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[May16]

No one should wear pants.

 

[Skux]

You guys are missing an important fact. If you want any chameleon skin-colour-changing game mechanics, Yooka can't wear clothes. It'd ruin his camouflage.

 

[GIANKRATOS]

Since Yooka uses the tail as a whip, how about adding a tiny Indiana Jones hat also?

 

[Toxi]

From: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playtonic/yooka-laylee-a-3d-platformer-rare-vival

IDK if "bloke" is ever used to refer to a female instead of a male

Bloke is definitely male.

 

[mgarnica89]

Got rid of that Tail.

 

[Icyflamez96]

Indiana Yooka.

Yooka Boom.

 

[KiefbladeMaster]

I think both designs are perfect. Banjo, Conker & DK all are wearing some pieces of human clothing and we don't really need to see it repeated here.

Edit: The color changing thing makes sense, too.

 

[Beelzebufo]

I think they're reading this thread lol

https://twitter.com/playtonicgames/status/595596418129240064

 

[Hakai]

Goodness gracious some of y'all are turning this into Sonic Boom, he doesn't need clothes!

Funny thing is that the OG Sonic had boots and gloves.

 

[Thud]

It's so uncanny.

 

[Toxi]

You guys are missing an important fact. If you want any chameleon skin-colour-changing game mechanics, Yooka can't wear clothes. It'd ruin his camouflage.

Chameleons changing color to fit their surroundings is a common myth. It's actually based on how they feel.

Not that this will stop the devs from giving Yooka awesome invisibility powers.

 

[-MD-]

If there's any sort of chameleon color changing mechanic in the game clothes won't make sense.

His design is fine.

 

[veloxStrix]

you sure showed him, he'll think twice before making a joke in neogaf thread again

I don't have weird chameleon sex fantasies, only normal chameleon sex fantasies. I'm not some kind of perv.

GAF is the wrong place for sneaky subtle humor. It gets mixed up with a lot of the legitimate stupidity that floats around here whenever threads like this come up.

 

[Kujo]

!

 

[NIN90]

I'm sorry but that belt pic made me laugh out loud.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Chameleons changing color to fit their surroundings is a common myth. It's actually based on how they feel.

Not that this will stop the devs from giving Yooka awesome invisibility powers.

I wonder if the devs would consider turning Yooka into an octopus. To give him more personality.

 

[Toxi]

He's got a purple bat with a huge nose on his head tho

...Unless they can split up like in Tooie

Laylee could hide in Yooka's mouth while in stealth mode.

 

[Mango The Magician]

If there's any sort of chameleon color changing mechanic in the game clothes won't make sense.

His design is fine.

Well he could wear some Octocamo.

 

[Kouichi]

It's best that we don't ruin great character design with horrible ideas.

 

[Nappuccino]

I do agree Yooka needs some sort of clothing or accessory to give him more of a specific look, something to recognize him by instead of him just being a generic chameleon. I don't think it should be pants though, just something unique we haven't seen on a mascot character before.

You're right, this shouldn't be too hard at all lol.

 

[Toxi]

I wonder if the devs would consider turning Yooka into an octopus. To give him more personality.

Who's that lizard in the three piece suit?

 

[KingSnake]

Leave the nudist reptiles alone! They have rights too, you know?

On a more serious note, not everything must comply to the hipster culture these days. Having no scarf, hat or beard doesn't make it less hip.

 

[Beelzebufo]

What if we gave Yooka a camo-patterned cummerbund? So much personality, I can't handle it. It's so unique.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

We have like 20 pages of discussion on this in the Yooka-Laylee thread, lol.

He's fine the way he is. Maybe the game will have optional clothing though; maybe you can unlock some clothing options. Would make the people against nudity happy, yes? Someone made an image of him with a Hawaii shirt, and it looked pretty nice.

EDIT: This one

I like the hawaian shirt and the googles on layle because I love stupid easy tropes like this for mascots. But sinceresly, the "nude" design is more than fine and works really well.
Sometimes less is more.

 

[Randam]

Who wants pants?

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

You're right, this shouldn't be too hard at all lol.

I've got it. A smartwatch.

