Yoshi Topsy-Turvy

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Template:Infobox Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (released as Yoshi's Universal Gravitation in Europe and Australia) is a title for the Game Boy Advance developed by Artoon and published by Nintendo. It takes place in the present, unlike many other games in the Yoshi series. It was released on 2004 in Japan, and a year later in the United States. This was one of only a few Nintendo games to feature gyroscopic controls, some others being WarioWare: Twisted! and Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble.

Story

Bowser and his armies were attacking Yoshi Island, causing chaos and disorder to the inhabitants. In response to this, a spirit named Hongo attempts to seal Bowser and his minions in his book named Forbidden Pop-Up Book to stop Bowser's destruction, but Hongo fails and accidently seals the entire island in the book. Yoshi starts panicking, but a spirit named Spirit Who Loves Surprises explains to Yoshi that he must talk with Hongo and convince him to bring Yoshi Island back to normal, because spirits doesn't have enough power to defeat Bowser, which was hiding in a cave at the final chapter of the book, The Tale of Bowser's Cave. He also says that he was fired because he didn't know how to keep secrets. Yoshi gets mad, and has a proof of his apology, the Spirit Who Loves Surprises gives to Yoshi the power to tilt the entire world and explains how to use it, but Yoshi accidentally hit the spirit with a boulder. Yoshi manages to convince Hongo to restore Yoshi Island under the conditions that Yoshi must defeat Bowser, because if he restore Yoshi Island with Bowser, he will attack Yoshi Island again. Now Yoshi must satisfy each one of the Yoshi Island Spirits. By doing this, he will receive Happiness Medals and the spirits will allow him to battle with Bowser.

Yoshi finds the Spirit of Cuteness, which explains to Yoshi that Bowser attacked Eggland and transformed every Eggling into apples. When Yoshi swallow a apple, it is revealed that the apple is really a Eggling. After satisfying some spirits, Yoshi must complete the Tale of the Spirit of Kindness, and after completing this chapter, Yoshi must complete a level while a Fake Bowser try to attack him, which is later revealed that is the Spirit Who Love Surprises who was controling the Fake Bowser. Yoshi gets mad, but the Spirit Who Love Surprises apologizes for frightening him, and says that he was just testing him to see if he is ready to battle with Bowser. Yoshi now must complete the Tale of the Spirit of Fright, and after satisfying every spirit of Yoshi Island, Yoshi now can battle with Bowser.

After satisfying the spirits, rescuing the Eggling and defeating Bowser, the spirits celebrate Yoshi's victory, and Hongo gets very grateful for Yoshi's heroism. He makes a meal for Yoshi, but Yoshi still wasn't happy. He then uses his magic to bring Yoshi Island back to normal and Yoshi back to its original state. Yoshi eats the meal with the Egglings, which will never forgot Yoshi's deeds. At the end, the Spirit Who Love Surprises return to work with Hongo.

Gameplay

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Yoshi using his new gravitational powers to move a Shy Guy Ship.

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An in-game screenshot where tilting is used.

This is the first Mario and Yoshi game that gravity has a important role. By tilting the Game Boy Advance left or right, the world tilt accordingly. There is only three levels of tilt total: normal, left, and right. Fine tuning of the level of tilt was not present. When the world is tilted, Yoshi can walk at walls and many items such as Chime Balls and enemies like Spikeballs roll to the accordingly direction. Many items such as Cannons and apples tilt to the accordingly direction. The player can also make some objects go upsidedown by continually tilting to the left and to the right, such as Shy Guy Ships. If Yoshi is in a downhill and the player tilt the console, he can slide in the ground.

To go to the next area, Yoshi must touch a ring made of stars. If Yoshi touches one, he cannot go back to the previous area because there is no ring to take him there. At the end of the level, Yoshi must touch a large star to win a Hapiness Medal and go to the next level. Some areas require Yoshi to transform to a different form to collect items and reach the finish of the level.

Depending on what level of the game players are at, the spirit who give the mission and the requirements for finishing the level change. Every level has a task given by one or two spirits, to increase the difficulty.

