YOSHI'S NEW ISLAND
Company: Nintendo
Release: March 14, 2014
ESRB: E (Mild Cartoon Violence)
March 15, 2014

I waited in anticipation for this game ever since I heard about it.
Was it worth the wait? Except for the lame backstory, which nulls
everything that happened in the original Yoshi's Island (turns out
the babies were delivered to the wrong parents. Kamek steals Baby
Luigi again...) it is for the most part like Yoshi's Island. (Some
of the levels in level 1 even have the same stage names.) The 
levels though are mostly new in design. Yoshi's transformations
use the tilt feature, which is annoying. Yoshi pauses a split 
second before the egg tossing routine begins, which messed me up
a few times and takes some getting used to. Other than that, the
game is responsive and good play control. The graphics go a step
up from the original, but still retain their hand-drawn look. Looks
like the guys who made this took a long hard look at Yoshi's Island
and wanted to recreate this but using all new levels. They succeeded,
and also threw in a few new things, too. Like giant ShyGuys that
take more than one button press to swallow, and create huge eggs
that break open pipes and walls and grab coins. For lovers of the
original Yoshi's Island, this is a must-buy. But even if you don't
like Yoshi, it's still a good platformer in its own right.
RATING: 8/10