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Banjo & Kazooie Make Grisly Cameo In Yooka-Laylee Animated Short
Earlier this year a group of ex-Rare developers raised over $3 million on Kickstarter for Yooka-Laylee – a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie – thanks to support from generous fans. Now a short cartoon by the talented folks at Mashed have combined the 3D-platforming worlds of the bear/bird and chameleon/bat duos to humorous results.
In the video below, Yooka and Laylee are intercepted by a slimy snake wearing trousers. The slick reptile is enticed by the duo's sack full of collectibles, and even finds a few key items that fans of Rare's N64-era platformers will surely recognize. It seems Yooka and Laylee are proficient collectors, but at what cost? First it was Bottles the mole, now this...
For more Banjo-Kazooie action, watch the Game Informer play the N64 classic on Replay.
[Source: Mashed via Grant Kirkhope's Twitter]
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