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Mario's back (again)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 34 / 38
Date: November 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Remembering Mario from looong ago on the NES, I thought I was growing quite tired of seeing him on every Nintendo system that's been released. However, I did need a platform game to make the 45 minute train ride into work bearable, so I picked this up as a rental from my local BB chain and returned home, slapping it into my trusty GBA.

Hours (and I mean hours) later, I ran down two sets of rechargeable NiMH batteries on my GBA and looked up at the clock to see it was 2am (lol) and I had been playing it for 5+ hours straight. Be warned this game is very difficult to put down, I have occasionally missed my train stop and had to catch another one going the opposite direction.

Now that, by definition, are the qualifications for a great game. Get it, you won't regret it.

Another great SNES game brought to Game Boy Advance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 22 / 22
Date: November 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have been a proud owner of a Super Nintendo for over 10 years now. The first game I ever got was Super Mario World and played it hours on end day after day. Then last year my friend gave me Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island for my SNES. I found myself playing through the night. Now thankfully this game has been ported from the Super Nintendo to the Game Boy Advance. Ever since the original Mario game on the NES, the Mario games seem to keep getting better and better.

In Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island you are Yoshi and you go through the levels with Baby Mario sitting on your back. If you get hit by an enemy then you lose Baby Mario and he starts to cry, but you have 10 seconds to get him back. If the timer runs down to zero, he is kidnapped and you lose a life. As Yoshi you can "eat" the enemies and they become eggs which you can shoot at other enemies and at bonus clouds that hold coins, stars or flowers. Every red coin that you get that is hidden throughout each stage it worth one point to your score. Each star you collect adds one second to your timer. And each flower gives you 10 points. If you collect all 5 flowers in a stage you get an extra life, similar to collecting the Yoshi coins in the first Super Mario World. You can earn up to 100 points for each level (50 for all the flowers, 30 for all the red coins, and 20 for all the stars). If you get 100 points for each level in the game, you can unlock secret levels that are really awesome!

There are many great, challenging stages in this game. In all, there are 48 levels in the whole game, only half as many as Super Mario Advance 2. After you beat each stage you jump into a hoop and a light starts going around the hoop. If it lands on a flower you get to play a bonus game, if not you just advance to the next stage. It takes a while to get used to this game if you are a veteran Super Mario World player (on GBA or SNES) because this game is so much different than it. This is one of the best games ever for the Game Boy Advance. Go buy it NOW!

Widely hailed as the pinnacle of 2-D platforming.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: September 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Many reviews claim this; I wholeheartedly concur. Yoshi's Island is a brilliant offering of two dimensional level design and pure platforming goodness. From the start, you can expect hectic thrills (good, long ones too; this game is quite lengthy) while playing as the beloved Yoshi saddled with a wailing baby Mario. From here, gaming bliss takes over.

Yoshi's Island made the transition from Super Nintendo to Gameboy Advance surprising smoothly, suffering only from minor sound compression and scrolling issues (which are a minute annoyance at worst, negligible at best). The old-time, tried (and still true), beloved gameplay has remained perfectly intact. It's an immense joy to re-experience this, yet the greatness of this gameplay still eagerly welcomes newcomers.

Everybody who has an interest in platform games would do themselves a favor by picking up this marquis gem (a crystalline supplement to those all-too-common diamonds in the rough).

One of the best games ever!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: September 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I remember, back about seven years ago when this game originally came out on SNES, my friend bought it. Every day we would go over to his house after scool and take turns playing levels until we eventually beat the game. The game storyline is basically that baby koopa has taken Luigi hostage, and Yoshi carries Mario around while making his way to Koopa's castle to save Luigi. The game takes a while to beat, so this wont be one of those games where you buy it and then wish you hadn't blown all that money for two days. This has been my favorite of all the Mario games ever made and i give it a 5 star rating for the complete fun you get out of it!

a perfect conversion from the original

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: August 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was very pleased with this game, it's identical in every aspect to the SNES' original (well, you got more SFX with this, but they're welcome), the gameplay is identical, the graphics are as cute as the original (maybe this is a problem for adults like me, because the graphics are to-cute for our standards, but hey! this is one of the more challenging Mario games out there (after Super Mario Bros. The lost levels, of course)...

Like all the SM Advance games, you can play the original MArio Bros. game (if you want a challenge, try to play the phase 30), i remember this game from the Atari 2600 era, and is very adictive (better if you can play it with the multiplayer option), and supposedly many extra levels.

The replay factor is very high because after you finish the game, you begin to search all the missing points that you have in the first time.

