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{{Infobox| title = Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
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| designer = [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]
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'''''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''''' is the first game to star [[Yoshi]], and the first game chronologically in the entire [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' series]]. Created for the [[Super Nintendo]], the game features Yoshi and [[Baby Mario]], in his debut, traveling across [[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]] in search for the kidnapped [[Baby Luigi]].  
'''''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''''' is the first game to star [[Yoshi]], and the first game chronologically in the entire [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' series]]. Created for the [[Super Nintendo]], the game features Yoshi and [[Baby Mario]], in his debut, traveling across [[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]] in search for the kidnapped [[Baby Luigi]].  
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The game was later re-released for the [[Game Boy Advance]] under the title ''[[Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island]]''. A heavily-criticized sequel, ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', was released for the [[Nintendo 64]] as well, and a [[Nintendo DS]] sequel named ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' was also released.
The game was later re-released for the [[Game Boy Advance]] under the title ''[[Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island]]''. A heavily-criticized sequel, ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', was released for the [[Nintendo 64]] as well, and a [[Nintendo DS]] sequel named ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' was also released.


== Plot ==
==Plot==
[[File:YI Yoshi and Mario.gif|frame|left]]
[[File:YI Yoshi and Mario.gif|frame|left]]
[[Image:scene.jpg|thumb|right|Yoshi and several of the monsters of [[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]].]]
[[Image:scene.jpg|thumb|right|Yoshi and several of the monsters of [[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]].]]
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Meanwhile, the other baby, Baby Mario, had fallen on [[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]] on top of a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]. Along with the baby fell a [[map]], but the Yoshi could not make sense of it. He consulted his other Yoshi friends and told him what had happened. After some talking, [[Green Yoshi|the green Yoshi]] found out what the baby really wanted &ndash; he wanted to save his brother from Kamek. So the Yoshis decided to help the baby and they set out on an adventure to rescue Baby Luigi from Kamek and his Toadies.
Meanwhile, the other baby, Baby Mario, had fallen on [[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]] on top of a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]. Along with the baby fell a [[map]], but the Yoshi could not make sense of it. He consulted his other Yoshi friends and told him what had happened. After some talking, [[Green Yoshi|the green Yoshi]] found out what the baby really wanted &ndash; he wanted to save his brother from Kamek. So the Yoshis decided to help the baby and they set out on an adventure to rescue Baby Luigi from Kamek and his Toadies.


== Worlds and Levels ==
==Worlds and Levels==
Note: "Secret" levels are only in the ''Advance'' port and are not featured in the original.
Note: "Secret" levels are only in the ''Advance'' port and are not featured in the original.


=== [[Welcome to Yoshi's Island|World 0]] ===
===[[Welcome to Yoshi's Island|World 0]]===
 
World 0 consists solely of one short and basic tutorial level, only playable after starting a new file.
World 0 consists solely of one short and basic tutorial level, only playable after starting a new file.


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*Extra: [[Poochy Ain't Stupid]]
*Extra: [[Poochy Ain't Stupid]]


=== [[World 2 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 2]] ===
===[[World 2 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 2]]===
World 2 is a forested mountainous region in the uplands. It boasts more complex levels and more enemies.
World 2 is a forested mountainous region in the uplands. It boasts more complex levels and more enemies.
#[[Visit Koopa and Para-Koopa]]
#[[Visit Koopa and Para-Koopa]]
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*Extra: [[Hit That Switch!!]]
*Extra: [[Hit That Switch!!]]


=== [[World 3 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 3]] ===
===[[World 3 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 3]]===
World 3 is located in a steamy jungle, and contains a lot of water sections.
World 3 is located in a steamy jungle, and contains a lot of water sections.
#[[Welcome to Monkey World!]]
#[[Welcome to Monkey World!]]
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*Extra: [[More Monkey Madness]]
*Extra: [[More Monkey Madness]]


=== World 4 ===
===World 4===
World 4 takes the player to a hot desert with many traps and harder enemies.
World 4 takes the player to a hot desert with many traps and harder enemies.
#[[GO! GO! MARIO!!]]
#[[GO! GO! MARIO!!]]
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*Extra: [[The Impossible? Maze]]
*Extra: [[The Impossible? Maze]]


