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Yooka-Laylee - Playtonic working on the Wii U version internally

by nintendaan
06 June 2016
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Yooka-Laylee developers Playonic are focusing on the Wii U and PC versions of the game. This is what they revealed when talking to MCV UK. Team17 is not only publishing the game, but working on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions alongside the development team.

Writer Andy Robinson on bringing the game to Wii U
''We naturally have so many backers who opted for Wii U. Because of the size of the team, we couldn’t take on all the consoles. 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. I also think it feels right playing it on a Nintendo system to some people. But the other versions will be fantastic as well.''

Technical art director Mark Stevenson added

''We wanted to make sure that Wii U gets the right attention. There is a lot of nostalgia around Banjo, Banjo heralds from Rare’s Nintendo’s days, and we are all massive Nintendo fans as well.''

[MCV UK]