New Yooka-Laylee Trailer Comes With Release Date

There's less than four months to wait now for Playtonic's hugely anticipated title, Yooka-Laylee. The platformer, born from the ashes of the Banjo-Kazooie franchise and created by a number of former Rare employees, is coming on the 11th of April 2017. The game was expected to see the light of day in 2016, but as with all good Kickstarter funded titles, the game has been the subject of a few delays along the way.

Bad news for Wii U owners though, as the planned port has been canned:

“We’re sad to announce that despite our best efforts and exploring every possible avenue, we have encountered unforseen technical issues that unfortunately mean it will be impossible for us to release Yooka-Laylee on Wii U as initially planned.” Gavin Price, Studio Director, Playtonic Games confirmed. “We can however confirm today that we are working very closely with Nintendo to look to bring Yooka-Laylee to the upcoming Nintendo Switch™. We’re thrilled to be able to explore the opportunity and more details will be shared in early 2017. Of course, any backers who pledged for the Wii U version will be able to move their pledge to any of the versions launching on April 11th or upgrade to the Nintendo Switch version when we announce further details in 2017. Thanks again for your incredible support.”