Shovel Knight Brings More Fanservice to PS4 Platformer Yooka-Laylee

We're diggin' it

by Sammy Barker Sun 25th Sep 2016

Yooka-Laylee exists to please old-school Nintendo gamers. Having gone hands-on with the PlayStation 4 platformer earlier this week, we can confirm that it's quite literally Banjo-Kazooie running on modern hardware – even the use of the Unity engine ensures an authentic N64-esque 20 frames-per-second throughout.

But what about those new-school Nintendo fans? Well, the team at Playtonic Games has confirmed that Shovel Knight will appear as a guest character in the forthcoming foray – and he's bringing some brilliant gibberish with him. Speaking on-stage at EGX 2016 earlier today, the developer admitted that it had to hold online discussions with Yacht Club Games in order to get the spade-wielding star's voice just right.

Yo. Uh-huh. Hey. Hey. Yo. Huh. Hey. Yo.

[source bit.ly, via eurogamer.net]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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carlos82
Sun 25th Sep 2016

I backed this on kickstarter and cannot wait to play an N64 standard platformer again and pretend I'm 16 again

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Pink_Floyd
Sun 25th Sep 2016

20 frames-per-second?!?! What is the deal? I understand they are trying to capture the golden years of platformers but come on. Why not make it for the N64 and call it a day.

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ElkinFencer10
Sun 25th Sep 2016

There were a decent number of games that ran at 60 fps on the N64. I get that Banjo-Kazooie wasn't one of them, but it's not like having 60 fps is somehow unauthentic for an N64 feel.

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get2sammyb
Mon 26th Sep 2016

@Pink_Floyd Just a joke.

That said, the game is using Unity and it shows so far. It's very framey.

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Ralizah
Mon 26th Sep 2016

This will be a Wii U purchase for me, but I'm glad everyone is going to be able to experience it. I really miss these kinds of games

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Azikira
Mon 26th Sep 2016

FOR SHOVELRY!!

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ReigningSemtex
Mon 26th Sep 2016

Only finished shovel knight recently and absolutely loved it, being a fan of Banjo kazooie and conkers bad fur day too I'm definitely going to be getting yooka laylee

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wiiware
Mon 26th Sep 2016

I hope yooka laylee more like mario 64 / ape escape rather than donkey kong 64, I hate collecting useless stuff, collecting stars and monkey is more fun because that's the primary goals.

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DerMeister
Mon 26th Sep 2016

Just saw this on NL. I haven't played Shovel Knight yet, but me being the platform freak I am it's in my crosshairs.

Yooka is also something I'm interested in, especially now that I've played Banjo Kazooie.

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kyleforrester87
Mon 26th Sep 2016

Would be very interested in this but it needs to run well...

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Kidfried
Mon 26th Sep 2016

Seems like a very cheap inclusion. His appearance doesn't really look like there is a point to it? We won't for sure until the game comes out of course, but this trailer didn't really hype me up for it.