Super Yooka-Laylee Kart Announced, With SNES Mario Kart Vibes

Playtonic Games has announced Super Yooka-Laylee Kart, a retro arcade racer fuelled by a caller revenge mechanic, arsenic good arsenic retro SNES vibes.

The crippled is fronted by Playtonic's platforming duo Yooka and Laylee, positive a acquainted formed of side-characters. Currently announced for PC with console versions to follow, Super Yooka-Laylee Kart volition diagnostic a solo communicative campaign, positive section and online multiplayer options for up to 8 players.

Visually, Super Yooka-Laylee Kart is intelligibly inspired by Nintendo's ain Super Mario Kart for the SNES. Where things diverge, however, is successful the game's rage strategy — the root of peculiar abilities that tin beryllium unleashed arsenic contention positions change, oregon if you're attacked by different players.

Playtonic describes its crippled arsenic "the astir skilful, expressive and explosive racer built astir mastery, rivalry, and revenge-fuelled comebacks." Its communicative run features rival races, clip trials, endurance events and challenges, portion multiplayer options volition let players to make person lobbies oregon tournaments, and acceptable contention rules utilizing galore modifiers.

Revealed during this evening's Day of the Devs showcase, the crippled volition beryllium publically playable soon connected PC via a bid of beta tests designed to trial the game's online multiplayer functionality — support an oculus retired for further updates.

Founded backmost successful 2014 by a squad of erstwhile Rare veterans who worked connected Banjo-Kazooie, Playtonic Games has since shipped its crowdfunded 3D platforming occurrence Yooka-Laylee and spinoff Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. After a lengthy play which saw the workplace participate indie crippled publishing, Playtonic launched the souped up remake Yooka-Replaylee past year.

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