Yoshi's Crafted World

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 370 Ratings

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  1. ProfAmateur
    Jul 24, 2023
    6
    Yoshi's Crafted World is a nice idea and an interesting art style. It's a classic jump and run game, altough it's not very innovative.
    I would say it's a good starter game for kids. Even though the levels get a bit hard soon as you progress. The boss fights are fair. I didn't have any struggle with them. Also the progression system is fair regarding the flowers. It's not like in other    Yoshi's Crafted World is a nice idea and an interesting art style. It's a classic jump and run game, altough it's not very innovative.
    I would say it's a good starter game for kids. Even though the levels get a bit hard soon as you progress. The boss fights are fair. I didn't have any struggle with them. Also the progression system is fair regarding the flowers. It's not like in other Mario games, where you really need to grind for those. The flowers are the equivalent to stars/suns in other mario games, which you need to collect to be able to progress.
    Some levels are 'special levels', where you have different challenges, like riding a dino, destroy things, or jumping through rings. They are fun.
    The co-op multiplayer was not that good. You stand in each other's way all the time.
    All in all it is an okay game, for adults it's like one of dozens games you have already played.    … Expand
  2. XboxPro
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    im very disappointed while playing this game. but i guess its cool that there is co-op?
  3. nitorita
    Mar 21, 2023
    8
    A platformer with a uniquely adorable world, tons of throwbacks to past Yoshi games and the same gameplay you've grown to enjoy. The lack of a harder difficulty weighs on this game greatly as it makes it feel as though you're simply going through the stages one by one without really trying to make the most of them. The bonus features and collectables offer a minor incentive in revisitingA platformer with a uniquely adorable world, tons of throwbacks to past Yoshi games and the same gameplay you've grown to enjoy. The lack of a harder difficulty weighs on this game greatly as it makes it feel as though you're simply going through the stages one by one without really trying to make the most of them. The bonus features and collectables offer a minor incentive in revisiting stages. Overall, a game best played by younger audiences.… Expand
  4. Kholdheart
    Jan 28, 2023
    10
    This game is so good, I made an account here just to rate this. A user score of only 7.9 (at the time of writing this review) is an absolute disgrace. The characters, the life and detail in the world, the gameplay, all 10/10. You can tell that a lot of genuine love and care went into making this game

    TLDR/Most memorable aspects of this game after spending hundreds of hours playing: (*)    This game is so good, I made an account here just to rate this. A user score of only 7.9 (at the time of writing this review) is an absolute disgrace. The characters, the life and detail in the world, the gameplay, all 10/10. You can tell that a lot of genuine love and care went into making this game

    TLDR/Most memorable aspects of this game after spending hundreds of hours playing:

    (*) This is HANDS DOWN the best couch co-op game on the Switch.

    (*) There is an amazing amount of variety in the worlds/environments. Each with their own feel, their own theme, and their own types of enemies - which amounts to subtle changes in the gameplay that keeps you from ever getting bored from start to finish.

    (*) The boss of each area were all uniquely challenging, impeccably designed, and very memorable.

    (*) You can feel that there was a lot of care and attention put into the level design. You can clearly feel that the developers of this game are gamers themselves, and know what's fun. - The level design in this game is the ANTITHESIS of procedural level generation.

    (*) Levels slowly and consistently ramp up in difficulty with absolutely no spikes.

    (*) Enough content for both younger/newer players as well as grizzled veterans like this reviewer. (There is almost an equal amount of content for each!)

    (*) Tons of unlockable cosmetic items that are actually earned IN-GAME instead of micro transactions! (What a refreshing, novel concept that you don't see these days!)

    (*) Graphically, this is only time on Nintendo Switch I've seen anything incredibly close to photo-realism. - Complete with a consistently high framerate that never stops or stutters.

    (*) I lost track of the number of times I smiled and laughed at one of the many THOUSANDS of amazingly detailed objects in the background/foreground.

    This is arguably the BEST game on the Nintendo Switch as of early 2023. Even if one can argue that perhaps there's a better game than this on the Switch, it's irrefutable that this is the best Yoshi title of the entire bunch, dating all the way back to Yoshis Island on SNES.

