Yoshi's Crafted World Part 20

  1. Yoshi's Crafted World 2019
  2. Yoshi's Crafted World Website
  3. Yoshi's Crafted World Part 20 Video
  4. Yoshi Crafted World 2017
Yoshi
First installmentSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest installmentYoshi's Crafted World (2019)
Number of installments10 (6 main, 2 ports, 2 spin-offs)
Parent franchiseYoshi

The series of platform games featuring Yoshi is a video-game sub-series of the Yoshi franchise. It is a series of 2D side-scrolling platformers starring Yoshi, who has the unique ability to throw eggs to defeat enemies. It is considered a superset of the Yoshi's Island series,[1] and its games generally feature a colorful artstyle, with the Yoshi's Island games having a painted motif and the others featuring a hand-crafted aesthetic.

  • 1List of games
  • 3Major elements of the Yoshi's Island series
    • 3.1Major characters

List of games[edit]

The following list covers exclusively the platform games starring Yoshi that are part of this series but not part of the Yoshi's Island series.

Main games[edit]

Title
Cover, original release, and systemSynopsis
Yoshi's Story

December 21, 1997
Nintendo 64		Yoshi's Story is the first Yoshi platform game to feature three-dimensional graphics. It plays much like the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. The plot for this game revolves around the kidnapping of the Super Happy Tree. After Baby Bowser turned Yoshi's Island into a pop-up book, he stole the Super Happy Tree. At this point, six Baby Yoshis must traverse through six different worlds in order to reclaim the Super Happy Tree and return Yoshi's Island back to its original state.
Yoshi's Woolly World

June 25, 2015
Wii U		Yoshi's Woolly World is a side-scroller platform game for the Wii U, produced by Good-Feel. The game features backgrounds, characters and enemies made of yarn, textiles and fabric, similar to the Wii game, Kirby's Epic Yarn, produced by the same company. This is the first Yoshi game to a home console since Yoshi's Story. In this game, which is set in the Craft Island, Kamek turns the wool Yoshis into Wonder Wool, except for Green Yoshi and Red Yoshi. These two remaining inhabitants of the island must save the rest and defeat Kamek and Baby Bowser, who wishes to use the Wonder Wool to build a great castle for himself.
Yoshi's Crafted World

March 29, 2019
Nintendo Switch		Yoshi's Crafted World is a platform game that was announced for the Nintendo Switch during E3 2017, and was released on March 29, 2019. The game has a hand-crafted look similar to Yoshi's Woolly World. A feature of the game is the ability to flip between the front and back of stages to throw Yoshi Eggs on a three-dimensional plane.

Spin-off games[edit]

These games are inspired by the series of platform games starring Yoshi, but are not part of it.[1]

Title
Cover, original release, and systemSynopsis
Yoshi Topsy-Turvy

December 9, 2004
Game Boy Advance		Yoshi Topsy-Turvy, or Yoshi's Universal Gravitation in Europe and Australia, features a similar story to Yoshi's Story in where the island is transformed into a picture book. The Spirits transformed the entire island into a book (called the Forbidden Pop-Up Book) and Yoshi has to go through several challenges to earn the right to transform the island back. Once Yoshi has collected the required amount of Happiness Medals, Yoshi can defeat Bowser and save his home. This was one of only two gyro-sensitive games to be released on the Game Boy Advance; the other was WarioWare: Twisted!.

Ports/remakes (excluding Virtual Console)[edit]

Title
Cover, original release and systemSynopsis
Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World

January 19, 2017
Nintendo 3DS		Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World is a Nintendo 3DS port of Yoshi's Woolly World that was released in January 2017 in Japan and February 2017 in other regions. It includes the entirety of the original game's levels, but multiplayer mode, Miiverse stamps (replaced by Pencil Patches), and bonus minigames have been removed. This port otherwise includes more features when compared to the original: more amiibo are compatible (and thus more Yoshi amiibo patterns are available), the Yoshi patterns unlocked from collecting Wonder Wool are available in three color schemes each (as opposed to one in the original), short videos featuring characters from the game can be viewed in the Scrapbook Theater (the player is quizzed on the video after viewing, if answered correctly, beads are awarded), the player can create up to 10 of their own Yoshi patterns, and a new mode centering on Poochy called Poochy Dash has been added.