A very good game

super Mario Advance three

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: August 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I played this game for just 10 minutes and I fell in love with it! the graphics look so good on the GBA, and it was a real treat to hear the classic SNES yoshi sounds mixed in with the "yoshi's story" sounds (you hear them when you retreive baby Mario after he's knocked off your back.) and I was right: the music did not suffer. the game's music is just as catchy and moody(the castle theme) as it ever was. BUY THIS GAME!

Probably the best Mario game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: January 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've found this game comparable to Super Mario Bros. 2 for the NES: while the gameplay in the sequel is basically similar to the gameplay in the previous game, there are so many new features, and especially such a different, strange new world, that the second game feels nothing like the first. And, of course, SMB2 and Yoshi's Island are both much better than SMB and Super Mario World, respectively; the latter two games are vastly overrated. SMB was a wonderful herald of a new generation of platform games (Pitfall was the prototype in this genre, so SMB wasn't entirely original, but it was definitely far, far more advanced than Pitfall), but by itself it wasn't a very good game. The graphics were poor, even for the NES, and the game was laughably easy to beat. Super Mario World was also rather easy, and felt like nothing more than a remake of SMB3.

But I digress. Yoshi's Island is an excellent game, far better than any Mario game before it, certainly, though it plays completely differently from its predecessors. I can only express disgust, real, honest-to-goodness disgust, at the reviewers who complain that this game is too difficult; I see now why most new games are so easy to beat and will barely amuse a competent gamer for more than a week. I for one am tired of games that can be beaten in a few hours and Yoshi's Island provides a challenge sorely lacking in games today.

Good game, good challenge, and the GBA version plays very well. Fortunately not dumbed-down for the masses, either.

An eight-year-old's review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: July 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I personally think this game is too hard. Well, that doesn't stop me from playing it. Well, let's face it. World 4 is about a gigantic monster that is a helper. And believe me, that is nearly impossible, in my opinion. Don't take my word for it though. This guy snatches one of the Mario Brothers but forgets the other one. The other Mario falls from the sky onto the green Yoshi's back. Then, a runaway begins. As the Yoshis team up and make an obstacle course to carry Baby Mario on their backs, "Watch Out Below" is my second favorite scene. But, I hold my temper when it gets too hard. I say I won't let my temper go wild, even if this game is a little hard. After all, it is one of the hardest Mario games. On the fourth world, bursting hot lava is coming out and there are little lines that you can jump onto and stay there. But, some of the lines move. And when the giant monster comes, guess who's excited? Me! Some of the levels are a snap and others, well, take nearly two days. Thank goodness for my friend, Joey, at Kids Club. He taught me how to play the game. You can also hop on donuts, and the donuts fall down. So, when you play, I don't want you to get frustrated. You can eat enemies and make eggs, hop over and kill monsters, and it would be a great experience for you. There are also cute little baby sounds. But, if you get caught by a monster, then Baby Mario goes up in a bubble, and you have ten seconds to grab him. But, there are some things that make you get twenty seconds to grab him. But, this time you don't control the characters. They control you, if you know what I'm saying. Killing the big gigantic monster on the front cover is easy. You can just make one of those eggs and throw it at him. But, he might eat you up. Of course, the monster you see on the front cover isn't always that big. He gets big a few minutes later. But, the cover of the game doesn't exactly look the same as the characters in the game. The monster is blue on the cover of the game, and he is red in the game. Don't you think that's strange? Yoshi has an excellent jump. Jumping over the monster will be easy. But, beware of the monster. I recommend this game for everybody!

This is great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: August 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've played this game on the SNES and it is a great game! you play as Yoshi and you can eat enemies and throw eggs. the graphics are very good and the gameplay is too. also, there is a link mode for up to 4 players with one copy of the game, with the clasic arcade mode. buy it now!

Packed With Surprises

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

"Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3" is based on the Super NES game "Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island", which was one of the best Super NES games. The GBA version of this game includes not only this game, but also the classic Mario Bros. arcade game, which can be played by up to four players using the link cable.

The story of this game begins when a stork is up to deliver two little baby brothers to their parents. Suddenly, Kamek appears and takes the babies, but one of them, Baby Mario, accidentally falls. Kamek then leaves, taking the baby with him. Baby Mario falls on Yoshi's back. He seems to know where his brother is. Now you, as Yoshi, are responsible to pass through all the levels until you get to the place where Baby Mario's brother is. With Yoshi's abilities of throwing eggs, eating the enemies, and flying in midair, you will need to pass through more than 45 levels in this game. You'll need to be careful, though. If someone or something hits Yoshi, Baby Mario will be stuck in a bubble and start crying.

You'll have hours of fun playing this game. It's packed with fun and surprises. If you manage to collect all the stars, red coins, and flowers in each level, you will unlock secret levels. I reccommed this game to anyone. So, if you don't have it, you should buy it. It is really worth the money.

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