Yooko-Laylee: The 3D Platformer We’ve Desperately Needed

Playtonic Games newest title has not only been funded, but looking to make a huge impact on the gaming world. Its something we've all desperately needed.

[Romudeth]

Aside from Nintendo, no one is doing these type of games anymore. I hope this title spurns a new wave of 3d platforming games.

[Venomousfatman]

Im more than sure that after the reception of the Kickstarter, somebody over at one of the other big companies has taken notice. You'd be crazy to ignore how fast this project got funded.

Now I dont want an over-saturation of titles like this, but I bet you they will release this game and then consider making a sequel. You can bet on that.

[strauser360]

I'm not looking forward to the credits of this game.

[Venomousfatman]

There will definitely be a long listing in the credits. Hopefully they do something clever by having some sort of Epilogue while listing all of the backers. That would be neat.

[strauser360]

Its gonna worse than the LoTR credits but oh well.

[SoapShoes]

Ratchet and Clank is coming this year. Sly 4 wasn't too long ago and may have a new game in the works but you're right 3D platformers are few and far between.

[anash611]

Can't wait. Been waiting for a new Banjo, but this will definitely do

[Venomousfatman]

With all of the people who worked on the original Banjo games, this is looking to be a very good successor to that series. There's just so much care going into making this game that fans of the genre are going to go nuts over.

[rbailey]

My interesting timing for them to be working on this considering Rare is also working on a new game. Definitely looking forward to playing both games once they are released.

[Venomousfatman]

After Phil Spencer saying that Rare has something for E3, I wonder if it will be an answer to what Playtonic Games is doing.

I'm betting its Battletoads and not a 3D platformer like Banjo-Kazooie. But there is that possibility...

[XiMasterChief]

All the evidence is pointing to a new IP (from Rare). If Battletoads is real, It will most likely be made by a outsourced company (Iron Galaxy Studio maybe, they are/currently developing Killer Instinct).

[Summons75]

Rare is working on a new game....prepare for Kinect crap.

[RaTaTaT]

It's all ready been reported that nothing rare is working on is Kinect related. Troll on friend.

[gangsta_red]

It's funny that THIS is the game we all desperately need and yet when Nintendo makes (and has been making) these types of game a lot of people post how they hate it because they're too cartoony or geared towards kids.

[Gamer777]

Sometimes the demand for something is exaggerated by a minority being very vocal. I think more 3d platformers should be made , they aren't expensive to make and can be profitable with sub 1 million sales.

[N0TaB0T]

Maybe because Nintendo reuses the same characters over and over again, and there are about five games that don't feature Mario in some form?

EDIT: They can do whatever they want, but the way of novelty is not everything lasts and can get tired.

[Metallox]

No. Let's end with this, please.

[N0TaB0T]

I'm not here to piss all over Nintendo, but there comes a point in time and space when you look past all the quirky friendly undertones and hunger for something never before seen. It makes me appreciate Splatoon and whatever other IP is up Nintendo's sleeve.

[Concertoine]

I agree partly, Nintendo has damn near solely produced games in this genre since the end of the 6th gen. But this is a Rareware platformer. A totally different breed to anything made before or since. The last game in this vein was Banjo-tooie 15 years ago.

Nintendo and Rare make very different games built around the same structure. There are people that swear by Banjo and those that swear by Mario 64 because they are very different games.

The quirky humor, unique music, and great level design are what put a Rareware platformer above a Nintendo one imho.

[DigitalRaptor]

Yeah I agree.

Another article ( http://n4g.com/news/1719420... ) that was also professing that we "needed" this game, or that the industry was holding it back or something, whilst ignoring that both Sony and Nintendo have been making 3D platformers consistently for years including last-gen and going into this one.

I've backed this on Kickstarter, but only because I think it looks lovely and has potential. Not because it was desperately needed.

[Venomousfatman]

Nintendo has been making 3D platformers with the Mario series, this is true. But a lot of the charm and resonance that came from the approach you saw from classic RARE is pretty much non-existent these days. The closest you can probably get to it would either be Knack or Rachet & Clank. There may be a few others, but nothing with the kind of approach we saw from RARE with the genre.

[Concertoine]

I would say Jak and Daxter is the closest. Ratchet i can see, but Knack didnt even come close for me. It was okay to play co-op, but i can't remember cracking a smile and cant remember any dialogue or characters.

[_-EDMIX-_]

As a HUGE fan of platformer games, the latest Mario 2D titles and 3D titles have been nerfed in terms of control scheme and complexity.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

if anything, as the folks who speed run regarding the complexity of the older series. They've been making them yes....doesn't mean they've been anything like their previous entries. This team has a history of making amazing Platformers and I very much feel that this team made the better Platformers on Nintendo's platforms, DK country, 64, both Banjo's, Conker etc. I'm looking forward to this platformer more then ANY other!