Tech demos[edit]

Title
Image and systemSynopsis
Yoshi Demo

Game Boy Advance		Yoshi Demo was a tech demo for the Game Boy Advance. It consists of a short 3D render of Yoshi's Island followed by an endless level based on Yoshi's Story. Several new enemies were included such as new types of Toadies, Bullet Bills, and a new 5-ton weight enemy. It is unknown if the game was planned to be released.
Purple Yoshi tech demo

Game Boy Advance		A Purple Yoshi tech demo was created for the Game Boy Advance. Only one screenshot is known to exist, which depicts a Purple Yoshi in a forest fighting several spider-like robots.[2]

Gameplay[edit]

The basic gameplay of the Yoshi's Island series is that of a 2D side-scrolling platformer, featuring an health meter. When said meter is depleted, Yoshi loses a life. In both cases, there are items that, when collected, either replenish the timer or increase the health meter, until a certain maximum value is reached. In addition to the basic run and jump actions, the Yoshi being played as is able to use their tongue to manipulate objects and to eat enemies in most of the games. Once an enemy is eaten, it can be ejected or swallowed. If swallowed, the Yoshi will be able to lay an egg which can be thrown at objects or at enemies. The Yoshi can obtain various power-ups to help complete the level, many of which involve transforming into various vehicles.

The spin-offs in the series feature somewhat different gameplay. In Yoshi Topsy-Turvy, the main aspect of gameplay is that the player must tilt the Game Boy Advance to tilt the in-game world, allowing Yoshi to walk on walls in order to traverse the level. In this game, Yoshi is able to eat enemies, but he cannot lay eggs.

Major elements of the Yoshi's Island series[edit]

Major characters[edit]

Protagonists[edit]

Character
ImageBrief BiographyFirst Appearance
Yoshi
Yoshi is the main protagonist of the series. He is one of the Yoshis who defend the islands whenever they are threatened by evil forces. He, like the other Yoshis, has various abilities, including fluttering in the air, ground pounding, swallowing enemies, and producing Yoshi Eggs.
Super Mario World
Poochy
Poochy is an ally that has appeared in many of the platform games starring Yoshi since Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and he also appeared in two platform games outside of the Yoshi's Island series: Yoshi's Story, Yoshi's Woolly World and Yoshi's Crafted World. He is an unusual-looking dog, considering the fact that he doesn't have ears and a nose, and that his lips are protruding. Poochy comes in handy if the Baby Yoshis need to cross certain terrains that are inaccessible to the Baby Yoshis; thus, the Baby Yoshis ride Poochy across said terrain, taking them to a safe environment. In Yoshi's Story, however, he is too small to ride, and merely barks around hidden fruit.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Antagonists[edit]

Character
ImageBrief BiographyFirst Appearance
Baby Bowser
Baby Bowser is the recurring main antagonist in the series. He has appeared in all the platform games starring Yoshi. Baby Bowser is a spoiled infant who generally wants his way. In Yoshi's Story, he kidnapped the Super Happy Tree in order to steal all happiness from Yoshi's Island; he then turned the island into a pop-up book.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Kamek
Kamek is the one of the main antagonists in the series. He appeared in all the games of the Yoshi's Island series and in Yoshi's Woolly World as well. He is a blue-cloaked Magikoopa who commonly uses his magic to enhance certain enemies into bosses for the Baby Yoshis to fight. When that fails, he tries again—but alas, the Baby Yoshis always prevail over Kamek, foiling his evil plots. However, Kamek has appeared in other Mario games, (such as Mario Party DS and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time), as a minor enemy or boss, his largest antagonist role is in the Yoshi's Island series.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Bowser
Beside appearing in the Yoshi's Island series twice, Bowser has appeared only in Yoshi Topsy-Turvy. Here, he serves as the main antagonist. When Bowser terrorizes Yoshi's Island, the Spirits turn the island into a pop-up book. Yoshi must collect a certain amount of happiness medals in order to earn the chance to fight Bowser.
Super Mario Bros.

