Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

by Nintendo

Product Features

• You play as Yoshi
• Baby Mario has been kidnapped and must be rescued
• Take out Kamek and his posse
• Six worlds
• Forty-eight total levels

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002SVG0
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,468 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

A meddling magikoopa, Kamek, has intercepted a stork carrying the Mushroom Kingdom’s newest set of twins! Though one twin escapes, the other is kidnapped. In Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island, the docile dinosaur Yoshi must find Kamek, defeating his underlings to reunite the newborn twins!

Product Description

The sequel to the smash hit Super Mario World

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lot different from SMW, but just as great !, December 21, 2001

By 

jasenao (Dothan, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Video Game)

(...) Instead of Mario and Luigi being the stars this time around, a group of Yoshis are the main characters. Baby Luigi has been kidnapped by the all-mighty Bowser, so it's up to Baby Mario and Yoshi to try and rescue Baby Luigi. That's right, Mario and Luigi are babies in Yoshi's Island. And there's not a princess to rescue for once.

Yoshi's Island includes 6 huge worlds that are loaded with many unique and interesting levels. There are 10 levels in each world. Each world has a mini-boss and a major boss that you must track down and defeat. (...) All you really have to do is get to the end of each of level and defeat all the bosses in order to beat the game.

On top of all of the fun gameplay, you can also add great graphics, sound, control, and replay value to Yoshi's Island's list. Just about every environment in Yoshi's Island is a treasure to look at. All the characters are well designed, and the backgrounds can range from crystal caves that flash, 3D-looking mountains, to eye-popping waterfalls made of water or lava. As for sound, most of the sound effects are cartoonish, but well done. Many of the music tunes are catchy, and none of them are bad. Control wise, Yoshi's Island is very easy to control. The controls aren't sluggish or overly responsive; it's easy to do anything in this game.

Finally, the replay value and fun factor are top notch for Yoshi's Island. The six years I've owned Yoshi's Island, I've started from the beginning, went all the way through the six worlds' levels, and beat the game several times, and I still haven't got tired of playing it. And I don't think I ever will! This game is THAT fun.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is, in my opinion, one of the best video games that have ever been made. Even though it's so much different from all the other Mario games that have ever been made, it is still a GREAT game. To make it short, this game is a classic! If you have a Super Nintendo and you like action/adventure games or Super Mario World, you've got to add Yoshi's Island to your collection!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars video game brilliance, January 25, 2004

By 

B. E Jackson (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Video Game)

Ladies and gentlemen, this is IT!!! The ultimate Mario game! The *ultimate* video game PERIOD!

There is *so* much to do in Yoshi's Island, whether it's collecting flowers, stars and red coins in an attempt to aim for a perfect score, or the mini games flooded through each of the six massive worlds (such as roulette, card match and slot machines to name a few) this is, without a doubt, the most exciting Mario game ever.

Thought Super Mario World was big, didn't you? That game looks microscopic compared to Yoshi's Island. As I mention above, trying to get a 100% score in every level is a MAJOR reason the game is so much fun, because you have a reason to replay Yoshi's Island over and over. In some levels you may be left wandering around for a long time until you find all the red coins, flowers and stars. If you ask me, any one of the levels in Yoshi's Island is TWICE as long as the ones in Super Mario World, and probably three or four times bigger than the ones in Super Mario Bros. 3. Nintendo really went out of their way to bring Mario fans the biggest adventure yet, and the funny thing about the game is how it didn't receive as much attention as you'd expect when it hit stores in 1995.

The levels in this game are positively PACKED with TONS of goodies. Flowers, stars, coins, 1-up's, enemies, P-switches, you name it. The thing that amazes me is that 10 years after owning the game, I'm STILL finding more of those invisible floating clouds (usually containing stars inside). There must be THOUSANDS of those babies!

Speaking of babies... CRY CRY CRY!!! Yeah, Mario is PRETTY darn annoying but you have to remember he's just a baby! YOU were crying like that, too! You have to forgive him. Cuddle him and be thankful YOU don't have to raise this child!

The only problem is that the music could have been better. It's not bad, I mean, it SOUNDS really good, but most of the themes don't really impress me. They're still pretty catchy (you will remember them after you turn off the game) but... I don't know. Just not the kind of music you'd expect to hear in a Mario game. It's like Nintendo wanted to progress the typical Mario themes into something bigger. Actually, the music is like a soundtrack to a children's book.

The challenge is excellent (which means "just right"). One of the hardest Mario games to date- you will be playing this game for a long, long time. Trust me, you'll WANT to dig in and replay this bad boy over and over because of the amount of fun it offers. The challenge isn't in reaching the end of the level. It's in trying to get a score of 100% in every level.

Yoshi was just starting out in the original Super Mario World and Nintendo weren't entirely sure what kind of things they wanted to do with him. Look how much Yoshi has improved in this game! You can jump on enemies, stomp on enemies, spit enemies at other enemies, turn enemies into eggs, and shoot eggs with a sliding target thing (it's hard to explain but it will make perfect sense once you see it). You can also aim your tongue upward, reaching for things above you (including baby Mario when he floats away). You control Yoshi throughout the game which explains all the new things he can do.

This game is just incredible. Please pick it up. You won't regret it! I've played Yoshi's Island a lot and, thanks to TONS of practice, I've become pretty good at it (I STILL can't get 100% in every level though, but that's a pretty difficult task). I have to say the final boss battle with Bowser simply blows my mind. I simply LOVE shooting eggs at him while having to jump around on tiny rocks. A fantastic battle.

Also, a reviewer below named linda mccormick says you need some kind of special equipment to play Yoshi's Island. That's not true. Just a regular controller will work. She may have meant the Nintendo 64 Yoshi game, or a different game entirely.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A game to be appreciated., April 16, 2006

By 

Clark Beyer - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Video Game)

If you are an avid Nintendo fan, and you have an SNES, then you need to get this game. Yoshi's Island shows a lot of evolution in Nintendo's oldschool games. Although it is nothing like it's predecessor, a.k.a. "Super Mario World," it still manages to maintain the feel of a traditional Mario game.

Yoshi's Island has a unique array of boss characters. They each have different strengths and weaknesses, and there are two per world, which should make for an interesting challenge. Although, in my opinion, they are quite easy. Something else I like about Yoshi's Island are all the different enemies; there are dozens! Each one is unique as well, and adds a lot of diversity to the game.

The graphics are some of the best I've seen for the SNES. While they do look a little cartoony, they look like wonderfully hand-drawn canvas pictures. The paralax scrolling is nice as well. The music for each level is extremely catchy, like the jungle theme.

The story is also interesting; it takes place when Mario is a baby, and your mission is not to save Princess Peach--it is to save Baby Luigi from Kamek and Baby Bowser!
Overall, this is an extremely unique Mario game. Not much else can be said except "Wow." Please don't miss this game, you'll regret it if you don't buy it!