Yooka-Laylee is a throwback to the days when the Nintendo 64 was synonymous with 3D platformers, including one of the console's better franchises, the Banjo-Kazooie series, developed by Rare. That all changed after Microsoft bought Rare in 2002. The studio worked on a number of titles for Microsoft such as Perfect Dark Zero, and Viva Pinata, but we only got only more Banjo-Kazooie game, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. but since then, Rare has only worked on the Xbox 360 dashboard, Kinect Sports, and the soon to be released Sea of Thieves.