The game features a Bonus Games mode, which Shuffle Mode, Shuffle Mode EX and Minigames can be played, and a Eggling Book. At the end of every level, there's a Bonus Chance!, which is a chance to play a Bonus Mission!. If Yoshi completes a Bonus Mission!, he wins 50 Coins, and a 1-Up if he reach 100 Coins.

Throughout the game, Yoshi will find twelve different enemies which drain Yoshi's health meter if he touch one of them. Yoshi can swallow hearts to restore one point of his health meter. A variation of these hearts completely restore Yoshi's health meter. These enemies have a important role at the game, because missions given by Spirit of Power include defeating a certain number of enemies, and missions given by Spirit of Kindness include avoiding defeating enemies. Different from other Yoshi games, Yoshi farts after eating an enemy instead of making eggs.

Some areas require to Yoshi ride in a Ferris Wheel to collect Coins, and some areas require Yoshi to ride in a platform which rise in a rail, and after reaching the top, start to fall down and the player can tilt the platform to the left or the right by tilting the console. Some areas also have snow, which makes Yoshi slip in the ground, and he can use this to his advantage. If the console is tilted, Yoshi slide to the accordingly direction, and he can jump higher using small round holes found in the ground. Some areas takes place in a snowy mountain, and the player must tilt the console to the right, making Yoshi to slide down the mountain. A minigame very similar to this called Yoshi's Big Jump can be played at the Bonus Games mode.

If Yoshi complete the task given by the spirit, he wins a Happiness Medal. If Yoshi completes the level with a much better score than the required, he wins a Gold Medal. If Yoshi gets a score near the required, he wins a Silver Medal.

Chapters

• Tale of the Spirit of Cuteness
• Tale of the Spirit of Money
• Tale of the Spirit of Power
• Tale of the Spirit of Speed
• The Tale of Fake Bowser's Field
• Tale of the Spirit of Kindness
• Tale of the Spirit of Fright
• The Tale of Bowser's Cave

Characters

Yoshi in the battle against Bowser.

• Yoshi
• Hongo
• Spirit of Cuteness
• Spirit of Greed
• Spirit of Power
• Spirit of Kindness
• Spirit of Fright
• Spirit Who Loves Surprises
• Spirit of Speed
• Bowser

Modes

Story Mode

During Story Mode, Yoshi must travel trough eight chapters. This includes thirty-seven courses, a mid-boss and Bowser at the final chapter. In each chapter, a spirit will set Yoshi a task. Such tasks can include collecting coins, defeating enemies or rescuing trapped Egglings from Apples. Within the courses, Yoshi must avoid twelve different enemies which will drain Yoshi's health meter upon contact. An empty health meter will cause Yoshi to lose a life. He can swallow hearts to restore his health meter. Yoshi will be rewarded with a Happiness Medal at the end of a course if he successfully completes the tasks given by the spirits. Gold Happiness Medals are given if Yoshi completes the task to a very high standard.

Bonus Games

At this mode, five Minigames can be played to obtain scores and save the score in the scoreboard. The minigames that can be played are:

Image	Name	Description
	Shuffle Mode
	Yoshi's Big Jump	This minigame takes place in a snowy mountain. The player must tilt the console to the right, making Yoshi to slide down the mountain. After some seconds, the player must jump by pressing . Depending on how fast he slide down the mountain and how much late is his jump, longer and higher is going to be.
	Yoshi's Pirate Battle	This minigame takes place in a Shy Guy Ship and the time limit is 30 seconds. The player must tilt the console to the left and to the right repeatedly, causing the ship to do a loop. Yoshi must make the ship do as many loops as he can to win points.
	Yoshi's Time Attack	Ball Yoshi must complete a level as fast as he can.
	Shuffle Mode EX

Eggling Book

The Eggling Book is a book with seven pages with every Eggling that Yoshi has rescued. At this book, the player can see the name and the class of every Eggling.

