Yoshi's Island Crying Baby

Oct 15, 2016  In Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island you are Yoshi and you go through the levels with Baby Mario sitting on your back. If you get hit by an enemy then you lose Baby Mario and he starts to cry, but you have 10 seconds to get him back. If the timer runs down to zero, he is kidnapped and you lose a. Can we pleeease get Baby Wario from Yoshi's Island DS as a new driver? Maybe even with the coinmagnet as his item? It would be cool to see her look from the Storybook. Also Baby Yoshi would be pretty cool. I feel like people wouldn't like Baby Wario though. Vacation Peach. Baby Mario has been kidnapped and must be rescued and reunited with his brother Luigi, in Nintendo's Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Different-colored Yoshis swallow enemies to make eggs, and they use these eggs to attack other enemies and activate switches.

Super Mario World was one of the launch titles for SNES and it showed what the console was capable of. It remains one of my favorite platformers of all time because of the pixel-perfect 2D graphics, its secrets, and how fun and creative the levels are.

Yoshi

On the other hand, Yoshi's Island is the sequel to Super Mario World and it's such a different game that many gamers don't consider it a sequel at all. I only played it recently but its quality is undeniable. So, let's dive in and find out which is the better game!

Plumber or dinosaur?

Is it more fun to control everyone's favorite plumber or his friendly companion Yoshi? Mario can run, jump, ride Yoshi, fly with the feather cape, and shoot with the fire flower. Meanwhile, Yoshi can eat enemies and turn them into eggs that you can then throw at enemies as well as spit enemies at each other. His flutter jump can be used to cover great distances and he can also ground pound but be careful because you can pound through the floor to your death in some places. While Mario is fun, I enjoy playing as Yoshi more because he allows for many more interesting gameplay possibilities.

Dinosaur Land or Yoshi's Island?

Dinosaur Land in Super Mario World was one of the first game worlds on SNES and it looks much more detailed and colourful than the NES Mario games. Each level's background makes the environments look quite lively and the use of colour makes Mario, Yoshi, and their enemies stand out. Plus, there's a solid variety of scenery throughout the campaign. Yoshi's Island looks like a storybook and the levels are packed with many details like seagulls and the little harmless birds that fly away. While both games look amazing, some gamers might be put off by Yoshi's Island's style so I'm giving Super Mario World a slight edge here.

Revisiting Yoshi's Island

Secrets

Like every good SNES game, both Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island are packed with secrets to reward anyone with the patience to explore. Super Mario World has the entire Star World, the Special World, 4 Switch Palaces, and a bunch of other secret stages scattered around the map. Yoshi's Island is even more packed with secrets and mini-games that were never before seen in a Mario game. The only levels that don't contain hidden areas or mini-games are the fortresses and the secret levels. It's a close call but I give Super Mario World the edge here because there's more variety and Star World and Special World are just awesome.

Top 10 Super Mario World Secrets

Innovation

Super Mario World is a very similar game to Super Mario Bros. 3 but there are some innovations like the complex world map and the feather cape power-up. However, you still break brick blocks, jump on koopas, eat mushrooms, pick up upgrades, defeat Bowser, and save Princess Peach. Yoshi's Island is very different and it feels like Nintendo threw out everything they did before in the Mario series and made it from the ground up. Yoshi's unique ability to make eggs allows for some interesting level designs and I don't think there's any game on NES or SNES that's even similar to Yoshi's Island so it's the clear winner here.

Replay value

I definitely enjoy lengthy games more than short ones because I prefer the feeling of getting sucked into a game for a long period of time. So, which of these 2 is longer? Super Mario World has a branching overworld map and there are many ways to reach Bowser's Castle to defeat him but to get through all 7 worlds (minus the secret ones), you'll have to beat 39 stages. There are 72 stages total and 96 exits and you'll have to find all of them to fully master Super Mario World.

