Yoshi's Island 4 is the fourth level on Yoshi's Island in Super Mario World. It takes place on a lake and features a lot of platforms floating in the water as well as giant mushroom platforms. The water underneath carry the player backwards if fallen into.

Overview[edit]

This level consists of a main area, an optional area, and a short screen with the Giant Gate. The Player is allowed 300 seconds on the Timer to complete. This level contains five Dragon Coins, and introduces Cheep Cheeps and Pokeys.

The player starts on a mushroom platform with three Cheep Cheeps circling underneath, and, if the player has completed the Yellow Switch Palace, a yellow ! Block containing a Super Mushroom is also there. If the player can jump onto the mushroom platform directly above the starting point off-screen and then run across the platform from left to right, they can reveal a hidden 1-Up Mushroom. Also early in the level is a ? Block containing a Fire Flower. Continuing on, the player can notice small, floating platforms in the water that serve as the ground for most of the level. However, standing on these platforms too long cause them to sink into the water, so the player must keep moving. Eventually, Floating Mines roll down the current, which must be avoided. Near the middle of the level, a Warp Pipe takes the player to a waterless area where several Pokeys and a Message Block reside. The Message Block tells the player how to leave a level already cleared easily.

After leaving this area, there is a Switch Block on a Rotating Block, and a Super Star in another Rotating Block. Pressing the Switch Block makes the line of coins to the right transform into Empty Blocks, and red Koopa Troopas fall from higher up Empty Blocks. The rest of the level consists of avoiding Floating Mines and Cheep Cheeps. At the end, the player can use the Message Block near the Giant Gate to gain extra points; this Message Block tells the player all about bonus points.

Enemies[edit]

• Cheep Cheep: 6
• Floating Mine: 9
• Pokey: 3
• Koopa Troopa: 3 (red)

Names in other languages[edit]

Fooly Flowers^[1], originally known as Dizzy Dandies^[2], are flower head enemies that appear in every Yoshi's Island game to date. At first sight they will look like the collectible Smiley Flowers, floating in midair, but with a menacing grin. However, when Yoshi approaches them, they will drop to the ground rolling very quickly, squashing any enemies, and hurting Yoshi upon contact. They disappear after hitting a wall. Yoshi can also cause one to prematurely attack by shooting an egg at it from a distance.

In Yoshi's Crafted World, Fooly Flowers have a different role. When Yoshi hits a Winged Timer Cloud with an egg, the challenge provided could possibly be for Yoshi to find the real Smiley Flower among a large group of Fooly Flowers, and throw an egg at the collectible before time expires. Here, if a Fooly Flower gets hit, it simply disappears.

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Yoshi's Crafted World[edit]

• North American website bio:'These enemies look a lot like collectible Smiley Flowers, but don’t be fooled.'

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