Thread 12093421

>great and memorable boss fights
>great level variety (more than 50 long levels and none is like the other)
>shit ton of content: transformations, items, minigames, a shit ton of different enemy types etc
>super soulful music
>easy to beat, but hard to 100%
>shit tons of secrets that encourage you to explore, secret areas everywhere
>Nintendo pured their hearts and souls into it
>simply feels like a huge adventure and less like a platformer where you just try to reach finish, platformers rarely achieve this feeling

I don't get what is there not to love about this game. Haters are just jealous they missed out on it or were too insecure to give it a chance because it looks kind of "cute".

go away.

>>12093428
Seethe harder tranny, this board isn't your safespace.

>>12093421 (OP)
>were too insecure to give it a chance because it looks kind of "cute".
No one has ever criticized the visual style.

Viciously murder all SNES drones.

I know it doesn't mean much to you adults but as a child getting 100% and having access to any watermelon we want was incredible

>>12093437
It's controversial for a reason, the reason being too kiddy and lame.

>>12093491
Watermelon used to be super cheap, like $1 for a huge one that actually had flavor and wasn't more water than melon

hm, yeah, i always thought it looked kiddie so i didn't play it. you made me actually reconsider, i'll give it a chance. today OP wasn't a fag.

>>12093421 (OP)
BEST MARIO GAME OF ALL TIME!!!

>>12093502
It's an amazing game and you definitely should play it if you're into this kind of game. OP is being stupid by trashtalking "haters" so simplistically, and the game is certainly flawed, but it's also very very good in most ways that matter. I don't even like it very much myself and I'm saying this. It's worth trying.

>>12093432
Based yoshi enjoyer. Troons loathe the baby protecting green dinosaur, because they will never have a child, and they certainly have no eggs.

>>12093502
It is an extremely solid and creative game that is filled with wonderment. Not for everyone, but certainly a very high quality game.

>>12093421 (OP)
>I don't get what is there not to love about this game
Garbage concept that makes it shit as a platformer and as an action game. Also trying to pass as the sequel to SMW to boot.

>>12093421 (OP)
It's awful and cringe. I have it on the SNES mini, still trash.

>>12093421 (OP)
Would've been a great game if they ditched the egg-throw mechanic. Grinding the platforming to a halt while you play angry birds every 10s is fucking annoying and bad gameplay

>>12094252
you can move and jump while you're aiming.

>>12093437
The Stamper brothers were known for saying "Yoshi's Island proves that players will put up with mediocre art as long as the gameplay is good".

>>12094250
Try it again once you finish puberty. A lot of things will feel different then, you'll see.

>>12094396
>mediocre art
Those brothers sound like confirmed homosexuals to me.

>>12093580
>its very very good
>i dont even like it very much
Please get a personality, thx, bye.

>>12093421 (OP)
>super soulful music
Like what, James Brown?

Words have meaning you illiterate fuck.

Yoshi's Island doesn't provide warps or shortcuts so speedtroons seethe about having to replay the easy beginning worlds before the hard stuff begins. That's about it.

>>12094321
Frantically treading air over a pit of fire while trying to shoot down screaming baby Mario with an egg and dodge boss attacks at the same time is zenith 2D platform gameplay

>>12093421 (OP)
>feels like a huge adventure and less like a platformer where you just try to reach finish, platformers rarely achieve this feeling

Thats probably bc theyre platformers and not adventure games. I love yoshis island but most of the criticism I see is totally valid. Its not hard enough. Too short. Amazing game for lil kids tho.

>>12095068
A meme user wants me to be less generic? No, that doesn't make sense. A person who can't read well wants to be taken by the hand and led to understand what was said, but chooses to act superior about having failed? No, sorry, that doesn't make sense either. Try again if you want.

>>12095006
anon he's shitposting, it's just a fake quote that spoofs and dubious likely-fake Miyamoto quote about DKC.

>>12095806
I agree, his moveset is tip-top. Spitting enemies on other enemies is particularly satisfying.

>>12093421 (OP)
>super soulful music
Soulful sure but there's only like 6 different songs

>game mechanism where baby mario can fall off and you have to hurry to get him back, accompanied by the annoying sound effects
this is debatable. one may argue that it breaks the game flow, but at least the idea itself is certainly original and challenging
>no beautiful, immersive, fun to explore map with secrets and secret passages to unlock and be visible after like in smw but rather a linear bland boring 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 road, barely more visualized than buttons in an elevator
why did they do this? just lazy, rushed development?

