Yoshi's Crafted World

Yoshi's Crafted World is a title in the Yoshi franchise, the sixth main platform game starring Yoshi, and the follow-up to the Wii U title Yoshi's Woolly World, released for the Nintendo Switch on March 29, 2019. It was developed by Good-Feel, the developer behind Yoshi's Woolly World and its Nintendo 3DS port Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World. The game places a great emphasis on its 3D environments; Yoshi is able to aim eggs into objects that appear in the foreground and background and can travel through a psuedo-3D environment along yellow tape trails.

Unlike the previous game, the game adopts a hand-crafted art style, with every level being made to have a "theme of things crafted in kindergarten". A variety of cardboard costumes are available to unlock within the game, including some based off of Nintendo Labo. The game also has amiibo support, where some amiibo with give you exclusive, themed costumes.

Story
The Yoshis are seen resting on their island, gathered around the Sundream Stone, an artifact said to possess the power to make dreams come true. Suddenly, Kamek and Baby Bowser, who have heard the legend of the Sundream Stone, arrive at the island to take it for themselves. The Yoshis attempt to save the artifact from being stolen, which leads to its gems becoming detached. These gems are flung across multiple worlds, as are the Yoshis, Kamek, and Baby Bowser.

Multiple times over the course of the game, the Yoshis meet up with Kamek and Baby Bowser, in search of the gems. After a short conversation, Kamek creates a creature out of the surrounding landscape and pits it against the Yoshis. After defeating the boss, the Yoshis find one of the gems nearby and put it back into Sundream Stone.

After the Yoshis collect all the gems, Kamek steals them and grants Baby Bowser’s wish, creating a robot and then transforms Baby Bowser into a giant. After he is defeated, the Yoshis restore the Sundream Stone and wish to go home. The stone then creates a large ship that carries them back to their home island, which they continue to use as their base of operations.

Gameplay
Similar to previous Yoshi games, Yoshi can run, jump, lick up enemies, Flutter Jump, Ground Pound, and throw eggs/Poochy Pups. Conversely, the mechanics of Yoshi's egg throwing have changed considerably. Instead of an autonomously-moving cursor, Yoshi can freely aim the cursor at every point on the screen, so that they can aim at objects in the foreground and background. When an object are highlighted, eggs will fly at the object, but they are otherwise restricted to a 2D plane. Also unlike previous games, when Yoshi licks an enemy that they can swallow (such as a Shy Guy). they automatically turn it into an egg.

Like Woolly World, Yoshi has a health meter that can be replenished by Hearts, up to 20. These can be obtained by hitting some ?-marked clouds, reaching Checkpoint Bells, or hitting Roulette Blocks at the right time. Costumes can also be applied to Yoshi which allow him to take extra hits based on the costume's rarity (3 for Common, 4 for Rare, and 5 for Super Rare/amiibo). These extra hits are replenished upon reaching a checkpoint, but if enough hits are taken, the costume is irreversibly destroyed for the rest of the level.

Playable

 * Yoshi
 * Red Yoshi
 * Blue Yoshi
 * Light-Blue Yoshi
 * Pink Yoshi
 * Purple Yoshi
 * Orange Yoshi
 * Yellow Yoshi

Antagonists

 * Baby Bowser
 * Kamek

Bosses
*This boss is a mini-boss and therefore does not have a Dream Gem.

Worlds

 * Sunshine Station
 * Rail-Yard Run
 * Yarrctopus Docks
 * Many Fish in the Sea
 * Pirate Pier
 * Go-Go Land
 * Poochy's Tape Trail
 * Go-Go Yoshi
 * Big Paper Peak
 * Mine-Cart Cave
 * Whistlestop Rails
 * Mousers and Magnets
 * The Tin-Can Condor
 * Origami Gardens
 * Spring Sprung Trail
 * Monty-Mole-B-Gone
 * Dino Desert
 * Dino Smash
 * Skelesaurus Wrecks
 * Pastel Pathway
 * Stitched Together
 * Poochy's Sweet Run
 * Yoshi Pulls Some Strings
 * Sky-High Heights
 * Altitide Adjustment
 * Poochy's Magma Run
 * Windward Way
 * Cardstock Carnival
 * Spinwheel Shuffle
 * Haunted Maker Mansion
 * Hoop-Jump Hop
 * Acorn Forest
 * Weighing Acorns
 * Jumping to Victory
 * Spike the Piranha
 * Chilly-Hot Isles
 * Bombs Away on Pirate Island
 * Slip-Slide Isle
 * Burt's Bouncy Battle
 * Ninjarama
 * Deceptive Doors
 * Behind the Shoji
 * The Shogun's Castle
 * Rumble Jungle
 * Exploring the Animal Kingdom
 * Hoppin' Higher
 * Jungle Tour Challenge
 * Gator Train Attacks!
 * Outer Orbit
 * The Countdown Begins
 * Ride the Stars
 * Space-Hub Hubbub
 * Cheery Valley
 * Ride the River
 * Open, Shut!
 * Solar Zoom
 * Shadowville
 * Be Afraid of the Dark
 * Skulking Around
 * Mr. Geary's Factory
 * The Great King Bowser
 * Hidden Hills
 * Rough Rolling
 * Under Siege
 * Floppin' and Poppin'
 * Kamek Kerfuffle

Critical reception
Yoshi's Crafted World has received generally positive reviews. Critics have praised the game's aesthetic and number of collectibles, but the difficulty and music have been criticized.

Staff
Yoshi's Crafted World was developed by Good-Feel in collaboration with some staff for Nintendo, most of them are a follow-up from Yoshi's Woolly World. The game was directed by Masahiro Yamamoto, game design was led by Yosuke Suda, programming by Yasuhiro Masuoka, art by Ayano Otsuka, the whole game soundtrack was composed by Kazufumi Umeda, and was produced by Etsunobu Ebisu and Takashi Tezuka.

References to other games

 * Mario Kart 64: Milk cartons can be seen in the background of certain levels that brandish the logo of Moo Moo Farm, a track from the game.
 * Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga: Certain level elements are made from Starbeans Iced Coffee boxes, referencing the Starbeans Cafe from this game.
 * Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Many of the craft materials are packaging from products, including the sponsors Fuzzy Battery, Moo Moo Meadows Milk and Princess Orange from these games, as well as Fountain Cafe and Tropical Bakery, which use their updated logos from these games. Additionally, "Handle with care" stickers featuring ? Blocks from Sunshine Airport appear on various objects in the scenery.
 * Yoshi's Woolly World: Green Yarn Yoshi, Light-Blue Yarn Yoshi, and Pink Yarn Yoshi all appear as collectible amiibo costumes by scanning their respective amiibo.
 * Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World: Poochy Pups return from this game.

References in other games

 * Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Yoshi's in-game design is featured as one of his alternate costumes in this game, and also appears as a Fighter Spirit.

Trivia

 * This is the first Yoshi game with Burts to not feature them as a boss of World 1.
 * This is the first Yoshi game without the game files option at the start.
 * In an interview, the developers said the game is supposed to take place in a Kindergarten class within the Mario universe.
 * The Yoshis are made out of a material called "flocky".