Well clearly Nintendo doesn't view Yoshi as a franchise worth developing in-house. There hasn't been an EAD developed Yoshi game since 1997.
Unless you count Touch and Go, but that was just a packaged tech demo.
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And Now Comes a YOSHI'S NEW ISLAND REVIEW THREAD to spread controversy
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Well clearly Nintendo doesn't view Yoshi as a franchise worth developing in-house. There hasn't been an EAD developed Yoshi game since 1997.
Unless you count Touch and Go, but that was just a packaged tech demo.
Yeah.
chickdigger802
Banned
its so weird. the last big 3ds game, bravely default, also has a paintery style with great use of layers in 3D... wonder what went wrong here.
The Wizard
Member
Nintendo's treatment of the series has been atrocious. Why give a team with little creativity or talent the chance to make not one but TWO shitty sequels to one of the best games ever made? After the DS blunder they should have left it alone or reconsidered who would make the next game.This may be a tad early with only one review in but I would be shocked if anyone claims this game is great.
Davey Cakes
Member
The difference between Yoshi's New Island and Yarn Yoshi is that I actually have confidence in Yarn Yoshi being flat-out good (if a bit divisive going by peoples' views of Kirby's Epic Yarn). Can't say the same for YNI. It's just the difference between the track records of Artoon/Arzest and Good Feel.
ryanofcall
Member
I think metascore will be somewhere at 73
All a 4 means is that the game is below average. Thankfully Edge use the entire reviewing scale, so they're more than willing to give out 3s and 4s to games that function correctly but aren't very good, or fun, or imaginative or anything 'good'.
I mean, the average game released for the 3DS is not broken. Take all the 3DS releases of last year and compare Yoshi's Island to them. It wouldn't surprise me at all if its quality was below average.
Aquamarine
Member
Yoshi Touch & Go (DS, 2005) was produced in-house, as was the GBA Yoshi's Island port.
It figures this wasn't a Nintendo first party game, but that won't stop people from assuming it is.
Damigos
Member
Edge is the best mag around. Whatever people say
Aquamarine
Member
You don't have to tell me that. It's just the Nintendomination + Edge score are giving off bad vibes, that's all. :-(
A port and a glorified tech demo don't really make a great case that it's an important franchise to Nintendo's in-house teams.
It's clear to me that Nintendo think that Yoshi can only be marketed towards young children, unlike Mario and Donkey Kong whom they believe can be marketed at all ages as 'fun for the family' entertainment.
They might be right about that, I don't know. (In fact I'd lean towards yes, they're right.) But that's what they think, and both the game design and effort expended from Yoshi's Story until now backs up that assertion. After all, the littlest kids don't really care about quality.
Exterminieren
Banned
If the Nintendomination guy, of all people, is slamming this game, then I await the review scores with morbid fascination.
Impossiburu
Neo Member
Depends. They gave TW101 a 6.
http://www.edge-online.com/review/the-wonderful-101-review/
They seem to hover around 8s for the biggest Nintendo games, really.
Yoshi's Island DS was already crap and that didn't affect their public image much. Its sequel from largely the same people being shit doesn't surprise nor really affect Nintendo's image.
Ended up cancelling my pre-order. To be honest I would have bought it anyways but with Durarara collectors edition bluray this month and Lagann ultimate edition in 2 months, and with a slew of other blurays (Mononoke) games (Kart 8) I got no money. Lucky the game doesn't look so hot.
Yoshi's Island DS is apparently a shitty game? wow. I thought it lived up to the original, could be better if it was more streamlined, the baby switching mechanic that is.
Tropical Freeze only got a 7 from Edge?
Not sure what to make of this score, that said the level design looks decent at best from the couple of preview levels I've seen.
Tropical Freeze only got a 7 from Edge?
Not sure what to make of this score, that said the level design looks decent at best from the couple of preview levels I've seen.