    Speaking of Yoshi's Island on SNES, there are so many nods and references to that 1995 game, that it almost feels like this was made by many of the same developers. The developers were incredibly faithful to all of the Yoshi games (even Yoshi Cookie!) This is an absolute MUST-OWN game, even ahead of every Mario game released thus far. - Mark my words... Yoshi's Crafted World will be remembered decades from now as a classic, and possibly even the pinnacle of what a Yoshi game can be.    … Expand
  5. jljosue
    Nov 28, 2022
    9
    A platform game quite fun, varied and with some quite challenging levels. Totally recommended.
  6. ZeoN
    Jul 7, 2022
    7
    Este juego era uno de los pendientes que tenía por comprar en Nintendo Switch y gracias a que renové mi consola por un modelo OLED, decidí estrenarla con él.
    Voy a ser sincero, esperaba mucho más de Yoshis Crafted World, más aún después de jugar a joyas como Super Mario Odissey, Luigis Mansion 3, Kirby y la Tierra Olvidada o Paper Mario The Origami King, sin embargo también debo ser    Este juego era uno de los pendientes que tenía por comprar en Nintendo Switch y gracias a que renové mi consola por un modelo OLED, decidí estrenarla con él.
    Voy a ser sincero, esperaba mucho más de Yoshis Crafted World, más aún después de jugar a joyas como Super Mario Odissey, Luigis Mansion 3, Kirby y la Tierra Olvidada o Paper Mario The Origami King, sin embargo también debo ser justo, no es un juego que pretenda contar una gran narrativa, ni sorprender con mundos abiertos en 3D, más bien lo contrario. Debe ser evaluado por su complejidad en el sistema 2D, por el diseño de sus mundos y por lo que aporta dentro de su género.
    No es un mal título en absoluto, aunque no llega al sobresaliente que me hubiese gustado que fuera. Es un título divertido, sorprendente conforme avanza, pero que peca de la repetitividad con objetivos demasiado grandes para el disfrute general, como por ejemplo su post-game.
    En conclusión, SI recomiendo este juego a los fans de Nintendo que busquen un plataformas en 2D, pero hay que tener claro lo conservador que es tanto para lo bueno como para lo malo.    … Expand
  7. FoxyChalet
    Jun 21, 2022
    5
    It's a nice looking game but that doesn't make up for the boring collectathon gameplay. There's no flow, you literally just have to check everywhere for collectibles and if you fail a timed challenge you have to die to do it over. Same with DK tropical freeze, the amazing game play of the originals is forgotten.
  8. giannis2001
    Jun 2, 2022
    9
    Great game, amazing level design, incredible artstyle and smooth gameplay. Highly recommended.
  9. Jofe
    May 15, 2022
    5
    Boring. The aesthetic is cool, but the level-design is really flat. Barely finished, already forgotten.
  10. Luigidefuego
    May 7, 2022
    8
    Good-Feel volvió a encargarse del nuevo juego de Yoshi tras el brillante Yoshi's Wolly World, título que si bien no impulsó comercialmente la saga sí le hizo recuperar el prestigio. Recordemos que puede hablarse, principalmente, de dos sagas de Yoshi, la de Yoshi's Island, condicionada por su mecánica de proteger a "Baby Mario" e iniciada por su entrega en Super Nintendo, y la de Yoshi "aGood-Feel volvió a encargarse del nuevo juego de Yoshi tras el brillante Yoshi's Wolly World, título que si bien no impulsó comercialmente la saga sí le hizo recuperar el prestigio. Recordemos que puede hablarse, principalmente, de dos sagas de Yoshi, la de Yoshi's Island, condicionada por su mecánica de proteger a "Baby Mario" e iniciada por su entrega en Super Nintendo, y la de Yoshi "a secas", iniciada con Yoshi's Story en Nintendo 64. Tras Yoshi's Story se desarrollaron para portátil títulos de Yoshi's Island hasta que Good-Feel daría lugar a una saga de Yoshi "a secas" con el lanzamiento de Yoshi's Wolly World, posiblemente el mejor título de Yoshi desde el magistral Yoshi's Island para Super Nintendo. Así pués, ¿qué tal sería el siguiente juego de Yoshi de Good-Feel?

    Pues diría que se ha quedado en un punto intermedio dentro del baremo de ambas series de Yoshi, es decir, es un muy buen juego pero que no alcanza el nivel sobresaliente de Yoshi's Wolly World, algo lejos de ser tan redondo como éste. Eso sí, Good-Feel supo darle su propia personalidad a Yoshi's Crafted World, en especial por su temática dedicada a las manualidades, y hay que decir con ello que el estilo infantil de los juegos de Yoshi se justifica más que nunca, ¿por qué? Lo explico.
    Los adultos (y sobre todo los jóvenes que aspiran a ser adultos, es decir, los adolescentes) suelen desdeñar lo infantil. Es por ello que en sí se suele despreciar la imaginación, porque ésta es la base de la mentalidad infantil. La imaginación es fundamental para el aprendizaje y por eso los niños la usan mucho al jugar. Lo que hace Yoshi's Crafted World es rellenar los huecos de lo que falta como lo haría un niño con su imaginación. Es decir, un trozo de cartón puede ser un edificio, un ovillo de lana puede ser una montaña, un cartón de leche puede ser un barco, una botella puede ser una nave espacial, etc. Por ello, el desdén a lo infantil es absurdo, porque si una persona con 30 años puede ver una obra que trate sobre la senectud o, en general, sobre una generación distinta a la suya, ¿por qué no una que sea infantil cuando además ésta es fundamental para su estilo artístico?