=== World 5 ===
===World 5===
World 5 takes place on an icy mountain. The first four stages take place on the mountain, while the last four are in the sky.
World 5 takes place on an icy mountain. The first four stages take place on the mountain, while the last four are in the sky.
#[[BLIZZARD!!!]]
#[[BLIZZARD!!!]]
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*Extra: [[Kamek's Revenge]]
*Extra: [[Kamek's Revenge]]


=== World 6 ===
===World 6===
World 6 is located in Bowser's Kingdom, not on Yoshi's Island. It is full of lava, spikes, and other traps.
World 6 is located in Bowser's Kingdom, not on Yoshi's Island. It is full of lava, spikes, and other traps.
#[[Scary Skeleton Goonies!]]
#[[Scary Skeleton Goonies!]]
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|}
|}


== Bosses ==
===Bosses===
Each world features a midway fort and an end-world castle, both with their own boss. Every boss is just an enlarged version of a basic enemy that [[Kamek]] super-sizes with his magic. The only exception is [[Prince Froggy]], who remains at his normal size while Yoshi and Mario are shrunk; he then eats them and the battle is located in his stomach.
Each world features a midway fort and an end-world castle, both with their own boss. Every boss is just an enlarged version of a basic enemy that [[Kamek]] super-sizes with his magic. The only exception is [[Prince Froggy]], who remains at his normal size while Yoshi and Mario are shrunk; he then eats them and the battle is located in his stomach.


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*[[Baby Bowser]] (Castle)
*[[Baby Bowser]] (Castle)
**He is then transformed into a giant Baby Bowser by [[Kamek]] for the true final boss battle.
**He is then transformed into a giant Baby Bowser by [[Kamek]] for the true final boss battle.
==Remakes and Ports==
''Yoshi's Island'' is slated for a re-release on the [[Nintendo 3DS]].<ref>http://kotaku.com/5566935/mega-man-2-yoshis-island-among-teased-3ds-sorta+remakes</ref>
===''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3===
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|designer=[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]
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'''''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''''' a remake of ''Yoshi's Island'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]] as part of the ''[[Super Mario Advance (series)|Super Mario Advance‎]]'' series. It was released in 2002 and has a number of differences from the original surrounding gameplay, content and graphics, as listed below.
====New Features====
Some new new features for this game are the bonus levels and the sound effects. If the player gets all 100 points on each level the will go to a secret level. Also when Yoshi [[Jump|jumps]], [[Flutter Jump|flutter jumps]], [[Crouch|crouches]] or throws an egg, Yoshi will say something when he does those things. Since there are Bonus levels and the game is on the [[Game Boy Advance]] the map looks sightly different. 
====List of Changes====
[[File:YIGBAMAP.PNG|thumb|left|The World Map of Yoshi's Island when beginning the game.]]
*The Pause Menu has changed. Instead of one menu handling all functions, there are now two. One allows the player to put his/her Game Boy Advance into sleep mode, or return to the overworld map. The other, which is a redesigned version of the original's pause screen, allows the use of items, and displays the player's current score for the level.
*The Yoshi's Island [[Mini Battle]] code was changed (because the Game Boy Advance didn't have X and Y buttons) to L, L, B, A, R (while holding the Select button).
;Level Changes
*A new room has been added to the level 1-8 ([[Salvo the Slime's Castle]]). It is between what were the second and third rooms in the original game. It has one [[Shy Guy]]-spawning pipe.
*The original version had 21 red coins in More Monkey Madness (Extra 3), but the remake has the usual 20. There was a red coin under a [[Tap-Tap]] on a ground pound stake. This has been removed from the remake.
*An extra [[Middle Ring]] has been added to 4-4 ([[Marching Milde's Fort]].)
*The final room before the boss in 4-8 ([[Hookbill the Koopa's Castle]]) has been redesigned.
*All of the extra levels in the original game were modified for this version, most notably [[Kamek's Revenge]].
*The biggest change was the addition of six entirely new levels in the remake, called Secret levels. These are to the left of the Extra Levels on the map screen, and are unlocked by defeating [[Baby Bowser]] on level 6-8. Consequently, it is no longer necessary to have a perfect score in a particular World, to unlock that World's extra level.
*The final level of the game had its name changed from "Castles - Masterpiece Set" to "Ultimate Castle Challenge".
;Graphical Changes
*As always, the palette is lightened to combat the original Game Boy Advance's lack of a backlight.
*In the original, the Yoshi who completed the x-2 levels was a very dark shade of pink. However, they appeared red on the map. Similarly, the Yoshi who completed the x-7 levels was red, but appeared hot pink on the map. In the remake, the x-2 Yoshi is always light pink, and the x-7 Yoshi is always red.
*All Yoshis had red shoes in the original. In the remake, they have different colored shoes, as in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.
*When Yoshi touches a Fuzzy in the original game, the background smears erratically and fades between random colors. The ground also ripples. In the remake, the background doesn't smear or tint. However, it does fade between white and its normal colors. The ground ripple is also less fluid in the remake. This probably happens because the Game Boy Advance is not able to handle the Super FX chip-powered graphic effects as well as the original.
**Probably related to the above, Red Coins were given away in the original; while yellow coins followed the rippling of the ground, Red Coins did not. In the remake, all coins ripple with the ground.
*In underground levels with "sparkling" ground, mushrooms and other foreground decorations sometimes have their palettes changed. This is done to fix a glitch where some black objects would also sparkle.
*Sealed doors have different graphics. The boards that cover them aren't visibly bisected, as in the original.
*Kamek's magic has a different visual effect. The colored cloud is absent, while the cycling sparkles remain.
*The overworld map was redesigned. The path the Yoshis follow to their goal is now in a straight line, and spots have been added to the map for each world's two hidden levels. Additionally, a "world select" screen was added.
;Sound Changes
*The game's soundtrack was downgraded to match the Game Boy Advance's sound capabilities.
*Several sounds in the original were replaced by sound clips similar to the ones heard in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' - most notably Baby Mario's cry and Yoshi's voice.


