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Nintendo eShop has Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (Nintendo Switch Digital Download) for $7.49.

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About this game:
  • Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new 2.5D platformer from some of the key creative talent behind 'Donkey Kong Country'.
  • Each level offers beautiful, rich visuals with detail and depth. Yooka, Laylee and a whole host of colourful characters (good and bad) are realised in stunning 2.5D

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Yooka & Laylee are back in a brand-new platform hybrid adventure!They must run, jump and roll their way through a series of challenging 2D levels, face a puzzling Overworld and rally the Royal Bee-tallion to take down Capital B and his Impossible Lair!
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Fantastic game. Paid $30 for it back in 2019 and would gladly do it again. It's basically theft at this price.
FYI, the first one in the series is for free on Epic this week. This one here has also been given away in the past there.

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08-19-2021 at 09:52 AM.
08-19-2021 at 09:52 AM.
Fantastic game. Paid $30 for it back in 2019 and would gladly do it again. It's basically theft at this price.
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sixtyfps
08-19-2021 at 10:10 AM.
08-19-2021 at 10:10 AM.
Tried it on Game Pass and found it to be stale, including the writing. Some people love this stuff, though.
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08-19-2021 at 01:24 PM.
08-19-2021 at 01:24 PM.
FYI, the first one in the series is for free on Epic this week. This one here has also been given away in the past there.
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freey29
08-19-2021 at 05:39 PM.
08-19-2021 at 05:39 PM.
Looking to get a switch. Do we think the normal one will have reduced prices closer to when the OLED version comes out?
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Mo0eY
08-19-2021 at 06:10 PM.
08-19-2021 at 06:10 PM.
Quote from freey29 :
Looking to get a switch. Do we think the normal one will have reduced prices closer to when the OLED version comes out?

No. These games play on both systems. There is literally no difference between the OLED vs the regular outside of the screen
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08-19-2021 at 09:27 PM.
08-19-2021 at 09:27 PM.
Quote from freey29 :
Looking to get a switch. Do we think the normal one will have reduced prices closer to when the OLED version comes out?

I feel like the previous answer didn't really address your question.
I don't think so. Or if so not by very much. I believe in instances like this in the past Nintendo would typically try to make sure the old unit was only marginally cheaper than the new unit. So it not only kepts the value of the units high, (as they do with their exclusive titles) but incentives people to spend a little more on a newer technology.
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08-20-2021 at 06:13 AM.
08-20-2021 at 06:13 AM.
Someone completed a speedrun in 16 minutes [youtube.com].
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08-20-2021 at 08:17 AM.
08-20-2021 at 08:17 AM.
Fyi, the load times are insanely long on this game for the switch version. My kids wouldn't even play because they couldn't sit through the load screens. If you see online, there are many people complaining about it. Here is one example: https://www.ignboards.com/threads...455417116/
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08-20-2021 at 08:46 AM.
08-20-2021 at 08:46 AM.
The load times are a bit nuts but it's not super bad. I didn't finish this game but I 100% got $7 of enjoyment out of it. I didn't even "quit" playing it. Just got busy. Very much in line with donkey kong country but you a bunch of the levels have alt version that make them harder too.

It's a super well crafted game and easily worth this if you like 2d platformers at all.
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08-20-2021 at 11:24 AM.
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The first game is free on Epic Launcher for anyone interested.
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08-20-2021 at 07:55 PM.
08-20-2021 at 07:55 PM.
Quote from freey29 :
Looking to get a switch. Do we think the normal one will have reduced prices closer to when the OLED version comes out?

Not bloody likely. The OLED will sell for more ($349) and the original will maintain the status quo at $299. But to be honest, even with aggressive pricing at something like $249 isn't going to get many more people to buy (compared to the lost margins).

They basically shut down the 2DS and 3DS lines last year to make room to build more Switches. I think they're doing ok. Price drop is still a couple years off IMHO.
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08-20-2021 at 08:05 PM.
08-20-2021 at 08:05 PM.
I'm a huge fan of the Banjo/DK64 type platformers. Yooka Laylee just seemed a little forced with plot and dialogue. I know it was their effort to create their own original game keeping that platform aspect, but some of those pages you have to receive are inconsistent with time spent getting just one. There were certain times I'd just get a page (basically its version of a jiggy or golden banana) in just a few seconds, then the next page would take maybe 20 minutes to get to on the map. Truly it just makes you want to be playing a new Banjo Kazooie game vs the actual game itself.
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08-20-2021 at 08:19 PM.
08-20-2021 at 08:19 PM.
Quote from OwnManagement :
Fantastic game. Paid $30 for it back in 2019 and would gladly do it again. It's basically theft at this price.
I played it on a $1 trial of Xbox Game Pass, and you are right, it is absolutely fantastic, and it was totally theft for the price I paid.
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