8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best SNES games ever, November 29, 2002
This review is from: Super Nintendo model 2 Console with Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island game. (Console)
Many of you are familiar with the first ever Mario game on Nintendo and Super Mario World on Super Nintendo. For those of you who have never played Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, you definitely should. Nintendo changed this game a lot form the previous version, but didn't ruin the amount of fun it provides.
In Yoshi's Island you are Yoshi and you go through the levels with Baby Mario sitting on your back. If you get hit by an enemy then you lose Baby Mario and he starts to cry, but you have 10 seconds to get him back. If the timer runs down to zero, he is kidnapped and you lose a life. As Yoshi you can "eat" the enemies and they become eggs which you can shoot at other enemies and at bonus clouds that hold coins, stars or flowers. Every red coin that you get that is hidden throughout each stage it worth one point to your score. Each star you collect adds one second to your timer. And each flower gives you 10 points. If you collect all 5 flowers in a stage you get an extra life, similar to collecting the Yoshi coins in the first Super Mario World. You can earn up to 100 points for each level (50 for all the flowers, 30 for all the red coins, and 20 for all the stars). If you get 100 points for each level in the game, you can unlock secret levels that are really awesome!
There are many stages in this game. In all, there are 48 levels in the whole game, only half as many as the original Super Mario World game. After you beat each stage you jump into a hoop and a light starts going around the hoop. If it lands on a flower you get to play a bonus game, if not you just advance to the next stage. It takes a while to get used to this game if you are a veteran Super Mario World player because this game is so much different than it. If you own a Super Nintendo and don't own this game yet, go to your nearest used video game store and buy it, you won't regret it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An SNES masterpiece!, September 7, 2004
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Super Nintendo model 2 Console with Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island game. (Console)
This game is so fun and addicting!
Graphics: 10/10: Pure eye candy. Beautiful sprites and backgrounds. Very colorful. Really good for a 1995 game!
Sound effects: 9/10: Great sounds, "[Slurp]" "[Wah]!" "Oh(...)oh(...)" Although Mario's crying gets annoying sometimes...
Music: Catchy, especially boss the final boss music. 10/10
Gameplay: 10/10 kinda like SMW...only you play as Yoshi with baby Mario on his back. You can shoot eggs, eat baddies, shoot seeds, fight bosses, and don't lose Mario. Also, find items in levels to unlock secrets and bonuses. It's very addicting.
Diffulcity: Medium. This game can get tough at times *coughcoughVERYLO(...)NG(...)CAVEcoughcough*
Replay value: 10/10 I've owned this game for many, many years, and I still pop this game in from time to time.
Buy/rent? - Well, you can't rent SNES games anymore, so buy it if possible. If you don't have an SNES or you can't find it, you can now buy Super Mario Advance 3 for GBA. It contains YI.
Conclusion-This is a great game. A little underrated.
PS. Why is Amazon editing my review? Stop editing it! Anything in ( ) means Amazon edited it.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
COOL game!!!, February 24, 2002
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Super Nintendo model 2 Console with Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island game. (Console)
This game has nice egg throwing action with baby mario,yoshi actuallys goes in castles! WAY BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE!!!
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