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'''''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''''', titled '''''Super Mario: Yossy Island''''' (スーパーマリオ　ヨッシーアイランド ''Sūpā Mario: Yosshī Airando'') in Japan, is a video game developed by the [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development]] division for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] in 1995. It is the first video game to take place in the [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' series]] chronology. Although its English title suggests that it was intended to be a sequel to the 1991 video game ''[[Super Mario World]]'', it is a prequel and its Japanese title may indicate that it belongs to a separate lineage. It stars [[Yoshi]] and his [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi friends]] who, while carrying [[Baby Mario]], travel across [[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]] to reclaim the kidnapped [[Baby Luigi]] from [[Baby Bowser]] and his [[Magikoopa]] minion, [[Kamek]].

''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' is the first platforming video game in the [[Yoshi (series)|''Yoshi'' series]], and the fourth entry overall. It was followed by a loose sequel, ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', in 1998 for the [[Nintendo 64]]. In 2002, ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' was remade as part of the [[Super Mario Advance (series)|''Super Mario Advance'' series]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]] as ''[[#Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. A sequel for the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', was released in 2006. ''[[Tetris Attack]]'' and ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'' borrowed the characters and settings from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''.

''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' was one of three completed games to utilize the Super FX 2 chip, which handled sprite scaling and rotation (advertised as "Morphmation" technology in a television commercial and a promotional VHS), basic polygonal rendering, and advanced parallax scrolling.