Eggling species	Name and image
Gold Eggling	Rich
Silver Eggling	Glimmer
Pearl Eggling	Pearly
Zebra Eggling	Safari						Trotter
Panda Eggling	Stripes						Ref
Squirrel Eggling	Nutter	Squib	Chipper		Cookie				Peanut		Almond	Twigs
Tiger Eggling	Bengal						Tigor
Leopard Eggling	Coog						Felinus
Cow Eggling	Mooch	Muumuu	Chubley		Derry				Hayworth		Jersey	Edder
Snake Eggling	Heezy	Boa	Slither		Cobro				Squirm		Ann Conda	Garter
Giraffe Eggling	Nicker						Upski
Turtle Eggling	Slowmo	Trundle	Molasses		Glue		Slowmo		Plod		Creep	Nogo
Bee Eggling	File:YTT-Bee Eggling Sprite.PNG Honey	File:YTT-Bee Eggling Sprite.PNG Syrup	File:YTT-Bee Eggling Sprite.PNG Waxler		File:YTT-Bee Eggling Sprite.PNG Stingle				File:YTT-Bee Eggling Sprite.PNG Buzzo		File:YTT-Bee Eggling Sprite.PNG Bumble	File:YTT-Bee Eggling Sprite.PNG Queenie
Deer Eggling	Cocoa	Maple	Caramel		Mocha		Eclair		Cappuccino		Cocoa	Coffee
Dove Eggling	Peace	Hope	Feather		Cuckoo				Pigeon		Wings	Wishy
Flamingo Eggling	Pinky	Rosa	Mingo		Salmon				Shelly		Sunset	Sunrise
Raccoon Eggling	Scrub	Trashcan	Bushy		Red-eye				Scamper		Ringer	Dumpy
Owl Eggling	Nite-nite	Hootie	Snoozer		Fluffear		Spooky		Blinker		Darkle	Nocto
Angel Eggling	Goody	Angelo	Buddy	Sweetie		Pally		Goody		Mermaid	Cupid	Valentine
Bear Eggling	Grizz	Grumble	Cubber		Berry		Barry		Fang		Gruff	Snoozy

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Yoshi's Transformations

Throughout the game, Yoshi may transform into a unique object. These transformations are obligatory to complete certain areas and to collect certain items.

Image	Name	Description
File:YTT-Yoshi Sprite.PNG	Yoshi	Yoshi in his normal form. He can lick up enemies or apples, Flutter Jump, and use gravity to tilt objects around him. He has an eight-point health meter. If Yoshi runs out of HP, he will lose a life.
File:YTT-Ship Yoshi Sprite.PNG	Ship Yoshi	Yoshi can float above the water continually move forward. The water level can be changed by tilting the console left or right. If Yoshi touches the ground and there's no water where he is, he can't move, but if the water touches him he can move again. Getting held back by an object may cause Yoshi to go off-screen and he will lose a life.
File:YTT-Balloon Yoshi Sprite.PNG	Balloon Yoshi	The first transformation encountered. Yoshi becomes a hot-air balloon. Yoshi slowly floats downward. By tilting the console left or right, he can drift to that corresponding direction. Coins, spikes and other obstacles are usually found on the way down.
File:YTT-Ball Yoshi Sprite.PNG	Ball Yoshi	Yoshi becomes an invincible bouncy ball. By tilting the console, Ball Yoshi will bounce and move in that direction. If Yoshi comes into contact with a concrete block, it will crack and ultimately break. Touching an enemy in this form will defeat it.
	Boat Yoshi	Similar and a little faster than the Ship form, Yoshi turns into a boat. This form has a paddle-steamer design, with two wheels which turn and allow Yoshi to move. Yoshi can jump using and the player can change the water level by tilting the console to the left and to the right. Obstacles such as Spikeballs and walls are found along the route Yoshi takes. If he is held back by an obstasle, he will lose a life if he goes off the screen. This transformation is only encountered two times at Chapter Six.

Enemies

Instead of making eggs, Yoshi farts after eating an enemy.

