Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, released on the SNES close to the end of its lifespan, is the first platformer in the Yoshi's Island sub-series of the Super Mario Bros. Franchise, starring Mario's Non-Human Sidekick, Yoshi. It is also the last 2D Mario series game until New Super Mario Bros. Came out for Nintendo DS eleven years later. Ass Pull: After defeating baby Bowser in Yoshi's New Island, adult Bowser appears out of nowhere from time and space to prevent his defeat as an infant. The game itself even lampshades how sudden and forced his appearance is. You might notice.
| Yoshi's New Island | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Arzest |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Masahide Kobayashi |
| Producer(s) | |
| Programmer(s) | Yuki Hatakeyama |
| Artist(s) | Masamichi Harada |
| Composer(s) | Masayoshi Ishi |
| Series | Yoshi |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Yoshi's New Island[a] is a 2014 platform game developed by Arzest and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DShandheld game console. First released in Europe and North America on March 2014, Yoshi's New Island is the successor to the 1995 game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and the 2006 game Yoshi's Island DS, but chronologically takes place between them.
The gameplay focuses on controlling Yoshi characters who must escort Baby Mario through a series of levels. Like similar Yoshi games, the game features a hand-drawn art style, with level designs and backgrounds stylized as oil paintings, watercolors, and crayon drawings.[1]
Gameplay[edit]
The gameplay is similar to other Yoshi's Island games, involving Yoshi needing to reach the goal at the end of each stage while protecting Baby Mario from enemies by throwing eggs as a weapon, and sometimes transforming into a vehicle. There are six vehicle forms in the game: Hot Air Balloon, Helicopter, Jackhammer, Mine Cart, Bobsled, and Submarine. They are controlled using the console's gyroscope. A new feature to this game are Mega Eggdozers, larger than usual Yoshi eggs, which are able to hit and destroy some obstacles in the way, as well as Metal Eggdozers, which are slightly smaller and roll across terrain. Yoshi obtains these by eating Giant and Metal Shy Guys, respectively. Underwater stages, where Yoshi must walk on the seafloor, are another new addition. If the player is having difficulty completing a stage, Yoshi can obtain Flutter Wings, which allow for indefinite hovering, and Golden Flutter Wings, which give Yoshi invincibility as well.
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Plot[edit]
Yoshi's New Island takes place immediately following the events of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, where a stork delivers twins Baby Mario and Baby Luigi to a couple in the Mushroom Kingdom assumed to be their parents. The opening of Yoshi's New Island reveals that the stork had delivered the babies to the wrong couple. The stork reclaims the babies and sets off to locate their real parents, but is ambushed by Kamek in mid-flight. Kamek captures the stork and Baby Luigi, but Baby Mario falls and reunites with the Yoshi clan on Egg Island, a floating island that was conquered by Baby Bowser. Baby Mario can telepathically sense Baby Luigi's location; the Yoshi clan agrees to escort Baby Mario across the island and rescue Baby Luigi. Once Baby Mario and Yoshi make it to Baby Bowser's castle, Baby Bowser wakes up and jumps on Kamek who attempted to get Baby Mario and Yoshi out. When Baby Bowser tries to ride Yoshi, Baby Bowser is defeated. Kamek uses a Giant Magical Hammer to make Baby Bowser gigantic. After defeating Giant Baby Bowser, Yoshi proceeds to rescue the captured stork and save Baby Luigi only to be met by Adult Bowser, who appeared after warping through space and time. After Yoshi defeats Adult Bowser, Kamek once again uses a Giant Magical Hammer to make adult Bowser gigantic. After defeating Adult Bowser, Yoshi once again comes to the stork and Baby Luigi, and the stork delivers Baby Mario and Luigi back to their true home. The moving helping warp pipe, who helped Yoshi throughout the journey, is seen at the end is revealed to be adult Mario who also travelled back through time and space to help Yoshi to succeed and returns to his own timeline.
