Skrevet af JOEP - 22-11-2021 10:19
Mange ældre Nintendo-fans er rigtig galde for den gamle Nintendo 64-klassiker Banjo-Kazooie fra Rare. Spillet introducerede noget nær perfekt 3D platforming tidligt i Nintendo 64'erens liv, men siden de to spil har der været alt for få spil med den dynamiske duo. Det ville udviklerneholdet i Playtonic - der består af gamle Rare-medarbejdere - villet rette op på, så de introducerede de to figurer Yooka og Laylee i spillet Yooka-Laylee i 2017.
Sidenhen er der udkommet et 2D-spil med de to figurer, men nu har Playtonic bekræftet, at de også har en reel 2'er på vej, der altså vender tilbage til 3D-formatet. Det har de udtalt til GamesIndustry:
“I was surprised, because I didn’t expect them to be interested in Playtonic. It turned out that they had a department for genres, including a 3D platform department. So we had to formalize our future content plan a bit. And we wanted to have an aspiration goal as well, which was to make Yooka-Laylee an IP that could appear on a major fast food chain’s kids meal box. They liked the studio and what we put out before, and they thought they could help us achieve those goals. And it just continued from there. Naturally, everyone wanted to do this, so we just threw it over to the solicitors and waited for them to tell me it was done.”
“With Tencent having a stake in quite a lot of companies, there are lots of opportunities to be meeting and finding out more about each other. There’s a huge level of support there. But ultimately, this is about more games from us. We want to do more games more often.”
Tencent har for nyligt fået sig en aktieandel af Playtonic, så der nu fremadrettet ligger lidt flere kræfter bag udviklerstudiet - Playtonic beholder sin kreative frihed.
Var nyheden om en Yooka-Laylee 2 en tidlig julegave for dig eller ej?
#1 - Sillyyy
Level: 17 (Deku Baba)
22-11-2021 10:30
Det bliver nok næste års hadegave at sende til en ven,#2 - Fawful
Level: 18 (Twhomp)
22-11-2021 18:38
Jeg synes det er en god nyhed. Jeg elsker stilen, karaktererne og humoren i det første spil, så hvis de kan lave gameplayet meget bedre, så kan det blive et rigtig fedt spil.#3 - AND
Level: 35 (Lakitu)
22-11-2021 18:58
^Impossible Lair er virkelig godt!