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2015 Is The Year Of Yoshi, unofficially

Why?

20 years ago, this beloved gem of a game graced the SNES;

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And with its release, Yoshi finally stepped into the limelight in a big way as his own character, instead of piggy-backing off of Mario in Super Mario World.

...okay okay, for you veterans out there, Super Mario World also came out in Japan in 1990, so it's also the 25th anniversary of Yoshi as a video game character, period.

There's also a new, rather promising Yoshi game coming this year to Wii-U in Yoshi's Woolly World;

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So let's all bask in the glory of our green dino/dragon friend and enjoy this anniversary however you please. Why not replay the SNES version of YI instead of the GBA version Nintendo likes to spam? Maybe you feel like giving Yoshi's Story another whirl? Maybe Yoshi's New Island isn't as bad as you let yourself think it is?

But there is one universal consensus: Yosh Topsy-Turvy sucks. :)
 

mp1990

Banned
Wheres the year of WAILUIGI aka best videogame character ever
Serious though,pretty hyped for Wolly World,i hope they can achieve the greatness of the first Yoshi Island on SNES.
 

Kevin

Member
Any recent footage from Yoshi's Wooly World? Seems like forever ago since we got any look at the game.
 
When negativity brings you down, Yoshi's Story's title screen will reverse that frown. (Click the image, plebs)



Any recent footage from Yoshi's Wooly World? Seems like forever ago since we got any look at the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmNhhkCypTk

Yoshi's Touch & Go is the game that ruined my DS touch screen. I've hated him ever since.

Your fault for playing a glorified tech demo, bro. Should have waited for Yoshi's Island DS instead.
 

goldenpp72

Member
The game looks quite good to me, I really hope it's somehow able to rival the original snes game as this series has never been AAA since, even teetering on below average.
 
Good, because 2014 was definitely the negative Year of Yoshi, as in Yoshi's New Island is probably the worst game featuring a 1st party Nintendo character since Starfox Adventures
 

jgwhiteus

Member
I agree only because the Yoshi's Wooly World amiibos are freaking cute, and have the potential to be one of the biggest amiibo shitshows so far:

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Errr... no. You clearly don't know what "awful" means.

YIDS is "ok"

New Island is awful by any standard you try to judge it. Levels are uninspired, art style is done in such a horrible way even if it has an interesting concept (only exception are the actual backgrounds to the levels) and music is simply terrible. So... yeah I'm pretty sure they know what "awful" means.
 

rjc571

Banned
YIDS is "ok"

New Island is awful by any standard you try to judge it. Levels are uninspired, art style is done in such a horrible way even if it has an interesting concept (only exception are the actual backgrounds to the levels) and music is simply terrible. So... yeah I'm pretty sure they know what "awful" means.

Did you actually play the game or did you turn it off after listening to the opening credits? All of the in game music sounds good. The level design is solid and gets better as the game goes along, and the manual aiming mode improves the controls immensely and makes it more fun and less frustrating to hunt for secrets and complete levels 100%.
 

Corgi

Banned
I agree only because the Yoshi's Wooly World amiibos are freaking cute, and have the potential to be one of the biggest amiibo shitshows so far:

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yeah, don't care about the other happy meal toys... but this...

Will be bringing my bat and knife to walmart or where the fuck.
 
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