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Super Mario World is one of my all-time favorite video games, so a sequel with Yoshi, my favorite character in this franchise, in the lead seems like it would be right up there with my favorites. I was a bit disappointed. It's a well made game with amazing graphics and controls, solid directing, great narrative, and really everything it needs to be a phenomenal platformer. My problems are really in how long these levels are and it hurts the pacing and how entertained I can be for a certain amount of time. The first game had the perfect length for each level which allowed me to binge half the game in one session, while here I struggled to get through over half a world in one. There are some great levels, but once one of those comes up a frustrating one is after it. The boss fights are easily the best parts of the game with very unique fights and highlights in the series. The problem with that though is to get to these highlights you have to go through obnoxiously long and repetitive levels! I do think it does interesting things like the egg throwing and other new additions. Yoshi's Island is one of those games that I respect with it's graphics, impact, and overall quality but the entertainment value, pacing, and repetitiveness in some of the levels bring my enjoyment down. I'm still happy this exists, just didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to.
Super Mario World is one of my all-time favorite video games, so a sequel with Yoshi, my favorite character in this franchise, in the lead seems like it would be right up there with my favorites. I was a bit disappointed. It's a well made game with amazing graphics and controls, solid directing, great narrative, and really everything it needs to be a phenomenal platformer. My problems are really in how long these levels are and it hurts the pacing and how entertained I can be for a certain amount of time. The first game had the perfect length for each level which allowed me to binge half the game in one session, while here I struggled to get through over half a world in one. There are some great levels, but once one of those comes up a frustrating one is after it. The boss fights are easily the best parts of the game with very unique fights and highlights in the series. The problem with that though is to get to these highlights you have to go through obnoxiously long and repetitive levels! I do think it does interesting things like the egg throwing and other new additions. Yoshi's Island is one of those games that I respect with it's graphics, impact, and overall quality but the entertainment value, pacing, and repetitiveness in some of the levels bring my enjoyment down. I'm still happy this exists, just didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to.