==Beta elements==
==Beta elements==
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==Glitches==
==Glitches==
{{main|Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Glitches}}
{{main|Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Glitches}}
==Release==
''Yoshi's Island'' has been released on both the [[Game Boy Advance]] and is slated for release for the [[Nintendo 3DS]].<ref>http://kotaku.com/5566935/mega-man-2-yoshis-island-among-teased-3ds-sorta+remakes</ref>
==Trivia==
*In the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' adaptation of this game, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] go to the past with [[Bowser]] by mistake. They stop Kamek from kidnapping Baby Mario and help Yoshi reunite the Baby Bros. But, in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' adaptation of ''Super Mario-Kun'', it is revealed Yoshi does not remember anything about any adults here and nothing about the Baby Mario tantrums.
*The game was placed 18th in the 100th issue of [[Nintendo Power]]'s "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.<ref>http://www.gamekult.com/communaute/forum/voirmessage.html?foid=13000909, retrieved 6/4/2009</ref>
*While the English version is called "Super Mario World 2", the original Japanese title is "Super Mario: Yoshi's Island". This was to draw a connection to Nintendo's earlier [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] success, ''[[Super Mario World]]''. However, this also generated a lot of confusion as to whether to call it a sequel or not, even if it is clearly a prequel to the entire series. Similarly, ''Super Mario World'' was also known as ''Super Mario Bros. 4'' in Japan.
*The music for World 6 map is a stripped down version of the music that plays when the maps of the other 5 worlds are complete. Also, the music that plays in most areas of World 6 is the underground music.
*The game places 185th in the 200th Issue of GameInformer's "Top 200 Games of All Times", the lowest ranked ''Mario'' series game.
*The athletic and overworld music of this game returns as a music remix for the [[Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Yoshi's Island]] stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.
**Additionally, one part of the athletic remix is the music played before giant [[Baby Bowser]] is battled, right after he transforms.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:180px-Babybowser.jpg |<center>[[Baby Bowser]]
Image:180px-Babybowser.jpg |<center>[[Baby Bowser]]
Image:Adulthuffin puffin.jpg|<center> [[Huffin Puffin]]
Image:Adulthuffin puffin.jpg|<center> [[Huffin Puffin]]
Image: Huffin puffinschicks.jpg|<center> Huffin Puffins
Image:Huffin puffinschicks.jpg|<center> Huffin Puffins
Image:KamekMagicBlast.jpg|<center>[[Kamek]] sending a blast of magic.
Image:KamekMagicBlast.jpg|<center>[[Kamek]] sending a blast of magic.
Image:KamekSW2YI.png|<center>Kamek flying
Image:KamekSW2YI.png|<center>Kamek flying
File:YoshiEggThrow.JPG|<center>[[Yoshi]] throwing the egg with [[Baby Mario]]
File:YoshiEggThrow.JPG|<center>[[Yoshi]] throwing the egg with [[Baby Mario]]
Image:Babymarioandyoshi.jpg|<center> Baby Mario and Yoshi
Image:Babymarioandyoshi.jpg|<center>Baby Mario and Yoshi
Image:Yoshi65 w.jpg|<center>[[Yoshi]] (''Super Mario Advance'')
File:SMW2 BabyMario.jpg|<center>[[Baby Mario]] (''SMA'')
Image:More artwork65 ww.jpg|<center>Yoshi and Baby Mario (''SMA'')
Image:Touchngoartwork65.jpg|<center>Yoshi and Baby Mario (''SMA'')
Image:SMW2_BiggerBoo.jpg|<center> [[Bigger Boo]]
Image:SMW2_BiggerBoo.jpg|<center> [[Bigger Boo]]
Image:SMW2_SalvotheSlime.jpg|<center> [[Salvo the Slime]]
Image:SMW2_SalvotheSlime.jpg|<center> [[Salvo the Slime]]
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Image:JapCover SMW2.jpg|<center>Japanese game cover
Image:JapCover SMW2.jpg|<center>Japanese game cover
</gallery></center>
</gallery></center>
==Trivia==
*In the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' adaptation of this game, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] go to the past with [[Bowser]] by mistake. They stop Kamek from kidnapping Baby Mario and help Yoshi reunite the Baby Bros. But, in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' adaptation of ''Super Mario-Kun'', it is revealed Yoshi does not remember anything about any adults here and nothing about the Baby Mario tantrums.
*The game was placed 18th in the 100th issue of [[Nintendo Power]]'s "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.<ref>http://www.gamekult.com/communaute/forum/voirmessage.html?foid=13000909, retrieved 6/4/2009</ref>
*While the English version is called "Super Mario World 2", the original Japanese title is "Super Mario: Yoshi's Island". This was to draw a connection to Nintendo's earlier [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] success, ''[[Super Mario World]]''. However, this also generated a lot of confusion as to whether to call it a sequel or not, even if it is clearly a prequel to the entire series. Similarly, ''Super Mario World'' was also known as ''Super Mario Bros. 4'' in Japan.
*The music for World 6 map is a stripped down version of the music that plays when the maps of the other 5 worlds are complete. Also, the music that plays in most areas of World 6 is the underground music.
*The game places 185th in the 200th Issue of GameInformer's "Top 200 Games of All Times", the lowest ranked ''Mario'' series game.
*The athletic and overworld music of this game returns as a music remix for the [[Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Yoshi's Island]] stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.
**Additionally, one part of the athletic remix is the music played before giant [[Baby Bowser]] is battled, right after he transforms.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:29, December 21, 2010

