<s>
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Team17	O
in	O
2017	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
in	O
October	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
Playtonic	O
Games	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
former	O
key	O
personnel	O
from	O
Rare	O
,	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
is	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
series	I-Application
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
nearly	O
20	O
years	O
prior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
critics	O
divided	O
on	O
whether	O
emulating	O
its	O
predecessors	O
was	O
enough	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
successful	O
game	O
,	O
or	O
whether	O
it	O
was	O
purely	O
trying	O
to	O
capitalize	O
on	O
nostalgia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Impossible	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
and	O
Chameleon	B-Application
Twist	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
levels	O
are	O
Ghost	O
Writers	O
,	O
collectible	O
characters	O
who	O
provide	O
various	O
challenges	O
like	O
catching	O
or	O
fighting	O
them	O
,	O
and	O
Play	O
Tokens	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
secret	O
arcade	O
games	O
that	O
are	O
found	O
once	O
per	O
level	O
,	O
hosted	O
by	O
a	O
low-polygon	O
tyrannosaurus	O
rex	O
named	O
Rextro	O
Sixtyfourus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
"	O
quiz	O
show	O
challenges	O
"	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
another	O
character	O
named	O
Kartos	O
,	O
a	O
sentient	O
mine	O
cart	O
who	O
allows	O
"	O
mine	O
cart	O
"	O
sequences	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
and	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
64	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
features	O
an	O
optional	O
"	O
64-bit	O
"	O
mode	O
,	O
which	O
imitates	O
the	O
graphical	O
appearance	O
of	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
their	O
precious	O
book	O
,	O
later	O
revealed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
magical	O
"	O
One	O
Book	O
"	O
,	O
is	O
sucked	O
up	O
by	O
the	O
evil	O
Hivory	B-Application
Towers	I-Application
Corporation	O
,	O
Yooka	O
and	O
Laylee	O
enter	O
their	O
headquarters	O
to	O
retrieve	O
their	O
property	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
final	O
fight	O
against	O
the	O
CEO	B-Application
Capital	O
B	O
,	O
they	O
manage	O
to	O
defeat	O
him	O
and	O
reclaim	O
the	O
One	O
Book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
credits	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
revealed	O
that	O
Hivory	B-Application
Towers	I-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
bigger	O
evil	O
organization	O
V.I.L.E.	O
,	O
which	O
still	O
targets	O
the	O
book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
former	O
Rare	O
employees	O
attempted	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
joined	O
under	O
the	O
Twitter	O
handle	O
Mingy	O
Jongo	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
boss	O
from	O
the	O
second	O
Banjo	O
game	O
,	O
Banjo-Tooie	B-Application
,	O
with	O
cooperation	O
from	O
ex-Rare	O
designers	O
,	O
including	O
composer	O
Grant	O
Kirkhope	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
account	O
was	O
left	O
abandoned	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
confirmed	O
to	O
be	O
on	O
indefinite	O
hiatus	O
by	O
Kirkhope	O
in	O
a	O
Reddit	B-Application
AMA	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
August	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
company	O
named	O
Playtonic	O
Games	O
was	O
incorporated	O
by	O
this	O
group	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
account	O
was	O
soon	O
revived	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
its	O
new	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playtonic	O
then	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
planning	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
franchise	O
titled	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
,	O
formerly	O
codenamed	O
Project	B-Application
Ukulele	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
engine	I-Application
with	O
help	O
from	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
for	O
bugs	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
easily	O
repaired	O
and	O
the	O
incorporation	O
of	O
ten	O
thousand	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hawaiian	O
terms	O
Yoku	O
,	O
meaning	O
"	O
to	O
eat	O
bugs	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Laylee	O
,	O
meaning	O
"	O
to	O
fly	O
"	O
)	O
until	O
the	O
final	O
title	O
"	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
features	O
3D	O
worlds	O
by	O
environment	O
artist	O
Steven	O
Hurst	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
series	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Viva	B-Application
Piñata	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
characters	O
were	O
designed	O
by	O
Kevin	O
Bayliss	O
,	O
who	O
helped	O
design	O
the	O
modern	O
Kong	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
Ed	O
Bryan	O
,	O
who	O
designed	O
the	O
characters	O
in	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Layered	B-Algorithm
animations	I-Algorithm
were	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
employed	O
to	O
improve	O
character	O
movement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
increase	O
in	O
memory	B-General_Concept
availability	O
since	O
working	O
on	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
permitted	O
a	O
higher	O
quality	O
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
indie	O
game	O
Shovel	B-Application
Knight	I-Application
makes	O
an	O
appearance	O
as	O
a	O
non-playable	O
character	O
,	O
voiced	O
by	O
Shovel	B-Application
Knight	I-Application
director	O
Sean	O
Velasco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inclusion	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Shovel	B-Application
Knight	I-Application
developer	O
Yacht	O
Club	O
Games	O
following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Yooka	O
's	O
character	O
trailer	O
in	O
September	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
YouTube	O
personality	O
Jon	O
"	O
JonTron	O
"	O
Jafari	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
set	O
to	O
voice	O
a	O
character	O
in	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
,	O
would	O
have	O
his	O
voiceovers	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
final	O
game	O
after	O
making	O
controversial	O
comments	O
on	O
a	O
Twitch	O
livestream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
Yooka-Laylees	B-Application
release	O
,	O
Playtonic	O
announced	O
further	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
address	O
criticism	O
of	O
the	O
in-game	O
camera	O
and	O
controls	O
while	O
adding	O
additional	O
features	O
and	O
various	O
other	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
currently	O
the	O
highest-funded	O
