Yoshi's Story

Yoshi's Story
Developer	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Nintendo 64
Release Date	Nintendo 64 JP December 21, 1997 US March 12, 1998 EU April 9, 1998
Gallery	GH Gallery
Rating	ESRB: E

Yoshi's Story is the Nintendo 64 sequel to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. During the development, it was known as Yoshi's Island 64. This was the first game where Yoshi was given a real voice; he was voiced by Kazumi Totaka.

Story

Baby Bowser has stolen the Super Happy Tree that spreads happiness over Yoshi's Island. Not only that, the island has also been transformed into a storybook. Six unhatched eggs hatch after all of this and aren't affected. The six Yoshi decide to go after Baby Bowser and save the island.

Gameplay

The game is divided into six pages with four stages each. The player only needs to beat one stage on each page. To complete a stage, the player must collect 30 pieces of fruit. The player can also collect Big Hearts, which will unlock more stages, and Honeydew melons.

In place of a health bar, the player is given a smile meter. Enemies and traps will decrease the smile meter while eating fruit, butterflies, and tulips will increase it. Each color Yoshi has a preferred fruit; eating their preferred fruit will increase their health more than usual.

Legacy

Remakes

Early in the Gameboy Advance's life was released, a remake of Yoshi's Story was announced along with remakes of classic Mario games for the NES and Super NES. However, the Yoshi's Story remake was ultimately cancelled.

Sequels

The next platformer in the series is Yoshi's Island DS. However, some may consider the spin-off Yoshi's Topsy-Turvy the next in the series. Of the next Yoshi games, Yoshi's Topsy-Turvy seemed to be based on Yoshi's Story the most; Yoshi's Island DS and Yoshi Touch and Go were both based more on the original Yoshi's Island.