Yoshi's Story (Nintendo 64, 1998)

Yoshi's Story is a truely challenging and addictive game.

This game takes Mario and Luji's pet named Yoshi from the Super Mario video game and makes Yoshi the central theme. While the games is fast paced and challenging, it is easy to wonder at first who this game was targeted for. It almost has a somewhat infant type of design to it, with quilt looking patterns in the back ground and toddler looking creatures which makes you feel a little bit like you should be in a nursery being fed a bottle by a nanny.

However, once you get past the unusually childish looking setting, this game will begin to rock. As Yoshi, you must utilize different objects in the game to complete that levels task. For instance, on level 1, you must ride giant snakes with goofy looking faces around the screen to capture various items with Yoshi's tounge, eat creatures, and pick things up. This may sound pretty simple, but the tricky part is learning how to control the snakes so they move in the direction you need Yoshi to go, so this takes some practice. Once you complete your objective you can move to the next level.

I personally did not find this game as exciting as Super Mario games, but it is a fun game to play and a very popular video game.

Yoshi's Story is worth adding to your game collection if you can find a copy to buy. This game is one of the more difficult Nintendo games to locate Nintendo specific games like Super Mario, Mario Cart, Yoshi's Story, etc. are collectables across the world. The good thing is that if you buy it on the USA Ebay Auctions, your only have to bid against gamers and collectors in the USA instead of the entire world.

I give this game 4 out of 5 stars, mainly because I do not like some of the graphics which made me think about baby powder. However, other than that minor objection, I highly recommend this game if you are a Yoshi fan.