Yooka-Laylee’s Release Date, A New Trailer And More

Playtonic Games, crafters of the crowdfunded Banjo-Kazooie love letter known as Yooka-Laylee, have just dropped the announcement everybody’s been waiting for….the game is nearly complete and we have a release date! You’ll be able to hop and bop with a lizard and bat April 11, 2017..for just $39.99! (This is the preorder price; it may change.) Look for it in both digital and physical form on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac and Linux.

So what about the Wii U? Uhhhhh, ahaha, funny thing about THAT. Releasing any game on the Wii U this late wouldn’t be wise, but that isn’t the reason Playtonic has “switched.” It’s because the game wasn’t running as well on the Wii U’s powered-down hardware. If you get the implication of my quote marks, though, that doesn’t mean the game is skipping Nintendo entirely.

The good news is that we WILL get Yooka-Laylee on Switch. The bad news is that moving the title to a new machine this late in the game means a delay for that version. Kickstarter backers will be given the option of taking one of the on-time versions, or waiting for the Switch version, when the time for ordering comes.

That’s sad news for Nintendo fans (who, let’s face it, were most likely to be enthused for this). But here’s a new Yooka-Laylee trailer to lift your spirits, featuring the reveal of a new world: Capital Cashino!