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My stomach goes "Topsy Turvy" with this game!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: September 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I do not like this game at all. I didn't realize when it said that you had to tilt your GB to get the game to work, that you literally had to be on one of those pirate ships at an amusement park to get the game to work properly!!

An Interesting Game, but Yoshi can do Better!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: October 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This isn't exactly the best Yoshi game in the world. I bought it a few months ago, and started playing it immediately. The first level was okay, but right after that, it got a bit dull. I didn't care for it after that, and have not played it since.

If you loved Yoshi's Island, you'll be disappointed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: September 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I don't know how Nintendo did it, but they took a great series and ruined it. I got so bored with this game that I simply stopped playing it halfway through. Yes the tilt sensor is a novel concept and it could have worked well, but the game play just isn't there.

Why is it so bad?
* Levels are far too easy. There is hardly any challenge
* Just another token collection game
* No end of world bosses
* Annoying characters that have nothing to do with the Mario-Yoshi universe
* Annoying music

Shame on you Nintendo for releasing this game. Do they really think they can just market their games to kids forever while forgetting the former generation that grew up with Nintendo?

WHY IN THE WROLD TILT CONTROL?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: February 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game "Yoshi Topsy Turvy" has a catchy name, good music, and great 2-d to 3-d platform suroundings. The only thing wrong with this game is the tilting. The tiliting was the most annoying thing ever. Tilt this way tilt that way. Very distracting and very annoying. The story also bothers me. Spirits? A pop-up book? Come on Nitendo, USE YOUR INMAGANATION! This game was not the greatest game to buy, get it used.

This game is lame

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: July 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Yoshi Topsi Turbi or however you spell the damn game is not worth the 30 dollar price tag at most game stores. Yes i no its new but im warning you it sucks crap. You move your Game boy around to move yoshi and have the time it does not work and it is STRICTLY a kids game. But even kids will get sick of constantly dying. Yea its that bad. So dont kill your money and waste it on something else you dont need like water. Im not reccommending this game. But who the hell is going to listen to me

Go back to Rescuing Babies, Yoshi

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I first got this game, I thought it was great and couldn't put it down. As I got further, I felt that this game was just too repetitive. The control scheme is creative, but hard to get the hang of. At the beginning of the game, the missions are a piece of cake. At the end however, they get difficult and frusturating. I think Yoshi is better at rescuing babies than bringing happiness back to the world. I understand how some people will like this game a lot, but i would try it out somehow before you buy it so you won't be disappointed with game. At the beginning this game is a blast, but like many Yoshi games it turns into bore. Yoshi Topsy-Turvy has a lot of room for improvement.

Yoshi goes bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: October 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

At first Yoshi Topsy-Turvy is pretty hard. It says on the directions that you have a bunch of bosses, but you don't find them until about the fifth level. Usually I keep Pokemon blue version in my gameboy, but stometimes I play Topsy-Turvy. Its ok, but not the best.

Fun but Semi-Easy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: June 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely love this game!! To play, you turn the game system to change the elevation of the ground that Yoshi is on and the way that things roll or move. It works remarkably well! I have read other reviews of some other game like this and they said that the turning mechanism was faulty. I guarrantee you that this game works like magic! I am amazed at both this and the quality of the graphics. What a creative idea Nintendo had! I haven't yet played all of the Mario games, but I am most definitely working on that I can assure you. The ones that I have played so far have provided me with countless hours of fun! My only negative comment about this game is that it is not long enough and somewhat easy in the early stages. Have fun!

Yoshi does it again.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: July 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was afraid that after reading some of the BAD reviews, Yoshi Topsy Turvy might not be to my expectations, but it was actually above my expectations! When Bowser attacks the egglings on Yoshi's Island, Hongo the book spirit puts Bowser inside a picture book but accidentally traps Yoshi's Island in it as well.
The spirit who opposed Hongo's idea was fired and told Yoshi the story and that Hongo might return Yoshi's Island back to normal if he got to the last page of the book. Yoshi was very angry after hearing this so in return, the spirit gave him the power to turn the world around him. The tilt sensor on the back of the game makes it look weird but it's truly amazing. I've heard people complaining about how it doesn't work most of the time and that's because they didn't calibrate it correctly. Some people might wonder how it will work when it's in the DS or GBA SP. You can change it so it does when it turns on. There are six chapters in the book(Excluding the two boss chapters) that each have their own spirit. Only by meeting the spirit's needs, will you be able to pass. The difficulty starts outs really easy and progresses so that you learn how to use the tilt sensor in different ways. I found parts of this game very challenging including the final boss. Each spirit has different things they like so each chapter has their own challenge. Still, you can face other spirits in a chapter or even having a two-mission level where you have to do two objectives. The things you have to do in the levels for the spirits are, eat apples to save egglings, get a certain number of coins, kill a certain number of enemies, beat the level in a certain time limit, beat the level without killing four or more enemies, and a spirit who sends a spinning wall of saws at you(This one has to be combined with another). Almost any of these can be combined with another for chaotic fun. To complete a level you have to go through the rooms and complete the objective(Or objectives) and touch the the big star(s) at the end of the level. If you completed the objective(s), you will get a completed screen with a gold or silver happiness medal(They determine the chance of winning the mini-game.). If you get the mini-game, you get a chance to get more coins to get extra lives. To get the next level all you need to do is touch the big star(s) and you will automatically get it. You only need to complete a certain number of levels and get to the big star(s) at the last level in the chapter to advance to the next chapter where you will meat a new spirit. With the tilt mechanism you can, climb up vertical walls, roll boulders and spiked rolling enemies, change the way you fall or make Yoshi jump higher and farther, swing pendulums and ships(And things like that.), and change the tidal waves when you're in a ship or boat. So there's a lot you can do with tilt-control. The graphics are like the Yoshi Story graphics where the characters are 3-dimensional and the backgrounds and levels are 2-dimensional. Even though you can beat this game within six hours, you can still go back and do the levels you couldn't beat or just start a new file(By the way, you can start up to three files.). It's up to you whether to buy it or not. My opinion? Buy it, it's a great game and worth its price(I would even pay $40 for it).

FINALLY A GAME WITHOUT ONE TRACE OF THE CHARACTER MARIO!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game was a GREAT game about yoshi and I am so glad I got it. This game is really cool because you have to tilt your gameboy to do certain things. If you want to move a boulder just tilt the gameboy in the direction you want it to roll. Yoshi is my favorite character and I'm so glad to see him starring in his very own game. (Not counting the yoshi games with baby mario.) Yoshi's Story was also great N64 product but I'm suprised nintendo hasn't made a remake for it on gamecube or something. I loved the graphics in Topsy-Turvy because it was designed like cardboard. The world would be like cardboard. Besides, the story was that Hongo turned Yoshi's Island into a pop-up book. One of the annoying things are the missions you have to complete to continue onto the next page. Well, if there weren't missions the game would be way too easy. Yoshi can't make eggs though but he can eat the original enemies like shy guys. Or simply jump on them. Overall, the music is catchy, the game is addicting, and it is really fun!

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