

Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World is everything a platformer should be.

Some of these collectibles can be quite difficult to track down without some extra help. Pencil Patches replace the Miiverse stamps from the Wii U game. Wonder Wools unlock additional Yoshi skins, while Pencil Patches are used in the 3DS-exclusive Craft Mode. Collecting all the Smiley Flowers in one world unlocks a bonus stage. In each of the 48+ levels, be on the look-out for five Smiley Flowers, five Wonder Wools, 20 Pencil Patches, and countless beads. This game is stuffed to the seams with collectibles. Play this game with the music on, at least once. It perfectly punctuates the feeling of soft-and-warm. The background music is just as cute as the world. When Yarn Yoshi finds certain doors, he enters a vehicle stage where his malleable wool body becomes the vehicle: plane, bike, submarine, and more.Īs expected, some environmental detail was lost going from the Wii U to the 3DS, but the colors still pop and the world has retained its crafty feeling. Being made of yarn confers some extra benefits as well. Yoshi brings most of his classic abilities back to the table: flutter-jumping, ground-pounding, and egg-tossing (except now the eggs are yarn balls). Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World is a side-scrolling platformer in the vein of the Yoshi’s Island series. I will discuss these added features, as well as how the game stands on its own. Good-Feel and Nintendo released Yoshi’s Woolly World for the Wii U in 2015 while Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World is a port for the 3DS with added features. As one of the few Yoshi remaining, it’s up to the player to work through 6 worlds worth of levels and bosses to recover his friends and stop Kamek. Poochy and Yoshi are back in a craft-inspired pastel adventure! Kamek is up to no good once again, turning all of the yarn Yoshi into skeins and absconding with them.