>12096441
>this is debatable. one may argue that it breaks the game flow, but at least the idea itself is certainly original and challenging
It incentivizes you to become good.
>why did they do this? just lazy, rushed development?
The map variety is way too high for a world map. In one level you are in a jungle, then in a lava level, then in the skies or whatever. How do you even make a world map that doesn't look like nonsense? SMW had far less variety.

It's a game for babies, dude. Let it go

>>12096504
Did you play it?

>>12096504
Nobody plays platformers for story so your complaint is retarded

>>12093421 (OP)
it plays slow compared to Mario World, and there's a baby in it >:(

We wanted a sequel, not a shitty prequel. Those are never good.

>>12096416
Sadly this. The OST is anemic.

>>12093421 (OP)
I miss my SNES now

>>12093495
Its not controversial? Where are you getting this information.
Im not the other anon but i have literally never heard any one shit talk its graphics. Wtf is even the point of this thread
This game is not a hidden gem
Its a fucking mainline mario game with like 3 sequals its about as mainstream as if gets

>>12093421 (OP)
>great and memorable boss fights
The graphics tech tricks were neat. Yet the Koopa Kids were infinitely more memorable even with far simpler mechanics.

>>12097119
Were you just not there? The crayon art style greatly divided the market. This is why NoA's executives wanted a more realistic art style; they were seeing the backlash.

>This game is not a hidden gem, its a fucking mainline mario game
And thus its sales should have been astronomical like in previous Mario games, but it didn't for a reason. And no, the lifespan of the SNES doesn't matter; DKC was more well-received and actually managed to sell hardware, finally making the SNES win over the Mega Drive in America. Miyamoto was considered god-like at that point and the idea of executives telling the genius what art style to do was unthinkable. The only reason why they were doing it is because of market data.

Any anticipation for a sequel to Super Mario World died with Yoshi's Island, costing them many of their former consumers. Most people don't even consider it a Mario game.

>with like 3 sequals its about as mainstream as if gets
With most of them being mediocre to bad games that only got created out of developer desire/vanity, not because of it sold well (i.e. it's not what consumers wanted). Games like Yoshi's Story only continued in the saccharine direction Nintendo's developers wanted to take their games.

>>12093421 (OP)
>As a kid I thought this was the greatest game ever.
>But as an adult it's one of my least favorite SNES games to replay

Why is that? I love replaying Mario and DKC but this one feels like such a drag

>>12097490
Bro its a beloved nintendo classic, its not underrated or appreciated
Idk who are you trying to convince like its some 1980s ussr made dos game 8 people played

>>12093421 (OP)
>I don't get what is there not to love about this game.
People got filtered by 16-bit baby cries. I think the game was also really hurt by being called "MARIO WORLD 2" while not actually having the player control a recognizable Mario.

>>12095072
>Words have meaning you illiterate fuck.
Correct. "Soul" is a specific genre. "Soulful" is an adjective that carries a completely different meaning. You illiterate fuck.

>>12093421 (OP)
It was forgettable compared to the other platformers on the system, could just be where my head was at when I played it. Like I remember being surprised how good it is, and it gets better as you go. Maybe I was flooded by too much comfy gaming and went into a trance.

>>12094252
>WAAAAAHHHHH I MUST RUN FAST LIKE SAANIC EVERYWHERE
sort your ADHD out

A big thing people overlook is that the game came out kind of late in the SNES life cycle (the N64 was about a year away at the time) and people were starting to get burnt out on 2D platformers as a genre if they couldn't offer something visually edgy or compelling. 3D was already in people's living rooms, thanks to the PS1.

Also, people were legitimately turned off by baby mario, his crying, and the overall "childish" graphic style. A half-assed, direct sequel to Mario World using the exact same engine probably would have performed better.

>>12097824
>Bro its a beloved nintendo classic, its not underrated or appreciated
You mean it's overrated by Nintendro drones on the internet. Alao nice false equivalence.

Yoshi's Island's art style being seen as controversial is a well known fact to older people who lived during the time. Go ask any of them; they will tell you that many people did not like the art style and were angry at Nintendo's direction with the game. This doesn't dispute that were people who did love the art style, but those who loved the art style were clearly not the majority of consumers.

