Yoshi's Woolly World

Yoshi's Woolly World
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Developers	Good-Feel; Nintendo SPD Group No.4
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Wii U
Release dates	June 25, 2015; June 26, 2015; July 16, 2015; October 16, 2015;
Languages	English (United States); English (United Kingdom); Japanese; Dutch; French (Canada); French (Europe); German; Italian; Spanish (Latin America); Spanish (Europe);
Genre	Platformer
ESRB:	- Everyone[?]
CERO:	- All ages[?]
PEGI:	- Three years and older[?]
USK:	- All ages[?]
ACB:	- General[?]
FPB:	- Parental guidance[?]
Modes	Single-player; Multiplayer
Format	Wii U: Optical disc Digital download
Input	Wii U: Wii U GamePad Wii Remote (horizontal) Classic Controller Wii U Pro Controller
Serial code	WUP-AYCP-AUS;

This article is about the Wii U game. For other uses, see Yoshi's Woolly World (disambiguation).

“Unravel, throw, and stitch to explore in this grand Yarn Yoshi adventure!”

—Game tagline

Yoshi's Woolly World is a 2.5D side-scrolling game for the Wii U by Good-Feel. It is the first home console game in the Yoshi franchise since Yoshi's Story, which was first released in 1997. It was first released in Australia on June 25, 2015, and later in Europe the following day (the only Yoshi game to be released in those regions before anywhere else) and in Japan on July 16 and North America on October 16 the same year. The game takes place in a handcrafted universe, similar to the one in Kirby's Epic Yarn, which was also developed by Good-Feel. Even though the title retains similar aspects to the games in the Yoshi series such as the fully-grown Yoshis as protagonists and Baby Bowser appearing as an antagonist, neither Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, nor the stork make an appearance. It follows the adventure of the Yoshis trying to pursue and defeat Kamek, who has unwoven their friends and scattered their materials across six worlds. It was originally called Yarn Yoshi.^[5]

Like with most other Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software titles, this title can be purchased at retail stores or from the Nintendo eShop. The digital version requires 7991.8 MB (approx. 7.8 GB) of memory to be installed. Due to the software's size, Standard Set Wii U consoles cannot download it without an external storage device, but Deluxe Set ones can.

A port of this game titled Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2017. A follow-up entitled Yoshi's Crafted World was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2019.

As of November 7, 2017, Nintendo has terminated the Miiverse service, which renders this game's Miiverse stamps no longer usable.

Story

General

The opening cinematic

The game's story revolves around Craft Island, a peaceful island for the Yoshis. One day, Kamek turns all but two of the Yoshis into Wonder Wools as a favor to Baby Bowser, who wishes to use the accumulated yarn to construct a new castle in his name. When the remaining two Yoshis notice Kamek inadvertently dropping Wonder Wools around the areas next to Craft Island, they set out on a quest to collect them all and thus restore all of the unwoven Yoshis.

After Baby Bowser is defeated at his castle, Kamek uses his remaining Wonder Wools to make him more powerful. Despite this, Baby Bowser is defeated again, returning all of the remaining unwoven Yoshis back to normal. The Yoshis return to Craft Island, while Baby Bowser takes some time to "think about what he's done".

In-game

From the game's opening cinematic:

Narrator: Welcome to Craft Island, a tiny place in the middle of the Handmade Ocean. Life here for the Yoshi clan is nothing but peaceful and leisurely. Or rather, it HAD been nothing but peaceful and leisurely, until...
Kamek: "Hello, li'l Yoshis! Sorry to drop in so suddenly, but I need to turn you all into yarn! Thanks!"
Kamek: "Eh, at this rate, I'll be here through lunch. C'mon, I'm busy! EVERYONE becomes yarn!"
Kamek: "There. This should be plenty. Well, I'd better get back. Toodles!"
Kamek: "EEEEEEEEK! That's quite enough! I've had it with you annoying Yoshis!"
Narrator: There's still hope! As Kamek flies away, he drops a handful of yarn! A rather important Yoshi meeting is held... "What do we do to save the others?" "We need to get that yarn back!" "Hurry! After that naughty trickster!" And so another grand Yoshi adventure begins! Will they be able to knit their friends back together? Onwards, Yoshis!