I've been playing it a bit since it arrived today. It's good, not amazing, but good. Music direction is a bit meh, and the graphics do actually work for it. However, I can see why people would be down on it.
I wouldn't consider that a Nintendo franchise. It has none of their "core" characters. Its a third-party exclusive, through and through.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Gonna beat this quick and trade it in then.
thesurfshop19
Member
I, for one, am happy to see more review scales that stop giving credit to a game for "working".
I'd love to see the generally accepted definition of a 4/10 change from "buggy with serious technical problems" and see it more as "uninspired and pointless".
The 0/1 range seems to be the appropriate place for a game that doesn't work. IMO.
I'd love to see the generally accepted definition of a 4/10 change from "buggy with serious technical problems" and see it more as "uninspired and pointless".
The 0/1 range seems to be the appropriate place for a game that doesn't work. IMO.
Nintendo published it, and they own the IP.
Similar to how Capcom owns Viewtiful Joe.
It's a Nintendo franchise.
fargofallout
Member
Yeah, have they shown anything else about that game since the one Nintendo Direct (or whatever it was)? I thoroughly enjoyed Kirby's Epic Yarn, solely because of the aesthetic, and I'm interested in another game using that same art style.
I don't know why this series got thrown to the gutter after the snes game. The first one played like a quirky smw. After that its like
Nintendo pushed it away from its mario roots and into an easy to play pile of bland.
I don't understand why miyamoto would approve on such a boring, uninspired game when he's been known to send teams back to the drawing board if their game is lacking.
Nintendo pushed it away from its mario roots and into an easy to play pile of bland.
I don't understand why miyamoto would approve on such a boring, uninspired game when he's been known to send teams back to the drawing board if their game is lacking.
No. We haven't seen hide or hair.
The general consensus is that the game was announced extremely early.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Polygon Review: http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/13/5493546/yoshis-new-island-review-bringing-up-baby
Haven't read it yet, so I can't, in good conscience shit on it. In due time, I suppose.
7.5
Haven't read it yet, so I can't, in good conscience shit on it. In due time, I suppose.
Basileus777
Member
Edge uses more of the scale than others, but 4 is a bad score even from them. And the text of the review supports that.
I'm only up to world 4, but that edge review is pretty ridiculous, especially the part about platforms not being visible, something I haven't experienced a single time so far.
From what I've played it's a nice game, nothing special, but at least above average. It doesn't look as good as the original although I like the look. I would prefer sprites, but the levels look pretty good and although some of the music is trippy in a bad way, there are plenty of cool songs and level design starts picking up from world 3, even if I haven't seen anything ground breaking so far.
So far, I'm having fun, when I finish it, I'll know what I feel, but as expected typical GAF and internet hyperbole isn't justified and neither is Edge's review.
From what I've played it's a nice game, nothing special, but at least above average. It doesn't look as good as the original although I like the look. I would prefer sprites, but the levels look pretty good and although some of the music is trippy in a bad way, there are plenty of cool songs and level design starts picking up from world 3, even if I haven't seen anything ground breaking so far.
So far, I'm having fun, when I finish it, I'll know what I feel, but as expected typical GAF and internet hyperbole isn't justified and neither is Edge's review.
Notorious_Roy
Member
Dutch FOK!games 6/10
http://games.fok.nl/review/641283/1/1/100/yoshi-s-new-island.html
http://games.fok.nl/review/641283/1/1/100/yoshi-s-new-island.html
WrenchNinja
Member
Making Yoshi the star of your game will always end in misery.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Edge and Eurogamer use the full scale. Watch Eurogamer give it a 4/10 too, while everybody else is the 7-10 scale people
4Gamers (Dutch) 76/100 http://3ds.4gamers.be/reviews/34119/1/Yoshis-New-Island-Embargo-1303-16u
yeah I think the trademark shit makes it their IP.
they can develop a sequel in house or farm it out.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
Better than I expected so far