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Yoshi's Story (1997)

Nintendo, Nintendo EAD

Nintendo 64 · Wii · Wii U

3.33 from 870 ratings

1821 members have it in their collection · 33 playing now · 276 backlogged · 214 wish listed

How long? Main story 1h · with extras 3h (from 8 logged playthroughs)

Baby Bowser has taken the Super Happy Tree and cast a spell on Yoshi's world, turning it into the pages of a picture book. The only Yoshis not affected by the spell were six hatchlings that were still protected by their shells. It's up to them to reclaim the Super Happy Tree and restore happiness to the world. That is the only thing that can break Baby Bowser's Spell!
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Details

Developers
Nintendo, Nintendo EAD
Publishers
Gradiente, Nintendo, iQue
Genres
Adventure, Platform
Themes
Action, Kids
Franchises
Yoshi
Series
Yoshi, Yoshi's Island
Events
Nintendo Spaceworld '97, Dai-8-kai Shoshinkai Soft Tenshikai / Nintendo 64 Spaceworld '96

Release dates

  • Dec 21, 1997 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 64
  • Mar 10, 1998 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 64
  • May 10, 1998 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo 64
  • May 10, 1998 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 64
  • 1998 (Full Release) (Brazil) Nintendo 64
  • Mar 25, 2004 (Full Release) (China) Nintendo 64
  • Sep 17, 2007 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
  • Oct 26, 2007 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii
  • Oct 26, 2007 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
  • Oct 30, 2007 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
  • Feb 17, 2016 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii U
  • Mar 24, 2016 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
  • Apr 14, 2016 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
  • Apr 15, 2016 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii U

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Featured in lists

NSO Collection - N64 by Roach · 42 games · 1
Nintendo 64 by KiingShady · 76 games · 0
Neo's Y2K Collection by NEOL1NK · 88 games · 0
Every Platformer I've played, ranked by shinespark · 133 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
112
4 stars
238
3 stars
373
2 stars
116
1 star
31
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Community All Reviews Statuses

internpepper

Status internpepper Dec 20, 2024

I never finished it, but I don't think I'll go back to it. I thought Yoshi's Island was okay, but this was a huge step down. I like the storybook aesthetics, but even those were better in the original. I was excited to play this as a short palate cleanser, as I'm several hundred hours into Tears of the Kingdom, …

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I never finished it, but I don't think I'll go back to it. I thought Yoshi's Island was okay, but this was a huge step down. I like the storybook aesthetics, but even those were better in the original. I was excited to play this as a short palate cleanser, as I'm several hundred hours into Tears of the Kingdom, but it's just not for me. After a few months, I've decided not to come back to it.

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Reset_Tears

Status Reset_Tears Nov 19, 2021

This was a 2D platformer on the N64, it's main gimmick being that to complete a level, you collect enough fruit scattered about (rather than just reaching the end). So it's kind of a more exploration-focused take on Yoshi's Island. This is an easy one to breeze through (clearly aimed for younger audiences), and it's easy to call it cute …

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This was a 2D platformer on the N64, it's main gimmick being that to complete a level, you collect enough fruit scattered about (rather than just reaching the end). So it's kind of a more exploration-focused take on Yoshi's Island. This is an easy one to breeze through (clearly aimed for younger audiences), and it's easy to call it cute in terms of presentation. The idea is you're playing in a children's storybook. To be honest the visuals of this one don't look that great to me -- to some degree it's just a product of its time/hardware, but it's also just kind of messy and unpleasant in design generally IMO. Levels aren't that engaging, music is often annoying, and the controls are very slippery. I didn't enjoy any instances of platforming that required careful jumps.

All in all a so-so Yoshi game, but I can understand some finding it charming. I think it could've pushed the storybook world gimmick way further, and it seems they have been more creative with that sort of thing in more recent entries. (Wooly World, Crafted World, etc)

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