NAME: Yoshi's Story
SYSTEM: Nintendo 64
MAKER: Nintendo
PRODUCER: Takashi Tezuka
GENRE: Platform

GRAPHICS: 9. The best 2-D graphics I've ever seen
MUSIC: 6. Cutesy and themed
FUN: 10. I have no idea why
REPLAY: 7. Getting all of the courses for Trial Mode is all
DIFFICULTY: 2. Even the novice can whoop this game's arse
ENDING: 5. Cute and pointless
STORYLINE: 3. Bah, humbugh
MULTIPLAYER: n/a (one player)
ORIGINALITY: 7. A VERY nice looking Mario platformer
REALISM: 8. 2 & 1/2-dimensional graphics make it so
CONTROL: 10. No quibbles will you get out of me
MATURITY: 1. The "Super Happy Tree"... hmm...

Undoubtably, if you've read any game magazines in the past year, you'll know how badly the 
Yoshi's Island engine was dummied-down and mushed into little pastel blobs; thirty-two of 
them, to be precise. Yes, that's how many levels this game has. YI had almost double that 
many. This may well be the most signifigant change in any sequel from its original, EVER. 
Plus the fact that you can only play six of them in any one game. The simplicity and over-
all theme has, as the UK-based Total 64 noted, "raised the genre to new levels of fluffy 
marshmallowiness." This is, however, the perfect game for beginners or kids (the game is 
actually my sister's). And even with all of the bad points, one thing really stands out: 
the amount of fun you have when you play. YS is just so wonderfully easy to get in to and 
fun to play that you won't really miss any of the Yoshi's Island features. This is def-
initely a game to rent first.

OVERALL: ***** 50%

Reviewed on 12/14/1998