Development and release[edit]
Yoshi's New Island was developed by Arzest, which consists of key members involved in the development of its predecessor Yoshi's Island DS.[2] Masahide Kobayashi directed the game, and Takashi Tezuka was producer.[2][3]
The game was announced in a Nintendo Direct presentation in April 2013.[4] Its official name was revealed at E3 2013; a trailer of the game was also featured.[5]Yoshi's New Island was released in both North America and Europe on March 14, 2014,[6][7] and in Australia on March 21.[8] It was released in Japan on July 24, 2014.[9]
Reception[edit]
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Yoshi's New Island has received mixed reviews, with its familiarity to Yoshi's Island being met with both praise and criticism. Among the most positive reviews came from Joystiq, giving it 4 out of 5 stars, and IGN, giving it a 7.9 out of 10. Giant Bomb's Patrick Klepeck was more mixed and rated it 3 out of 5 stars, stating 'at its core, Yoshi's New Island is not a bad game. This is an acceptable, middle-of-the-road platformer, and one that I had an OK time with. But it's not particularly memorable until it's ready to say goodbye, and you're given a fleeting, tantalizing glimpse into the game that might have been.'[20]
Conversely, Eurogamer's Chris Schilling was more critical. Rating it 4 out 10, Schilling criticized the game's visuals, soundtrack and pacing as well as Arzest themselves, stating that 'It's startling that a game so outwardly similar to the Super Nintendo original can be so very inferior.'[14]GameSpot's Tom Mc Shea, who rated it 5 out of 10, echoed similar sentiments when discussing how Yoshi's New Island's similarities with Yoshi's Island were more of a hindrance than a boon. Mc Shea further elaborated that while Yoshi's Island DS 'had its own problems, it also had an identity' by citing that game's variety of babies and the unique abilities they possessed before concluding that Yoshi's New Island 'has no such identity.'[16] Many reviewers have criticized the game's soundtrack for the use of the kazoo as a primary instrument.[14][17][21]
Despite receiving middling reviews from critics, the game was added to the Nintendo Selects label on October 16, 2015 in Europe, and March 11, 2016 in North America.[22]
The game debuted at number two in the Japanese sales charts, with 58,285 copies sold.[23] By October 2014, it had sold 197,108 copies in Japan.[24]
Notes[edit]
- ^Known in Japan as Yoshi New Island (Japanese: ヨッシー New アイランド, Hepburn: Yosshī Nyū Airando)
References[edit]
- ^'Arzest Developing Yoshi's New Island - News'. Nintendo World Report. 2013-06-11. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
- ^ ab'E3 2013: Discovering Yoshi's Island (Again)'. IGN. 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^Robinson, Martin (2013-04-17). 'New Yoshi's Island announced for 3DS • News • 3DS •'. Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
- ^Ishaan. 'Yoshi's Island For 3DS Gets A New Name And A New Trailer'. Siliconera. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^''Yoshi's New Island' Set for March 14 in North America and Europe'. Crunchyroll. January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^'VIDEO: 'Yoshi's New Island' Transforms in Latest Trailer'. Crunchyroll. January 25, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^Whitehead, Thomas (2014-01-23). 'Yoshi's New Island Hatches in Europe on 14th March'. Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^'ヨッシー New アイランド'. Nintendo. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^'Yoshi's New Island for 3DS'. GameRankings. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- ^'Yoshi's New Island Critic Reviews for 3DS'. Metacritic. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- ^Carter, Chris (March 13, 2014). 'Review: Yoshi's New Island'. Destructoid. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- ^'Yoshi's New Island review'. March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- ^ abcSchilling, Chris (March 13, 2014). 'Yoshi's New Island review'. Eurogamer. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- ^Ryckert, Dan (March 13, 2014). 'Yoshi's New Island review'. Game Informer. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- ^ abMc Shea, Tom (March 14, 2014). 'Yoshi's New Island Review'. GameSpot. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- ^ abOtero, Jose (March 13, 2014). 'Yoshi's New Island Review'. IGN. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- ^'Yoshi's New Island review'. Nintendo World Report. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^'Yoshi's New Island for Nintendo 3DS review'. Nintendo Life. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^Klepeck, Patrick (March 13, 2014). 'Yoshi's New Island Review'. Giant Bomb. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ^Orland, Kyle (13 March 2014). 'Review: Yoshi's New Island is a solid new Yoshi's Island'. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^'Nintendo of America Officially Announces New Nintendo Select Titles'. February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^Ishaan (July 30, 2014). 'This Week In Sales: Yoshi's New Island Arrives In Time For A Corpse Party'. Siliconera. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^Ishaan (October 22, 2014). 'This Week In Sales: Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Week 2'. Siliconera. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
External links[edit]
- Yoshi's New Island at Nintendo.com
- Official Site for North America(in English)
- Official Site for Europe(in English)
- Official Site for Australia(in English)
- Official Site for Japan(in Japanese)
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Yoshi's New Island is a sequel, or rather interquel to Yoshi's Island DS for the Nintendo 3DS developed by Arzest, made of former employees who developed DS, and part of the Yoshi's Island series.
