Looks decent based on this footage and what GT actually says about it. I bet people who enjoyed Yoshi's Island DS will like this one too.
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And Now Comes a YOSHI'S NEW ISLAND REVIEW THREAD to spread controversy
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Looks decent based on this footage and what GT actually says about it. I bet people who enjoyed Yoshi's Island DS will like this one too.
Agent Unknown
Member
I definitely enjoyed YI DS. But again the series needs better treatment.
Considering the developer, anything around that range seems statistically accurate. The Yoshi franchise has been in the hands of hacks for nearly a decade now, even when Artoon fell off. They still somehow got their hands on it and continued on one of Nintendo's worst sub-series.
it's another artoon yoshi game. Anyone that got their hopes up was being too optimistic
Diprosalic
Banned
I finished it yesterday and i would give it a solid 8-8.5
Mr_Antimatter
Member
TR was covered under DKCR: it's very much it's own game, rather then an attempt to recreate DKC (snes). Likewise, DKC:TF is more a followup to DKCR then any attempt to recreate the old games.
LBW is iffy. It's defiantly pushed on the nostalgia factor of revisiting a past zelda world, but gameplay wise, it does try to do few things new. You can defiantly feel the heritage of LTTP though, which is more or less the game pattern all 2d zeldas since the snes game have followed.
This isn't just a nintendo problem though. It seems that the longer a series goes on, the bigger chance that it becomes, well, cookie cutter. Castlevania is a good example: After SoTN, all further 2d games are just SoTN clones.
Final Fantasy woudl be the opposite. It's all over the map design wise, and besides a few tropes, very few of the games seem to have anything in common.
Beelzebufo
Banned
ALBW is one of the most unique Zelda games in a while. It doesn't really fit your argument.
Well my hope in the reviews at least is that this game would get most of it's in between 6s and 7s.
moltonasty
Member
I'm guessing Yoshi's Island DS probably sold pretty well for Nintendo to give the series back to Artoon again? This looks so bad though, but it could be fun. Hard to justify a $40 purchase that might be hit or miss though. Why can't they just give us the original for VC? Goddamnit Nintendo why won't you let me give you my money.
time to not let that team make a nintendo game again. Nintendos name means more than this, it needs to mean more than this. Its obvious that nintendo cant make as much games as they need to, but i hate when they give an ip to someone else and this happens (sometimes, not allways). They shoud take more care with ips that are not mario. I mean, obviously its not the first time that something like this happens. In the gamecube era, for example, i remember starfox assault from namco...
Its not new, but you can normally "guess" if a nintendo game is going to be great by looking at the name of the team thats making the game (yeah... what a surprise, i know
. ). If teams like the ones at EAD could make all the games...If they what to sell "premium software", quality needs to be similar across the board.
IIRC it's a million seller.
moltonasty
Member
I have a feeling this one will sell MUCH worse. The hype levels seem extremely low. Even the people who want the game don't seem excited about it lol.
An Artoon by any other name would underwhelm as much!
You'd think that a team that had Sonic and Panzer Dragoon veterans wouldn't be so consistently mediocre, but that's just what it is. Nintendo seems to really like working with them, though.
bequietdrive
Member
It's enjoyable but flawed and quite iterative.
Here's my review for God Is A Geek
Here's my review for God Is A Geek
how many levels/worlds are in the game? If you dont mind me asking, but it's a fixation of mine when it comes to platformers
According to the GameXplain reviewer there are 6 worlds with 9 levels each. There might be a secret world for getting 100%, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Eh, I'd say its less unique than SS and the two DS Zeldas. Those games have features completely unique to them and will probably remain unique to them for a while. Weather or not you like them is a different story. Heck, besides TP I'd say ALBW is the least unique Zelda since the Capcom GB Zeldas.
currygan pls
You love Tropical Freeze. It's going to be okay. These games take forEVER to 100%:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=741610
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=741610
Mine for Gamereactor Spain:
http://www.gamereactor.es/analisis/87454/Yoshi's+New+Island/
Pretty poor game imo. Got to switch to VC's Yoshi's Island to check if it was just me with nostalgia googles on. It wasn't. Shitty GBA conversion >>>>>> this :/
http://www.gamereactor.es/analisis/87454/Yoshi's+New+Island/
Pretty poor game imo. Got to switch to VC's Yoshi's Island to check if it was just me with nostalgia googles on. It wasn't. Shitty GBA conversion >>>>>> this :/
Uh, no. Sticker Star is a really divisive game, but at least tried to do something new. New Island seems to be (once again) a really bad expansion pack of Yoshi's Island
princemarth23
Member
I was expecting worse. I'm actually feeling pretty optimistic about it now and will likely check it out at some point.