Gameplay

Results screen

Yoshi's Woolly World is a platform game with textile and fabric environment which plays similarly to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's New Island, with many features coming from these games. With their extensible tongue, Yoshis are able to abduct enemies into his mouth and either eat them or spit them out as projectiles; however, instead of turning them into Yoshi eggs as in earlier games, they turn them into yarn balls, which can be thrown just like eggs. They can also be thrown at objects such as platforms and Warp Pipes made of strings and needles in order to make them solid. Smiley Flowers and Winged Clouds return and coins are replaced by beads. Each level contains 20 Stamp Patches, which are hidden inside common-looking beads, similarly to the Red Coins found in Yoshi's Island games. When a number of Stamp Patches are collected, the player can receive a set of Stamps. The Health Meter system returns from Yoshi's Story. When the Yoshis are attacked by enemies, their Health Meter decreases and can be replenished with Hearts. Additionally, the life system from the Yoshi's Island games is changed; if a Yoshi loses all of the points to its Health Meter, they are simply sent back to either the beginning of the level or the last checkpoint they touched. Bonus Games can also be played by Yoshi once a level is completed.

The game features two options for standard gameplay. The first is "Classic Mode", which is the standard gameplay similar to previous Yoshi platforming games. The second mode is "Mellow Mode". In this mode, Yoshi is Winged Yoshi and players can fly around freely, providing an easier experience. Players can switch between the two modes at any time via the pause menu.

Controls

The player may use a total of four different controllers to play the game: the Wii U GamePad, the Wii Remote held sideways, the Wii Classic Controller Pro, and the Wii U Pro Controller. Returning from the Yoshi's Island installments is the two control schemes: patient and hasty, with patient being the default control style. When throwing an egg, patient requires the player to push the egg throwing button again to throw the egg while hasty control schemes allow the Yoshi to throw an egg when the button is released. The Gyro control scheme, which takes advantage of Wii U gyro capabilities to line up the cursor rather than the cursor moving being automatic back and forth, returns from Yoshi's New Island, though it may only be used if the player has the Wii Remote selected as their controller, thus making it closer to its Wario Land: Shake It! counterpart.

There are two control styles, A and B. A is the default style used for the game and in the game manuals. All D-Pad actions can also be done with the left stick.

Action(s)	Input(s)
Action(s)	Style A	Style B	Horizontal Wii Remote
Move	/	/
Jump	(hold to Flutter Jump)	(hold to Flutter Jump)	(hold to Flutter Jump)
Ground Pound	+	+	+
Stick out tongue (mouth empty), spit out (enemy in mouth)
Flick tongue upward	+	+	+
Crouch (empty mouth), swallow (with enemy in mouth)
Aim/throw yarn ball (players can also use or ) Patient: press to aim, press again to throw Hasty: hold to aim, release to throw
Lock target reticule (players can also use or )	(while aiming)	(while aiming)	(while aiming, only when not using tilt controls)
Look up
Enter winged egg (co-op only)
Pause menu

Cooperative

Two Yoshis playing in co-op

In co-op mode, the players control two different colored Yoshis. A Yoshi is able to eat their partner and either swallow them to use them as a yarn ball or spit them out to destroy obstacles. However, when a Yoshi eats their partner, the Yoshi getting eaten loses all of their yarn balls. If one of the Yoshis goes too far off screen, it is placed into a flying Yoshi Egg and is transported to the other Yoshi, similarly to bubbles in the New Super Mario Bros. games. When one of the Yoshis goes down a Warp Pipe, the other one is transported with it simultaneously. A Yoshi is also able to jump onto another Yoshi to use it as a platform.

amiibo

The three Yarn Yoshi amiibo

Mario, Link, and Donkey Kong patterns

The game makes use of amiibo, and a series of yarn-made Yoshi amiibo was released alongside the game. When a Yarn Yoshi amiibo is scanned, it will provide a Double Yoshi mode. Double Yoshi mode functions similarly to the Double Mario power-up from Super Mario 3D World, in that both Yoshis follow the single player's inputs, but with the additional functions of co-op mode. If the normal version of the Yoshi amiibo is scanned instead, a normal Yoshi copy will appear. Any Yoshi amiibo scanned will also unlock them for the amiibo hut upon completing the level.