Yoshi's Island has 48 stages but you can unlock 6 additional levels by getting 100 points in each stage via collecting all the flowers and red coins as well as finishing it with 30 seconds left on Baby Mario's clock. I have a similar play time on both games and while I already completed Super Mario World, I'm still not close to finishing Yoshi's Island because I have yet to unlock secret levels 2 through 6. Anyway, Yoshi's Island is surely the longer game to master by a fair margin because of the challenge of getting 100 points on every level.

Although I love both of these Nintendo 2D platformers for SNES, I have to pick a winner which is...

Super Mario World has a special place in my heart because it's highly enjoyable and Mario is super-fun to control yet its weakness is that it's not quite as innovative as Yoshi's Island. I had so much fun licking enemies and throwing eggs that I can't imagine Yoshi's Island not winning here. I also love the storybook graphics although I imagine that could be a sticking point for some gamers. Plus, it's a rather long game and getting every point on each level is a superbly rewarding feat.

That's just my opinion. Agree? Disagree? Vote now!

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)

Baby Bowser

DescriptionSizeSubmitted by
Baby Bowser (big) roars90KBDeezer
Baby Bowser defeated43KBDeezer
Baby Bowser ground pounds21KBDeezer
Baby Bowser talks48KBDeezer
Baby Bowser yawns43KBDeezer

Baby Mario

DescriptionSizeSubmitted by
Baby Mario's cry30KBDeezer
Crying128KB
Island

Kamek

DescriptionSizeSubmitted by
Kamek28KBDeezer

Music

DescriptionSizeSubmitted by
Fanfare #181KBDeezer
Fanfare #2130KBDeezer

Prince Froggy

DescriptionSizeSubmitted by
Prince Froggy burps12KBDeezer
Prince Froggy croaks39KBDeezer

SFX

DescriptionSizeSubmitted by
1-Up55KBDeezer
Boing (Spring Ball / bounce off of Bumpty)29KBDeezer
Coin48KBDeezer
Countdown Platform17KBDeezer
Creature squeaks (Grinder, Little Mouser, birds fly away)15KBDeezer
Egg flies through the air42KBDeezer
Enemy takes Baby Mario24KBDeezer
Explosion (Bullet Bill / Kaboomba / Snifit)30KBDeezer
Falling Chomp57KBDeezer
Fang flies75KBDeezer
Flower / Star21KBDeezer
Flower pot breaks / icicle breaks31KBDeezer
Flutter Jump42KBDeezer
Flutter Jump (long)67KBDeezer
Fly Guy (with item) flies away / Tulip spits out item18KBDeezer
Kamek's flying attack83KBDeezer
Key12KBDeezer
Key unlocks a door13KBDeezer
Message Block87KBDeezer
Message box appears56KBDeezer
Pause29KBDeezer
Pipe travel / Kamek appears or disappears (World 6-8)61KBDeezer
Pop (Baby Mario saved / make Egg / stomp Milde / etc.)18KBDeezer
Prince Froggy jumps14KBDeezer
Red Coin10KBDeezer
Red Coin #2029KBDeezer
Stomp #1 (Goomba, Shy Guy)8KBDeezer
Stomp #2 (Crazee Dayzee, Koopa Troopa, Paratroopa)14KBDeezer
Super Star36KBDeezer
Thunder Lakitu attacks85KBDeezer
Thunder Lakitu's fire80KBDeezer
Touched Fuzzy, got dizzy36KBDeezer
Yoshi gets hit9KBDeezer
Yoshi jumps12KBDeezer
Yoshi readies an Egg12KBDeezer
Yoshi sound23KBDeezer
Yoshi's ground pound part 1: mid-air flip17KBDeezer
Yoshi's ground pound part 2: impact18KBDeezer
Yoshi's throwing motion16KBDeezer
Yoshi's tongue13KBDeezer
Yoshi's tongue can't grab6KBDeezer

Toady

DescriptionSizeSubmitted by
Toadies laugh (Baby Mario ran out of time)174KBDeezer