Yoshi's Woolly World Metacritic

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Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World
Developer(s)Good-Feel
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Platform(s)Nintendo 3DS
Release date January 19, 2017
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ESRB: - Everyone
CERO: - All ages
ACB: - General
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Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World is a Yoshi platforming game for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a port of Yoshi's Woolly World, which was released for the Wii U in 2015. The game includes the entirety of the original game's levels, along with a bonus mode called Poochy Dash in which the player controls Poochy and tries to collect as many Beads as possible. It also introduces Poochy Pups, who assist the player in discovering secrets when playing in the easier Mellow Mode, Yoshi Theater, which features 31 Yoshi stop-motion videos, and the ability to design custom patterns for Yarn Yoshi. The game uses up 974.125 MB (7,793 blocks) of free space on the SD Card, if players purchase and download the game off the eShop.

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Changes and new features[edit]

  • This port features more extensive amiibo support than the Wii U version. Like the Wii U version, various amiibo can be scanned to give Yoshi patterns based on those characters, but several newer amiibo now have their own patterns of Yoshi as well.
    • The game is now compatible with: Princess Daisy, Waluigi, Boo, Lucas, Roy, Ryu, Corrin, Waddle Dee, Wolf Link, Callie, Marie, and any of the Animal Crossing amiibo.
    • Similar to the Japanese and international color variations of the R.O.B. amiibo in the original game, the game also recognizes the Splatoon 2 variants of the Inkling amiibo and Super Mario-line Wario amiibo as a specific amiibo as well. This does not apply to the female Corrin amiibo, however.
    • For unknown reasons, the game does not recognize the Cloud, Bayonetta, Goomba, and Koopa Troopa amiibo as specific amiibo, despite being compatible with the Corrin amiibo.
  • A Yarn Poochy amiibo was released alongside the game; tapping it during a Yoshi level will put Poochy in the level for Yoshi to ride, while tapping it in one of the bonus Poochy stages will enable them to be played in Time Attack mode. If these Time Attack stages are completed, exclusive Poochy designs will be unlocked.
  • If a Smiley Flower is collected at the end of a stage, instead of playing a Bonus Game, a Gold Rush for Poochy Dash is unlocked where Poochy can collect Beads from a Gold Lakitu.
  • There is no longer a Results screen with Yoshi looking at it, due to the collectibles been shown on the touch screen.
  • A Yarn Yoshi amiibo can be used to store a custom Yoshi pattern and transfer it to another copy of the 3DS game.
  • Stamp Patches have been removed from this version, and are replaced with Pencil Patches.
  • Multiplayer mode has been removed, even though the introduction shows Red Yoshi escaping from Kamek as well as Green Yoshi.
  • The worlds and levels are on a straight linear path going left and right (akin to Super Mario 3D Land) instead of being connected through fully controllable hub worlds (like Super Mario 3D World).
    • The player needs to press instead of to play with a Yoshi.
    • The game progress is shown and hidden with and instead of being shown when the player stays still for 10 seconds.
  • The game features enhanced performance on New Nintendo 3DS systems, running at 60 frames per second (like the Wii U version) compared to 30 frames per second on standard 3DS or 2DS systems.

Critical reception[edit]

Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, similarly to the original Wii U game, has received generally positive reviews. On review aggregate site Metacritic, it averages 77% based on 56 reviews.[2] On GameRankings, it has the similar rank of 77.04%, based on 25 reviews.[3]