Species[edit]

Species
ImageBrief SummaryFirst Appearance
Yoshi
Yoshis are a race that appear in every game of the series. They are dinosaurs who enjoy eating Fruit. The type of fruit that a Yoshi likes depends on that Yoshi's color. Yoshis come in many different colors, including Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Pink, Light-Blue, Purple, Brown, Black, White, and Orange. Yoshis of many of these colors often have various abilities, including fluttering in the air, ground pounding, swallowing enemies, and producing Yoshi Eggs.
Super Mario World
Shy Guy
Shy Guys are the most common enemy in the Yoshi series. They have a variety of derivatives, but are usually fairly weak.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Goonie
Goonies are a bird enemy that have appeared in several Yoshi games. They tend to travel in groups and attack by diving down to hit Yoshi. There are many Goonie derivatives such as Flightless Goonies, Skeleton Goonies and Bowling Goonies. Goonies are also sometimes seen flying in the background.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Locations[edit]

Location
ImageBrief SummaryFirst Appearance
Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island is the homeland of the Yoshis and the area where the games in the Yoshi's Island franchise until Yoshi's Island DS take place. The island has been attacked by Baby Bowser and Kamek many times and has even been turned into a pop-up book twice, but Yoshi has always restored peace to the island.
Super Mario World

Items[edit]

Item
ImageBrief SummaryFirst Appearance
Yoshi Eggs
Yoshi Eggs are a staple of any platform game starring Yoshi. They are not only a weapon for the Yoshis to use against enemies, but they are also tools that can be utilized to solve certain puzzles. By swallowing an enemy, a Yoshi can lay an egg. In addition to the standard green Yoshi eggs, there are also yellow and red ones. The yellow ones can be received by hitting a yellow Egg Block while the red ones can be received from red Egg Blocks. In Super Mario World, yellow and red eggs can hatch into Baby Yoshis of their respective color.
Super Mario World
Fruit
Fruit is a variety of food that Yoshis love to eat. There are five main fruits on Yoshi's Island: Apples, Bananas, Grapes, Watermelons and Melons. Heart Fruits are a rare type of fruit that makes Yoshi invincible for a short time. All of these fruits grow on the Super Happy Tree.
Donkey Kong Jr.

Objects[edit]

Object
ImageBrief SummaryFirst Appearance
Egg Block
The Egg Block is an item found only in the Yoshi's Island series, the other platform games featuring Yoshi and Super Mario Sunshine (possibly as a reference, since they appear in the level The Yoshi-Go-Round's Secret). They are small white cubes with spots on them—the color of the spots shows what the block does. The green Egg Block, when hit, ejects an unlimited number of Yoshi Eggs for the player to utilize in that level. Up to six Yoshi Eggs will come out of a green Egg Block. The yellow block and red block, however, will only give out 1 yellow egg and 1 red egg, respectively. The purple block is different from the others, as it expands and acts as a boost for the player rather than ejecting eggs.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Happy Tree
The Super Happy Tree is a tree that grows every kind of fruit including a Heart Fruit. In Yoshi's Story Baby Bowser stole the tree and turned Yoshi's Island into a pop-up book. Several Baby Yoshis traveled across the island and saved the Super Happy Tree and returned Yoshi's Island to its true form.
Yoshi's Story
Sundream Stone
The Sundream Stone is a sentient stone tablet with five gems that surround a sentient stone resembling a sun. It supposedly possesses the power to make anyones dreams come true. In Yoshi's Crafted World, Baby Bowser and Kamek attempt stealing the Sundream Stone as several Yoshis pull the Sundream Stone back, resulting in the Yoshis, the gems on the Sundream Stone, the stone itself, Kamek, and Baby Bowser being scattered around Yoshi's Island.
Yoshi's Crafted World

References[edit]

  1. ^ abNintendoWiiUUK (June 23, 2015). Yoshi's Woolly World - History Trailer (Wii U). YouTube. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ^The Mystery of the Purple Yoshi Tech Demo (Game Boy Advance, 2000). YouTube. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
Yoshi games
PlatformersYoshi's IslandMain gamesSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995, SNES) • Yoshi's Island DS (2006, DS) • Yoshi's New Island (2014, 3DS)
Spin-offsYoshi Touch & Go (2005, DS)
ReissuesYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002, GBA)
OtherMain gamesYoshi's Story (1997, N64) • Yoshi's Woolly World (2015, Wii U) • Yoshi's Crafted World (2019, NS)
Spin-offsYoshi Topsy-Turvy (2004, GBA)
ReissuesPoochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017, 3DS)
PuzzlesYoshi (1991, NES) • Yoshi's Cookie (1992, NES) • Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie (1994, SNES) • Tetris Attack (1996, SNES)
Spin-offsYoshi's Safari (1993, SNES)
Tech demosYoshi Demo (GBA) • Balloon Trip (DS)
Canceled gamesYoshi Racing

