Playtonic Games, developer of Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee, has revealed a new innuendo-filled character called Trowzer.
The trouser-wearing snake is the first supporting character the developer has revealed, and has been described as a "flash, wheeler dealing serpent."
"Trowzer is a business-snake whose career never took off," Playtonic's creative lead, Gavin Price, explained on the official website.
"Not that he knows it - the smug, serpent salesman thinks he's the bee's knees (not that he has knees), and for a little dosh he'll teach you some of the slick moves he picked up on the high-stakes sales floor."
Along with his trousers, tie, and fedora, the character completes the out-of-touch business-snake look with a large "Brickcom" phone.
“He’ll take your money and count it (he’s an Adder…) and because he knows best he’ll even demonstrate the moves you just bought for you to replicate… if you can follow his jiggling.”
Playtonic's character artist Steve Mayles also explained the design process behind Trowzer and attributed the idea of the snake wearing shorts to Price himself.
“I didn’t want him to be a snake in the traditional sense, and when Gav suggested he should have shorts on (do I have to add shorts to all of my characters?!), a great idea for this was his body could curl back up through the other leg hole. So he’ll move with a certain springiness, which will be fun to animate.”
Following its Kickstarter success, GameSpot looked at whether Yooka-Laylee could realise the golden days of Rare again.
Weird. A failed business-snake (that term alone is pretty weird) stuck in the 80s :).
This has the hallmark of old Rare. Candy Kong having Melons for players in Donkey Kong 64 was comparable to this kind of humor.
Day. Freakin'. One!
Its a trouser snake... get it? GET IT?
Ok, i admit the idea is fairly humorous. Bravo.
lol thats funny
tasteless
no its not funny... yer previous games blew diseased goats.. you can do better... eff you money beggars..
Hilarious, like old RARE.
I feel like they tried a little too hard to make that concept work.
I was looking forward to this game so much until I saw they were planning DLC. Now I'm not so interested.
@GuillermoJP atleast we know it's made with passion and love...
@GuillermoJP yep that is why i have respect for these people!
@GuillermoJP "There are MUCH worse ways to put DLC into practice" Mortal Kombat X being a good example.
@dylandr They explicitly state they'll work on extra content/DLC after they finished the main game.
They know it''s a "bad word".
I'm giving them a little faith, given that DLC can be awesome when it's done right, and I would like to support this sort of game, as opposed to Call of Bros: Yet Another Map Pack
@npgr Check the launch price, it isn't a full retail game...
It's additional content they'll make AFTER they finished the product.
https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/003/773/404/1f0af08e301dce8a38beaa08ab8f2a11_original.png?v=1431386246&w=700&h=&fit=max&auto=format&lossless=true&s=0218034883554e3a9ac04147a68f04c3
And it's free to those who backed it. There are MUCH worse ways to put DLC into practice, and this isn't one of those times.
well thats just dumb....
@blackothh It's a kids game, what did you expect?
@dylandr @blackothh He probably never played Banjo Kazooie before.
@blackothh @cboye18 lets not forget you were a child back when playing Banjo games, the style may just not be appealing to you anymore
@dylandr @blackothh @cboye18 I would still play mario64 if my n64 was still hooked up, so i dont think its an age thing. I just think paid professionals can come up with something a little more sophisticated than this for a character design......
@cboye18 @blackothh i started playing games on atari, what do you think? Of course i played it, I didnt think it was all that great compared to the other gaming options of the genre at the time.
@dylandr @blackothh both 3D platformers that collect shiny things.
@blackothh Mario 64 is not Banjo Kazooie and tooie, those have completely different feels to them as mario games :p
Heh heh, I quite like him.
I find this outraging. Its an offense to the female comunity. Im gonna start a a pettion to cancel this sexist garbage.
Feel free to do so, but I'm still gonna buy the game. Sorry.
This upsets snake feminists...or something.
@Bread_or_Decide probably something about the lack of female characters :p
@ferna1234 @Bread_or_Decide I guest you've been beaten!
@Bread_or_Decide lol, you published this 0.5 seconds before my feminist joke.
@dylandr @ferna1234 @Bread_or_Decide too slow these days.
@ferna1234 @dylandr @Bread_or_Decide I'm sure yours was much funnier. Mine is so blah.
@Bread_or_Decide you were faster because you were all buttered up x)
Lmao Trouser Snake!
That's a snake wearing trousers. Very different things Gamespot.
I've seen that snake somewhere before....
Jungle Book?
How about the movie, Rango?
Below are some other character names:
Albino Cave Dweller
Baloney Pony
Beaver Basher
Beef Whistle
Bell on a Pole
Boomstick
Burrito
Custard Launcher
Deep-V Diver
Dickie
Ding Dong Mcdork
Disco Stick
Donger
Dude piston
Easy Rider
Excalibur
Froto
Fun stick
heat-seeking moisture missile
Kickstand
King sebastian
Knob
Krull the warrior
Little Elvis
Lizard
Mayo shooting hotdog gun
Meter long king kong dong
Moisture and heat seeking venomous throbbing python of love
Mr. Knish
One-eyed monster
One-eyed yogurt slinger
Purple-headed yogurt flinger
Purple-helmeted warrior of love
Quiver Bone
Ramburglar
Schlong dongadoodle
Schmeckel
Shaft
Single barrelled pump action bollock
Tallywhacker
Tan Bannana
"Purple-helmeted warrior of love" had me rolling
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Nice list lol
@homey_d_clown Wowza!
@homey_d_clown Is General abbreviated as Gen? If so, you for General Ital.
@selfentitledman Also making a cameo, Woody the Woodpecker.
That's awesome
New character? That walkie talkie has a copyright at 1985 on it. the character is older than I am. Any how I guess that snakes moves by jumping around like a spring somehow. And as far as the innuendo is meh, not really bad just kinda cheesy which fits a cartoonish game.
Gavlan wheel. Gavlan deal.
jam jars? :P
Thats just sick.
Sensitiveman
@selfentitledman you want to get him?
Where?
Meh I seen worst.
@selfentitledman A sense of humor is a nice thing to have. You should get one. They're free.
Get who?
No you.
Get shorty.