Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is a platform video game acting as a prequel to 1990's Super Mario World. The game casts players as Yoshi as he escorts Baby Mario through 48 levels in order to reunite him with his brother Luigi, who had been kidnapped by Baby Bowser's minions. As a Super Mario series platformer, Yoshi runs and jumps to reach the end of the level while solving puzzles and collecting items. In a style new to the series, the game has a hand-drawn aesthetic and is the first to have Yoshi as its…
Gorgeous, inventive and packed with ideas; the crying baby is the only flaw.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Beautiful hand-drawn art
- Inventive level ideas everywhere
- Deep collectible challenge
Not so much
- Baby Mario's crying grates
- Collecting everything can be tedious
Play it if anyone who loves creative, exploration-heavy platformers.
Skip it if players who want the speed and simplicity of a classic Mario.
No cheat codes
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Play it better
- Flutter jump by holding jump in the air; it gives you extra distance.
- Eggs bounce off walls, so use angles to hit hidden clouds and coins.
- Get hit and Baby Mario floats away on a countdown; collect stars to raise the timer.
- Ground pound by pressing down in mid-air to break posts and stakes.
- Grab every red coin, flower and 30 stars in a level for a perfect 100 score.
Hidden in plain sight
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Trivia
- Its crayon look was a deliberate contrast to Donkey Kong Country's CG style.
- It used the Super FX 2 chip to stretch and rotate sprites.
- Koji Kondo composed the music.
- It kicked off the Yoshi series of games.
