Since 2000, I've been anxiously awaiting another Banjo -
Kazooie platformer.
Not exact matches
Yooka - Laylee is an all - new 3D
platformer from the creative talent behind the Banjo -
Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country games.
Unbox: Newbie's Adventure is yet another attempt by developers to dive backward through time and capture that feeling we once had with
platformers like Super Mario 64 and Banjo
Kazooie.
PLAYTONIC GAMES, a new development studio formed by the creative talent behind renowned adventure series such as Banjo -
Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country, today launched the Kickstarter campaign for YOOKA - LAYLEE, an all - new 3D
platformer coming to consoles and PC!
Yooka - Laylee is an all - new open - world
platformer from key creative talent behind the Banjo -
Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country games.
The game presents itself as a 2D adventure
platformer with a touch of Banjo -
Kazooie flair.
If you've been craving a 3D
platformer, there aren't many developers who will be able to make a better game than the veterans behind Donkey Kong Country and Banjo -
Kazooie.
This unabashed tribute to Banjo -
Kazooie was a loving throwback to the golden age of N64 3D
platformers.
Yooka - Laylee is a charming
platformer that takes inspiration from the cult classics and fan favorite games like Banjo
Kazooie.
Turns out they turned towards the 3D
platformer kings, Mario and Banjo -
Kazooie.
Jak creators Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin have always put gameplay first in all of their projects, and the first Jak and Daxter, more than anything, was trying to be like Super Mario 64, Banjo
Kazooie, and other golden age
platformers.
But when I think back on all the great 3D
platformers, I inevitably recall fondly my time spent playing Banjo -
Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Donkey Kong 64... you know, games Rare made before it forgot how to make games.
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Wakefield, UK — 30th July 2015 Games industry veteran and independent games label Team17 has today announced its partnership with indie developer Playtonic Games to help publish Yooka - Laylee, an all - new 3D
platformer from the creative talent behind Banjo -
Kazooie.
Yooka - Laylee which is an open - world
platformer from the developers behind the Banjo -
Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country games is now finally downloadable on PC and consoles...
And if you want a 3D
platformer, just wait, a new 3D Mario is sure to launch with NX next year, and there's always Banjo -
Kazooie 3, I mean.....Yuka - Laylee.
Finishing off this first look at some of my favorite games of all time and their flaws (if you didn't guess, I plan to do more), Banjo -
Kazooie takes center stage, my favorite 3D collect - a-thon style
platformer.
When using this for player movement, it's usually fine — 3D
platformers, such as Super Mario 64 and Banjo -
Kazooie, play really well with the N64 Hori Mini Pad.
A new 3D
platformer that looks to be kid friendly and inspired by Banjo
Kazooie of old.
From the people who brought you games like Banjo -
Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country, Yooka - Laylee is shaping up to be a highly anticipated 3D
platformer for the new generation.
Yooka - Laylee is an all - new open - world
platformer from key creative talent behind the Banjo -
Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country games!
It's a collect - a-thon
platformer, and it reminds me a lot of Banjo -
Kazooie, which is exactly what they are aiming for.
Yooka - Laylee is a
platformer game developed by Playtonic, who were key developers on the previous Banjo -
Kazooie games some 20 years ago under Rare.
Nintendo's recent Super Mario 3D World reminded many people of the sheer fun and spectacle of the
platformer while the indie game A Hat in Time seeks to rekindle the magic that I experienced in front of my N64 as a kid, with things to collect, bosses to defeat and even Grant Kirkhope, the composer of Banjo
Kazooie, making the music.
That console generation and the one which followed it marked a golden age for polygonal
platformers, with series like Crash Bandicoot, Banjo
Kazooie, Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet and Clank as well as Sly Cooper showing how fresh and exciting the genre could be while old stalwarts like Mario and Sonic tried their luck in the third dimension, to varying degrees of success.
These are the same people, and Banjo -
Kazooie was one of their
platformer babies.
