{"id":111467,"date":"2020-04-12T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/yooka-laylee_is_now_three_years_old"},"modified":"2020-04-12T03:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T03:55:00","slug":"yooka-laylee-is-now-three-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/12\/yooka-laylee-is-now-three-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Yooka-Laylee Is Now Three Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/adec5b6ce58d9\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/adec5b6ce58d9\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Yooka Laylee Birthday\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/adec5b6ce58d9\/yooka-laylee-birthday.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/adec5b6ce58d9\/yooka-laylee-birthday.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Yooka Laylee Birthday\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Can you believe it? Playtonic&#8217;s unlikely duo <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/yooka-laylee\">Yooka-Laylee<\/a><\/strong> is now three years old! The original game of the same name was first released on the 11th of April 2017 after a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign. And although it never saw the light of day on Nintendo&#8217;s Wii U, it did eventually show up on the Switch.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate this special milestone, the game&#8217;s publisher Team17 has released the following tweet, asking fans to share their favourite moments so far with these characters.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" readability=\"2.8444444444444\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" readability=\"1.4647887323944\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YookaLaylee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YookaLaylee<\/a> turns three today! \ud83c\udf82\ud83c\udf89\u200b<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s been your favourite moment with buddy duo Yooka &amp; Laylee so far?! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R0XptX9Uyd\">pic.twitter.com\/R0XptX9Uyd<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Team17 (@Team17Ltd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Team17Ltd\/status\/1248913719473713153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In this short time frame, Yooka-Laylee has made a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/yooka-laylee_is_ready_for_battle_in_the_new_brawlout_trailer\">cameo<\/a> in the fighting game <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/brawlout\">Brawlout<\/a><\/strong> and appeared in the side-scrolling sequel, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/yooka-laylee_and_the_impossible_lair\">Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair<\/a><\/strong>. If you haven&#8217;t tried out the second game yet, now is the perfect time. It&#8217;s currently on sale on the Switch eShop for just $20.09 \/ \u00a316.74.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Playtonic also rolled out a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/yooka-laylee_and_the_impossible_lair_update_makes_the_final_stage_easier_to_beat\">new update<\/a> for the Impossible Lair, making it a little bit easier. A second update will follow this on 14th April, and adds in an 8-bit soundtrack.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On behalf of everyone here at Nintendo Life, happy birthday Yooka-Laylee. Share your own favourite memories of these characters and their games in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you believe it? Playtonic&#8217;s unlikely duo Yooka-Laylee is now three years old! The original game of the same name was first released on the 11th of April 2017 after a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign. And although it never saw the light of day on Nintendo&#8217;s Wii U, it did eventually show up on the Switch. 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