Image	Name	Description
File:Boo YTT.png	Boo	Boos only appear at four missions, and follow Yoshi if he isn't looking at him. If Yoshi is looking at him, he doesn't move and shields its face. A small version of these enemies also appear at Chapter Six.
	Fat Guy	Fat Guy is a fat version of Shy Guy. Yoshi can't defeat this enemy, when he jump at their heads, he bounce.
	Fly Guy	Fly Guy is a version of Shy Guy that can fly. He can fly at the air using the propeler in the head. He also appear holding Coins that Yoshi can collect with his tongue.
	Goonie	Goonie is a bird enemy that only can continually fly forward. Goonie can also fly downward and upward if the console is tilted. Yoshi can jump at their heads, which will give Yoshi a ride.
	Gusty	Gusty is a flying ghost enemy that continually fly forward. He usually appear in groups.
	Mace Guy	Mace Guy is a Shy Guy with a mace and he continually spin. He only appear in seven mission, six of them at Chapter Six and one at Chapter Five.
	Piranha Plant	Piranha Plant is a plant enemy that is seemingly based in a Venus Flytrap. If Yoshi touch one, he eat Yoshi and after three second he spit him out. He cannot be defeated by Yoshi and cannot move.
	Raven	Raven is a black enemy. He can walk at walls and aren't affected by gravity.
File:Shy Guy YTT.png	Shy Guy	Shy Guy simply walk forward. He can be defeated by jumping at their head or can be eaten.
	Spikeball	Spikeball is a round, spike-covered enemy that are always sleeping, but wake up if the player tilt the console. When the console is tilted, the enemy roll to the left or the right, and if the console isn't tilted he fall asleep again. This enemy can defeat other enemies that Yoshi can't by himself.
	Tap-Tap	Tap-Tap is a spike-covered enemy that cannot be defeated by Yoshi. He simply walk forward and deal damage to Yoshi when he touch him.
	Template:Conjecturaltext	Similar to Tap-Tap, but appears to be more colorful. This enemy only appears during the battle against Bowser. During the second phase, whenever Bowser gets hit by a Bomb, he will slam against the ground. This causes several rainbow-colored Tap-Taps to fall from above. These Tap-Taps will roll along the ground, moving whichever way the player is tilting. They will cause Yoshi harm if he is to come into contact with them.
	Template:Conjecturaltext	This unnamed enemy only appear four times in the game at Chapter Six. He seems to be a purple enemy with a black eye, thin legs, a large purple nose and a green torso. He also have spikes at their back.

Items

Image	Name	Description
	Coin	Coins are scattered throughout the courses. They are a lot more common during the Spirit of Greed missions. Collecting 100 will give Yoshi an Extra Life.
	Bomb	Bombs are often seen attached to parachutes, floating down from an upper part of a course. Tilting the console will affect the direction that the Bomb is falling. Once it hits the ground, it will explode and can defeat enemies and harm Yoshi. During the battle against Bowser, several Bombs without parachutes will fall to the ground during the first phase of the battle. These will roll along the ground in accordance to the tilt. They flash red after a few seconds, and will explode shortly afterwards.
	Heart	Hearts are common items. If Yoshi eats one, he will restore one point to the Health Meter.
	Template:Conjecturaltext	Big Hearts are much less common than ordinary Hearts. Eating one will fully replenish Yoshi's Health Meter.
	Apple	Apples are Egglings cursed by Bowser. If Yoshi swallow one, he rescue the Eggling from Bowser's curse. These apples are very important at mission given by Spirit of Cuteness.
	Gold Medal	Gold Medals are given to Yoshi if he gets does a better job than the required by the Spirits. An example of this, if he swallow more apples than the required by the Spirit of Cuteness, he wins a Gold Medal.
	Silver Medal	Silver Medals are given to Yoshi if he does a job near the required by the Sprits. An example of this, if he swallow a amount of apples approximate to the required by the Spirit of Cuteness, he wins a Silver Medal.

