A year after their highly successful Kickstarter campaign, Playtonic are ready to reveal a slew of new information on the title.

Yooka-Laylee had Nintendo fans salivating when it was announced last year as it reared its head as a spiritual successor to the beloved Banjo-Kazooie series and smashed their desired Kickstarter goal in mere hours.

After many months of silence, Playtonic are finally ready to reveal new information on the title that seems to be shaping up very well. From the official Playtonic site:

Yooka and Laylee’s adventure will take them deep inside the work halls of a baneful business, as the buddy-duo seek out the magical Pagies required to explore the mysterious Grand Tomes. The dexterous pair will seek to unlock the ancient secrets of these bewitching books, as they battle to thwart corporate creep Capital B and his devious scheme to absorb all of the world’s literature... and convert them into pure profit.

Our ambition with Yooka-Laylee is to create a story and cast of characters that will live on as part of future Playtonic Games, so you can be sure there will be plenty of secrets, back stories and punch lines to discover when you join the Lizard and Bat on their epic adventure.

Yooka-Laylee will introduce a roster of shiny collectibles with gameplay progression at their core (as well as other, more valuable materials). Tasty Butterfly Energy will refill the player’s health and the brand new power meter, which is designed to empower fun and challenging platforming gameplay while avoiding the all-too-occasional tedium of resource management.

In their adventure through Capital B’s corporate lair, Yooka and Laylee will explore land, air and sea in search of Pagies and their power to unlock – and expand – the magical Grand Tomes held captive in Hivory Towers.

Using the hundreds of collectible Quills discovered during their travels, the buddy-duo will purchase and unlock moves from the serpent salesman Trowzer, which they can choose to do in virtually any order that the player decides. This is just one way which Yooka-Laylee empowers player choice, in addition to the ability to expand and make larger the worlds you’ve already explored, and the unique Tonic gameplay modifiers which can be used to customise your play style.

Yooka-Laylee promises a memorable cast of characters full of charm, something that fans have come to expect from the title with its deep connection to Banjo-Kazooie. Whilst they can't commit to a release date at the moment, Playtonic hope to try and stick to their initial planned release as much as they can, but want to create a quality title which is why they can't confirm anything at this point. 

With a team made up of people responsible for the original Donkey Kong Country Trilogy and Banjo-Kazooie games, including David Wise who composed the amazing soundtracks for Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2, Grant Kirkhope who created the upbeat melodies of Banjo-Kazooie and Steve Mayles who created the Banjo-Kazooie, K.Rool, Diddy Kong and ‘modern’ DK characters (1994 onwards), they're a team that know their way around platform titles. The villain in Yooka-Laylee, Capital B, can be found pictured below with the evil enemies of old.

Playtonic plan to release more information on Yooka-Laylee at this years E3 so be sure to keep an eye on their site as well as ours, as we'll be watching them closely at this years event.