    Así pues, la temática de manualidades realizada con un precioso apartado gráfico artístico es lo primero que llama la atención de este juego. Cada nivel es una obra de arte en sí, recorrerlo es una satisfacción en sí mismo. Es muy acertado como se han combinado los diseños "cartoon" de Yoshi y los enemigos con detalles fotorrealistas de los escenarios, algo que recuerda a los Pikmin, y es que los escenarios de este juego son una gozada. Además, se les saca más partido al llevar el juego a un estilo de plataformas 2,5D, lo cuál proporciona las principales mecánicas diferentes respecto a los anteriores juegos de la saga, tales como la posibilidad de lanzar huevos a diferentes planos.

    Una vez deslumbrados por su apartado artístico, nos encontramos con algunos puntos mejorables. Si bien los niveles tienen el cuidado diseño habitual de los juegos de Nintendo, destacando por su originalidad y por ofrecer cada uno sus propias mecánicas siendo la variedad y la personalidad lo que los caracteriza, tienen el inconveniente para el jugador experimentado de su sencillez y sobre todo de su facilidad, siendo prácticamente un paseo hasta el final de cada nivel. Esto hace el juego idóneo para el público infantil pero, ¿qué ocurre con el jugador experimentado que busca más sustancia? Esto normalmente se compensa con una estructura de "Collectathon", es decir, de recolectar como manera de completar totalmente el juego, teniendo una dificultad "a la carta", hasta donde uno quiera llegar. El problema es que la recolección en Yoshi's Crafted World resulta algo pesada, parece más una excusa que han empleado los desarrolladores para que revisitemos tan bellos niveles, pero una vez que la manera de jugar éstos no es la superación de puzles y plataformas sino de encontrar algo en el escenario, pierden gracia. Es decir, no se ha encontrado un equilibrio entre un fácil paseo y un difícil completismo.

    Un aspecto que he leído que se ha criticado mucho es la música. Es verdad que la música de timbre chirriante, emulando instrumentos de juguete, puede ser un poco cargante y que repetir lo que se hizo en Yoshi's New Island, es decir, usar un único tema pero con distintas variaciones, es algo arriesgado si no se hace tan bien como en Super Mario World, pero tampoco es que sea mejor jugar sin sonido como he leído por ahí, aunque es verdad que de un juego de Nintendo uno espera más en este apartado.

