Yooka-Laylee, the 3D platform/adventure game developed by Playtonic Games and published by Team17, has just received an update today! When you boot up the game on your Nintendo Switch or PC, you will need to download the latest version. Then, head to any Vendi in the game and select the 64-bit Tonic option.

About Vendi and the Tonics

Vendi is an NPC vending machine that supplies Yooka and Laylee with tonics that you can unlock and equip. These upgrades can give boosts to stats and abilities, can help the player with useful guides such as a tracker for certain collectibles, or even give you an option to make the game more challenging.

The 64-bit Tonic gives you a “pre-rendered” appearance to make it look like you are playing a Nintendo 64 game! All backgrounds in Yooka-Laylee will now have limited texture and shading. The PS4 and Xbox One version will only receive this update at a later date as Playtonic Games says there are a few bugs that need fixing first. See what the developers have to say about their choice for this hilarious addition here.

When we decided we were going to implement the 64-bit Tonic, we knew we wanted to create something reminiscent of “the good old days”. Naturally, we looked back at Nintendo 64 games that we had both played and worked on.

Jens Restermeier

About Playtonic and Yooka-Laylee

Playtonic Games, founded by former Rare employees, wanted to create a spiritual successor to their Banjo-Kazooie series (which Microsoft now owns the rights to). Therefore, they started a Kickstarter campaign which raised a record-breaking £2-million, an amount of well over their goal.

Yooka-Laylee has everything that the fans loved from the Banjo-Kazooie series; wacky cast of characters, an amazing soundtrack, cheeky humor, and googly-eyes on everything! They’ve heard what the fans had to say and definitely delivered – unlike a certain other game *ahem*.

For more information about the game Yooka-Laylee you can head to our article here.