Yoshi's Woolly World Reviews
One of the weaker platformers for the Wii U where sadly a beautiful game can't hide the rather poor level design.
When Yoshi's Woolly World gets it right, it smashes it out of the park. Creative levels that tried different things such as transforming Yoshi into a plane, mermaid, or a racecar, is when that Nintendo sparkle shined its brightest.
There is the odd flourish of creativity, but it is hard not to feel like it's all been done before, and better. There's still plenty to enjoy, but it doesn't quite carve out its own identity. In short: it's finely crafted, if a bit woolly.
Woolly World is still rather enjoyable in its own unassuming way. That way, however, is most certainly unassuming.
Excellent occasionally, good in parts and downright dull in others, Yoshi's Woolly World is a disappointment.
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The defining characteristic of Yoshi's Woolly World—teed off by that alliteration in the title—is its aesthetic: yarn and glue. That woolliness bridges the gap between stereotyped gifts from grandma and the twee squeak most every Etsy storefront seems to be trying to wring out of you. This game is bright, soft, fuzzy, and unabashedly so.
There is nothing wrong with Yoshi's Woolly World. It's fun, progresses in difficulty and has everything one would expect from a Yoshi game, but it feels generic
I enjoyed Wooly World's fuzzy embrace and flashes of invention, though left it feeling somewhat ungratified. However, I also managed to get a different viewpoint. This was the first game my wife played to completion in several years. And even my two year old son managed to flutter his way through the first few levels using the easier 'mellow' mode, which gives Yoshi wings. Seeing the grin on his face as Yoshi gobbled up pieces of scenery and delirious giggle at the ground pound reminded me of the balance Nintendo face.
Yoshi's Woolly World is best described as easy, beautiful, and inventive. While the times it offers challenge are a little too spread out for my liking, the game looks and sounds stunning, and offers players a variety of new sights to experience along their journey. If you're looking for something to play to unwind, something pleasant and positive, this would be a pretty darn solid choice to go with.
While Wooly World is mostly Yoshi's Island in a fuzzier package, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Its arts and crafts makeover may be mostly superficial, but by working with the parts of one of the world's greatest platformers, developer Good-Feel makes their recycling worthwhile.
A perfectly competent platformer, perhaps Yoshi's best since Super Mario World 2, but one that is far less unique than its visuals suggest.
Yoshi's Woolly World is a fun and amusing platformer in its own right, though the quirky art style and gameplay gimmicks seem to take center stage here. Tries a bit too hard to emulate its predecessors.
Yoshi's Woolly World is a cute and colourful platformer, with plenty of ideas but only a few great levels.
lthough Yoshi's Woolly World won't go down as the most challenging platformer for the Wii U (Mario and Donkey Kong have him lapped), it does provide a cute little experience that players of all ages will certainly enjoy.
If cute things make you barf, then make sure the trash can is next to you every time you boot up Yoshi's Woolly World. Every single thing in the game could melt even the coldest heart.
Yoshi's Woolly World is a charming, yet unchallenging platformer that succeeds at being an amusing way to pass the time.
While Yoshi's Woolley World sometimes becomes stagnant from level to level, and the lack of chances the game takes helps push that along a bit, it does have some great things going for it to make the entertainment prominent. The challenges, the motivation to explore and the overall theme of the 'Woolley World' help to alleviate the shortcomings the game contains. Yoshi's Woolley World is fun, especially in terms of visuals and Yoshi's added personality, but it's not perfect.
Yoshi's Wooly World is an adorable game, and it's often a fun one. However, the light difficulty prevents it from reaching the excellence of Yoshi's Island. It's still the best Yoshi adventure since that classic, but no one is going to bring up Wooly World in future "best platformer ever" discussions.
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