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Playtonic unveils Yooka-Laylee (Banjo Kazooie successor) [Kickstarter LIVE - Funded]
- Thread starter Regulus Tera
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Hero of Legend
Member
It's 1/5 of the way to the final goal of 1m, my god.
YianGaruga
Banned
I hope they're already working on new stretch goals haha
Grant... ;_;
I'm so happy
I would up my pledge if this happened.
AzureTranquility95
Banned
Ya'll are cray cray
Banjo-Kazooie was filled to the brim with "epic" boss battles!
Conga The Gorilla, Nipper The Crab, Chomper The Shark, Clanker's Innards (Curse those tentacles!), The Frogs in Bubblegloop, Mr. Vile, Boggy, that green ghost in mad monster mansion, Boss Box in Rusty Bucket Bay, and of course Gruntilda herself! That's a TON of bosses, they were just creative with how you fought them!
Banjo-Kazooie was filled to the brim with "epic" boss battles!
Conga The Gorilla, Nipper The Crab, Chomper The Shark, Clanker's Innards (Curse those tentacles!), The Frogs in Bubblegloop, Mr. Vile, Boggy, that green ghost in mad monster mansion, Boss Box in Rusty Bucket Bay, and of course Gruntilda herself! That's a TON of bosses, they were just creative with how you fought them!
Just please no Mr. Patch equivalent. They spammed him in Nuts & Bolts to the point where I'd be happy if I never had to see that balloon ever again.
I fucking love Grant.
Lets not get too ahead of ourselves here, indie 3d platformers on kickstarter that dont have the clout to work an IGN exclusive still struggle to get funded.
This is a very vocal minority, though, and not necessarily representative of gaming at large. Don't get me wrong. I'm extremely hyped about the game. But I don't think the success of the KS bespeaks the larger market necessarily. Similarly, I am curious how MN9 will sell.
Not to rain on the parade at all, as I'm ridiculously psyched for the game. Just my thoughts on the larger market.
Infernostew
Member
Backed. so hyped!
opticalmace
Member
Holy crap. It was at 192k and then I read the page for a couple minutes... looked back up and it was at 210k. This thing is going places.
No, THANK YOU! I'm so glad all these guys are working to make this type of game, I've missed their stuff so much in the past years.
I honestly feel like they expected they'd have no trouble hitting those stretch goals, but wanted to play it safe just in case.
Honestly, I literally just saw this thread for the first time and it was already funded. Amazing.
FTFY
GhostTrick
Banned
Like a Hat in Time ?
Let's be honest here, the hype was real for this game. It's all about the people behind it. Take the game follow-up of Eternal Darkness: Shadow of the Eternals. It had IGN coverage and it failed hard, because of the people behind it.
The market is here for 3D platformers, and the bigger your team/concept is, the more you'll get.
AzureTranquility95
Banned
The "larger" market doesn't know what it fucking wants. This is fact.
Wreck-It Ralph
Member
Why? Why do you think there's absolutely anybody else in the world who would want this besides you? Why do you think they should create an extra tier for their video game Kickstarter for somebody who doesn't even want their video game?
HUELEN10
Member
25-30 USD digital soundtrack add-on if in lossless ALAC or FLAC encoded from the original masters would also be acceptable to me.
There are plenty of people like me who love these soundtracks but don't click with these games that would gladly give money towards them!
Add-on tiers are not uncommon, Armikrog had them, and soundtracks make great gifts. I wanna go in for a donation tier, and then maybe 2 soundtracks to keep and give.
That, and a lot of us just love Grant Kirkhope and David Wise that much. My friend didn't own Nuts and Bolts and got the soundtrack because Grant did an amazing job, same with me and Banjo 1. Add-one make great extra gifts for everyone and help them raise more money!
Hope this could help as an indicator that the market will always be there to support and play a nice 3D platformer. Right now only Nintendo is the one doing them but now after this super fast funding campaign with Playtonic, I'm sure 3D platformers are gonna become a trend once again and that is super awesome because I love 3D platformers so much.
I agree to an extent, but there are certain things it definitely wants, and this is not necessarily one of them, or at least it hasn't been for a long time. Then again, there was a serious dearth of 3D platformers on non-Nintendo systems last gen, so who knows. Really just thinking out loud here
I think stuff like the Veronica Mars movie. Someone in this or another thread mentioned a Pebble product. Maybe MN9 on the gaming side?
Storm Raider
Banned
FUNDED THAT QUICK?
IM GOING TO THROW UP
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC NOW WOW
2015 IS FUCKING AWESOME
IM GOING TO THROW UP
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC NOW WOW
2015 IS FUCKING AWESOME
Very, very interesting vid about the team at Playtonic and their history from Eurogamer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHA-X1SzvyE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHA-X1SzvyE
MisterShine
Member
My god... I'm.. I'm.. feeling things. Make it stop!
Linkstrikesback
Member
I hope they're not.
One of the worst things about kickstarters is when the developers see $ signs and massively overreach beyond initial goals.
Obliterator
Member
BACKED!
And proud of it. And already funded? Incredible!
Now lets get some more stretch goals up!
And proud of it. And already funded? Incredible!
Now lets get some more stretch goals up!
FloweryMarston
Member
does the 15 pounds pledge includes having your name in the credits? I would love to have my name with these guys hahahaa
paragonpro
Banned
Won't be able to back til next week! I want to do the 110 dollar one, think it'll still be availible by that point?
StrikeFirst117
Banned
Jesus it made over a thousand pound in about 10 seconds. Looking forward to this, absolutely loved banjo, one of my favourite childhood games, along with goldeneye and perfect dark.
YianGaruga
Banned
They don't have to be too ambitious. Just something nice for 1,5 and 2m to keep the train going.
Linkstrikesback
Member
The rewards promise says October 201, so then. OF course, a lot of kickstarters massively miss the goal date.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Looks like it could be a fun game, but man, do I hate those character designs. It's like the worst of 16-bit Sonic-knockoff mascots come to life in 3D.
AzureTranquility95
Banned
Like with Mighty No. 9? I remember hearing/reading about some rather asinine stretch goals, and the second kickstarter was lulz.
The expected release date is October 2016, so presumably October 2017.
Someone add these two videos from Nintendo Life to the OP.
Inteview with Playtonic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OavqywC1rGM
Yooka Laylee gameplay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY_otBmc6po
Inteview with Playtonic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OavqywC1rGM
Yooka Laylee gameplay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY_otBmc6po
46 days to go and that tier doesn't seem to have a limited amount.