Yooka-Laylee’s Wii U & PC Versions Are Being Handled Internally By Playtonic

Yooka-Laylee is being released on the PC, Wii U, Xbox One, and Playstation 4. However, Playtonic revealed that they won’t be porting the game over to every single platform on their own. Playtonic explained that they are internally handling the Wii U and PC versions of the game. Team17 is working on the Xbox One and Playstation 4 versions.

Writer Andy Robinson explained the reasoning behind this. They feel that they
>“naturally have so many backers who opted for Wii U”.

The size of the team, meanwhile, makes it difficult for them to port the game to every console. Robinson said that the decision for Playtonic to work on the Wii U and PC versions is because
> “you can imagine from a developer stand-point, that porting from PC to PS4 and Xbox One is slightly more straightforward than porting to Wii U”.

There is also a deeper reason behind the pick. They think
>“it feels right playing it on a Nintendo system to some people” and they want to “make sure that Wii U gets the right attention”.


Banjo-Kazooie was brought up, Robinson saying that the there is “a lot of nostalgia” around the game and that it
> “heralds from Rare’s Nintendo’s days”. Robinson says that Playtonic are all “massive Nintendo fans as well”.

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Nintendo was pretty retarded for

>Not buying up Rare
>Letting Sony happen

Honestly I really don't think it mattered much since Rare was destroyed soon after. Microsoft even admitted they didn't know what games Rare made when they bought them.

Everyone says that, but i doubt Nintendo would have killed them like microsoft did.

They would have made Wii games instead of Kinect games.

>it just feels right on my system of choice

Tired of this meme. People say the same thing about Shantae.

What has Rare done since that matters?

Games played on the system they were designed for play better. It's not rocket science.

>meme
This game is banking on its relation to Banjo-Kazooie. It also makes sense to market it to people who like 3D Platformers.

Thats their way of saying majority of platformer fans are on Nintendo.

Wii games were good.

Playtonic is still Rare, why do people keep using this bad argument? But i'll humor it, if Microsoft let them out of kinect hell we would have known.

>Wii games were good.
I'm specifically talking about the Wii- series, sports, music etc.

It's a fair argument, but shitting on Nintendo for not gambling on "what if" seems silly.

Those were okay, not music though.

They made a ton of classics for them over the years, it wouldn't have been a gamble, but whatever you say.

>Those were okay
No they weren't

Nah they wouldn't have. Rare would have kept making DK, Banjo and Perfect Dark probably. Heres why Rare went to shit.

eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-08-who-killed-rare

If you bother to read this, it was meetings that killed Rare. Everytime Microsoft had a meeting, people left because they weren't allowed to do what they wanted. They were replaced with Microsoft employees. Rare went to shit because everyone was ran out and replaced.

Who /N64controlleradapter/ here? PC is the greatest.

Sports was pretty chill to play with my friend tho.

>better on Nintendo

The only problem is that the Xbone and PS4 are a lot more powerful than the Wii U so those two ports will most likely end up being better than the Wii U version anyway, no matter how much special attention it gets.

>a lot more powerful than the Wii U so those two ports will most likely end up being better than the Wii U
Ignoring the "a lot more powerful" meme, I doubt the team assigned will be able to optimize it any better than the internal team.

So the tiers will be
>PC
>Wii U
>PS4/XBO

>"a lot more powerful" meme
I see Sup Forums buzzwords have fried your brain.

Donkey Kong cameo is going to happen

You're two years late to push this meme, pedro, everywhere you go people are lamenting how small the gap between 7th and 8th generation consoles is.

and more specifically, they're saying most of their backers chose the Wii U version in the polls.

That's where the mater of cost comes in.

WiiU till this day, is priced far too high.

>poorfags
Ah, that explains it.

I'm surprised there people here don't know about this already.

This is why I don't mind if Yooka Laylee doesn't live up to the hype. I'm just happy they're making games again.

>WiiU only has 10 million sales

A lot of poor people, I guess.

Nintendo had 50% ownership of Rareware and let Rareware keep the other 50%.

Microsoft bought Rareware's 50% and Nintendo abandoned their share since they didn't want to share a group with another company

If that;s true, that came about more shortsightedly than I imagined.

