/vr/ - Retro Games

Even my mum and sister love that game. And they usually think video games are a waste of time.

I agree, OP. This game is charming and fun. It has some great "feel good" tunes and on top of that has some decent to great gameplay.

The problem is that not much about the game is excellent like Yoshi's Island was. You can't blame people for comparing the two.

>Rent this game as a kid
>Play through the story mode once
>This game is short and it sucks

>Play it again last year
>Wait there are multiple paths?
>Mind = Blown

I've played all the levels. I don't think people who beat the game once on rental are missing much.

It's cute for what it is, but nothing more. No incredibly new mechanics or anything.
>dat soundtrack

>>537974
It's a fucking embarrassing game though.
picked it up for remembering it being awesome when I was young, the spaghetti flew everywhere.

>>538164
>THE ASSHOLEEEEEEEEE

with a fucking heart swaying around, god damn how gay.

>>538254

>yoshies singing in chorus
>gay

nigga, just went full retard, you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOatb7f677s

>>538164
>the spaghetti flew everywhere
What? I played Epic Yarn in front of my parents and they didn't really give a fuck and neither did I because fuck who cares it's a video game.

OPn eof the first games I bought with my own hard earned cash.
Got a soundtrack CD with it.
Still have it somewhere

I wish the game would have used a more classic level system like Yoshi's Island, instead of that weird "You can only play 4 levels out of 16 per playthrough"

It's not like those different level take you somewhere else. If you choose World 1-4 instead of World 1-1, you still end up in World 2 the same way.

Tried to emulate it but it glitched a lot graphically. Aside from that it seemed really boring

not trying to be edgy or anything, but the game is honestly just too childish for me. the song with the yoshis singing just sounds so freaking cutesy and lame. i feel like im playing a game for preschoolers

>>538628
Yup. To say that it was disappointing is an understatement. Yoshi's Island is surreal and original. This disaster is just disgusting.

Always loved Yoshi's Story. Just wish there was a way to play all 24 levels in one go... never did get 6-4 itself, though.

re: paths: the idea is that you can play all the level 1s, all the level 2s, etc.

That was my favorite game as a kid. I played it through about 6 or 7 times as a kid, it took me about a week each time.

Replayed it a few months ago, and blasted through in under an hour. I sucked at games as a small child.

I will always stand by my opinion that this game is shit. Hell, even Nintendo wants to forget it, they didn't count it when they listed the Yoshi games on the last Nintendo Direct.

It wasn't my favorite or anything, but I enjoyed playing it my fair share.

>mfw I can never get a working ROM for P64...

I had it back in the day but I sold it. nothing I regret though. it was a solid and adorable game with very cool and dreamy levels. but nothing more.

>>537974
>sure, only 6 levels, but as you play more, you unlock more levels, the total comes off as 24 levels! It's totally unfair to judge this game by only having played 6 out of 24 levels, isn't it?

But that's just it anon. The structure is way off, so complaining about only 6 levels is legitimate. You only get a handful of levels to play through, and the game's over before you know it. And even when you replay and replay and replay to unlock all the other levels and all the other yoshis, you have 24 total levels? That's so lackluster and a telltale sign it was either rushed or should have been held up for the GC. Not to mention it's been 4924756476 years now and we have yet to have a genuine sequel or remake?

I like Yoshi's Story a bit, but I'd like it quite a bit more if were more challenging, levels were completed by getting to the end and maybe fighting a boss instead of just eating fruit, and you either went through all the levels, or there was some incentive to replay and take different paths. As is, the paths are completely arbitrary, and that's just dumb.

There's just not much to the game.
I guess I liked the health and life systems more than what Yoshi's Island had.
I guess the game controlled very well, maybe even better than Yoshi's Island.
I guess the art-style was pretty good, about on par with Yoshi's Island.
That's all the good I can say for it.

>>539209
So buy it on the VC.

>>539209

Dude it doesn't go for much at all online...

>people criticizing Yoshi's Story
>doesn't get the scoring system
>doesn't get that the real goal is to get only melons

You think the game is too simple for you when it turns out it is in fact you who are too simple for the game.

>>539317

>But that's just it anon. The structure is way off, so complaining about only 6 levels is legitimate. You only get a handful of levels to play through, and the game's over before you know it. And even when you replay and replay and replay to unlock all the other levels and all the other yoshis, you have 24 total levels?

No, it's not legitimate to complain about a "short game" that is actually pretty long.
What they tried to do witht he "you can only do 6 levels per playthrough" was so that you could kind of make your own story... you see, when you beat the last boss, you can see the whole tale recapped from level 1 to the last, and it changes depending on which level you took... but yeah, it does feel rushed and that it could have been much better (maybe even change things about the story depending on different things you can do in the levels, etc). But let's forget about the game's presentation... forget about story mode, after all it's just another mode, if you play Trial Mode, you've got 24 full levels, and they're pretty long too, especially considering is a game based on exploration and collection, not "go from point A to point B" kind of platformer.

It'd be a legitimate complain to say that you don't like the story mode, but to say the game only has 6 levels, no, it's not a complain, it's just wrong.

>>541014

There's your problem, you still keep comparing it to Island all the time!
Stop thinking about Island, and just judge this game for what it is. It does have some pretty awesome control schemes (being able to use your tongue 360 degrees, or all the different tings you can use in the levels like the propeller platform or the tulips).
The art style is completely lovely, I don't get why some people complain it's "too childish", and that Yoshi's Island isn't childish but suddenly psychedelic?.... nah, they are both games made for kids. The fact is, they're pretty fucking good and can be enjoyed by people all ages.

