Yoshi's New Island
Yoshi's New Island lays a giant egg on the 3DS
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Yoshi is a babysitter once more
You don't have to convince us that the SNES title Yoshi's Island is one of the best games ever made that featured the plumber. The crayon-colored sidescroller made 16-bit visuals look like they popped out of a story book. Now a sequel is teaming up Yoshi with series costar Baby Mario, as the dinosaur transports the crying baby from one of the island to another.
But while the title might say "New," the levels we played felt like we played them before. The opening section was covered in flowers, and Yoshi was being chased by many of the same enemies. Though we will admit that we didn't''t expect to face the oversized Shy Guys, let alone see Yoshi lay an egg of similar after devouring said Shy Guy in one bit.
The stages also task players with collecting hidden Red Coins and Flowers that the original Yoshi's Island used to calculate how you did in a stage. Yoshi's jumping remains as dependably accurate as Baby Mario's crying remains incredibly annoying. However, our demo was limited to the earlier stages, so we'll have to wait and see if the developers are saving the crazier stuff for later. The series in particular is known for its crazy boss fights, so here's hoping the game is saving it's best ideas for those.
Check out the following slides for additional images and more information.
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Big Shy Guys equal big eggs.
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Be careful how you aim that massive egg. It can do some real damage.
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Here's one of the first oversized enemies Kamek transforms into a boss battle.
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The graphics look like a combination of the visuals in the original Yoshi's Island and its follow-up, Yoshi's Story.
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Clearly Yoshi went the wrong way and missed that hidden flower.
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Take out those ferocious plants and you'll find a hidden item.
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Those coins will never steer you wrong.
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Ducking like that won't protect you from that, Yoshi.
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Those little guys will increase your Mario timer, which means the baby can be separated from Yoshi for longer before it's game over.
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BladedFalcon - June 11, 2013 11:46 p.m.
I really hate the new 3D graphics, they look like shit, honestly. Also, if there's really that little new about the title... why not stick to the roots 100%? One of the things that made the first Yoshi Island stand out was the beautiful art-style and sprites that even today look way more crisp and better than those muddled looking 3D models. It's a real shame too, because The first Yoshi Island easily stands as one of my favorite games for the SNES, which also stands as my second favorite system of all time so far. But yeeeah... this is looking to be average as best... fucking 3D models man. -
shawksta - June 12, 2013 12:34 a.m.
I have to agree. Yoshi, for some reason has been on a streak of different art styles every single game for some reason, which frankly shouldve sound good on paper. I Still remember the mudded less designed than this game style of Yoshi's Island Topsy Turvy, it was just so off and even more so with the whole twist mechanic Nintendo randomly brought up for like a whopping 2 games along with Warioware twisted. -
BladedFalcon - June 12, 2013 12:55 a.m.
Ugh... don't remind me about topsy turvy, that game was fucking atrocious on ALL levels -.- -
shawksta - June 12, 2013 1:09 a.m.
There was only one thing to come out of the damn thing, and it was the random mission generator marathon till you fail, after you beat the game, but even then the game was just so wrong on so many levels. Speaking of which, strange Yarn Yoshi hasnt been shown at all yet. Maybe in the later days. -
BladedFalcon - June 12, 2013 5:32 a.m.
Or canceled... Don't look at me like that, Nintendo HAS done that in the past. -
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