Review Akai_Shuichi 4/5 · Dec 1, 2017
Fun and refreshing.
Yoshi's Island was a fun and refreshing game to play. If you are a fan of the series I recomend it.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Satellaview · Super Famicom · Super Nintendo Entertainment System
4.20 from 2228 ratings · #186 top rated on Grouvee
4478 members have it in their collection · 139 playing now · 887 backlogged · 410 wish listed
How long? Main story 10h · with extras 10h · 100% 20h (from 17 logged playthroughs)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is a platform video game acting as a prequel to 1990's Super Mario World. The game casts players as Yoshi as he escorts Baby Mario through 48 levels in order to reunite him with his brother Luigi, who had been kidnapped by Baby Bowser's minions. As a Super Mario series platformer, Yoshi runs and …
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is a platform video game acting as a prequel to 1990's Super Mario World. The game casts players as Yoshi as he escorts Baby Mario through 48 levels in order to reunite him with his brother Luigi, who had been kidnapped by Baby Bowser's minions. As a Super Mario series platformer, Yoshi runs and jumps to reach the end of the level while solving puzzles and collecting items. In a style new to the series, the game has a hand-drawn aesthetic and is the first to have Yoshi as its main character. The game introduces his signature abilities to flutter jump, produce eggs from swallowed enemies, and transform into vehicles.
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Details
- Developers
- Nintendo EAD
- Publishers
- Hyundai, Nintendo, Playtronic, St. GIGA
- Genres
- Platform
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Kids
- Franchises
- Mario, Mario Bros., Yoshi
- Series
- Super Mario, Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island
Release dates
- Aug 05, 1995 (Full Release) (Japan) Super Famicom
- Oct 1995 (Full Release) (Brazil) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Oct 04, 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Oct 05, 1995 (Full Release) (Europe) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- 1995 (Full Release) (Korea) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- 1996 (Full Release) (Europe) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- TBD (Full Release) (Japan) Satellaview
Also available on
- Yoshi's Island (2002) · GBA
Related
Bundled in
- Super NES Classic Edition (Sep 2017) · Plug & Play
- Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom (Oct 2017) · Plug & Play
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Rating distribution
5 stars
975
4 stars
824
3 stars
350
2 stars
62
1 star
16
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Review FredLobster 5/5 · Nov 12, 2013
One of the first really successful spin-offs from the Mario Bros. franchise, SMW2: Yoshi's Island is a prequel in which you control Yoshi as he seeks to save Luigi from Bowser, all the while toting around the infant mustachioed mushroom messiah, Mario. Gameplay departs from the series standards with excellent results. For starters, Yoshi is technically invincible; unless he falls …
Read moreOne of the first really successful spin-offs from the Mario Bros. franchise, SMW2: Yoshi's Island is a prequel in which you control Yoshi as he seeks to save Luigi from Bowser, all the while toting around the infant mustachioed mushroom messiah, Mario. Gameplay departs from the series standards with excellent results. For starters, Yoshi is technically invincible; unless he falls down a pit or into lava, taking damage only causes him to lose his hold on baby Mario for a moment. Grab him quickly and everything will be fine, but if you leave him loose for too long, the forces of Bowser will swoop in and kidnap him. It's an interesting HP mechanic that plays really well. Also, while Mario is traditionally all about running and jumping and not much else, Yoshi starts with a wide range of abilities, such as hovering, eating opponents, laying and launching eggs, and stomping the ground. On top of that, you also get the usual assortment of temporary power-ups (a variety of elemental watermelons, fly-by-wire eggs, and good old invincibility stars to name a few) and a number of animal allies you can control in certain areas (a giant mole, an awesome big stupid dog, etc.). Combined with expansive level design reminiscent of SMB3 and SMW, creative boss fights, bizarre visual aesthetics (Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy is probably the most memorable level in any game on the SNES), a solid soundtrack, and an optional (but addictive) secondary objective that you collect every collectible and beat every stage perfectly to unlock the REAL last level, you wind up with one of the best designed and most playable titles the SNES has to offer. Five stars, easy.
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