>>539093

Well they used Yoshi's Story music and stages in smash bros, Brawl has a great version of the ending theme made by Masafumi Takada (God Hand, No More Heroes, etc music composer)

which anon posted here already
>>538424

>>541401
I only compared it to Yoshi's Island when I was saying ways I thought it was arguably better.
My complaints all apply whether Yoshi's Island exists or not.

I don't know. I loved this game when it came out. Was fun trying to get the black and white Yoshis. Sure it was cute, but for the system and time, those graphics were pretty cutting edge even if cutesy. Nobody had done blue jeans as realistically. And not really again until Kirby's Epic Yarn.

I saw the cutesy as a welcomed break from all the regular stuff that was around then. Everything was dark and gritty, and here comes this Yoshi game with more sweet than a candy shop.

The controls were good, the music memorable, and it was fun. Inb4 Nostalgia claims, I was probably 17 when I played this. Could be some nostalgia, but I think it is more due to how refreshing it was to have a cute simple game like this and Parappa after the abundance of Dark and Gritty the 3 or 4 years prior.

I still don't know why people hear "the asshole"

It sounds like "EEE AYEE YOOOO" or if you want to stretch things up, "the eeyoooo", but how the fuck does "eyo" becomes "asshole"? where do you hear an S or an L even?

>>541468
I hear "NINTEEEEENDOOOO"

I always heard "be careful" when I was younger
not so much now

>>541468
What happened is a bunch of idiots watched some shitty flash cartoon on Newgrounds where the yoshi's sing "the asshole".

I'll always remember the snow level Frustration, and being really really shit at throwing eggs in general.
Oh! and that level in the treetops where that fucker was having a party or some shit.

I actually PREFER yoshis story to yoshis island. Fuck wailing babbys man

>dat fruit collectan
>dat black and white yoshis

Recently played it emulated. To answer >>538619 if you use the Glide 64 plugin it fixes all the graphical errors, with the exception of one level that had a river, and the boundary between the air and water was fucked up.

The soundtrack was great, except...

I'm gonna get hate for this, but I didn't like the Yoshi chorus because that one Yoshi was off-key and it ruined it for me.

Unfortunately I couldn't 100% it because I don't have a controller and there's a mechanic that requires flicking the stick, but what I did play was cute and if I ever started collecting games I'd make sure to get this one to play it properly.

I do prefer Yoshi's Island, but this game is just fine to model the Wii U Yoshi game after.

I still like this game. I set up a work system with my mom in order to earn money for the game; equated to a couple weeks of lawn mowing and dishes.

I play it about every other year. Any one else read/hear about the rumor of getting another special Yoshi if you collect every coin?

>>542353
Purple Yoshi? Never got him.

I always loved this game. I was pretty shocked to hear how much some people seem to hate it.

>>542412

It's irrational hate though, as OP said, it's because people expect it to be Yoshi's Island.
I wish this was a new IP with new characters, nobody would have complained and actually a lot of people would like it today.
But it had to be a Yoshi game, and it had to be the one released after Yoshi's Island.

Well, I did have some fun with it back in the day, but I just kept wondering why the heck I wasnt' playing Yoshi's Island instead.

The music's great, though.

>>542860
>but I just kept wondering why the heck I wasnt' playing Yoshi's Island instead.

I didn't remember you could collect fruit or ride propellers on Island.

>>542865
Yeah, but overall, it just ain't the same game.

There's something missing, 'y know.

>>542880
>all, it just ain't the same game.

The point is that they're two different games.

It's fun. I'm surprised the let the super happy tree and its invincibility fruit just be accessible in the boss battle.
Put that in the background, gee.

I never could do an all melon run.
I'd do too poorly at the mini-games.

You know, thinking about the story.. it's kinda dark since all the previous Yoshi's died due to poisoning.

Good game.

Too fucking easy.

>>545220

The mini games are a real pain.

Everything else is really easy.

Still a beautiful, charming, and fun game.

Saying Yoshi's Story is short is like saying Mario 3D land is short. It takes maybe 2 hours to beat M3DL, but then you get the hidden world, and the coins, and the flags, and Luigi...

Once you've gotten 30 melons on every stage (and found both hidden Yoshis), then you can see if the game is really that short.

I'm just going to say it controls like shit, collecting fruits is not fun, the bosses are bad and the artstyle is for fucking babies.

>>545848
This

game status: rekt

Quit ODing on nostalgia already

>>545848

I think you're in the wrong place. This is a Yoshi's Story appreciation thread. It doesn't look like you're appreciating.

I think you guys gonna enjoy this


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiSAqMRErOc

>>541468
>>541492
I always thought they would say, "IS THAT ALL?!" because it would happen at the end of the chapter.

>>546060

That was fun.

What's that about the fire temple music?

>>541401
It is a legitimate complaint, when in no way is it inferred nor explained that the game is a "make your own story" game. Out-of-the-box, the game appears to be extremely short, and you must tediously unlock new levels per play through. The audience saw this as cheap, unwanted lengthening; the formula was not massively accepted. It's a legitimate complaint because it obviously didn't set well enough with gamers. It's a legitimate complaint because it's what consumers complained about.

>>546843

with the scoreboard at the end i figured it was meant to be played like starfox. you pick the levels you want to play and try to get the highest score. how do people miss that?

>>546920
The truth is most people don't care about such things as trail mode, and I personally believe such a score system works great with something that you are continually moving along unlike in Yoshi's Story which as you said has a lot to do with exploring.

I personally think the game is alright, but it is short and easy with very little incentive for the player to try to collect all of the melons in the level.

It's kind of weird, I remember playing this game, but nothing of the actual content of the game.

>>538254
>I am too insecure about my manliness so I cannot be seen enjoying a game with hearts in it, hearts are for PUSSIES.

Yoshi~!