The endboss is very disappointing imo. So don't expect a lot from that one.
There is a secret boss if you manage to clear all the levels without 'wing' help
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Nintendo's inability to replicate the magic of Yoshi's Island is one of gaming's biggest tragedies.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
There is a secret boss if you manage to clear all the levels without 'wing' help
Do you have to 100% the levels, including the secret levels?
Can you spoiler who it is?
They have the ability to, they just dont seem to care.
At any rate, if the soundtrack was at least of any worth, i'd see it as worth a play.
I really hope Yarn Yoshi does some interesting "non-sleepy" music.
vxXJordanXxv
Banned
I really want this game to succeed. I love me some Yoshi's Island.
Less inability more like they would rather have people that could pull it off working on other projects.
I would also add to these questions-- did you get 100%? If so, I'm wondering if you get anything additional for it. (This is under the assumption that the secret boss is for clearing the regular, not including secret, levels without using wings.) Also, does the wings showing up affect you, or only actually using them? I know previous games with assist items have varied on this point. Thanks!
Beelzebufo
Banned
Eh, I wouldn't really agree. Those games are unique control-wise, but the general gameplay structure is more or less the same as things have been since OoT, with some small twists. You have to approach ALBW unlike any Zelda game since the NES era.
The endboss is very disappointing imo. So don't expect a lot from that one.
There is a secret boss if you manage to clear all the levels without 'wing' help
Ooh, I'm interested. Baby Drybowser?
Dry Bowser is such a scary-looking, kinda morbid enemy. He wigged me out a bit when he first showed up in 3DL!
On handhelds anyway.
Spieler Eins
Member
Yoshi was shit since the N64 already.
I'd be interested to hear some examples of other recent times Nintendo has taken a proverbial dump on one of their franchises.
4news.it - 8/10
"Yoshi's New Island è l'ennesima conferma della naturale predisposizione di Nintendo verso il genere platform. Cercando di dimenticare Yoshi's Island DS, questo nuovo capitolo sembra davvero un degno erede dell'originale Yoshi's Island uscito per Super Nintendo Entertainment System più di 15 anni fa. Il suo gameplay, la realizzazione tecnica e la trama si ricollegano perfettamente al capostipide della serie, migliorandone alcuni aspetti e rendendo la sua esperienza portatile e giocabile ovunque!"
"Yoshi's New Island è l'ennesima conferma della naturale predisposizione di Nintendo verso il genere platform. Cercando di dimenticare Yoshi's Island DS, questo nuovo capitolo sembra davvero un degno erede dell'originale Yoshi's Island uscito per Super Nintendo Entertainment System più di 15 anni fa. Il suo gameplay, la realizzazione tecnica e la trama si ricollegano perfettamente al capostipide della serie, migliorandone alcuni aspetti e rendendo la sua esperienza portatile e giocabile ovunque!"
I was a huge fan of Yoshi's Island growing up and after trying to play Yoshi's Island DS (I've never actually beaten YIDS), I'm slightly disappointed but not surprised seeing the reviews.
At this point, Nintendo should just given Yoshi's Island to Retro Studios since they figured out how to make new games feel classic.
At this point, Nintendo should just given Yoshi's Island to Retro Studios since they figured out how to make new games feel classic.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Best since the original SNES? Good enough for me.
Grazie Tony, added to the OP!
royox
Member
I'm starting to find out more and more that I need to play games for myself and not rely on reviews or even GAF in some cases. SM3DW is waaay overrated for a bunch of ideas crammed into a more frustrating than enjoying multiplayer demo game. Felt like a chore to get through more than anything else. Add a power or two and multiplayer and I guess that's enough? Yoshi's New Island looks like what you'd expect with a few new transformations, what more do you want with a mostly nostalgia driven franchise? Ah whatever, as said before I'll be getting the game for about half off anyway so it's not that much of a gamble.