Playtonic on why Yooka lacks a voice in Yooka-Laylee

Coming from an Engadget interview with Gavin Price, creative lead at Playtonic...

"I'm a big fan of content that doesn't hand-hold the player and leaves creative gaps for you to inject some of your own thinking into what's going on and engage with the game on a deeper level. You want to decide for yourself exactly what Yooka is like. We provide some bits and bobs of information through the way he talks, and what he says, to inform you that this is the kind of character he is. But if we were to give him a voice, we would also be closing that door for the player."