    En definitiva, Yoshi's Crafted World es un notable plataformas, precioso visualmente y con una buena jugabilidad y diseño de niveles, pero lastrado por no saber compensar su sencillez al tener un sistema de coleccionables algo pesado. En todo caso, se trata de un muy recomendable juego para los amantes a las plataformas.    … Expand
  11. TSNintendogamer
    Apr 9, 2022
    9
    This is a great game. One of the best yoshi games of all time. I love the graphics and presentation to the game. Do I think the levels could be harder? Yes but even in the original yoshi's island game, only world 5 is remotely hard I feel so it's not like the game being alittle easier is anything to complain about. I also think the levels themselves areThis is a great game. One of the best yoshi games of all time. I love the graphics and presentation to the game. Do I think the levels could be harder? Yes but even in the original yoshi's island game, only world 5 is remotely hard I feel so it's not like the game being alittle easier is anything to complain about. I also think the levels themselves are creative... especially the mini game levels. The only thing that's really lacking is the music but other than that, the game is great.… Expand
  12. iMarco11
    Mar 26, 2022
    9
    Comprato per mio figlio di 5 anni l’ho trovato molto facile e carino per un bambino. La modalità facile rende Yoshi quasi immortale. Non male per un bimbo che si affaccia per la prima volta nel mondo dei videogiochi!
  13. aukalender
    Oct 11, 2021
    5
    A couple of levels into this game I thought it was delightful. The effect wore off after about five or six chapters. The music and Yoshi's sound effects being repetitive contribute to that. The gameplay itself is not really shocking either. The graphics and the chill art style are cool, but maybe like "play a chapter every once in a while during a mellow high" kind of cool.
  14. basharq8
    Sep 7, 2021
    10
    simply an amazing and adorable experience, what else do you need?, the soundtrack is amazing and the characters are really cute
  15. calvinbrine
    Aug 11, 2021
    9
    Objectively the best 2d platformer I have ever played despite being kinda-sorta not 2d.
    (subjectively I like a couple kirby games more, I played em as a kid and i'm just a sucker for kirby)
    People say that between the 2 games woolly world is better. I'd disagree, crafted worlds brings so much to the table without being gimmicky in the main gameplay. When it IS gimmicky, it leaves it to    Objectively the best 2d platformer I have ever played despite being kinda-sorta not 2d.
    (subjectively I like a couple kirby games more, I played em as a kid and i'm just a sucker for kirby)
    People say that between the 2 games woolly world is better. I'd disagree, crafted worlds brings so much to the table without being gimmicky in the main gameplay. When it IS gimmicky, it leaves it to optional parts, like playing on the flip side.    … Expand
  16. patinete92
    Jun 18, 2021
    8
    Muy buen juego de plataformas, en la misma línea de los últimos Yoshi. Tiene niveles postgame pero el final de la historia no tiende a llamarte la atención como probarlos. Por lo demás, muy bonito y muy divertido.
  17. SpartanYoshi
    May 2, 2021
    8
    Soy muy fan de Yoshi, el juego es un excelente plataformero pero no le llega a lo que fue wooly world con respecto a su asombrosa banda sonora, la de crafted en muy repetitiva hasta llegar al cansancio. Luego de de eso esta muy bueno en los demas apartados ya sea en grafico, tecnico o en cuanto a jugabilidad que es muy importante.
  18. the_GEX_rating
    Apr 6, 2021
    0
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  19. Denvers
    Mar 4, 2021
    6
    Yoshi's Crafted World is a fine game that does everything right, albeit predictable. There are no interesting mechanics that stand out to define this is a great Yoshi game. The levels are uninspired and a lot of the game feels like padding. Still, the game is enjoyable, just not great.
  20. NintendoDrive
    Feb 28, 2021
    8
    Not all great games are sweat-dripping, knuckle bracing, jaw-dropping thrillers.

    Yoshi's Crafted World, while not the hardest game in the world, is the perfect adventure for the casual player. A wonderful soundtrack, vivid art style, and a stellar story are the main components in this great addition to the Switches roster. The only downfalls are a lack of difficulty for a hardcore    Not all great games are sweat-dripping, knuckle bracing, jaw-dropping thrillers.

    Yoshi's Crafted World, while not the hardest game in the world, is the perfect adventure for the casual player.
    A wonderful soundtrack, vivid art style, and a stellar story are the main components in this great addition to the Switches roster.
    The only downfalls are a lack of difficulty for a hardcore player, and some of the levels can feel repetitive at times, while 100 percenting the game is extremely hard, as you are required to get all the sunflowers in every level, which takes extensive amounts of time to find, and some are hidden in the most obscure places.

    Not for everyone, but worth a play.    … Expand
  21. Djehutix
    Feb 27, 2021
    5
    If you're a fan of the old Yoshi's Island and maybe Wooly World, you're gonna be disappointed. This one is definitely made for children between 6-10 years old. Way too easy and way too repetitive with a horrible, horrible aiming system. Please Nintendo: The next one should be again for adults too..
  22. juankamilomarin
    Jan 30, 2021
    9
    Best Yoshi game after the first one!!! The graphics are great, gameplay is amazing and if you want to get everything you will spend a good amount of time on this game.
  23. GodofSky
    Jan 28, 2021
    8
    It's just that the style is cute and the game is boring。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。
  24. Onioncreature
    Jan 7, 2021
    9
    A glorious visual style which is very well realized on such underpowered hardware. The levels have a great deal of variety to them and have lots of creative ideas. Crafted World fully embraces the concept of a 2.5D platformer, the interplay between the foreground and background is pretty great and is used cleverly in several instances. The music is certainly a step down from WoolyA glorious visual style which is very well realized on such underpowered hardware. The levels have a great deal of variety to them and have lots of creative ideas. Crafted World fully embraces the concept of a 2.5D platformer, the interplay between the foreground and background is pretty great and is used cleverly in several instances. The music is certainly a step down from Wooly World, and has far less variety, but is nonetheless pleasant and effective. The Flip-Side gimmick seems a bit underdeveloped, but it does at least provide a fair amount of additional content. The difficulty is fairly low, even for a Yoshi game, but I was engaged throughout by how fun and unique each of the levels were.… Expand
  25. jikflet
    Sep 28, 2020
    8
    Beautiful platform game. one of the best looking nintendo game son the switch. game itself is not very challenging but gorgeous to look at. it gets tough after you beat it and unlock the secret world. is a must have for nintendo fans.
  26. Digibutter64
    Sep 24, 2020
    8
    A nice platformer, with a visual design that is flipping adorable. Going through levels backwards is interesting. I would've liked more variation in music though; a lot of the soundtrack is the main theme and several remixes of it. Also, replaying levels with new objectives is alright theoretically, but I found too much backtracking here.

