The third game in the Yoshi series is a return to form after whatever they were trying to do with Yoshi's Story

I played coop with my partner, who is not used to platformers. While the coop mode isn't perfect (the camera system really sucks and some mechanics behave very strange due to there being an extra player), it was a ton of fun.

The decision to stick with, and truly embrace, the theme of 'craft' was exactly the right call. I think this especially deserves highlighting in the middle of an era where the mario games were quite similar in art-style. The levels, mechanics, NPCs etc were all fresh "crafted" versions of the mario classics.

Collecting all the wool in the levels gives you an instant reward in another playable Yoshi skin, which was fun to mix up once in a while and gives a realistic goal that encourages you to fully explore each level.

My main issues apart from the camera/coop mechanics are the bosses being uninspired/easy/repetitive (apart from final boss, kind of), the menu music is awful (which is a shame because there are some absolute bangers elsewhere in the game), and often buggy menus.