Template:Infobox Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is the first game to star Yoshi, and the first game chronologically in the entire Mario series. Created for the Super Nintendo, the game features Yoshi and Baby Mario, in his debut, traveling across Yoshi's Island in search for the kidnapped Baby Luigi.

The game was later re-released for the Game Boy Advance under the title Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island. A heavily-criticized sequel, Yoshi's Story, was released for the Nintendo 64 as well, and a Nintendo DS sequel named Yoshi's Island DS was also released.

Plot

Yoshi and Baby Mario
Yoshi and several of the monsters of Yoshi's Island.

One night, The Stork was carrying two babies across the sky. These two babies were Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, the future heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom. Suddenly, a strange figure, Kamek the Magikoopa, flew by on his broomstick and hit the stork. He snatched Baby Luigi, but the other baby fell down towards the ocean. When Kamek discovered his mistake, he sent his Toadies to find and capture the missing baby.

Meanwhile, the other baby, Baby Mario, had fallen on Yoshi's Island on top of a Yoshi. Along with the baby fell a map, but the Yoshi could not make sense of it. He consulted his other Yoshi friends and told him what had happened. After some talking, the green Yoshi found out what the baby really wanted – he wanted to save his brother from Kamek. So the Yoshis decided to help the baby and they set out on an adventure to rescue Baby Luigi from Kamek and his Toadies.

