Yoshi's Island Red Flower
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Dec 16, 2015 Yoshi's Island is great but the 'where the hell do I go' element in some levels is irritating. 17 points 4 years ago. I was foiled from getting 100 by missing a red coin or a flower way more than from not having 30 stars. 15 points 4 years ago. Sole Yoshi's Island vote:(level 2. Mar 13, 2014 Find every star, red coin and flower in Yoshi's New Island with our comprehensive collectibles guide. Apr 20, 2019 23 Ways to Break Mario Kart Wii, and Have Fun Doing It (ft. TWD98) - Duration: 13:23. Skip the Tutorial Recommended for you. Sep 12, 2009 Also, red eggs don't always drop stars, as they did in the first game. They drop mostly coins, so it's even harder to collect the 30 Stars needed for that perfect level score. Coins: These coins with Yoshi's face on them are abundant in Yoshi's Island. Yoshi's island piranha plant boss super mario sunshine. Collecting 100 of these nets you an extra life, but that's about the only use for them. The latest Tweets from yoshi flower (@y0shiflower): 'I don't want to be better than you, I don't want to be worse than you, I just want to be with you'. Yoshi's New Island. Flowers return in Yoshi's New Island, now known as 'Smiley Flowers' but functioning the same way as in the game's predecessor.However, as there are no score features or Bonus Challenges in this title, collecting all five increases the chances of getting Egg Medals via the goal roulette.
- Name's the Same: The theme for the cave levels is called 'Crystal Caves'. There's also a level in Donkey Kong 64 called 'Crystal Caves'.
- Real Life Writes the Plot: Notice how in this game and successive Yoshi-themed games that if you complete them with top marks, you get a red flower drawn on your results? This is actually a tradition/cliche in Japan dating back to primary schools where if the teacher is especially pleased with your work, you get a flower circle drawn on the paper. Essentially, the Japanese version of getting a gold star in America.
- Recycled Set: The Advance version recycles sounds originally used in Yoshi's Story.
- Market-Based Title: Most likely to play on the success of Super Mario World, the original game was named Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island in North America and Europe, despite the fact that it is a prequel. In Japan, it was simply called Super Mario: Yossy Island. In all countries, the Super Mario World 2 part is dropped completely from the GBA port, in favor of Super Mario Advance 3.
- Moved to the Next Console: Touch & Go started life as a Gamecube title before being moved to the DS to utilize the handheld's features.
- Sequel Gap: Twice. DS was released 11 years after the original. Yoshi's New Island was released eight years after DS.
- Speedrun: Comes in three flavors—glitched, any% glitchless, and 100%.
- Trope Namer: For Ground Pound.
- What Could Have Been:
- There may have been points in the game where you control Baby Mario himself without the star, as there are Dummied Out sprites featuring him crawling and even a Yoshi-less victory pose.
- There are also unused transformations for Yoshi in the game, including a mushroom, a plane, and a walking tree.
- There's an oft-told story that Shigeru Miyamoto's bosses at Nintendo were so impressed with the original Donkey Kong Countrynote that they wanted this game to go in a similar direction, which Shigeru Miyamoto disagreed with, creating the well received crayon-style graphics as an act of rebellion.
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