[Tonykid]

But I want an other crash game or Jak and Dexter game, not this.... Also 3d platformers are everywhere just go turn on your Wii/u

[Metallox]

The only 3D platformer available in the console is Super Mario 3D World. Now, if you wish, the Galaxy games are also compatible, and Mario 64 and DKC are also available in the Virtual Console.

But even then, there are not so many, not enough to turn on my Wii U. Now, that doesn't mean the console's catalog is little though; in fact, it's very robust.

[Tonykid]

What About:
Every Lego Game
Picmen
Epic Mickey 1 & 2
any game that uses those amiboo things like disney infinity
sonic

there are many other you just got to go out there and look for them.

[Sureshot]

Banjo kazooie was better than both of those.

[Tonykid]

I didn't say the games i named were better.

It just this game is riding only on Banjo nostalgia.

[Metallox]

Good point about the LEGO games and Epic Mickey 2 (the first one is also available). But even then, if I forgot to mention them is they're not so relevant to me. But still, good point.

And no, btw, Pikmin 3 is an RTS, not a platformer. Some people like to argue this, but even if it wasn't an RTS it would be an action-adventure game.

[Sureshot]

Like if you found every note, jiggy, mumbo token, and honeycomb piece and jingo!

[Swiggins]

...there's no like system here on N4G, you mean "Agree".

[Metallox]

Yeah...

Just expect that demand is enough to push big publishers' schedule, so they can make more platformers, and also not just 3D ones.

[hkgamer]

big publishers may choose to avoid these, im just wondering if smaller publishers will appear.

big publishers has their aaa games and they are happy with what they do for mobile gaming and hoping to find a goldmine every so often.

[Jughead3416]

Lol...Looks like fun. But didn't know I desperately needed it.

[Metallox]

I may assume you know that by "we" he doesn't literally mean we, isn't it?

[Germany7]

Can't wait for the game, 3D platformers it's one of my favorite genres.

[deathtok]

I couldn't agree more! I've been tired of "realism" games lately so my Wii U and 3DS have been getting my time. I backed to get my console copy!

[AD705]

3D platformers like crash bandicoot, spyro, banjo kazooie and others made my childhood but for me Banjo Kazooie was always my favorite 3D platformer of all time. This is the game my inner child has been screaming and crying out for.

I say bring it on!!!

[Relientk77]

We got a ton of JRPGs coming, and now its time for 3D platformers to follow

[Adolph Fitler]

"Aside from Nintendo, no one is doing these type of games anymore"

Well, not completely true, as Sony has some good exclusive 3D platformers still, in Ratchet & Sly Cooper.

But I do agree, in a huge way, that the genre has been forgotten almost completely, & I'll add, that the genre was largely ignored, directly following the generation after PS2. I mean, 3 Jak & Daxters, 4-5 Ratchet's, Sly, Maximo x 2, Ico, SOTC, BG&E, Psychonauts & heap more were all born on PS2 gen's hardware.. And just when the 3D platformer genre, was entering that stage where all the tools & hardware aspects were becoming perfect building grounds for this genre.....99% of developers abandoned the genre...

This is a MASSIVE money making potential, that developers have abandoned. Games such as Ratchet & Jak, have laid the foundation & given a blue print to other developers, on how to build an almost perfect 3D platformer.. I mean, the controls of Ratchet are buttery smooth & precise, the game worlds are incredible.... Same with THE FIRST Jak & Daxter (sorry kiddies, the sequels went a bit GTA wannabe for me, the weapons felt like they were just thrown in, at the end, & feel tacked onto an already established game engine & product, as they just didn't have that precise feel that Ratchet did, & the vehicles were an abomination to fly around in.. especially when factoring in, those sh1tty timed missions,.....

So, with the sub par Disney Infinity & Skylanders titles, offering nothing to the genre, except, a gimmick, that allows young gamers families to be ripped off constantly, by having to keep buying extra hunks of useless plastic (as we all know, kids WANT EVERY SINGLE ONE).
I think the genre is LARGELY missing out on THE NEXT, big, bad kid on the development block, that can make a truly stellar 3D platform game.
It would, however, have to be distributed by one of the big dogs, as the marketing money needed, to help sales, for a new IP, like this, would be HUGE.

[BattleAxe]

This game will sell 500,000 units easy.

[dafegamer]

We had Tearaway recently

[Sgt_Slaughter]

A 3D Platformer/Collectathon game has been severely lacking, though Nintendo is good at keeping the genres alive.

The center world design of DK64 which connected several aspects of the game together is a feature I hope this game or other collectathon platformers use.

Also a new 3D DK game would be amazing to see at E3 this year.

[Darkfist]

not really, by the time this game is released i have already played ratchet&clank, tearaway unfolded, legend of kay, theres also Lobodestroyo and A Hat in Time witch i dont see people talk about

[Brotard]

k.