Loved Banjo Kazooie? Meet Playtonic’s ‘Yooka-Laylee’

<p>Miss Banjo Kazooie&quest; Didn&&num;8217&semi;t like <em>Banjo Kazooie&colon;<&sol;em> <em>Nuts &amp&semi; Bolts<&sol;em>&quest; Fear not&comma; gamers – the folks at Playtonic feel your pain&period; Better yet&comma; they&&num;8217&semi;re here to give you the cutest placebo you could ask for and it&&num;8217&semi;s name&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Yooka-Laylee<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If the name seems all too familiar to you &lpar;musical reference&comma; adorable duo&rpar;&comma; then you&&num;8217&semi;re absolutely right&period; As it so happens&comma; the game&&num;8217&semi;s being headed by Steve Mayles&comma; the character artist behind the Nintendo 64&&num;8217&semi;s<em> Banjo Kazooie<&sol;em> series and the Donkey Kong Country series as a former Rare team member&period; His studio&comma; Playtonic Games&comma; is made up of likeminded former Rare designers and <em>Yooka-Laylee&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;em>s their very first game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;05000129&sol;Yooka-Yahlee-Indie-Game-Rare-BagoGames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignleft wp-image-82392 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;05000129&sol;Yooka-Yahlee-Indie-Game-Rare-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Yooka-Yahlee Indie Game Rare BagoGames" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"174" &sol;><&sol;a>Like their beloved precursors&comma; Yooka&comma; the scaly one of the two&comma; can use his tongue like a grappling hook&period; Laylee&comma; the winged one of the two&comma; can carry Yooka and fly for a wee bit or unleash a sonic blast among other moves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Known as Project Ukulele until now&comma; <em>Yooka-Laylee <&sol;em>will be part of another Kickstarter on <strong>May 1st<&sol;strong>&comma; with all backers able to pick up the finished copy for &dollar;15&sol;£10&period; Soundtracks&comma; art books&comma; and a special &&num;8217&semi;64-bit&&num;8217&semi; special edition are all planned as special bonuses should it reach its stretch goals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If funded&comma; <em>Yooka-Laylee<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s due for release on Playstation 4&comma; Xbox One&comma; Mac&comma; Windows for PC&comma; and most appropriately&comma; Wii U&period; Each version&&num;8217&semi;s release date will be dependent on just when and how much money its stretch goals amass&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The studio&&num;8217&semi;s teased further details this Friday&comma; so stay tuned for more on <em>Yooka-Laylee<&sol;em> and all things gaming here at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com">BagoGames<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;30&sol;spiritual-successor-to-banjo-kazooie-reveals-its-lead-characters">IGN<&sol;a> &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendolife&period;com&sol;news&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;playtonics&lowbar;project&lowbar;ukulele&lowbar;becomes&lowbar;yooka-laylee&lowbar;wii&lowbar;u&lowbar;release&lowbar;confirmed">Nintendo Life<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;