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What does /v/ think of Yoshi's Island?

>> No.930195

It's the game that everyone loves.

>> No.930198
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930198

Probably the best platformer of all time. Graphically timeless, great music, great level design and difficulty curve, and so much replayability with its collectibles and multiple routes.

Some of the best controls I've ever had in a game too. So easy and intuitive to control Yoshi and shoot off eggs.

>> No.930226

My favorite Mario game.

>> No.930241

>>930170

Baby crying. No thanks.

>> No.930251

>>930241
Stop getting hit.

>> No.930260

As soon as I think of this game I can hear that baby cry.

>> No.930285

Fuck, this game made me so mad. I remember trying to do homework and hearing my brother playing this in the next room over.

Every 30 seconds: "WEH! WEH! WEH! WEH! WEH! WEH! WEH! WEH!"

Even thinking about it now makes me cringe.

>> No.930321

>>930241
>>930260
>>930285
I find the crying way overblown. The only way you'd be hearing it often is if you were ridiculously bad at the game, and even then it's easy to get him back on quickly.

>> No.930325
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930325

It looks good with filters

>> No.930358

>>930321
Well, with this one >>930285 , I can agree that it's really annoying when some one else is playing.

>> No.930367

That crying is SO DAMN LOUD.

>> No.930368

okay seriously more than half this topic is about the crying can we stop

>> No.930379

>>930368

Then don't ask what we think of this game. Looks like everyone can't stand the crying. Doesn't matter how good you are, you hear it once and your done.

>> No.930397

>>930379
First of all, not the OP. Second of all, it's a full blown game that did a lot of neat things, and everyone's talking about one sound effect.

>> No.930402

>>930397

Main character is a baby. Enough said.

>> No.930407

>>930402
The main character is more the Yoshis. It's who you play as at all times except for a for segments.

>> No.930426

I love this game; I need to replay it.

When I heard they were making a new Yoshi game, I was hoping it would be another Yoshi's Island. Now, I love Yoshi's Story, too, but I have to say I was a bit disappointed when I learned they were using that style over Yoshi's Island. Maybe that new game will be longer than Yoshi's Story.

>> No.930437

people who complain about the crying in SMW2 are the same people who think that the sonic drowning music is SOOOOO SCARY ;_;

>> No.930452
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>>930321
Speaking of things being overblown.

As for YI. It's a pretty great game. Good controls, really nice visuals, great music. The only thing I'm not too fond of are the vehicles.

>> No.930454

>>930170
Poochie Ain't Stupid

>> No.930471

Never played it. I heard the crying was annoying and the art style was too childish so I said fuck that.

>> No.930478

I hated it back then, just think it's OK now.

I would never replay it.

>> No.930480

>>930454
Hit That Switch!!!!

>> No.930483

>>930471
The crying is only a very minor annoyance, and I adore the art style, though it's rather hit and miss. The game has some of the best level design out of any Mario game.

>> No.930493

I've never actually played it, but that doesn't stop me from rockin' out to the music.

Flower Garden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6afS8Hwfx3g

Athletic Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlcyq18dA8I

>> No.930492

Played through it over the last two weeks with my girlfriend laughing at how bad I was the entire time. Had to take over for me at two points that I no longer remember, but holy crap it was so much fun.
Never really enjoyed any Mario game as a kid, save maybe SMW, but this was something else. Awesome level design, amazingly adorable character design, beautiful overall style, and just the right difficulty, if not a tiny bit easy.

That and Yoshi copter.
YOSHI COPTER.

>> No.930529
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930529

What about this?

>> No.930543

>>930529
Boring.

>> No.930593

>>930493
>The music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffwVKDP8nzQ

>> No.930606

>>930593
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsWfBaEUo1s
THE MUSIC

>> No.930672

>>930593
That video is actually how I discovered the music in this game is so good. Tom is the coolest neckbeard of all.

>> No.930869

Level design so gimmicky it puts DKC 3 to shame.

Massive collectathon.

Relatively little environmental variety.

The boss fights and music were ace, though.

>> No.930882

>>930869
>Massive collectathon.

I don't think you understand what a collectathon is.

>> No.930894

Touch Fuzzy start tripping

>> No.930904

>>930894
I had the biggest smile on my face the first time that happened.

It really is probably the best SNES game.

>> No.930914

>>930170
Soviets made the game to brainwash its players

>> No.930931

Technically excellent game all-around and a ton of fun to play and watch others play. Preventing it from being the best Mario game are the short, repetitive soundtrack, the slow pace of the game, and the retarded Bonus Chance.