>>12097910
You can't excuse Yoshi's Island because "the SNES was dying" because the SNES was dying well before Donkey Kong Country. Hell, Donkey Kong Country saved the SNES by providing a massive momentum boost. It pushed the SNES atop the Mega Drive in the 16-bit console war at the time and brought excitement again to the SNES console.

Also, 3D clearly wasn't it given that Super Mario 64 underperformed compared to previous Mario games.

>>12093421 (OP)
This was such a wonderful game. So whimsical, so creative. I loved how you can morph into a little tank, submarine, and helicopter--all the while the Yoshi design maintaining its character. I loved Pochi. I loved the one skiing level. Just... Just, good wholesome fun.

>>12097626
Makes sense to me if you go for 100%. Yoshi's Island is great but it's obviously not as easily to repayable if you try to get everything every time. There's a lot of games that I love but aren't the greatest to replay often.

>>12097910
>people were legitimately turned off by baby mario, his crying, and the overall "childish" graphic style
Yoshi's Island spearheaded Nintendo devs making games for themselves instead of the players.

>>12098286
>I loved how you can morph into a little tank, submarine, and helicopter
Damn, that was by far the shittiest part of the game.
>I loved the one skiing level
It's like you enjoy the most shitty ideas this game came up with.
>Just... Just, good wholesome fun.
Fun died the moment Yoshi had to babysit Mario of all characters.

>>12096861
I played it and beat it (gba port) when I was a kid. It's fun for a platformer, but I have no desire to replay it.

>>12098621
>There's a lot of games that I love but aren't the greatest to replay often.
Truly great games are the ones that are replayable.

>>12093421 (OP)
>super soulful music
there's hardly any of it. the game has like 6 tracks

>>12098713
>playing a shitty port that gave yoshi baby voice
>it-it's le baby game
Based retard. The SNES version is nothing like the garbage you played.

>>12098259
Nah, you’re thinking like 4 weird guys on the internet equals the entire population.
Its a beloved classic, stop with this bit

>>12098259
oooh, you're a schizo. I was unaware. Carry on.

>>12098286
>I loved the one skiing level.
I used to go on ski trips with my family all the time and I loved skiing. I was so stoked there was a level of a video game where Yoshi fucking went skiing. I used to pop in the game al the time just to play that one level, lol. 5-3, I think it was?

>>12093421 (OP)
the movement doesnt feel nearly as satisfying as SMW, sonic or (especially) DKC. aiming eggs to shoot constantly wasnt very fun for me either. oh yeah and the WAAAAH WAAAAH WAAAH at incredibly high pitched tone 3x louder than the in game music any time you get touched by anything didnt help.

its still a great game (carried by its graphics and sound) but not in the top tier of 16 bit platformers imo. Id rather play SMW, any game in all stars, dkc 1/2, sonic 1-3 or rocket knight adventures.

>>12094252
this is the real problem with the game desu.

i probably wouldnt like videogames that much without it

>>12100080
nice bait

It's the first game I think of when I think of Nintendo's legacy. It might've worked well as an RPG platformer (you could argue the DS version essentially is that).

>>12099021
and every single one is solid fucking gold

>>12099963
Nice strawmamning, now show me these huge sales number proving your fanfiction. Hint: quoting a biased Wikipedia article does not count.

>>12100064
Apparently you being ignorant and me stating the facts is schizophrenia to your deluded zoomer brain.

>>12098717
I don't agree, it depends on the game. I don't think every game needs to be constantly replayable the minute after you first beat it. But that's just me.

>>12100084
The egg throw mechanic is good and satisfying, retard.

>>12101206
meds

>>12101206
>oh yeah my favorite hidden gen. Its called super mario….
Is exactly where line of thinking should end

Completely unrelated to anything but I never even registered the baby crying as a baby crying. In my crappy mono TV speakers it just sounded like he was screaming "hey!" as in "hey, I'm here!". It only became annoying when I emulated it years later with good audio.

>>12102787
>It only became annoying when I emulated it years later with good audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpZMQEWf66g

>>12102503
Yours.

>>12102510
Who said anything about being a hidden gem, pajeet? It's a well-known game that sold like shit for the Mario IP at the time.

>>12099963
>Its a beloved classic
YI most definitely isn't a "beloved classic".

I'm 38. I base my entire personality around liking the slightly less popular Mario game. Stop trying to take that away from me.