<s>
Yoku	B-Application
's	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Express	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platforming	O
pinball	B-Application
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Swedish	O
studio	O
Villa	B-Application
Gorilla	I-Application
and	O
published	O
by	O
Team17	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studio	O
's	O
debut	O
project	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2018	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
in	O
October	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Yoku	B-Application
's	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Express	I-Application
,	O
players	O
control	O
Yoku	O
,	O
a	O
dung	O
beetle	O
,	O
who	O
becomes	O
a	O
postmaster	B-General_Concept
as	O
he	O
arrives	O
at	O
a	O
fictional	O
island	O
of	O
Mokumana	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Yoku	B-Application
's	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Express	I-Application
consists	O
mainly	O
of	O
side-scrolling	O
platforming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
uses	O
pinball	B-Application
paddles	O
(	O
flippers	O
)	O
placed	O
throughout	O
the	O
map	O
to	O
launch	O
a	O
ball	O
attached	O
to	O
Yoku	O
into	O
the	O
air	O
,	O
pulling	O
Yoku	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoku	B-Application
's	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Express	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
on	O
a	O
Metroidvania-style	O
open-world	O
island	O
with	O
many	O
bumpers	O
,	O
tracks	O
and	O
ramps	O
to	O
utilise	O
the	O
pinball	B-Application
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Villa	B-Application
Gorilla	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
Stockholm	O
,	O
Sweden	O
in	O
2013	O
by	O
Jens	O
Andersson	O
and	O
Mattias	O
Snygg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
they	O
started	O
calling	O
their	O
project	O
an	O
"	O
open-world	O
pinball	B-Application
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoku	B-Application
's	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Express	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
20	O
February	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoku	B-Application
's	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Express	I-Application
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
on	O
29	O
May	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
on	O
20	O
October	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoku	B-Application
's	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Express	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
called	O
Yoku	B-Application
's	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Express	I-Application
"	O
unique	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
"	O
ingenious	O
"	O
They	O
praised	O
how	O
the	O
developers	O
managed	O
to	O
combine	O
several	O
genres	O
,	O
with	O
GameSpot	O
Alexander	O
Pan	O
stating	O
"	O
Yoku	B-Application
's	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Express	I-Application
takes	O
two	O
unlikely	O
genres	O
and	O
combines	O
them	O
into	O
one	O
playful	O
,	O
natural	O
experience	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
who	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
complained	O
about	O
the	O
in-game	O
map	O
being	O
hard	O
to	O
read	O
in	O
handheld	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Debut	O
Indie	O
Game	O
"	O
at	O
The	O
Game	O
Awards	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
Central	O
Park	O
Children	O
's	O
Zoo	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Kids	O
Game	O
at	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Game	O
Awards	O
,	O
and	O
won	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
Game	O
,	O
Original	O
Family	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
National	O
Academy	O
of	O
Video	O
Game	O
Trade	O
Reviewers	O
Awards	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
nominated	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Debut	O
"	O
with	O
Villa	B-Application
Gorilla	I-Application
at	O
the	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Sound	O
Design	O
for	O
an	O
Indie	O
Game	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
2019	O
G.A.N.G.	O
</s>
