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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Cover

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Action/Side-Scrolling Platform

ESRB RATING

EVERYONE,

DEVELOPER

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

PUBLISHER

Nintendo of America, Inc.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Game Boy Advance, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/yoshi--s-island--super-mario-advance-3-game-boy-advance

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

Yoshi 89
Baby mario 14

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

The evil Magikoopa Kamek has hatched a plot to kidnap the newborn Mario brothers, and his toadies are dispatched to rob the stork of this precious cargo. They succeed in capturing only Luigi, however, and the baby Mario falls to the ground. There he is found by Yoshi, who sets out on a great adventure to rescue Luigi and return the brothers to their parents.

The twist in Yoshi's Island is that you control Yoshi for the majority of the game, not Mario. Baby Mario rides on Yoshi's back as you travel through six worlds (with eight stages per world) on your way to Kamek's castle. When Yoshi is hit by an enemy, Mario falls off and floats in a bubble. You then have a limited amount of time to regain Mario before the toadies capture him and you lose a life. When you grab a Super Star, Mario, whom you will control for a short time, will power-up and become an invincible little tike who can do a whole lot of damage to enemies.

Crafty dinosaur that he is, Yoshi can run and jump and he can use his lashing tongue to grab enemies. He can then spit the enemy out or swallow the enemy to create an egg, which will grant you a coin, two stars or a special red coin. Yoshi can find watermelons that will enable him to spit seeds, fire, and ice at the enemies. Also, by touching a metamorphosis bubble, Yoshi will temporarily become a helicopter, a mole tank, a submarine, a train, or a car.

Throughout the game there are many other items that Yoshi can use to good effect. These include objects that turn all the enemies into clouds or stars, show you where the red coins are in the stage, allow you access to hidden areas, increase the countdown timer, give you clues and much more. There are also mini battles, such as Popping Balloons and a Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest, and bonus challenges, such as Scratch and Match and The Slot Machine.

Yoshi's Island was one of the last games released for the Super NES and utilizes the Super FX2 chip for enhanced graphic effects such as rotation and scaling. Battery backup allows you to save your progress for three different games. ~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)

GENRE/STYLE:

Action/Side-Scrolling Platform
TOP TRAITS:

2D Platformer, Yoshi, Mushroom Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:

The evil Magikoopa Kamek has hatched a plot to kidnap the newborn Mario brothers, and his toadies are dispatched to r... more

players 145

followers 0

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POPULARITY: SNES PLATFORM

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pongsifu played Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on 13/MAY/12

“Finished the game.”

created 13/MAY/2012

Miashin was the last to comment - about 1 year ago... show previous hide previous

“Heh, I hear ya. I've been trying to kill my backlog for two years now.”

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES) by: Roxas-UrBoxas

“Quite possibly my favourite Mario game of all time and it didn't even have Mario as the star. To see a platformer game go so far out of the box with 3D effects, amazing music, and details that made the whole thing look and feel like a story book...”

created 28/OCT/2011

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES) by: nak3dwooki3

“You wouldn't expect it from the cutesy visual style, but Yoshi's Island is fairly challenging. Especially the bonus levels you earn after 100%ing the main game. The only thing I don't like about this game is Baby Mario's shrill crying every time...”

created 11/SEP/2010

nak3dwooki3 played Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on 11/AUG/10

“Finally beat all the bonus levels after much hair-tearing. From the childish visuals, you wouldn't expect the game to be so hard.”

created 11/SEP/2010

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES) by: Tullioladulce

“This game is adorable! I love how exaggeratedly cartoonish the design is, and all of the enemies are so adorable that it's hard to pelt them with eggs (sort of). If Baby Mario was less irritating I'd rate the game higher... but that crying made...”

created 06/APR/2010

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES) by: Vegeta

“I played this game and beat it, because the beginning of the title says "Super Mario World 2" and I did really enjoy Super Mario World for the SNES. This game doesn't really live up to it's predecessor and taking care of baby Mario is...”

created 04/SEP/2009

KatrinaTheLamia was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I preferred this to SMW to be honest.

Though I admit, taking care of Baby Mario is a pain, and this story pretty much destroyed the previous back story that the Mario series had (Baby Mario IS NOT Mario >.>), but it was fun challenging, and above all, wacky.”

KevinSetzer played Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on 11/JUL/09

“Finished up to and including Stage 3-1”

created 12/JUL/2009

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES) by: ragemonger

“A fun game but i would say it is not quite as good as Mario world 1 it is fun game to play and if you grab the gameboy version its is great to play on a plane ride or long car drive but i would say it is rather hard just to sit down and play it.”

created 10/JUL/2009