UK	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
Kickstarter	O
history	O
,	O
passing	O
the	O
previous	O
record	O
held	O
by	O
Elite	B-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
Dangerous	I-Protocol
,	O
earning	O
£	O
2,090,104	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
update	O
,	O
Playtonic	O
Games	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
version	O
had	O
been	O
cancelled	O
,	O
with	O
development	O
duties	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playtonic	O
offered	O
Kickstarter	O
backers	O
who	O
pledged	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
version	O
choices	O
of	O
refund	O
or	O
moving	O
their	O
pledge	O
to	O
any	O
other	O
platform	O
at	O
no	O
additional	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playtonic	O
said	O
that	O
additional	O
details	O
regarding	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
would	O
be	O
announced	O
in	O
January	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
explained	O
that	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
cancel	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
version	O
is	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
poor	O
commercial	O
performance	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
expressed	O
reluctance	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
,	O
Playtonic	O
noted	O
that	O
a	O
physical	O
release	O
for	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
was	O
"	O
beyond	O
 [ their ] 	O
scope	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
had	O
no	O
plans	O
for	O
it	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Limited	O
Run	O
Games	O
announced	O
to	O
release	O
physical	O
copies	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
starting	O
in	O
August	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
was	O
delayed	O
to	O
early	O
2017	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
team	O
additional	O
time	O
to	O
polish	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
Playtonic	O
Games	O
was	O
focusing	O
their	O
development	O
efforts	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
versions	O
,	O
and	O
originally	O
giving	O
the	O
latter	O
platform	O
"	O
the	O
right	O
attention	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
greater	O
demand	O
from	O
Kickstarter	O
backers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
nostalgia	B-Application
factors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publisher	O
Team17	O
assisted	O
porting	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
Playtonic	O
released	O
The	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
Rap	O
!,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
stretch	O
goal	O
on	O
Kickstarter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
pays	O
homage	O
to	O
the	O
DK	O
Rap	O
from	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
64	I-Application
,	O
with	O
Kirkhope	O
reprising	O
his	O
role	O
as	O
the	O
composer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
while	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
it	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favourable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
Kickstarter	O
backers	O
were	O
ultimately	O
satisfied	O
with	O
the	O
final	O
product	O
,	O
despite	O
their	O
disappointments	O
with	O
the	O
pre-release	O
demo	O
being	O
delayed	O
and	O
the	O
cancellation	O
of	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
version	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
of	O
those	O
backers	O
being	O
given	O
Steam	O
codes	O
instead	O
of	O
Switch	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
critics	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
successful	O
follow	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steven	O
Bogos	O
of	O
The	O
Escapist	O
positively	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
Banjo-Threeie	O
"	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
nostalgic	O
ride	O
through	O
time	O
,	O
bringing	O
the	O
collect-a-thons	O
from	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
era	O
into	O
the	O
modern	O
age	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
James	O
Kozanitis	O
of	O
Game	O
Revolution	O
felt	O
that	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
improved	O
on	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
structure	O
of	O
classic	O
titles	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
the	O
relevance	O
and	O
importance	O
of	O
the	O
collectables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marty	O
Sliva	O
of	O
IGN	O
called	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
"	O
a	O
good	O
reminder	O
that	O
this	O
genre	O
,	O
once	O
thought	O
to	O
be	O
dead	O
,	O
still	O
has	O
some	O
life	O
left	O
in	O
it	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
Colm	O
Ahern	O
was	O
more	O
negative	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
intention	O
to	O
capitalize	O
on	O
people	O
's	O
nostalgia	B-Application
,	O
especially	O
noting	O
"	O
camera	O
issues	O
,	O
ambiguous	O
puzzles	O
,	O
a	O
distinct	O
lack	O
of	O
signposting	O
,	O
and	O
voices	O
that	O
will	O
make	O
your	O
ears	O
bleed	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
could	O
not	O
decide	O
whether	O
it	O
was	O
aiming	O
at	O
children	O
or	O
adults	O
as	O
an	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chelsea	O
Stark	O
of	O
Polygon	B-General_Concept
noted	O
that	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
was	O
"	O
proof	O
that	O
sometimes	O
our	O
fondest	O
memories	O
should	O
stay	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Impossible	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
2.5D	O
levels	O
resembling	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
series	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
does	O
contain	O
a	O
3D	O
overworld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
and	O
PC	O
on	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yooka	O
and	O
Laylee	O
appear	O
as	O
playable	O
guest	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
fighting	O
games	O
Mighty	O
Fight	O
Federation	O
,	O
Brawlout	B-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
party	O
battle	O
game	O
Brief	O
Battles	O
as	O
a	O
skin	O
for	O
the	O
character	O
Violet	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
assist	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
beat	O
’	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
Jitsu	O
Squad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
Komi	O
Games	O
and	O
Playtonic	O
Games	O
worked	O
together	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
canonical	O
story	O
for	O
characters	O
Yooka	O
and	O
Laylee	O
in	O
Mighty	O
Fight	O
Federation	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
between	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
and	O
Yooka-Laylee	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Impossible	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
.	O
</s>