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Taking place between the original Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and DS, it turns out that the parents to which Mario and Luigi were delivered at the end of the former were not their actual parents. Surprised by the mistake, the Stork takes off to find the brothers' real parents, but gets attacked by Kamek once again, resulting in Luigi getting captured and Mario getting dropped, again. This time, Mario lands in the Yoshi's other home, Egg Island and the heroic Yoshis go off to reunite the to brothers and defeat Baby Bowser, who wants to turn Egg Island into his own personal resort.
New Island largely does away with the changes to gameplay introduced by Island DS, instead presenting itself as a more direct successor to the original Yoshi's Island. The art style itself is a mix of the original game's main art style with the claymation-style pre-rendered sprites from its intro.
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This video-game provides examples of:
- Canon Character All Along: Mr. Pipe. It's-a Mario!
- Damn You, Muscle Memory!: Defied just like in DS, as there are two control schemes corresponding for the SNES and GBA versions.
- Eating the Enemy: Just like in previous games, Yoshi can eat enemies to turn them into weaponized eggs.
- Face Palm: The stork in the Yoshi's New Island intro upon realizing he brought Baby Mario and Baby Luigi to the wrong house.
- Fake Difficulty: The invisible clouds, which half of the game's red coins and smiley flowers are hidden in, which only appear (very transparently) for a split second at a time.
- Generation Xerox: While they've always looked more similar than different, Yoshi's New Island uses a design for Baby Bowser that is perfectly identical to Bowser Jr. in every physical detail, minus the bandana, retconning what few tiny physical differences there used to be and adding even more to frequent confusion between them. It also doesn't help that the voice they use are stock clips of Bowser Jr.'s voice that are raised in pitch.
- Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: Bowser appears this way. Unlike in DS, which had a story-based reason for his appearance, Bowser just shows up out of nowhere to be the True Final Boss.
- Happy Ending Override: It turns out that the Mario Bros. were delivered to the wrong house, leading to the events of Yoshi's New Island.
- Here We Go Again!: The opening cutscene for reveals the stork dropped Mario and Luigi off at the wrong house at the end of Yoshi's Island, and when he rushes to deliver the babies to their proper parents Kamek intercepts him and makes off with Luigi again.
- Identity Concealment Disposal: The epilogue in Yoshi's New Island reveals that Mr. Pipe, a warp pipe character that helps Yoshi if he loses too many lives in a incomplete level, is actually a time-traveling Adult Mario in disguise.
- Immediate Sequel: Yoshi's New Island begins right where the original game ends, making it an Interquel between it and DS.
- Interquel: Yoshi's New Island directly follows the original game, and thus is set before Yoshi's Island DS.
- Mercy Mode: If you fail a level three times, a character called Mr. Pipe gives you Flutter Wings that allow you to hover at a constant altitude. If you still fail a level even then, you receive the Golden Flutter Wings that make you invincible and allow you free flight.
- Nostalgia Level: The apparent final level, 'Baby Bowser's Castle Break-In'. Complete with Kamek ambushing, him suffering Bait-and-Switch Boss with Baby Bowser, Kamek then doing to the old Make My Monster Grow to him, them fleeing after his defeat, and the reunion of Yoshi, the babies, and the stork. And then adult Bowser ruins the whole thing.
- Sequel Difficulty Drop: The game is much easier than the original and especially DS. Indeed, some of the carryovers from the classic game have been simplified. Take the final boss fight, where the arena is much more forgiving, for starters, as you aren't threatened by bottomless pits.
- Sequel Reset: Yoshi's New Island actually starts with the original Yoshi's Island ending, revealing that the stork actually made a mistake and delivered the Mario Bros. to the wrong couple. So the stork is off to get the babies to the right parents when Kamek returns to capture them again.
- Theme-and-Variations Soundtrack: Yoshi's New Island features many (though not all) songs which are variations on the first level theme.
- True Final Boss: If you beat all levels without using the Flutter Wings, you will get to fight the adult Bowser.
- The Un-Reveal: The Mario Brothers' true parents finally appear in the epilogue of Yoshi's New Island. Like the couple in the prologue, though, they are silhouetted and their faces aren't shown, leaving their identities up to our imagination.