We talk to the Yooka Laylee developers about their game that is coming to Xbox, PlayStation, Wii U, PC and Mac.
Fresh information in the video includes:
- New game-play footage from E3
- Details on platforms
- Not coming to Vita or 3DS at this stage
- Not comparable to Skylanders
- Not comparable to Lego games.
- Aiming at being a proper Mario 64 style platform experience
- Expandable worlds and abilities with Pages and Tonics
Here's a run down of how it stacks up:
Worlds: Tribalstack Tropics, a Ice World apparently inspired by Disney's Frozen
Moves: Tongue Grapple, Rolling, Double-Jump, Glide, Ground Pound, Sonar Blast, Splash Berries, Frost Berries, Flight
Collectibles: 200 Quills per level, Ghost Writers, Pagies, Arcade Tokens, Butterflies
Minecart: Races every level hosted by Kartos
Transformations: Chameleon, Metal, Invisible.
Pages: Worlds can be expanded through the collection of Pagies, usually upping the difficulty of the challenges and increasing areas to explore.
Tonics: Upgrade mechanic where you purchase them from a living vending machine Vendi.
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