In addition to the yarn amiibo, any amiibo of characters from the Super Mario, Splatoon and Super Smash Bros. series (except Pokémon) released at the time of this game will each unlock special Yoshi patterns. Any other amiibo unlocks a green Yarn Yoshi wearing an amiibo shirt. Incidentally, this and the 3DS remake are the only games where both R.O.B amiibo have a different function, being that they unlock different patterns.

Power Badges

Main article: Power Badge (Yoshi's Woolly World)

Power Badges are a new feature of the game. For a number of beads, the player can equip one badge before or while they are in a level, each type providing special properties to alleviate challenges.

Characters

Yoshi's Woolly World supports three game saves. Each is denoted with one of the three Yoshi colors available as Yarn Yoshi amiibo; green, pink, and light-blue. When the player starts a new game under one the save files, their default Yoshi will be the same color as the save file. Furthermore, copying a file that does not have King Bowser's Castle complete yet to another save slot will change which color of Yoshi is available. Red Yoshi is always available from the start, regardless of the selected save file. The other unobtained Yoshi colors are unlocked after rescuing their yarn from Baby Bowser at the end of the game, or by scanning the Yarn Yoshi amiibo during a course and clearing it (though the second method adds them to the amiibo Hut instead as “Yarn Yoshi”). The dark blue, yellow, orange, purple, black and white colored Yoshis can only be unlocked by completing King Bowser's Castle. If players have access to a save file with a design unlocked, they can save the design into a Yarn Yoshi amiibo (regardless of color), and scan the Yarn Yoshi amiibo to unlock the design in the amiibo Hut on a different save file.

Main playable characters

Green Yoshi
Red Yoshi
Pink Yoshi
Light-Blue Yoshi
Blue Yoshi
Yellow Yoshi
Orange Yoshi
Purple Yoshi
Black Yoshi
White Yoshi

Additional playable characters

Main article: List of Yoshi designs in Yoshi's Woolly World

Some of the unlockable Yoshi designs.

Many additional playable Yoshi designs can be unlocked by collecting all of the Wonder Wool in the levels or by scanning different amiibo into the game. The designs can be viewed in the Yoshi Hut.

Allies

Name	Description
Egg Plant	Plants that emit yarn balls one at a time for the Yoshis. Using a Ground Pound near one makes a full set of yarn balls pop out.
Poochy	A canine ally that follows Yoshis wherever they go. Poochy can also be ridden, which has him run in the direction Yoshi faces. Poochy is shorter than Yoshi, and is immune to nearly every enemy, obstacle, and hazard. This Yoshi to ride Poochy across hazards like lava and enables Poochy to reach places Yoshi cannot. He has a number of other abilities. Poochy appears in three levels, but the player can cause him to appear in any levelwith the "Play alongside Poochy" Power Badge.
Mii	Miis can appear on Craft Island.

Yoshi's transformations

When Yoshi enters a Transformation Door, he transforms into one of the six forms listed below and is transported to another area of the level. These forms have alternate controls and powers compared to Yoshi. Yoshi must reach the end of the area within a 20 second time limit, passing through a goal to mark completion and return to the main level at an exit-only Transformation Door. If he fails, he returns to the original Transformation Door with any items he collected while transformed revoked. The only way to reach the goal in time is to collect clocks in the area, each of which reset the timer to the maximum. There are two to three clocks in each area. While earlier levels have Transformation Doors as one way transitions, later ones allow Yoshi to return to the entrance door from the exit door to replay the area again. Each transformation is used in two levels of the game. Mellow Mode makes these sections easier by increasing the time limit to 30 seconds.

