Live Magazine September 2014 Volume 9/2014 | Page 54

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YOSHI’S
WOOLLY
WORLD
In January 2013 Nintendo announced during one of the online direct videos with a small trailer that a
new Yoshi 2D/3D Side-scrolling platformer called Yarn Yoshi was on its
way in 2014 for the Wii U, from the
same team who made Kirby’s Epic
Yarn on the Wii. At this year’s E3 we
were finally told of the games official
name - Yoshi’s Wooly World and due
for release in early 2015.
Using a similar art style to Kirby’s
Epic Yarn, the characters and world
are all made of wool. Visually the
game is very cartoonish but with so
much detail you can make out individual strands of wool, there has
been a lot of effort into making use
of the wool theme and it shows in
the gameplay as well. With Takashi
Tezuka the director of Super Mario
World 2: Yoshi’s Island and Yoshi’s
Story (one of my favorite games ever
made) on Nintendo 64, is supervising the development of the game at
Good-Feel, and the game being the
first home console Yoshi video game
since the release of Yoshi’s Story in
1998 you know the end result is going to be something special.
Yoshi uses his tongue to swallow enemies just like always but this time
instead of eggs they turn into balls
of wool he carries behind him, they
have multiple uses such as throwing
at enemies tying them up in wool,

creating platforms to climb up to so
you can proceed through levels, creating Mario warp pipes, solving puzzles or finding hidden secrets. Yoshi
will have the capability of using
woolen transformations to progress
through the game one example we
have seen Yoshi can transform his
legs into wheels. Collecting gems
seems to be the main collectable
in the game, along with flowers and
clouds making an appearance once
again.
Another great addition, but not surprising given Nintendo latest platforming adventures is the ability to
play two player co-op. You can actually swallow your partners Yoshi
to solve certain puzzles by shooting them too hard to reach places or
spit them at enemies! The puzzles
are similar to the Lara Croft and the
Guardian of Light or The Legend of

Zelda: Four Swords games to make
the experience rely more on team
work. The game will also support
Nintendo’s Amiibo figurines! So,
who doesn’t want to own a Wooly
Yoshi?
Overall expect to see the same type
of gameplay we expect from this
game, there is no time limit, it’s a
rather play at your own pace style
of game and the enemies are not
that threatening but I’m sure as we
get closer to release Nintendo will
some us some more gameplay options that differ this game from the
previous Yoshi games with Takashi
Tezuka promising the game with be
a challenge as you progress and
especially if you want to find all the
collectables.

Written by Nick Pearce

www.stickytriggerentertainment.com