Old news OP

I'll take the version with the higher resolution that's not on the dying console.

This meme again

>Nintendo wouldn't support Rare's projects with sufficient funds
>Rare was already dying before the Microsoft buyout
>A lot of core people were already deciding to leave
>They had more creative freedom and more lenient work hours while at Microsoft
>Nuts and Bolts was not even remotely Microsoft's idea; it was solely everyone at Rare making what they wanted to make. They even had a website bragging about how the game was coming along

>not having the best version due to console war faggotry
Your loss.

So when it flops can we blame Nintendo for holding back the internal version?

Does OP actually expect me to believe that a game is going to run better on a Wii U than on an X1/PS4?

>TransgenderViking

>Wii U
>best version
Unless the 8th gen console versions are intentionally gimped beyond all reasoning, this won't be the case

Aren't all the consoles dy----

Oh, you mean PC. Ya I'm getting that version too

This is the most desperate angle I've seen from a fanboy for awhile.

WiiU owners desperately suggesting that the WiiU version is an exclusive-like experience from the other multi-plats.

Of course.
There's no online multiplayer so why wouldn't I get it for PC.

Glad to hear you're making the right choice.
I thought for a second you were arguing that the Wii U version wasn't going to be the worst. It easily will be.

You realize Rare actively went to seek buyers because Nintendo were fucking them right?

I hope all their other games are multiplat too, since they're a third party dev now. I'd much rather have their games on my PC than consoles desu.

will this be out before the nx?

Its like a kid leaving home because they hate their dad only to get picked up down the street by a shady guy promising candy.

Probably

PC always best version. Well, 99.9% of the time
WiiU will be better though than PS4/XB1
>Team17 porting someone else's game
I love you Team17 but you guys arent great in the technical aspect of games.

>Wii U version wasn't going to be the worst
The PS4/XBO will be the worst though...

I know, it's pathetic.

I'm not even sure what OP is saying, that because it is being ported by another team to the superior consoles that it will be... worse? That's retarded. That would be like saying if Halo 3 got ported to PC right now that it would be worse than the 2007 360 version.

The PC version will be best. The Wii U version will be worst. End of story.

>B-But Nintendo

Sony faggots are so easy to spot nowadays.

How was Nintendo fucking them? Didn't Nintendo say do what you want with Conker?

>PC always be best
Hello Captain obvious
>WiiU will be better though than PS4/XB1
Yeah, no.
The Wii U simply isn't at all powerful enough to match the Xbone and PS4. They would have to standardize the two for parity and it would still run worse.
The PS4/Xbone versions are a poor man's PC version, but still easily better than the version running on last gen console hardware
Its Not even close.

Nah.
>I can't read

They wouldn't buy up the other share of Rare and they weren't supporting their current projects financially. It made a lot of original employees leave before they even went to look for buyers.

Activision was originally going to buy them but Microsoft offered a better deal, and Nintendo didn't really care and basically let them be sold.

But muh content locked behind 20$ McDonald toys

At least they're actually going to try.

Unlike the Project Cars dev who didn't even give people back their money.

Source

Wanted to get this for my PSquadruple but now I'll wait and see how the reception of the Team17 port will be.
yookah-laylee X worms when?

This

So the wii u version.

So can we all agree that WiiU is the definitive version of the game

It has special platonic attention, and it just wouldn't feel right on PC

O shit niggas, pc or wiiu version? Im thinking wiiu because i never use it

So you just call everyone who says something you dont like a sonygger?

I own a wii u and i know exactly that the wii u will be the worst version, period.

>everywhere you go people are lamenting how small the gap between 7th and 8th generation consoles is
I guess you don't visit many places then because that is blatantly false.

The Wii U never feels right because it's a piece of shit

>PC version isn't the port this time around

Don't worry, bros. You still have the 'better' Arkham Knight.

>all this Nintenyearold salt
It's pretty obvious what's going on in here. Nintendo manchildren know they can't beat the PC version, so they're clinging to this meme that "w-well X1 and PS4 are being ported by a different t-team"

Anyone that actually thinks the Wii U version is going to outperform the X1/PS4 versions.... well, nobody actually believes that, but the desperation to attempt to convince people it is real in here.

