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[The Satellite]

Meanwhile Yooka's and Laylee's genders are not confirmed yet, FUELING WILD SPECULATION ACROSS THE INTERNET, HOMES ARE BURNING DOWN, THERE'S CHAOS IN THE STREETS, I JUST SAW A DOG MARRY A CAT

 

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Personally I could see Yooka being female, maybe both of them, but what's important to me is we finally get a good, unique, and charming 3D platformer after too long.

[Ventus]

Its obvious that Yooka is a female... and Laylee is a Male. well its not that obvious. But it would be a nice change, now we need a debate on weather this is correct information.

[Koh]

 

Personally I could see Yooka being female, maybe both of them, but what's important to me is we finally get a good, unique, and charming 3D platformer after too long.

Ratchet and Clank, lol.  Jak and Daxter.  

[The Satellite]

Um... the last main series Jak and Daxter game came out in 2004. Remakes and spinoffs don't really count. Sure, it seems the last two Ratchet & Clank games were in 2009 and 2013, but the review scores don't exactly look glowing. You also could have mentioned Super Mario 3D Land and 3D World, which I purposefully left out because they're not what I want in a 3D platformer. And Galaxy 2 was in 2010, but five years is long enough to me. And as shouldn't need to be stated, it's all subjective anyway.

 

So my statement stands, free from pointless nitpicking.

[trudatman]

then why post it on the Internet?!  surely you wanted such a response....

 

pick this nit.

[Beefster]

I was so excited and shocked earlier that I forgot to post something meaningful.

 

My first reaction to the two characters was, "Wait. That's exactly like Banjo-Kazooie." and then I realized it. "Wait! That's EXACTLY like Banjo-Kazooie!"

 

Part of me wants it to be a totally new concept... but then I realize that it isn't called a spiritual successor for nothing. They have every right to do this- as they came up with the original character concept in the first place.

 

I figured Yooka was male and Laylee was female, though I would be just as happy any other way... Or refreshed if it were inverted. Laylee just seems like a female name to me. Yooka could go either way.

[The Satellite]

Laylee does make me think of Layla, so it sounded feminine to me at first. Regardless, I'm excited, and I doubt it'll be too similar; even if Laylee has some similar moves to Kazooie such as hovering and maybe even flying, I don't see egg shooting and talon trotting being feasible.

 

Also Yooka probably wouldn't share any of Banjo's moves either, so I think we're solid; they already mentioned using the tongue like a grappling hook for Yooka and a sonar pulse for Laylee. I don't think we have anything to worry about.

[Beefster]

Good point. I didn't really think about the whole moveset. There will definitely be some similarities, though.

 

But honestly, I would be happy even if they did have a shockingly similar set of moves.

[Jared]

This is looking amazing!

 

I liked how Yooka used that rolling move to go faster. Interesting.

[HavoX]

talon trotting

 

Chameleons have sharp claws on their toes that allow them to climb, so if there were any steep hills, Yooka could use his/her claws to run up these hills.

[Koh]

I'm hoping it has a big emphasis on exploration and secret finding, and won't just be a hallway simulator.  I'd like to see making use of the environment around you to find secrets.  Like for example, climbing a palm tree that leads up to a cave that's inaccessable otherwise, or even hiding stuff within the same palm tree where, if you shake the top, collectibles (and coconuts) come falling out of the palm tree.

[Beefster]

I would honestly be surprised if it was a hallway simulator. That simply isn't in the spirit of a Banjo-Kazooie-type game.

 

EDIT: well, I just backed it for $47 (30 pounds) because I wanted the soundtrack. I'm so excited!

Edited by Beefster, 01 May 2015 - 11:13 AM.

[Ventus]

https://www.kickstar...rmer-rare-vival

 

A wild Kickstarter appeared!

What will you do?

 

Back Back

Back Be a loser and not back!

 

^Pokemon thing for an unknown reason

 

(Also I WANT TO BACK THIS SO BAD JUST TO GET A STEAM VERSION! Oh boy it'd be sure be nice if someone would pledge $10 and let me have it. hey you can't blame me I secretly hope people would be nice to me all the time)

Edited by Ventus, 01 May 2015 - 11:29 AM.

[Beefster]

Breaking News: It's already fully funded. It wasn't even up for a full hour before it reached its goal.

[Ventus]

ITS SO FUNDED!! It shows people really want this game to happen. (this generation of gaming needed a game like this so badly)

 

Edit- $500,000+ funded!! 

Edited by Ventus, 01 May 2015 - 12:46 PM.