"One Tonic? You've gotta present your company-approved ID card first, kid!"― Vendi
Vendi serves as an ally in Yooka-Laylee. Vendi will provide Yooka and Laylee with various Play-Tonics in every world if they complete some optional objectives. Vendi is an employee of Capital B, and only dispenses tonics for other colleagues with an ID card. She only dispenses tonics for Yooka since he claims Laylee ate his.
Name Origin[]
Vendi's name is a play-on-words of the common female English name, "Wendy" and the word "vending machine."
Appearance[]
Vendi is a yellow rectangular vending machine with large red lips. On her head rests a blue bandana with yellow circles with Play Coins on them, as well as blue and yellow shoes. She has a coin slot and a number pad on her right side, with a large red cord coming out of her backside. Her eyes are white with bright sapphire pupils. She has black eyeliner on, and the word 'tonics' appears near the bottom of her. She has white teeth.
Personality[]
Locations[]
- Shipwreck Creek - Across the bridge.
- Hivory Towers
- Behind the Capital B statue.
- Outside the Glitterglaze Glacier Grand Tome in the Glitterglaze Tome Room.
- Near the toxic pool.
- Tribalstack Tropics - Second floor of Duke's Temple
- Glitterglaze Glacier - Directly north of the world's entrance, near Normy.
- Moodymaze Marsh - Near the mushroom patch close to Trowzer.
- Capital Cashino - Near the tile puzzle, east of the banker.
- Galleon Galaxy - Near Trowzer.
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Development[]
- Vendi was first revealed in concept art in the July 2016 edition of Edge Magazine.
- Throughout multiple screenshots and videos, Vendi was seen in the background of structures
- She started with appearing on the second floor of the Duke's Temple around the E3 2016 Trailer, and appeared to have moved to the second floor of the Tribalstack Monument. However, it was shown during the Character Parade trailer that she was moved back to the second floor of the Duke's Temple.
- The Character Parade Trailer was the first close-up look of Vendi.
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Trivia[]
- Vendi is inspired by Cheato the Spell Book from Banjo-Kazooie, as they both allow the player to modify the gameplay.
- Her name might represent "Wendy" in a stereotypical Central European accent. Her speech pattern supports this, as she's heard to go "ja ja ja," which is "yes" in several germanic languages.
- She is, according to Playtonic Games, canonically made of flesh.