Yoshi Story

 

Yoshi story is a game for the Nintendo 64 starring Yoshi and other different coloured Yoshi's. Now we open the game with an adorable song that the Yoshis are singing an adorable little song while they tell the tale of how their happiness was stolen by mean old Baby Bowser as all the older Yoshis start becoming depressed. Then a new generation of Yoshis is born who seek to help reclaim the happiness in the form of hearts. Now the gameplay mechanics in this game are possibly the most interesting as it isn't 3D. The mechanics are quite simple you can jump, slam, throw unborn Yoshis at your enemies, eat your enemies and turn them into unborn Yoshis and "eject them" and of course run. With its rather simplistic controls the game is easy to learn but hard to master each chapter has several other level choices. These are numbered and are different coloured indicating difficulty, blue meaning hard and red meaning easy. You must complete one level per chapter to move onto the next. After a few chapters you meet an adorable cotton candy creature who tries to kill you, so you must eat him alive to defeat him/her. So after going through a few chapters you go to Baby Boswer's castle and begin the final showdown. When you've beaten Baby Bowser you get some text saying that everything is back to normal and the Yoshis aren't sad anymore. This review is going to be quite short as overall there really isn't that much to comment on. This game is actually fairly good it's a game for the casual gamer as I've said the controls are really simple and make the game fun and enjoyable. The game also has its own unique look which is good as Yoshi is a Mario character and it is fun to see Yoshi in his own world and not being some Mario clone. Another great thing is the life system as instead of lives you have different coloured Yoshis Although one of the weaker points of the game is the story as it really doesn't really have one it's just Baby Bowser makes everyone depressed make everyone happy the end.Overall the game is ok as the look and  mechanics are fun but the story is practically non-existent. So this game gets a 7/10 as it's a fun but flawed game