If you’re going for a 100% run, you’re going to need to work for it. All in all, Yoshi’s Crafted World is a wonderfully crafted one that will continue to make you and others smile. 5 Stars (Yoshi Coins) To celebrate our new Five Star Rating System, this will be my final use of the Yoshi Coins.

Yoshi's Crafted World 2019

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While the Wii U seemed to be nearly overflowing with platformers based on Nintendo's most beloved mascots, the Nintendo Switch by comparison is still lacking a few of the most important platforming pals. Enter Yoshi, for Yoshi's Crafted World, which appears to be exactly the kind of wholesome Nintendo action platforming that fans of Nintendo's development studios love. This is the same Yoshi game that was originally announced at E3 2017, and after a long development, its release appears to finally be approaching.

Here's everything we know so far about what you'll get to do in Yoshi's Crafted World:

What is Yoshi's Crafted World?

Yoshi's Crafted World is the latest Yoshi title from Good-Feel, following Yoshi's Woolly World for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. It shares many similarities with its predecessor, the most obvious being that it's another Yoshi action-platforming game. But both games make use of a crafts-like aesthetic, with Woolly World focusing on fabrics and Crafted World using paper items in the style of a miniature diorama. Most of Woolly World's mechanics, enemies, and concepts make returns in Crafted World, though the game and its levels are entirely new.

One of the big draws of Yoshi's Crafted World is this craft aesthetic, which can manifest in interesting platforming sections where you're leaping across rolled bits of paper, flowers made of wood and string, and facing enemies that look like a 5-year-old made them in art class!

Is there a story?

Like many other Yoshi games, there is a light story guiding your adventures across Yoshi's island home. Baby Bowser and Kamek appear in the Yoshi's happy home and steal the coveted Sundream Stone, scattering its gems across multiple worlds. As Yoshi, you'll have to track down the Sundream Stone and stop a horde of Baby Bowser and Kamek's minions along the way. That means lots of collectibles and hidden secrets, just like in past Yoshi games!

How do you play?

Like past Yoshi games, Yoshi's main abilities are his flutter jump and his ability to eat enemies and turn them into eggs. As a platformer, you'll need to use Yoshi's ability to jump and flutter jump to climb and cross levels. But enemies will fly, run, and roll at you as you go, so you'll also have to work your way forward by eating them, turning them into eggs, and then using those eggs to throw at other enemies or at certain spots on the map to reveal hidden platforms or secrets.

And like its predecessor Yoshi's Woolly World, Yoshi's Crafted World will feature unlockable Yoshi color palettes you can swap to as you collect them, allowing you to play as an adorably soft Yoshi in any number of different colors and patterns.

What's this about flipping levels?

The big 'gimmick' of Yoshi's Crafted World is that levels can be 'flipped.' Levels are designed on a three-dimensional plane, with enemies in the foreground and background and with the ability to flip the level backward and play from the other side. This is occasionally done as a part of the regular gameplay of the level, but you can also play any level from back to front flipped over after you beat it forward.

This doesn't just apply to the game's flip mechanics, though. Because the game is a 2D platformer on a 3D plane, you'll often find yourself moving forward and back in a three-dimensional space to avoid enemies, collect items and coins, and platform through obstacles.

This will surely result in some interesting challenges and platforming puzzles, so keep an eye out for ways flipping the level can change your perspective!

Can I play with a friend?

You can! Yoshi's Crafted World includes the ability to play with two players at once, each in control of a Yoshi. You can help one another get through all the levels for a bit of extra assistance you wouldn't otherwise have while playing solo.

When can I get it?

Yoshi's Woolly World is planned for launch on March 29, 2019 and will cost $59.99.

Want to know more?

Need more details on Yoshi's Crafted World? Let me know in the comments!

February 2019: Added release date, story info, info about Yoshi color palettes.

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