7.7

In 2005, My sister liked me quite alot, She thought I was a well behaved boy who deserved something for myself, So she took me to Wal-mart one day to buy A brand new Game boy advance game, She bought me Yoshi topsy turvy, I liked the overall concept of the game, You tilt the Game boy advance to help Yoshi get across the levels, But did the developers do it correctly? Let's see!Story-7/10The main plot behind this game is that One day the evil bowser is wrecking the island of yoshi, Then some other dude decides to trap everybody in a big giant book. Yoshi kindly asks him to release the whole island, So he must adventure through more then 6 big chapters of this book to save his beloved island.Gameplay-7/10This game introduces a new feature, It is that you must now tilt your Game boy advance in order to help yoshi Progress through each level, For example, There might be a foldable platform, You must then tilt the Game boy advance in order to let the platform unfold, and so on. I actually like this concept! When I first heard of this concept, I was all like "Oh no what's this...." But then I gave It a shot and It worked out pretty fine! Each level has you doing certain tasks, Such as Collecting a certain amount of coins and reaching the end of the level, Reaching the goal as fast as possible, Etc. But one problem, They can get flipping hard! Especially the time trial missions. I liked the Crash bandicoot time trials, but not these ones! But other then that, You shouldn't have much problems after that.Graphics-8/10I'll be perfectly honest, The graphics in this game almost remind me of Yoshi's story, But only a little bit! But anyways, The graphics are actually pretty good for a 2005 title, All of the levels in the game are big, beautiful, and bursting with color. As for the characters, They are pretty nice as well, They all look like theirselves, Mostly Our hero yoshi himself. Okay the reason why The graphics look like they are is because they are in a storybook.Sound-7/10Ah the sound, My favorite part of a Nintendo game, But anyways The sound in this game is actually pretty good! All the songs you will be hearing are pretty happy, cheery, and catchy, But this is a yoshi game, So what to expect? As for the sound effects, They are pretty good as well, they are your typical stuff, But is that a bad thing? Of course not!Addictiveness-7/10Is this a game I am ever going to play again! Of course! Why would I ever shelve this game? It doesn't deserve that. I still remember coming back to get all of the remaining medals, Which are obtained by completing a level in a certain time. I have beaten this game at least 2 times to be exact, now that is amazing.Depth-8/10Believe it or not, This game is actually filled with Replay value! For one, There are a certain amount of medals to earn in the game, These are obtained by completing a level in a certain time. The game is also 8 worlds long, So It will probably take you about 2-5 hours to complete at most.Difficulty-8/10One of the game's high points, The difficulty. I actually remember this game getting really hard at certain points! Especially world 5, things got really harder then usual. But if you can get past those gripes, Then the game shouldn't be too hard for you.Overall-7.7/10So in general, This game wasn't too bad! I liked Nintendo new concept of Tilting the Game boy advance to help you get through the levels. But other then that, This game is great! I highly recommend it, I gave this game a 7.7 because how much fun It is and the amount of content It offers. So bye! Tomorrow is a big day for me!

4.3

The Game Boy Advance was a great console. It offered all sorts of ways for devolpers to make great handheld games. Eventually, Nintendo decided to make a few games where tilting the system would result in a reaction in the game. Nintendo teamed up with Artoon to revive the Yoshi series from a child-like experience with a motion like experience... and they failed.   --- If you like text boxes, you'll like this. ---

First, a note to people who own a Game Boy Player: this game will not work, since the GameCube... just don't tilt it. Anyways, the game starts up asking what system you're using. It's alright to ask the first time, but every time I re-start the game? Why? After that, you set up how the system tilts when, if you haven't realized it already, the system has nothing to do with tilting, instead, it's the huge cartridge that holds this small game. It's akward, at least for me to do this. I have some... minor eye problems, and they come in place here. I can't focus on where Yoshi is standing, I focus on the GBA screen frame. All you have to do is make it seem like Yoshi is standing straight to your eyes. So anyways, the game starts up with this skinny old person with the "Forbidden Pop-Up Book". Sound familiar, maybe, Yoshi's Story? I thought they were trying to get away from that game... never mind that. Bowser starts terrorizing Yoshi's Island, so the elder person locks him and Yoshi's Island in the book. AH WHAT THE CRAP? This stupid thing with the horns starts giggling while Yoshi throws a fit. And then the game begins... with this stupid pink bee thing. It loves "cute things, like the Egglings. Bowser terrorizes their island, so they swim to Yoshi's Island and... 2 seconds later, OOOOH I FOUND YOUUU. Bowser then turns the Egglings into cherrries, and the stupid bee pink thing tells you to get 2 Happiness Medals by completing the objective of 2/3 levels. Here, the game FINALLY begins.   --- Annoying grateful eggs. ---

Okay, let's start  the gam-Oh, we have some instructions. It tells us to tilt our GBA right to roll out a bridge. If I wanted to do that, I would play Pikmin. I stuble across a cherry nd... it tells Yoshi he's amazing. Next screen. Another Eggling! Let-text box. It tells us how to walk up walls. Just tilt your GBA in the same direction as the wall. I walk up and... I already have 3Egglings. All I need, next level, right? No, I actually have to hurt any maturity I may have ever had further by getting to the end. The Egglings always say "Thank You" in a REALLY annoying voice whenever you save one. It gets really repitive and annoying. HOLY CRAP, we're in the snow. It tells us about sliding on half-pipes, and then says "Jumping this high is almost TOO much fun!" Yeah, the kid who enjoies that sentence knows what a half-pipe is. If Yoshi jumps high enough, he does this really childish thumbs-up. If I'm looking for a game for kids, I might as well walk over to Wally Bear. I take one step in the next room and, ANOTHER TEXT BOX. It tells me about tilting my GBA to make a xylophone make noise. I feel like I'm back in 2nd grade, the game thinking I give a crap. I get to this giant star, and it says this is the stage exit, Have you completed your gole? *looks down* Egglings: 7/3 YES, I've completed my goal. I have to spin this wheel because I got a Happiness Medal and... horn laughing thing is back. It tells me to get 25 drum beats in 10 seconds. If you do it, you get a 1-Up. Worth my time, right? If it takes me 240 words to get through the first level... fun may be ahead.      ---Quite possibly the EASIEST GBA game. ---

In World 1-2, you start out with this weird red spiky thing. Just jump over it and... goodbye. WAIT... there were no enemies in the last level. What the crap, man? I can get through the first room and I already have 3 Egglings. Really? Then there;'s a ton of cannons, which are hard to control, because the tilt sensor reverses. I found a glitch. Get in the first cannon and go right, You get blasted into a wall, and you get a weird noise. The rest of the level features nothing worth mentioning. In World 1-3, if you drop down, there's... an enemy! HOLY CRAP, guys, there's an enemy! How do you kill this Piranha Plant? Well, Yoshi has no eggs here, no ground punds, nothing but his tounge. We're back in the snow again. Nintendo, is this a grass world, or an ice world? Well... I've seen enough. Three levels nto the game, and no change. Okay, so I'm done with this game. If they were trying to improve the Yoshi series, they did the complete opposite. Well... I think there's some kind of restriction with motion games... however, WarioWare: Twisted worked out just fine. How come they made this game such a dissapointment? If you haven't decided I'm mad with myself for making mr suffer this game, I'll see you in my next review.