Worlds and Levels

Note: "Secret" levels are only in the Advance port and are not featured in the original.

World 0

World 0 consists solely of one short and basic tutorial level, only playable after starting a new file.

World 1

World 1 takes place in a grassy plain, and gives a taste of the different types of stages in the game.

  1. Make Eggs, Throw Eggs
  2. Watch Out Below!
  3. The Cave of Chomp Rock
  4. Burt the Bashful's Fort
  5. Hop! Hop! Donut Lifts
  6. Shy Guys on Stilts
  7. Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy
  8. Salvo the Slime's Castle

World 2

World 2 is a forested mountainous region in the uplands. It boasts more complex levels and more enemies.

  1. Visit Koopa and Para-Koopa
  2. The Baseball Boys
  3. What's Gusty Taste Like?
  4. The Bigger Boo's Fort
  5. Watch Out for Lakitu
  6. The Cave of the Mystery Maze
  7. Lakitu's Wall
  8. The Potted Ghost's Castle

World 3

World 3 is located in a steamy jungle, and contains a lot of water sections.

  1. Welcome to Monkey World!
  2. Jungle Rhythm...
  3. Nep-Enut's Domain
  4. Prince Froggy's Fort
  5. Jammin' Through the Trees
  6. The Cave of Harry Hedgehog
  7. Monkeys' Favorite Lake
  8. Naval Piranha's Castle

World 4

World 4 takes the player to a hot desert with many traps and harder enemies.

  1. GO! GO! MARIO!!
  2. The Cave of the Lakitus
  3. Don't Look Back!
  4. Marching Milde's Fort
  5. Chomp Rock Zone
  6. Lake Shore Paradise
  7. Ride Like the Wind
  8. Hookbill the Koopa's Castle

World 5

World 5 takes place on an icy mountain. The first four stages take place on the mountain, while the last four are in the sky.

  1. BLIZZARD!!!
  2. Ride the Ski Lifts
  3. Danger - Icy Conditions Ahead
  4. Sluggy the Unshaven's Fort
  5. Goonie Rides!
  6. Welcome to Cloud World
  7. Shifting Platforms Ahead
  8. Raphael the Raven's Castle

World 6

World 6 is located in Bowser's Kingdom, not on Yoshi's Island. It is full of lava, spikes, and other traps.

  1. Scary Skeleton Goonies!
  2. The Cave of the Bandits
  3. Beware the Spinning Logs
  4. Tap-Tap the Red Nose's Fort
  5. The Very Loooooong Cave
  6. The Deep, Underground Maze
  7. KEEP MOVING!!!!
  8. King Bowser's Castle

Enemies

Enemies marked with * are exclusive to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and the Game Boy Advance remake. Italic enemies are invincible, and Bold enemies are almost invincible (can be defeated under certain conditions).

Bosses

Each world features a midway fort and an end-world castle, both with their own boss. Every boss is just an enlarged version of a basic enemy that Kamek super-sizes with his magic. The only exception is Prince Froggy, who remains at his normal size while Yoshi and Mario are shrunk; he then eats them and the battle is located in his stomach.

World 1
World 2
World 3
World 4
World 5
World 6

Remakes and Ports

Yoshi's Island is slated for a re-release on the Nintendo 3DS.[1]

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Template:Infobox Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 a remake of Yoshi's Island for the Game Boy Advance as part of the Super Mario Advance‎ series. It was released in 2002 and has a number of differences from the original surrounding gameplay, content and graphics, as listed below.

New Features

Some new new features for this game are the bonus levels and the sound effects. If the player gets all 100 points on each level the will go to a secret level. Also when Yoshi jumps, flutter jumps, crouches or throws an egg, Yoshi will say something when he does those things. Since there are Bonus levels and the game is on the Game Boy Advance the map looks sightly different.

