Yooka-Replaylee to Feature Shovel Knight - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 February 2025 / 1,620 Views
Publisher Playtonic Friends and developer Playtonic Games have announced Shovel Knight from Yacht Club Games will be making an appearance in Yooka-Replaylee.
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Read details on the game below:
Meet the definitive remastered and enhanced version of the 3D indie platforming collectathon darling, Yooka-Laylee (2017), with the same key creative talent behind the Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country games at the helm and self-published by Playtonic Friends.
Marking the culmination of almost 10 years of Playtonic Experience along with an exciting new beginning for our favorite buddy-duo, Yooka-Replaylee is the result of the growth of the company, the things we have learned while working on other projects as well as the feedback we have taken on board since the original release. Experience the wacky colorful adventure of Yooka and Laylee with an art and animations overhaul, all new challenges, secrets, mechanics, and accessibility options! Our favorite buddy duo has never looked or moved better!
More Beautiful Than Ever
With an art and animations overhaul and enhanced performance and resolution, the favorite buddy duo has never looked or moved better.
New and Improved Challenges
Improvements to existing in-game challenges and many entirely new challenges to discover and undertake!
New Collectible Currency
Capital B’s inept minions have dropped their hard-earned coins all over the place. Collect the official currency of the Hivory Towers to spend on video games’ most beloved sentient vending machine.
Navigating the World
Now you can get lost in the game, not in the world! A brand-new world map and challenges tracker helps you know where you are and what needs to be done. Hooray!
Vendi Has Plenty to Offer
Tonics are back with all new flavors! With the option to equip multiple game-changing enhancements, you can truly customize your playstyle. And as if that wasn’t enough, Vendi has new lines of merchandise for the modern fashionable adventurer.
Revised Controls and Camera
A new tweaked move set allows you to combine moves more fluidly while the new camera controls makes framing the action a breeze.
A Dreamy Orchestral Soundtrack
The original score from famed video game composers Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie) and David Wise (Donkey Kong Country) returns but as a beautifully arranged orchestral score. Now seriously, clean out those ears.
Yooka-Replaylee is in development for "Nintendo platforms," PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Bluesky.