Reviews
ReleaseReviewer, PublicationScoreComment
Nintendo 3DSDaniel Krupa, IGN7.1/10'Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World remains one of the cutest games around. Even though most of the tactile charm of the Wii U original has been lost to the 3DS’s technical limitations, there’s still plenty of fun to be uncovered in this colourful and often inventive platformer. Incidentally, it also brings some of the happiest, catchiest music ever to the 3DS. Yoshi’s faithful Poochy is loveable new addition, but he feels underused; he appears only in a handful of animated shorts, a sparse challenge mode, and as little more than a series of assists in the super-easy ‘Mellow’ mode. He definitely makes tracking down all of the numerous collectibles more enjoyable, but it’s a shame this instantly likeable character doesn’t have more to do that’s unique to his skills.'
Nintendo 3DSKallie Plagge, GameSpot7/10'Though the gulf between two very different difficulties is not fully fixed by its additions, from the updated Mellow Mode to the extra Poochy levels, Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World gives you what you put in--it can either be almost frustratingly hard for a determined collector or a good fit for someone who’s just looking for a fun, relaxing few hours of platforming.'
Nintendo 3DSCJ Andriessen, Destructoid7/10'Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World is as fun on the 3DS as the original is on the Wii U. The levels are just as crafty as before, the visuals take a slight hit but are still colorful and creative, and the soundtrack is so gosh darn charming. It's the best Yoshi game on the 3DS, and if you don't already own it on the Wii U, I would suggest picking it up.'
Aggregators
CompilerPlatform / Score
Metacritic77
GameRankings77.04%

Awards and acknowledgements[edit]

Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World was nominated for the 'Best Handheld Game' award at The Game Awards 2017.[4] However, it ultimately lost to Metroid: Samus Returns.[4]

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World.
  • International logo

  • North American box art

  • Yarn Poochy amiibo

  • Three Poochy Pups following Yoshi

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Staff[edit]

Main article: List of Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World staff

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaning
Japaneseポチと! ヨッシー ウールワールド[5]
Pochi to! Yosshī ūru wārudo
With Poochy! Yoshi Wool World
Korean포치와! 요시 울리 월드[1]
Pochi wa! Yosi ulli woldeu
With Poochy! Yoshi Woolly World

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abNintendo of Korea. (January 20, 2017). Nintendo 3DS software lineup announcement. Nintendo. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  2. ^http://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/poochy-yoshis-woolly-world
  3. ^https://www.gamerankings.com/3ds/195495-poochy-and-yoshis-woolly-world/index.html
  4. ^ abAwards - The Game Awards 2017. The Game Awards. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  5. ^Nintendo. (September 2, 2016). あみぐるみのヨッシーとポチが、ニンテンドー3DSでも大冒険!. Nintendo. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
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Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World
ProtagonistsPlayable charactersYoshis • Poochy*
AlliesBouncie • Fluffin' Puffin • Gold Lakitu* • Poochy • Poochy Pup*
LocationsWorldsWorld 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • Wonderful World of Wool (★-S)
Otheramiibo Hut • Boss Tent • Craft Island • Poochy Hut* • Scrapbook Theater • Yoshi Hut • Yoshi Theater*
Poochy Dash levels*Galloping Green Meadow • Hotheaded Lava Fields • Stitchy Scramble • Zippy Lagoon • Bobsledding Peaks • Fort Bombs Away
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[Review] Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Dennis(@LyonHart_) in 3DS, Reviews

Yoshi

System: 3DS
Release date: February 3, 2017
Developer: Good-Feel
Publisher Nintendo

Yoshi's Woolly World Metacritic 2017

Yoshi and his Woolly World are back to entertain you again, but this time on the 3DS – and with a friend. Yoshi has seen a long and healthy run in the handheld space with Yoshi Island remakes, spinoffs, and sequels, before going back to the console space. Now he returns home in Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World on 3DS. After Super Mario Maker, this is the newest 3DS port of a Wii U title from its library, but what’s the difference, if any, between its console counterpart?

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For those who have played the extremely cute and fun Yoshi’s Woolly World on Wii U, the experience is virtually identical. You’ll start out in your hub world with many other Yoshi when all of a sudden Kamek – a familiar face throughout the Yoshi series – arrives and unravels nearly all of the Yoshi in the area and confiscates their yarn.

