Renna Hazel
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Yooka Laylee's "problem" was that it wasn't made by Nintendo. I guarantee you that when Odyssey comes out, everybody will be singing its praises and the game will be touted for "successfully returning the platformer genre to the N64 days" no matter the quality of the game while Yooka Laylee will be forgotten.
It's the same reason why Banjo Kazooie is criticized as a "collectathon" while Mario 64 gets a pass even though you technically collect more things in Mario 64.
Oh please. If the game doesn't hit expectations, the world will hear about it. Mario Sunshine got a lot of flak for not living up to Mario 64 despite being a great game. People really need to drop the excuses for why Nintendo games get praise. They're good.
Banjo-Kazooie is called a collectathon based on it's structure. It IS different from Mario 64. Even Rare will call it that. Not that it's a bad thing, BK is one of the greatest games of all time.