I'm going to agree that the crying sound effect could have been done better, but it hardly breaks the experience.

>> No.930995

>>930529
I was really disappointed by this game. Probably the first sequel ever that let me down.

>> No.931010

>>930170
>What does /v/ think
They probably hate it.

>> No.931043

Most overrated game ever. Floaty controls, graphics look like ass the way everything is stylized.

SMW was far better.

>> No.931048

>>930437

Yeah man because water levels are constant in ever sonic game, you're under water all the time so you're gonna hear the sound effect over and over again like the crying and people don't complain about that!

>SMW2 drone logic

>> No.931058

possibly the best snes game.
genuinely fun

>>930529
shit

>> No.931080

>>930529

I loved Yoshi's Island so much, but this was just a pile of shit.

>> No.931085

>>930325

I'm loving that look

>> No.931089

>>931048

The big difference is that everything about Sonic is/was shit.

>> No.931095
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>>931048

the comparison was "both of these people overblow dumb things" and also you're retarded, i dont even like this game very much

>> No.931183

I posted this before, but how do people actually enjoy Escort Mission: The Game?

>> No.931209

Boring and easy

the art style gets in the way of platforming, the collecting and gimmick get annoying

>> No.931213

>>931183
Escort missions are ass because you're stuck babysitting a braindead uncontrollable NPC that goes out of their way to die, seemingly intentionally at times.

Baby Mario is harmlessly shitting on Yoshi's saddle for 90% of the game.

>> No.931215

>>931183
It's not an escort mission. Having to chase a crying baby is just your punishment for getting hit, so stop sucking.

>> No.931257

>>930170

beautiful beautiful graphics, lots of nice polish, good design in most ways, terrible collectathon core

overall a bad game unless you like obsessively working to make a number bigger more than you like drama or novelty

>> No.931276

>>931183

gr8 b8 m8

>> No.931437

>>931183

Jimmies marginally rustled. If babby Mario was crawling along on his own, Lemmings style, while being bombarded by enemies that he crawls into blindly, that would be an escort mission.

However, babby Mario is attached to you. The only way he gets into peril is if you get hit.

tl;dr - The worse you suck, the more you hear crying. Because you've fucking earned it. You tool.

>> No.931525

I never had Yoshi's Island back when I was a kid with my SNES. Only decided to emulate it recently.

Turns out I was missing out on perhaps the best platformer ever made. Everything seemed perfect to me. Art style and graphics define the word timeless, gameplay is pure fun controls are great, music is top notch... Crying Mario didn't really annoy me, as it was a fitting noise to make the player hurry and get the baby back before the time expired. Can understand how it may annoy a spectator though.

Now I was never that great at video games so the difficulty (about the same as SMW, which makes them the easiest 2D Mario games) was just right for me to maintain a challenge yet not turn it into frustration. I get why some retro game fans may consider it too easy though.

So a five star game, one of the all time greats.

>> No.931539

>>930454
The greatest lie in all of gaming.

Yes, even that one.

>> No.931541

Looks pretty and has some neat ideas. I'd rather play smb3 for a legit mario though.

>> No.931653

>>930529
I was so excited for this. Returned it to the rental store within an hour. The first of many many n64 disappointments.

>> No.931657

Too popular for my taste.

>> No.931804

>>931653
>many many n64 disappointments.

suck as?

>> No.931806

>>931804
Yes, they sucked ass.

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>>931806

>> No.931835

>>930170
I liked it. It was great.

But it didn't get hooked for some reason.

>> No.931834

>people bitching about YI being a collectathon

The fuck? That's like calling SMW a collectathon because of Dragon Coins. They're just an optional challenge for you to take up by exploring the level and not sucking enough to lose all your star points.

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>>930529

Misunderstood and underrated, also constantly compared to Yoshi's Island but I guess that's innevitable.
The game's "story mode" is meant to be pretty short, because you're supposed to replay it a lot of times. As you play the game, if you meet the required items collected, you can unlock a new level within a page. There's 4 levels to unlock in 6 pages, that makes up a total of 24 full levels of relatively long lenght if we have into account there is no real ending goal in a level, just different areas that connect in between, with different paths kinda metroidvaniesque, and you finish the level when you eat enough fruit.

