Blockafeller

"Hey, Yoshi!"

- Blockafeller

Blockafellers are a family of robot-like characters in Yoshi's Crafted World. They have springy arms, heads with a flower on top and a large nose, and bodies made out of cardboard boxes. All Blockafellers except for the one in Sunshine Station start out without any energy in the middle of the path. Once they are given the required amount of Smiley Flowers to recharge them, they unlock the world and stay on the far left spot on the map of the world, or to the left of the boss battles. Their color scheme changes depending on the Blockafeller. Their name appears to be a combination of "block" and "Rockefeller."

Three types of Blockafeller exist in the game. The first kind is the standard kind that appear in each world. The second is a larger variant that wears clothing such as overalls or sunhats that appears in each boss battle island. Finally, there is a single elderly Blockafeller with a cane and elf hat that appears twice in the game, once to tell the player they can choose the order to search for the red, purple, and yellow Dream Gems, and again once the player collects said Dream Gems to access the final few areas. After talking with him in both of these encounters, he flies away with Balloons on his back.

After the player beats a level, the world's Blockafeller assigns them a task that involves going back to the same level to collect a souvenir for them, such as collecting five cardboard cows in Rail-Yard Run. When the task is beaten, the player can choose to continue playing the level or to exit it. When the level is exited after the task is completed, the world's Blockafeller gives the player a Smiley Flower.

Trivia

 * The first Blockafeller encountered, in Yarrctopus Docks, is named Fin, and has a blue body with a fish symbol. The Blockafeller in Sunshine Station, meanwhile, is Fin's big brother Coal, and has a red body with a train symbol. However, in the demo for the game, Coal is instead named Fin, whereas the younger, blue-bodied fish Blockafeller is not present in the demo. This can be discovered by speaking with the Blockafeller before first playing Rail-Yard Run.