It’s from here after a short cut-scene that you’ll embark on your side-scrolling platforming adventure throughout the wool-filled world and save and restore your friends back while getting a bunch of patterns and different looks along the way to play with. This a fun way to personalize your Yoshi in a bunch of different ways, which also includes amiibo. While the amiibo don’t give much if any perks when you scan them into your game, doing so is seamless, and you’ll only have to do it once to get it registered into your game. You can always choose to scan the amiibo at any given point of the game, and, if you want to change how you look, you can simply go to amiibo hut in the hub world – a click away from the touch screen while you’re in the level-selecting overworld – and a selection of every look you’ve unlocked through amiibo or in-game will be made available for you to choose from.

The game is fairly straightforward in its UI and presentation, but in some cases, as an avid Yoshi fan, this does it a disservice. Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World, much like Yoshi’s Woolly World before it, is way too easy even in its Classic Mode – one of the two modes offered in addition to the alternative Mellow Mode in which you’re given wings and it is literally impossible for you to fall into a pit or anywhere for that matter unless you’re incapable of pressing the A button, your primary function for getting across levels and platforming.

While the slight change of name from Yoshi’s Woolly World to Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World would imply that there’s been added content – enough to warrant the pricing of a full 3DS title – there really isn’t too much. Yes, with the addition of Poochy, you get an added mode called Poochy Dash that works like an endless runner would where you’d simply have to time your jumps and collect the gems as you go from point A to point B, but other than that the game is identical to the Wii U version. For those who have played or own the Wii U version of the game, there’s nothing overly new for you here unless you want to give it another go. There’s a Scrapbook Theater also that brings the cuteness of Poochy and Yoshi’s wool-infused amiibo to life through stop-motion animation, but they’re only short snippets of each before you have to wait a whole day until the next video unlocks, assuming you’ve correctly answered the easy pop-quiz that’s given to you after the video finishes.

One unfortunate omission is the multiplayer feature from the Wii U version. While its absence may deter some from picking up Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World assuming they haven’t experienced the original game, playing by yourself is fine, and with the quick levels and ease of the game in general, you never really feel like you need someone there to help you out.

Graphically, Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World looks good and the performance is still on par with the Wii U version as it’s running at a steady 60 frames per second on New 3DS (30 on the regular 3DS) with no drops whatsoever. The set pieces are nice just like they were in the Wii U edition. But due to the lack of power the 3DS offers as well as its poor resolution, the world doesn’t look nearly as alive or as wool-like as it did on Wii U. In the Wii U version of Yoshi’s Woolly World, the wool looks practically real and rarely gives off the vibe of it being a 3D render, and instead feels like you’re playing through an actual wool-made set piece. The 3DS version certainly makes it look cartoony, and is practically Yoshi’s Island but with a slightly different art direction.

For all its faults, Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World feels fantastic on the 3DS thanks to the side-scrolling nature of the game, which I feel has always been appropriate for handhelds and shine the most through them. Being able to take Yoshi platforming on the go with non-stop adorable moments and excellent level-design is a plus in my book, and those unable to attain the Wii U version of the game have a well-done title waiting to be played, especially for the platforming aficionados. The game isn’t particularly designed to be played in extended play-sessions, so having it on your 3DS able to be played when you have time throughout your day in-between errands, work, travel, and other things make Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World accessible and perfect for those situations.

The Verdict

Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World doesn’t provide much for those who have enjoyed the Wii U version of the game, but for those without it, you have a solid side-scrolling Yoshi title that will give you hours of entertainment, even though you’re forced to play alone this time around. Poochy doesn’t provide much in the 3DS release, and while this will probably mislead a few to purchase the game with the notion they’ll have a “definitive” version of the game, all you’re really getting are some mini-games and a few sketches you’ll have to wait days for. Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World isn’t made for those with the Wii U version, but 3DS owners and those who love Yoshi’s Island and similar games will be provided with a nice addition to their library and a decent amount of hours of gameplay to go through.

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