Transformation	Description	Locations
Umbrella Yoshi	Allows the player to fly upwards by holding to open the umbrella.	1-2: Bounceabout Woods 6-2: Snag-Stitch Mountain
Mega Yoshi	Enlarges Yoshi, allowing him to defeat enemies by walking into them. He can ground pound and tail swipe to break objects.	1-6: Shy but Deadly 5-5: A Little Light Snowfall
Moto Yoshi	Yoshi can drive very quickly, defeating any enemies in his path. It allows the player to climb walls.	1-7: Clawdaddy Beach 5-1: Fluffy Snow, Here We Go!
Mole Yoshi	Allows Yoshi to cling to walls and bore through spongy ground.	2-2: Duplicitous Delve 3-6: A-Mazing Post Pounding
Sky Pop Yoshi	Allows Yoshi to fly in an autoscrollling area. The player can press to fire orbs to defeat enemies.	3-7: Fanciful Fluff and Feathers 6-7: Kamek's Last-Ditch Flyby
Mermaid Yoshi	Allows Yoshi swim underwater and perform high jumps out of it.	4-3: Rollin' Down the River 5-2: Frozen Solid and Chilled

Enemies

See also: Scrapbook Theater § List of enemies

New enemies are marked with the star icon ().

Enemy	Description	First level	Last level	Yarn ball(s)
Shy Guys
Shy Guy	Common enemies that walk along the terrain and can be defeated by any attack. Shy Guys and many of their variants come in a variety of colors.	Yarn Yoshi Takes Shape!	Wonderful World of Wool	Multicolored
Bomb Guy	Shy Guys that stand in place and throw bombs at Yoshi, which he can inhale and then spit at enemies and structures to destroy them.	Shy but Deadly	King Bowser's Castle	Red
Boo Guy	Shy Guy variants that roam slowly in midair.	Spooky Scraps! Don't Get Spooked!	Yoshi, the Terror of All Boos	White
Fly Guy	Shy Guy variants with propellers on their heads, allowing them to hover in midair carrying items.	Burt The Bashful's Fort	King Bowser's Castle	Multicolored
Hook Guy	Shy Guys wielding a crochet hook that can harm Yoshi. They replace Spear Guys from past games.	Shy but Deadly	Wonderful World of Wool	Multicolored
Pharaoh Guy	Shy Guy variants that can revive themselves after being eaten by Yoshi, but can be defeated with fire.	The Desert Pyramid Beckons!	Perils of the Perplexing Pyramid	Yellow
Shy Guy Tower	Shy Guys stacked on top of each other.	Shy but Deadly	King Bowser's Castle	Multicolored
Snifit	Shy Guy variants that shoot projectiles from their mouthpieces.	Feel Fuzzy, Get Clingy	King Bowser's Castle	Orange
Ice Snifit	Snifit variants that emit freezing air from their mouths, capable of freezing Yoshi.	Frozen Solid and Chilled	Snifberg the Unfeeling's Castle	Blue
Snow Guy	Shy Guys that throw rolling snowballs.	A Little Light Snowfall	A Little Light Snowfall	Multicolored
Stilt Guy	Shy Guys variants on stilts, which are pushed back if Yoshi tries to lick them. The stilts can be immobilized by a yarn ball.	Spiky Stroll		Multicolored
Woozy Guy	Shy Guy variants that perform somersaults rather than walk.	Shy but Deadly	King Bowser's Castle	Purple
Other enemies
Bullet Bill	Projectiles shot by Bill Blasters, crossing the screen horizontally and also serving as makeshift jumping pads.	Lava Scarves and Red-Hot Blarggs	Snag-Stitch Mountain	Black
Bull's-Eye Bill	Bullet Bill variants that home in on the player.	Knot-Wing the Koopa's Sky Fort	Kamek's Last-Ditch Flyby	Red
Bullet Bill Patch	Patches sewn onto blocks. If Yoshi unties the block, it will be freed and fly away horizontally like a normal Bullet Bill.	Snowy Mountain Lift Tour	Snag-Stitch Mountain	N/A
Woollet Bill	Bullet Bill variants that leave behind a trail of fluff as they move, which Yoshi can use as platforms.	Miss Cluck the Insincere's Castle	Woollet Bill's Last Ride	White
Bumpty	Penguin enemies that run towards Yoshi and push him back.	Big Montgomery's Ice Fort	Wonderful World of Wool	N/A
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