Yooka-Replaylee Pegged For October 9 Release

We know we just wrote about Yooka-Replaylee two days ago, but we told you then Playtonic was about to announce the release date, and there would probably be a follow up. Here it is: the game will be released in both digital and physical form October 9.

If you already own the original Yooka-Laylee on any platform, you’ll be able to get the digital version of Yooka-Replaylee at a 30% discount. This applies to the Playstation 4, XBox One and Nintendo Switch versions, as well as their backwards-compatible successors, and the PC. In fact Yooka-Laylee is currently on sale on Steam so…why not plan ahead?

You know by now the original Yooka-Laylee was a 3D adventure platformer purposely patterned after Banjo- Kazooie, from the original team, because it’s apparent neither Microsoft nor Rare will give us a real sequel. The game received decent reviews but a lot of fans felt disappointed…so the team went back to the drawing board. Here, again, is everything Playtonic has added, improved and fluffed up:

• MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVER – With an art and animations overhaul and enhanced performance and resolution, the favourite buddy duo has never looked or moved better.
• NEW AND IMPROVED CHALLENGES – Improvements to existing in-game challenges and many entirely new challenges to discover and undertake!
• NEW COLLECTIBLE CURRENCY – Capital B’s inept minions have dropped their hard-earned coins all over the place. Collect the official currency of the Hivory Towers to spend on video games’ most beloved sentient vending machine.
• NAVIGATING THE WORLD – Now you can get lost in the game, not in the world! A brand-new world map and challenges tracker helps you know where you are and what needs to be done. Hooray!
• VENDI HAS PLENTY TO OFFER – Tonics are back with all new flavours! With the option to equip multiple game-changing enhancements, you can truly customize your playstyle. And as if that wasn’t enough, Vendi has new lines of merchandise for the modern fashionable adventurer.
• REVISED CONTROLS & CAMERA – A new tweaked move set allows you to combine moves more fluidly while the new camera controls makes framing the action a breeze.
• A DREAMY ORCHESTRAL SOUNDTRACK – The original score from famed video game composers Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie) and David Wise (Donkey Kong Country) returns but as a beautifully arranged orchestral score. Now seriously, clean out those ears.

Let’s hope Yooka-Replaylee is everything Playtonic is promising when it releases October 9. We suppose if they get it wrong, they can always release Yooka-ReReplaylee five or so years from now.