List of Changes

File:YIGBAMAP.PNG
The World Map of Yoshi's Island when beginning the game.
  • The Pause Menu has changed. Instead of one menu handling all functions, there are now two. One allows the player to put his/her Game Boy Advance into sleep mode, or return to the overworld map. The other, which is a redesigned version of the original's pause screen, allows the use of items, and displays the player's current score for the level.
  • The Yoshi's Island Mini Battle code was changed (because the Game Boy Advance didn't have X and Y buttons) to L, L, B, A, R (while holding the Select button).
Level Changes
  • A new room has been added to the level 1-8 (Salvo the Slime's Castle). It is between what were the second and third rooms in the original game. It has one Shy Guy-spawning pipe.
  • The original version had 21 red coins in More Monkey Madness (Extra 3), but the remake has the usual 20. There was a red coin under a Tap-Tap on a ground pound stake. This has been removed from the remake.
  • An extra Middle Ring has been added to 4-4 (Marching Milde's Fort.)
  • The final room before the boss in 4-8 (Hookbill the Koopa's Castle) has been redesigned.
  • All of the extra levels in the original game were modified for this version, most notably Kamek's Revenge.
  • The biggest change was the addition of six entirely new levels in the remake, called Secret levels. These are to the left of the Extra Levels on the map screen, and are unlocked by defeating Baby Bowser on level 6-8. Consequently, it is no longer necessary to have a perfect score in a particular World, to unlock that World's extra level.
  • The final level of the game had its name changed from "Castles - Masterpiece Set" to "Ultimate Castle Challenge".
Graphical Changes
  • As always, the palette is lightened to combat the original Game Boy Advance's lack of a backlight.
  • In the original, the Yoshi who completed the x-2 levels was a very dark shade of pink. However, they appeared red on the map. Similarly, the Yoshi who completed the x-7 levels was red, but appeared hot pink on the map. In the remake, the x-2 Yoshi is always light pink, and the x-7 Yoshi is always red.
  • All Yoshis had red shoes in the original. In the remake, they have different colored shoes, as in Yoshi's Story.
  • When Yoshi touches a Fuzzy in the original game, the background smears erratically and fades between random colors. The ground also ripples. In the remake, the background doesn't smear or tint. However, it does fade between white and its normal colors. The ground ripple is also less fluid in the remake. This probably happens because the Game Boy Advance is not able to handle the Super FX chip-powered graphic effects as well as the original.
    • Probably related to the above, Red Coins were given away in the original; while yellow coins followed the rippling of the ground, Red Coins did not. In the remake, all coins ripple with the ground.
  • In underground levels with "sparkling" ground, mushrooms and other foreground decorations sometimes have their palettes changed. This is done to fix a glitch where some black objects would also sparkle.
  • Sealed doors have different graphics. The boards that cover them aren't visibly bisected, as in the original.
  • Kamek's magic has a different visual effect. The colored cloud is absent, while the cycling sparkles remain.
  • The overworld map was redesigned. The path the Yoshis follow to their goal is now in a straight line, and spots have been added to the map for each world's two hidden levels. Additionally, a "world select" screen was added.
Sound Changes
  • The game's soundtrack was downgraded to match the Game Boy Advance's sound capabilities.
  • Several sounds in the original were replaced by sound clips similar to the ones heard in Yoshi's Story - most notably Baby Mario's cry and Yoshi's voice.

Beta elements

Main article: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Beta elements

Glitches

Main article: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Glitches

Gallery

Trivia

  • In the Super Mario-Kun adaptation of this game, Mario and Luigi go to the past with Bowser by mistake. They stop Kamek from kidnapping Baby Mario and help Yoshi reunite the Baby Bros. But, in the Donkey Kong Country adaptation of Super Mario-Kun, it is revealed Yoshi does not remember anything about any adults here and nothing about the Baby Mario tantrums.
  • The game was placed 18th in the 100th issue of Nintendo Power's "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.[2]
  • While the English version is called "Super Mario World 2", the original Japanese title is "Super Mario: Yoshi's Island". This was to draw a connection to Nintendo's earlier SNES success, Super Mario World. However, this also generated a lot of confusion as to whether to call it a sequel or not, even if it is clearly a prequel to the entire series. Similarly, Super Mario World was also known as Super Mario Bros. 4 in Japan.
  • The music for World 6 map is a stripped down version of the music that plays when the maps of the other 5 worlds are complete. Also, the music that plays in most areas of World 6 is the underground music.
  • The game places 185th in the 200th Issue of GameInformer's "Top 200 Games of All Times", the lowest ranked Mario series game.
  • The athletic and overworld music of this game returns as a music remix for the Yoshi's Island stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
    • Additionally, one part of the athletic remix is the music played before giant Baby Bowser is battled, right after he transforms.


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