Hot damn, what a game. I went in expecting to like this game, but I had no idea HOW much I'd just freaking love it. The music, level design, the graphics, they're all absolutely fantastic. Every level feels like a totally different experience and never like they're just recycling the same ideas. Even levels in the same world follow a similar theme, but a lot of them have gimmicks all their own that are used to their fullest just in that level. Yoshi moves exactly how you want him to, and given that you can basically flutter jump infinitely if you practice your timings, there can be a lot of finesse in how you do the more difficult platforming.
This game also isn't afraid to get hard. The collectibles start getting hard to find just in world 2, and once you hit worlds 5 and 6, the normal levels start getting pretty challenging. Additionally, the extra 9th level unlocked in each world by collecting all of the flower in that world are always very challenging and very fun. The difficulty curve might not be the most forgiving thing for new players, but as a very experienced gamer, I really enjoyed it. There are also badges you can activate before the start of a level. The powers they give range from eggs always being big, to immunity to lava, to moving faster. I only ever used the one that reveals hidden objects and the one that magnetizes items to you (to make some of the more difficult flower and yarn collection more bearable), but it's just so great that these let you make the game as difficult or as easy as you want it to be. I definitely wouldn't have enjoyed the game as much without them. The Co-op feature also makes this game SO fun. I played through the first world with a friend who isn't a gamer at all, and she loved it! The woolly aesthetic just makes everything look so appealing. Even though she wasn't playing the best, she still just loved the woolly look and the yoshis and the great music. The mellow mode, where you can literally flutter jump infinitely, that you can turn on at ANY time is also another feature that was really kind to newer players and really enhanced our fun Verdict: This is now my favorite Nintendo platformer ever. Better than Super Mario World, better than Super Mario 3. Now, it might not impress you quite that much, but if you like platformers at all, I cannot recommend this game enough.
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