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 On 09/05/2020 at 11:04 PM by Matt Snee See More From This User » |
I never had a SNES. Not even when I was collecting consoles in the late nineties with my roommate. I got a Genesis soon after launch, and was a Sega fanboy after that. I loved my Genesis. So I didn't pay much attention to the SNES when it came out. I would play SNES at friends' houses and I enjoyed its games, but I never considered getting one myself. I was getting older then, and in high school, so video games weren't really so important to me anymore, other than Madden.
So I missed out on Yoshi's Island when it was released for the SNES in 1995. I didn't play it until the late nineties when emulation was a thing and I downloaded every 16-bit game in existence. Of course, when you have every 16-bit game in existence, you don't spend a lot of time playing just one.
But I really got into Yoshi's Island when it was released in its GBA version with the 3DS "Ambassador" program. I played it a lot, actually, and really enjoyed it. It's a fun, not too tough, beautiful game, with adorable characters. It's interesting that Nintendo made this game instead of a normal Super Mario World sequel, but I think it was a good choice.
I'm sure it turned off some people, and I don't think it had the sales Super Mario World did, but I think it's nearly as good. Plus, it started Yoshi on his spin-off journeys, which continue to this day.
Yoshi's Island is one of the best 2-D platformers ever made. I love the crayon graphics. It's like Nintendo was rebellious since everyone else at this time was using pre-rendered 3-D visuals. And what they did with the Super FX chip was amazing.
It's also a special game to me because this came out when I was in college, so I played it a lot with my roommate and his girlfriend (now wife) and also I played it with my little brothers. So I have a lot of good memories associated with it.
Yeah, it really is a special game. I love the crayon graphics too. Very timeless look, a feast for the eyes.
I saw this in demos at the now defunct Service Merchandise. At the time, however, I was much more into fighting games, Super Metroid, and a rekindled interest in RPGs ignited by my dad's physical therapisf bringing me her son's copy of Final Fantasy 6. So I didn't really play this until it got re-released on the SNES Classic and on Switch Online.
yeah I wasn't really into platformers then either. I was more into drugs. However, drugs and this game would have mixed great. 
I really want to play all the Yoshi games. They seem extremely creative and less difficult than the Mario games.
I want to play that yarn game.
That one is super creative and interesting.
I need to finish this on my SNES Mini.
It really is a great game.
It's amazing how that works; every game practically at your fingertips and you hardly play them, while growing up with 3 games you played the hell out of them. I was the same with the SNES and I was given one years ago but it didn't work so the only "real" interaction other than at family gatherings is with emulation. I may have to give this a spin purely based on the art style.
yeah, when you have a zillion games, the grass is always greener.
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