Yoshi's Story (N64)

I remember this game here being hyped nearly to death by magazines and game shows before it was finally released in 1998. With the ambitious Yoshi's Story video game Nintendo here tried to create a good old fashion 2D action title since players around the world still love those traditional style platformers like amazing games Super Mario World (awesome game!) or the original Yoshi's Island (good too). Everyone loved those games and I know I was looking forward to the game too because most of the Nintendo 64 games focused highly on 3D instead and they can be very difficult to control at times, eh? If anyone could pull off an unbelievable 2D game it would definitely be the ...  Read the complete review

All the kids loved Yoshi in Mario and they'll love it in Yoshi's Story as well.You wouldn't think this game would be that challenging but it's pretty hard.It has 24 worlds of adventure and is a very long game. Baby Bowser steals the Super Happy Tree that Yoshi has to somehow get back to save his island.You have six baby Yoshi's that have hatched out and are willing to take on the task of saving their island. You have to beat enemies,play puzzles and figure them out.You have dangerous traps, hidden items,bonus areas and special characters pop up on just about any given time. This game is interesting and fun, but if you have ...  Read the complete review

This is one of the only 2D platformers found on the N64 and involves the famous character yoshi in a number of colours, ohhh! The control system is very basic and so is the game in general. Take any one of a number of routes through the story book completing the different levels to move onto the next page. Once you reach the final page you have to defeat bowser. This will probably only take a couple of hours to do. What makes this platformer different from most is that you don't have to reach the end of the level you just have to collect thirty of any of the fruits scattered around the levels. These fruits are worth different points and the mellons are worth the ...  Read the complete review

This is probably one of the few 2D plat formers that I played on the N64, though it was quite entertaining when I was younger I am now finding it slightly babyish and a little too easy. The plot is pretty simple baby bowser steals a super happy tree from the land of Yoshi's and happiness leaves the land leaving everyone sad. Six new Yoshi's are born at this time and take it upon them to get the tree back and return joy to the land. You pick your colour of Yoshi to play each one having a favourite fruit depending on its colour which gives you bonuses; there is also a super happy fruit for each play through which gives you twice as many points as any other fruit ...  Read the complete review

Yoshi's story is a 2D platformer. Already, that'll have put many people off. Tell them it stars a bunch of cute little dinosaurs who eat a lot of fruit and they'll be running out the door screaming! “Oh no, another kiddies game for the N64” you may be thinking, and you’d be right. But it’s still a good one. It’s a rather old-school 2D platformer, full of cute little dinosaurs making cute little dinosaur noises. But it is fun for a while. Graphically it’s nothing to write home about, the sort of thing that would have been excellent on a SNES, but rather bog-standard for the N64’s power – ...  Read the complete review