 

[Dunkley]

Got rid of that Tail.

Perfect, although you missed one small thing:

Let's send it to Playtonic with love from GAF.

 

[Gormless Noodle]

It's best that we don't ruin great character design with horrible ideas.

Yes. We'll have plenty of horrible fanart that will do that at any rate.

 

[Zomba13]

No.

Stop bringing grownup mentality into this.

It's a cartoon animal, it doesn't have to wear clothes of any kind, if the people behind making the game designed it that way.

Also obligatory

He's not bringing "grownup mentality" into it, he's disucssing the design and how plain it looks to him and clothing or accessories might make the character less plain. He's not saying the character needs clothing because it's indecent or would get chilly.

 

[LogicStep]

I think it looks fine the way it is. No need to add clothes.

 

[Vlaphor]

Also, allow me to yell this from the highest mountain top...chameleons don't change their color for camouflage! They do so in response to various stimuli and is done as a signal to other chameleons. Thank you.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Also, allow me to yell this from the highest mountain top...chameleons don't change their color for camouflage! They do so in response to various stimuli and is done as a signal to other chameleons. Thank you.

How is Yooka going to show his response to various stimuli if he's wearing clothes? That's what I thought.

Spoiler

But they're totally going to have Yooka do that anyway lol. Real chameleons don't use their tongues to grapple around their environment either

 

[KiefbladeMaster]

Also, allow me to yell this from the highest mountain top...chameleons don't change their color for camouflage! They do so in response to various stimuli and is done as a signal to other chameleons. Thank you.

They do it for those reasons as well as camouflage. It's a defense against predators -- doesn't help much when snakes can sense heat.

 

[hwalker84]

Dude I'm in my bi-weekly phone meeting and almost busted out laughing reading this.

 

[Vlaphor]

How is Yooka going to show his response to various stimuli if he's wearing clothes? That's what I thought.

Spoiler

But they're totally going to have Yooka do that anyway lol

What I'd love to see is a squid platformer, where you do all kinds of camo to hide. Kinda similar to the octocamo from MGS4, but not faked.

 

[Alienous]

I do agree Yooka needs some sort of clothing or accessory to give him more of a specific look, something to recognize him by instead of him just being a generic chameleon. I don't think it should be pants though, just something unique we haven't seen on a mascot character before.

You're right, this shouldn't be too hard at all lol.

A sports bra and a sweatband.

 

[Mercutio]

HE'S NAKED!!!

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[Muchi Muchi Pink]

He lives in a free and liberal land, so he can wear whatever he wants. Even a Burka.

 

[Goldrusher]

He's a chameleon.

He can change his skin to whatever he wants, and you want to cover him up with pants!?

Hmm...

 

[veloxStrix]

 

[Betty]

No.

He can change colour, have patterns on his body if he uses camouflage and look as zany as possible when he transforms but other than that he's fine.

 

[Icyflamez96]

Hmm...

http://i.imgur.com/0IyCALx.gif/IMG][/QUOTE]

Ayy

 

[Beelzebufo]

What I'd love to see is a squid platformer, where you do all kinds of camo to hide. Kinda similar to the octocamo from MGS4, but not faked.

Yeah, that would actually be really cool haha. Maybe in the sequel.

A sports bra and a sweatband.

Then people would be even more confused about Yooka's gender lol

 

[Alienous]

No.

He can change colour, have patterns on his body if he uses camouflage and look as zany as possible when he transforms but other than that he's fine.

That doesn't mean he can't have eyeglasses.

 

[Icyflamez96]

He wears contacts

 

[SalvaPot]

You guys are missing an important fact. If you want any chameleon skin-colour-changing game mechanics, Yooka can't wear clothes. It'd ruin his camouflage.

He can camouflage along with his clothes, that never stopped the fantastic four.

 

[GIANKRATOS]

Lol

 

[KingSnake]

He lives in a free and liberal land, so he can wear whatever he wants. Even a Burka.

A Burka would be a great idea, to differentiate him from the other games characters.

 

[Alienous]

He wears contacts

Yes, but that doesn't explain why his tail isn't wearing a hat.

 

[ffdgh]

Nah. The simple and clean look works for him.