During its original Kickstarter campaign, Playtonic teased the availability of Yooka-Laylee on the Nintendo Switch. Released in April 2017, Yooka-Laylee received moderately well review scores. However, any game released onto the Switch is good news. Nintendo Switch owners are constantly looking for new games to play on their system. Unfortunately, technical difficulties are hindering the release of the game on the Switch. The company has released a statement on their website explaining the Nintendo Switch release delay.
“The Playtonic team has been working tirelessly to bring Yooka-Laylee to Nintendo Switch and we’re very nearly there. However, we’ve encountered some final technical hurdles and had been waiting for the arrival of Unity 5.6 in order to fix them. Although this has now been released, it has unfortunately introduced other issues which we are working with Unity to resolve before we can submit to Nintendo and lock in our release timeline.”
The engine the company is using to develop the game is giving them technical troubles. The company’s current lack of complete understanding of the engine is causing these problems. As time passes, the company implies that they will be able to understand the engine to a complete degree, thus finishing the game. The team has recently added two new employees potentially to increase its productivity in this area.
In closing Playtonic stated:
“We understand the frustration that it’s taken so long to get the game in your hands but we hope that you understand that we’re working as fast as we can and want the game to perform as well as it possibly can on Switch. Once these remaining issues are resolved we hope to finally be able to commit to and share a launch date. Thanks, as ever for your patience and please bear with us – we are getting there.”
Are you looking forward to the release of Yooka-Laylee on the Switch? Are these delays frustrating?
Sources:
Playtonic Says Unity Issues Are Causing The Delay For Yooka-Laylee On Switch
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/09/25/yooka-laylee-switch-release-held-up-by-engine-problemshttp
www.playtonicgames.com/switchupdate/
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