Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)

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Description

The events of Yoshi's Island take place in the past. Mario was one of two twin brothers whom the evil Magikoopa Kamek tried to kidnap. Kamek kidnapped one of the brothers, but the second, Mario, fell down on Yoshi's Island, where Yoshis live. The Yoshis decided to carry baby Mario and to bring him to his parents. But Kamek has sent troops and hordes of monsters to stop the Yoshis and to kidnap Mario.

In the game, players control the differently colored Yoshis most of the time. Mario is a helpless baby unless a star that makes him invincible is collected. As a Yoshi, players can swallow enemies to make eggs; these eggs are used for attacking other enemies and activating switches. Yoshi can do a flutter jump to clear large gaps that a regular jump can't. Players can also pound the ground for attacks and also flipping certain switches. Additionally, Yoshis can transform into vehicles, such as a helicopter, submarine, or train. If Mario is dismounted from a Yoshi, a countdown will start, and Yoshi must catch the baby before Kamek's servants kidnap it. When Mario is invincible, he doesn't ride on Yoshi and is immune to attack. While invincible, Mario can run up certain walls.

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Alternate Titles

• "Super Mario: Yoshi Island" -- Japanese title
• "Super Mario Bros. 5: Yoshi's Island" -- working title
• "슈퍼 마리오 월드 2: 요시 아이랜드" -- Korean spelling
• "スーパーマリオ ヨッシーアイランド" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Console Generation Exclusive: SNES
• Game Center CX challenge games
• Games made into comics
• Genre: Hop and Bop Platformer
• Mario games
• Super Mario series
• Yoshi series

User Reviews

A work of gaming art that belongs in every game library	MagFram (43)
Oh my God it's so CUTE!!!! ^_^	Satoshi Kunsai (2074)
What at first appears to be a childish and silly game reveals itself to be one of the greatest platformers of all time.	CKeen The Great (165)
Almost as good as the original Super Mario World!	darthsith19 (70)

Critic Reviews

Electric Playground	Nov 01, 1995	10 out of 10	100
HonestGamers (Staff reviews only)	Sep 23, 2011	10 out of 10	100
The Video Game Critic	Apr 07, 2008	A	100
Fun Generation	Nov, 1995		100
GamesCollection	Mar 10, 2014	9.8 out of 10	98
Video Games	Sep, 1995	97 out of 100	97
Super Power (Sweden)	Nov, 1995	96 out of 100	96
PGNx Media	Jul 16, 2003	9.6 out of 10	96
Retrogaming.it	Mar 12, 2008	9 out of 10	90
neXGam	Dec 27, 2009	8.6 out of 10	86

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
yoshi	1	mits tsimpoukelis Mar 20, 2019

Trivia

1001 Video Games

Yoshi's Island appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Fuzzy

In the German version, the level that introduces the spores that have an, um, mind-expanding effect on Yoshi is called "Lustiges Sporen-Drama" (Funny spore drama). Just build the acronym of this title. Could this possibly be a very subtle joke?

Awards

• Electronic Gaming Monthly
  • February 2006 (Issue #200) - #83 on the "Greatest Games of Their Time" list
• Retro Gamer
  • September 2004 (Issue #8) – #58 Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)
  • April 2007 (Issue #37) - #11 Top Platformer of All Time (Readers' Vote)

Information also contributed by Big John WV and PCGamer77

Related Web Sites

• OC ReMix Game Profile (Fan remixes of music from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.)
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Wikipedia page for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.)
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Super Mario Wiki page for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.)
• Yoshi's Island Retrospective (Alex discusses what makes Yoshi's Island such a fantastic 2D platformer)