I own a Wii U. I don't consider it a bad console but it IS a dying console. It's NEVER going to come close to outperforming the X1 or PS4 in a multiplat game. The Wii U version will be the worst version to own. Deal with it.

Does the prospect of using the game pad excite you? That's the only question that matters.

I'm glad I can buy it on PC. I hate being restricted by 50 year old hardware and horrible controllers, and really bad online.

Good move by the developers there.

1. PC version
2. PS4/Xbone version
3. Wii U version

Expect the worst frame rate and resolution on PS4

Or maybe you're just trying to force platform war shit?

Probably, but it will feel strange to play a 3d platformer on pc

DELETE THIS

It's a fucking indie game. It's not gonna outperform on anything other than PC because "Muh graphics setting"

You can just take any controller you want and connect it to you pc and it will literally feel the same as on consoles with difference that you can assure that it will run at 60fps

Viva pinata

>hurrrr I took a pic of a Game pad, probably at a friend's house and made a timestamp
Nobody that actually owns a Wii U would go out of their way to shit on it like this. You're not fooling anyone.

I van't believe people actually think the Wii U version is going to be that muvh worse than any of the other releases. The game itself isn'y going to be very demanding in terms of hardware and Playtonic are eapecually inveated in it as that's where a majority of the backers are. PC is likely to experience a few issurs at laynvh and won't be as well optimized due to the variabpe that is hardware on the platform.

Yooka-Laylee is going to be the definitive experience, end of story. No amount of shitposting is going to change that.

If it ends up being a big hit I fuly expect Playtonic and Nintendo to more going into the future, can't wait to see Twoka-Laylee to beclome the new Bayonetta 2 in a couple years

>horrible controllers
>Playing 3D platformers on a keyboard

>Expect the worst frame rate and resolution on PS4

Why would you think so? Unless they're being incredibly lazy about the port, it should be on par with the PC version. I don't think the game will have some super high-end setting options that demand a high-end rig, so the ps4 should be good enough.

>only 60fps

This is what separates mustards from true PC gamers.

I meant Wii u

Who's bought a ps4 or xbone to play platformers

>Yooka Laylee in Smash

yes plz

>dislike KBM
>use an Xbox controller
>use a PS controller
>use modified WiiU gamepad
>use dualshock
>use gamecube controller
>use Dreamcast controller
>hook up Ipad and use that as a controller

Possibilities, mang.

>it just wouldn't feel right on PS4/X1
It's literally being advertised as a Playstation game you cuck

Its unity and its wii u so we can already say that the framerate will be better on pc/ps4/bone

Croc.

Man, I wouldn't even give a shit if this game looked like a game from 2003, as long as it plays well and has good music.

Does it really matter how much fucking shader operations a platformer has? You framerate/gfx police are literal cuckolds, being cucked by your own pointless high standards.

Okay I was about to defend my fellow nintenbros but then this.

Let me get this through to you, INDIES NEVER EVER IN SMASH YOU DENSE MOTHERFUCKERS.

Now carry on with this interesting thread.

But your supposed to care about graphics, stop being logical.

You're part of a very VERY small minority with that belief.
The masses demand progress.

Source: Wii U sales numbers

same shit happens with pc ports

have fun trying to prove it

I want to see PlayTonic remake this

Yeah, a game that is based on previous games that have never even been on a Playstation console, ever

Yeah man, who needs graphics better than THIS?

Fucking where? the only marketing stuff i've seen are those pictures of the villain and the trailer.

I'll get it for my Wii U just so I can have more of an excuse to play the damn thing. I seriously feel bad for it.

But I swear to God if they force the tablet controls on me I will fucking scream.
There is no reason for splatoon to not support pro controller controllers.

>Yooka Laylee
>indie

>Fucking where? the only marketing stuff i've seen are those pictures of the villain and the trailer.
The launch trailer. Youtube it.
Playstation has the advertising rights.

Why? After a short search I can't find anything after March 2015 regarding issues with Unity on Wii U.