Final month, Playtonic gave us our first have a look at Yooka-Replaylee‘s Shovel Knight in all of his remastered glory, and at this time, the studio is placing the highlight on one other character to showcase its candy new appears to be like.
The pleasant dino Rextro is the main focus of the most recent trailer, with the brand new footage highlighting his revamped arcade platforming minigames.
Those that performed the unique Yooka-Laylee will doubtless bear in mind these minigames as a neat little homage to arcade gaming (punishing problem and all) however nothing to notably distract the attention. The ‘Replaylee’ model, nevertheless, has had a whole overhaul.
Fairly than mirroring some basic titles, the ‘Rextro Bytes Again’ arcades will see you taking part in because the polygonal dinosaur himself. These platforming sequences look like all about fixing puzzles, defeating enemies and making it from A to B in a single piece by utilising Rextro’s distinctive skillset and talents — together with a considerably disturbing extending neck.
Finishing Rextro’s challenges will grant you medals, which might be exchanged for Pagies to maintain the collectathon going — so be careful, completionists.
Whereas the upcoming remaster hasn’t been formally confirmed for Swap 2 simply but, Playtonic is closely hinting at it. A pair of suspicious eyes bounced on prime of a mysterious ‘Nintendo’ icon in an early trailer, and the official web site tells us that the sport might be playable on “PS5, Xbox Sequence consoles and… Nintendo? (Ooh mysterious. We’ll have extra on that as quickly as poss!)” Name us suspicious if you need, however that certain appears like a affirmation ready to occur.
The unique Yooka-Laylee was a neat slice of throwback 3D platforming, even when the comparisons to Banjo-Kazooie ended up highlighting its pitfalls somewhat. The 2D sequel, Yooka-Laylee and the Not possible Lair, nevertheless, is mostly the extra beloved of the 2 for its Donkey Kong Nation-inspired gameplay.