    Ultimately, if you like prior Yoshi games,    A nice platformer, with a visual design that is flipping adorable. Going through levels backwards is interesting. I would've liked more variation in music though; a lot of the soundtrack is the main theme and several remixes of it. Also, replaying levels with new objectives is alright theoretically, but I found too much backtracking here.

    Ultimately, if you like prior Yoshi games, you'll almost certainly like this. If you haven't played a Yoshi game before, then this would be a good start, as there is a "Mellow Mode" (returning from Yoshi's Woolly World) that makes the game easier. There are a lot of collectibles too, so completionists will have a lot to do.    … Expand
  27. SuperK27
    Sep 19, 2020
    5
    This is an average Yoshi game with some charms, however, it lacks music and what you learn early in each level doesn't really carry over to the next worlds and the game doesn't feel very unique. The art is great and the game is fairly easy. I do think kids would enjoy but for playing many Yoshi games, this is probably not my most favorite one.
  28. MagicMikey
    Aug 22, 2020
    7
    Very chill game. it's adorable but it's not Yoshi's best adventure yet. it's not a bad game I just wish for some more depth
  29. moothemagiccow
    Aug 19, 2020
    3
    I hate this game. My kid wants to play two player with me and it's unbearable.

    The multiplayer just does not work. The area that the screen covers is too small and does not adapt to how big the environment is. When someone moves ahead of the other player, the other person can just get stuck. This happens all the time. In say, Mario 3D World or Kirby's Epic Yarn, if someone is behind,    I hate this game. My kid wants to play two player with me and it's unbearable.

    The multiplayer just does not work. The area that the screen covers is too small and does not adapt to how big the environment is. When someone moves ahead of the other player, the other person can just get stuck. This happens all the time. In say, Mario 3D World or Kirby's Epic Yarn, if someone is behind, they turn into a little bubble and float where they're supposed to be. There's no easy way to trigger this in Crafted World.

    You also randomly land on the other player, and get stuck on top of them. This is supposed to be a cooperative function, but it's an obstacle. When another player is on top, the bottom player can't throw eggs. This is really annoying, especially because there are timed sections of each level where you have to throw eggs at a target within so many seconds. If the other player is in the way, the eggs won't hit their target. It's obvious that the two-player mode was an afterthought.

    It's also a pain to just start the game in two player mode. You have to go into the options and select it, press the L+R buttons on both controllers, then go into a different menu to pick your character. There's no prompt when you start playing whether there should be two players or not. Maybe this is compounded by a problem specific to the Nintendo Switch. In the other consoles, you would just press the A button on the controller and the system would know how many players there were.

    Lastly, there are never enough eggs. Often there's a cloud you have to hit with an egg, and there's no nearby way to get eggs - no bad guys, no plants, no blocks - unless you go backward like three screens. You have to be constantly saving up eggs for some unforeseen use. Also in the multiplayer mode, the other player can randomly take your eggs and vice versa. This makes no sense and I have no idea how to avoid it.    … Expand
  30. Jopawho
    Aug 18, 2020
    10
    Pour moi c'est le meilleur jeu de toute la licence moi qui suis un grand fan de Yoshi je suis vraiment satisfait.
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#88 Best Switch Game of 2019
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#17 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2019
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 93 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 75 out of 93
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 93
  3. Negative: 0 out of 93
  1. Movies Games and Tech
    Apr 24, 2024
    65
    Yoshi’s Crafted World is a decent platformer that is fun to go through, despite its minor hiccups. How players can approach this game depends on either desiring to reach the end of it or collecting everything to completion. The game won’t raise the bar, but it will remind you that it is a harmless artsy platformer starring everyone’s favorite rideable green dinosaur.
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  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Aug 28, 2019
    75
    The soundtrack of Yoshi's Crafted World is abysmal. [Issue #39 – May/June 2019, p. 68]
  3. Riot Pixels
    Aug 7, 2019
    79
    Yoshi’s Crafted World doesn’t bring anything new to the formula — everything is lifted from other arcade games and previous Yoshi’s adventures. Still, it never gets boring.
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