Objects

Image	Name	Description
	Boulder	An object which Yoshi is able to move by tilting. Bolders usually appear in places where spikes are found. Yoshi is able to ride atop a Bolder to safely cross the spikes. On other occasions, a Bolder may appear near a line of enemies. Yoshi is able to guide the Bolder and send it rolling into the enemies, thus defeating them.
	Cannon	Cannons can be found throughout miscellaneous courses. Yoshi can use them as a method of traveling from one place to another. Tilting the console will affect the direction the cannon tilts. Yoshi can enter in one by jumping at its top. The cannon fires automatically after a few seconds.
	Chime Ball	Have the same function as the boulder, but when it roll over a Chime Note, a Note appears.
File:YTT-Chime Note Sprite.PNG	Chime Note
	Template:Conjecturaltext	A green basket with five coins. Yoshi can collect these coins by tilting the console to the left and right repeatedly, making the basket to go upside down.
	Template:Conjecturaltext	When the player tilt the console, this farmer will throw coins in the air. Yoshi can collect these coins.
	Ferris Wheel
	Lift
	Template:Conjecturaltext	A Note appears when a Chime Ball roll over a Chime Note. He can use them as platforms. They slowly rises, but if Yoshi is standing in the note it won't move.
	Rolled-up Carpet
	Shy Guy Ship
	Snowball
	Spike
File:YTT-Small Old Lift Sprite.PNG	Template:Conjecturaltext
	Template:Conjecturaltext	A square concrete block that Yoshi can break using a Wrecking Ball or being transformed in Ball Yoshi. Spikeball can also break the block. It take three hits to break and one to have a crack.
	Checkpoint
	Goal	A large star that Yoshi must touch at the end of every level.
	Wrecking Ball

Critical Reception

Nintendo and Artoon produced what is regarded as a mediocre title by critics. As of August 8, 2006, the game’s overall review score was 6.2/10 based on Gamerankings.com collection of reviews.

IGN.com’s Craig Harris noted that the use of the star rings to travel trough areas made the game seem rigid as some areas only lasted for seconds. He said that the characters were irritating, the storyline was stupid and the gameplay barely resembled other Yoshi games. They also caused the reviewer frustration when used in ways that made it seem like the developers were making sure players learned to pay attention. He give the game a 5/10.

Gamespot.com’s Justin Calvert stated that the adventure was fun and clever when it began, but after a while, the graphics, sound and game play mechanics became repetitive. He also commented that the game was too short. He had little reason to keep playing after meeting the bare requirements for beating the game. He give the game a 6.6/10.

1up.com’s Jeremy Parish stated that the game felt like it had been designed around the motion sensor, unlike WarioWare: Twisted! where it felt like the sensor was designed to fit the game. He feels that the game is just a sub-par game with choppy tilt-sensing technology thrown in. He give the game a 4/10.

Gallery

Artwork

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  Yoshi posing

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  Yoshi standing on a Chime Ball

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Staff

Main article: List of Yoshi Topsy-Turvy staff

The game was developed by Artoon and published by Nintendo, with the directors being Hidetoshi Takeshita and Hiroto Saiki and the producers being Masaki Tawara and Naoto Ohshima.

Quotes

Main article: List of quotes in Yoshi Topsy-Turvy

A few of the most memorable quotes in the game are shown below.

• "I just love, love, LOVE cute little things! Yes, I'm the spirit who loves cuteness above all! But all is not cute in the world now. Listen to this! All of my tiny Eggling pals... Each and every one... They were turned into apples by the evil, evil Bowser!" - Spirit of Cuteness explaining to Yoshi what Bowser did to the Egglings.
• "Oh! Hey, you! You got lots of money or what? I'm the spirit who loves money more than anything!" - Spirit of Greed asking how much money Yoshi have.
• "I'm the spirit who loves all things mighty! If you understand me, then let your mighty voice ROAR! A strong body often shows a strong heart, you know. So I want you to defeat many enemies... ...and become a hero!" - Spirit of Power explaining what to do to Yoshi.
• "I am the spirit who treasures kindness above everything. If you want to get past here... ...collect eight Happiness Medals! But if you disturb the peace even the slightest bit... I will PUNISH you!!!" - Spirit of Kindness giving to Yoshi a warning.
• "You can't just sit around and space out! You're in the way! Huh? You were running? You're slower than molasses! You see, I am the spirit who loves all things swift! I can't stand people who loaf around like slackers! Prove to me you can run fast as the wind... ...by getting six or more Happiness Medals. Then I'll let you go!" - Spirit of Speed explaining what Yoshi must do to win a Happiness Medal.
• "Hmm??? Who's there? Ah, I see... Are you really... that interested... in knowing more about... me? Really? Well... I love... scary things... I'm the... spirit who loves... all things scary..." - Spirit of Fright saying what kind of things he like.

References

• 1Up.com
• Gamerakings
• Gamespot
• IGN

External Links

• Official European site
• Official Japanese website