Most people played the story mode once, though it was short, too cute (this is true) and not challenging, but that's because they expected the game to be Yoshi's Island 2, and it has some very different things, in concept and design, that makes it not really comparable to YI, it's a game that tried to do its own thing.
When you unlock new levels, you can play a game and select different levels in different pages, sort of a "Choose your own adventure" thing... I think this aspect of the game wasn't really polished, and almost nobody understood it. Maybe the game lacked in that aspect, probably all 24 levels should have been available from the start (but then then would be less incentive to collect stuff on the levels).

Then there's trial mode which is the "hardcore mode" of the game. You can play any of the levels you've unlocked, and go for the highest possible score. Collecting only melons or your Yoshi's favorite fruit might be challenging in some levels. The game doesn't have a timer though, so you can take your sweet time exploring the levels, chilling to the peaceful music... it's a good game, not a masterpiece like Yoshi's Island, but it's underrated.

>> No.931871

>>931834
That's a bad comparison because dragon coins only give you extra lives, whereas the things you collect in YI are used to open up extra stages.

>> No.932005

>>930593
wow, for me that video satisfied a very special kind of nostalgia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=0CB8OSnJfiU
In the comments, he linked to a full-band version

>> No.932283

>>930914
>>930914
>>930914
This. Listen to the end credits of the game, then listen to National Anthem

>> No.932285

>>932283
*Russian National Anthem

>> No.932293

I could never get into this game. I know how impressive the graphics are, but the aesthetic just always put me off. Music's nice enough. Gameplay had good mechanics, but the level design seemed sloppy to me, based off what I played.

>> No.932440

>>931859
Thank you.
Trying to get all melons on any of the page 6 levels is hard as fuck.
Plus the art direction is amazing.

>gimmicky
this is what /v/ thinks introducing new gameplay elements is, instead of being an interesting change of pace.

>> No.932469

One of my two favorite games of all time.

A masterpiece.

>> No.932521

I love this game. Top 10 all-time, any system, any genre.

>> No.932525

Yoshi's Island is one of those great games to use to judge whether or not someone has good opinions.

If they say it is shit or wasn't a great game, then you know that person is stupid and you don't have to listen to them anymore.

>> No.932764

>>930170
It's okay. Graphics are amazing, but the overall platforming and stuff isn't my cup of tea. Music is a little slow-paced for my tastes as well. Never had the patience to 100% the game, not into collectathons though.

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>>931859
Something else that was nice, is the fact that my sisters would play this game with me. They were never very good at any games, but they very much enjoyed Yoshi's Story. It's nice to have a game that anyone can pick up and play, and want to keep playing.

I loved being able to find the Black and White Yoshis.

>> No.932851

>>930325
Fag

>> No.932875
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932875

My personal favorite game of all time, and also the first proper video game I ever played. There's probably a connection here.

Whether it's nostalgia or not, I can't exactly say, but I believe the graphics are absolute top-notch, the music is incredible, and the gameplay is excellent. Finally 100%ing it after a long time is probably my favorite achievement as well.

>> No.933047

>>930170
I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT!!!!!

Why does /vr/ love it so much??? Super Mario World is a great game but this one is just awful

>> No.933056

>>933047

It's awful because?

>> No.933062

>>933047
Stop dying so much.

>> No.933067
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933067

Jesus Christ, /v/ hit this thread hard.

The game is fun and some of the levels have amazing music. I still have wonderful memories of killing that frog from the inside.

Hell, I even had fun with the "sequel" on the 64.

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>>930471
>the crying was annoying and the art style was too childish so I said fuck that.

Played it as a kid, and these were my exact thoughts. Seeing all the praise it gets now, I might have to go back and give it another chance, now that I'm not too cool for kid stuff.

>> No.933125

>>930529
I love how my girlfriend and cousins (they're like 7 and 9) can play it and just want to complete the levels, while I can play it to get to the high-scores.

I recently bought it and replayed it (never owned the game, only borrowed it from my friend), and for some reason I just managed to still find the cuteness endearing rather than annoying.

I guess it helps I only played YI after this game, and I never got confused about the stages thing.

>> No.934891

>>930529

Highly underrated/-appreciated.
The reason for this is that there are only 6 pages which makes the game look very short. So you plug it in and if you take every fruit you can find ~30 minutes later you are finished. And then people thought "What a ripoff". Most people did not know or did not care enough that every level contains hidden hearts which open new levels on tthe next page, so you have only really "beaten" the game if you have won at all levels and unlocking them all gives it a high replay value...
Of course that was also in the manual, but noone ever reads them...