racing and this) all happen to be on the card. It's a sad situation but you've gotta celebrate the wins!

Having said that, I'm still mourning Persona 3: Reload and FFVII Remake.

I wasn't super excited to pick this game up again (original still doesn't feel that old), but I'll go ahead and get it now to support real physical releases. Not like it has a whole lot of competition in that department on Switch 2.

The fact that small companies like Playtonic/PM Studios can afford to put the whole game on a real cartridge for $50 (same price as all the other versions) but Sega, Square Enix, Capcom, Bandai Namco, NISA, etc... can't is embarrassing. I will continue not supporting these greedy publishers on Switch 2.

@Splash_Woman I feel the same about Banjo Tooie. It is too bloated. There's some brilliant ideas and great levels but I'd got bored long before finishing the game, especially when going for 100% completion.

Banjo Kazooie did everything just right.

Does that mean it's only in North America and the rest of us will have to import ?

@StewdaMegaManNerd There are no "game-key card fans" though!

oh sorry, I confused them with the code-in-a-box fans