Yooka - Laylee is the next 3D
platformer action adventure from the creators of Banjo
Kazooie.
Which of the three big 3D
platformers of the 2010s is going to be the true spiritual successor to Banjo
Kazooie?
We could see a more open Mario
platformer, a new Banjo
Kazooie game...
Inspired by classic collectathon
platformers like Super Mario 64, Banjo
Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64 (among others), three different teams have funded new projects in the style of the N64 games we all know and love.
Looks akin to the PSOne / N64 era of
platformers and while I never played banjo
kazooie, the game slightly reminds of Spyro which was my Mario growing up.
FreezeME is a 3D
platformer inspired by N64 - era games like Super Mario 64 and Banjo -
Kazooie.
, started a new KickStarter for a brand new 3D
platformer which was to act as a spiritual successor of the beloved Banjo -
Kazooie series.
Even more so if the game you're making is an epic Banjo -
Kazooie esque 3D
platformer that's meant to feel on par with modern triple A titles and you're stuck coordinating a team of other people in much the same situation.
For fans of 3D
platformers, especially the Banjo -
Kazooie series, Yooka - Laylee is one of the most anticipated games of 2017.
The fact that I have just completed Banjo -
Kazooie 18 years after its initial release is a sad accomplishment and realization as that should've been rectified prior as Banjo -
Kazooie, is not only one of my favourite 3D
platformers of all time, but is another title that I can slab onto my «favourite video games of all time» list.
Banjo -
Kazooie style 3D
platformers will come back in full force.
Snake Pass is an old - school style collectathon
platformer in the vein of Banjo
Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64.
The legendary team behind decades - old Rareware
platformers Banjo -
Kazooie and co. resurfaced with Yooka - Laylee, a brilliantly high - definition Rare fanboy's wet dream, complete with dazzling Grant Kirkhope score.
Banjo -
Kazooie (released in 1998, 1 player)-- 3D
platformer adventure where Banjo and
Kazooie must take on the evil witch Gruntilda, who's kidnapped Banjo's sister Tooty and plans to steal her beauty for herself.
Enormously popular
platformers Banjo -
Kazooie and its sequel, Banjo - Tooie, have been bundled together on the Xbox 360.
With the shooter genre having taken the throne as the premiere genre in gaming today, the
platformer has been mostly relegated to the indie scene in the form of arthouse 2D side - scrollers (Rayman, Inside, Outland), hence why it's so exciting to see the key creative talent behind the Banjo
Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country series deliver a brand new 3D
platformer in Yooka - Laylee.
Like Yooka - Laylee, A Hat in Time sought to be a spiritual successor to early 3D
platformers like Super Mario 64, Sunshine and the aforementioned Banjo -
Kazooie.
The announcement has surprised some fans who have cited that they weren't expecting a new Banjo -
Kazooie title until after Nintendo had released Super Mario Galaxy, as developer Rare would need to «steal» new gameplay ideas from Nintendo in order to create a successful
platformer adventure.
Yooka - Laylee, the 3 - D
platformer made by creators of Banjo -
Kazooie, launches on Nintendo Switch on Dec. 14.
But 3D
platformers almost universally model themselves on one of two games: Super Mario 64 or Banjo -
Kazooie.
From the minds and talent of some of the most iconic
platformers like Banjo -
Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country; comes Yooka - Laylee, the newest open - world
platformer that has everyone excited.
After a successful Kickstarter and a longer - than - advertised development process, developer Gears for Breakfast released A Hat in Time this month, a 3D
platformer that takes aim at the legacy of games like Banjo -
Kazooie and Psychonauts.
Banjo -
Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka - Laylee is scheduled to release early next year, reviving the 3D
platformer genre for a new generation, and developer Playtonic Games has just announced an exciting collaboration.
Much has been made over which N64
platformer is better: Super Mario 64 or Banzo -
Kazooie.