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What is better, Yoshi's Island or Super Mario World?
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Yoshi's Island is a top 5 platformer to me. SMW is great but not quite to that standard. I think Yoshi's Island just has much more going on with the level design and once you get a hang of the egg mechanics and can make throws while on the move it is just so much more satisfying. Not to mention replayability which was huge to me playing both on GBA as a kid. 100%ing Yoshi's Island is much more fun to me than doing 96 exits in SMW.
Mario World is just really popular on ERA in general. SMW regularly beats SMB3 on polls here.
Amusingly, certain SNES music, especially music from Yoshi's Island, makes me understand exactly why my parents seemed to HATE hearing the audio when me or my siblings were playing games when we were younger. It's not so much that it's BAD music, but the instrumentation is often really, really obnoxious.
Oh, and I voted for Super Mario World.
And I'm leaving these here:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQzy-sAAizE
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyn5dq2HDRo
All the secret paths and etc put SMW on top for me. Loved having friends over or go to friend's house only to find parts of the map i had no idea about. They don't make games like that anymore:/
This is a tough poll for me.Both are amazing but Yoshi's Island is so unique and creatively is out of this world so i would go with that one.
its just...so beautiful.
But your point, I have to agree with it. Yoshi's Island's art style blows SMW out of the water. It's by far one of the most unique looking games on that system.
To be fair, your mum's apple pie is unparalleled. Also your thoughts on SMW and YI in retrospect were well-reasoned and interesting, but that's a secondary matter.
Its tough, but I think I am going to say Yoshi. Super Mario world is just an inferior Super Mario Bros 3....
Turns out, I don't really like Mario platformer games.
Now, Wario and Yoshi games...those I like.
As others have said, no other game can do what Yoshi's Island did, and I value uniqueness more than sameness.
Now, Wario and Yoshi games...those I like.
As others have said, no other game can do what Yoshi's Island did, and I value uniqueness more than sameness.
I really loved Yoshi's island as a kid but I don't have much interest to replay it now.
It's a bit slow, and rather unforgiving when you try to 100pct a level and then you need to restart because you didnt jump in time to catch a flower or you're out of eggs.
And the part where you drill or you're a copter.
It's a bit slow, and rather unforgiving when you try to 100pct a level and then you need to restart because you didnt jump in time to catch a flower or you're out of eggs.
And the part where you drill or you're a copter.
Yoshi's Island for me.
Super Mario World is good but it's a pretty by the numbers platformer in both gameplay and art style.
Yoshi's Island is just more standout.
Super Mario World is good but it's a pretty by the numbers platformer in both gameplay and art style.
Yoshi's Island is just more standout.
I like Super Mario World, but I will never understand why so many people place it among platforming royalty. SMW is a cute little game that I probably would have mostly forgotten about if people didn't talk about it so much, but Yoshi's Island is still one of the tightest platforming action games around. It's not even in the same ballpark imo.
That's an argument for the quality and superiority of Yoshi's Island given Gerstman's terrible taste.
It has to be SMW. Something about its simplicity just makes it so excellent. Plus I cannot get this song out of my head:
View: https://youtu.be/Gbretq1w7X4
View: https://youtu.be/Gbretq1w7X4
Yoshi's Island is beautiful and the gameplay is highly original but it completely overstays its welcome. It is just way too long and repetitive. You do the same things over and over and over again and while levels constantly bring in new ideas and challenges the majority are padded with the same stuff over and over again so the new stuff get diluted more and more.
And don't get me started on the collectathon stuff. 100%ing YI is just a miserable slog for me.
And don't get me started on the collectathon stuff. 100%ing YI is just a miserable slog for me.
I agree... though I personally really dislike it and could never get into the game. But yeah, SMW is all over the place. Even as a kid I remember thinking it was weird that one of the enemy types were American football players lol. There's just so much incohesive weirdness in the Super Mario games that never worked for me.
For a series about plumbers eating mushrooms and jumping on turtles I'm not sure I would call SMW artstyle incohesive, in fact it set the standard for much of what modern Mario's style would become and still is to this day. I think Super Mario World and Super Mario Galaxy capture the aesthetic spirit of Mario better than any other games in the series.
But yeah Yoshis Island has its own unique artstyle that is totally top notch, in gaming overall. Even so I would say SMW artstyle (not just in-game but concept, etc.) is much more essential Mario than YI
But yeah Yoshis Island has its own unique artstyle that is totally top notch, in gaming overall. Even so I would say SMW artstyle (not just in-game but concept, etc.) is much more essential Mario than YI
Smw is probably the best 2d platformer ever made. Yoshi's island is up there though. The bgm, controls and general vibe and art style of that game was so good
I haven't played SMW in ages but YI will forever be my favorite platformer and up there on my all time list in any genre. I'm still amazed how timeless the art direction and graphical look is and it still feels amazing to play.
Jeff Gerstmann is awesome and I love him, but some of his opinions are 100% certified trash.
The insanity of saying YI looks bad.
SMW is wild. I'm not sure there's a single game with a wider gulf between the quality of the character designs and literally every other visual thing.
Never played Yoshi's Island so I'm gonna vote Mario. My only experience with Yoshi games is the one for N64 and while it was fun, it wasn't anything mind blowing like most Mario games are. I do like the art design of YI, it has neat colors and the background art really stands out.
I voted Yoshi's Island, because I believe Nintendo's core identity is utilizing technology to push gameplay ideas without going overboard.
I think Super FX 2 was used in this manner in Yoshi's Island; They don't use the new technology to push excessive 3D effects, but instead opt for more mature 2D effects (with select 3D elements) to maximize new gameplay ideas.
I think this careful, more restrained way of handling new technology clearly demonstrates Nintendo's core values.
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I think Super FX 2 was used in this manner in Yoshi's Island; They don't use the new technology to push excessive 3D effects, but instead opt for more mature 2D effects (with select 3D elements) to maximize new gameplay ideas.
I think this careful, more restrained way of handling new technology clearly demonstrates Nintendo's core values.
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happens a lot with "black sheep" sequels. ten years later they become the best game that everybody passed up, then ten years later the game is still good but maybe not quite as great as its reputation entails
samey and as arguably worse some of the NSMB games are (and i include mario maker in that) i think people realized they preferred the classic style platforming in their mario games. which to nintendo's credit they made Yoshi platformers its own thing pretty shortly after YI anyhow
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I thought Yoshi's Island would be winning by a landslide, with its incredible creativity, level to level variety, and amazing art design. Super Mario World is fun but it has a lot of signs of being an early SNES game. I also think that both Mario 3 & NSMBU (don't laugh) are better in a lot of ways.
Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island and Donkey Kong Country 2 are among the best games ever made.
Did you perhaps stop and think about the fact that people talk about it so much because it is a masterpiece.
I get having a preference and opinion, but anyone saying one is better than the and "it's not even close" is straight up lying ☺️
I feel that they're different enough that I cannot pick a favorite. They play and flow differently, art styles are way different, etc.
Both are amazing games.
Both are amazing games.
