Poochy Dash

Poochy Dash is a bonus mode in Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World in which the player plays as Poochy in an auto-run style platformer trying to collect as many beads as possible as he races to the goal. Poochy can jump, stomp, and slide, and he passively plows though enemies and boxes. Performing certain actions in a stage causes beads to appear in fireworks patterns, and these beads automatically fly into Poochy soon after appearing. Beads are displayed dropping into the background of the Touch Screen as they are collected, and stack up there as more are collected. The goal appears similarly to the goals that Yoshi's transformations use, with a design of Poochy's face and colors to match his own, though stages terminate even if Poochy runs past the goal.

Most things are unable to harm Poochy. If he crashes into a wall, he bounces back while some of the collected beads scatter. The beads disappear fairly quickly, and Poochy's automatic movement means many of them cannot be retrieved at all. The hook of a Hook Guy does the same while knocking Poochy over, though once Poochy rights himself he gains mercy invincibility. Near collisions with walls in the air allow Poochy to flip over the lip and proceed, though the arc of this flip is fixed and can make Poochy miss items. Dropping down a pit restarts the level; there are no checkpoints.

Each stage also has three Poochy Pups. Once found, they the pups will follow Poochy all the way to the goal. Differing animations play based on the number of Poochy Pups collected, and each Poochy Pup is tied to a 50 Bead firework once the stage is finished. Poochy earns a bronze, silver, gold, or platinum medal based on the beads he has when a stage concludes. There are three missions for each stage, available after Poochy clears that stage for the first time. They task him with completing tasks in the course. One of them is always to collect 1500 beads, another is always to pop all three of the balloons flying in the stage, and the third is variable. Once unlocked, they appear on the Touch Screen while in a course, and superimpose a star outline on the Top Screen when completed. A bonus time mission is available for each stage when the Poochy amiibo is scanned at the Poochy Hut.

Poochy Dash is accessed from the Poochy Hut on Craft Island. On a World Map, a button on the Touch Screen depicting Poochy and a bone allows the player to warp to the Poochy Hut. There are six stages available in Poochy Dash, one associated with each world. The first one is available at the start, while the others are unlocked after the player clears the fourth course of a world in each world past World 1.

Stages in Poochy Dash
Image	Title	Missions (amiibo mission)	How to unlock
	Galloping Green Meadow	Collect 1500 beads Pop 3 balloons Pass under the stump (Reach the goal within 38 seconds)	Available at the start
	Hotheaded Lava Fields	Collect 1500 beads Pop 3 balloons Get all the beads that fall down (Reach the goal within 47 seconds)	Clear World 2-4
	Stitchy Scramble	Collect 1500 beads Pop 3 balloons Stomp on Ruffin' Tumble 10 times (Reach the goal within 58 seconds)	Clear World 3-4
	Zippy Lagoon	Collect 1500 beads Pop 3 balloons Pop all the bubbles (Reach the goal within 35 seconds)	Clear World 4-4
	Bobsledding Peaks	Collect 1500 beads Pop 3 balloons Do not break the ice blocks (Reach the goal within 46 seconds)	Clear World 5-4
	Fort Bombs Away	Collect 1500 beads Pop 3 balloons Knock down the flags (Reach the goal within 42 seconds)	Clear World 6-4

Gold Rush

If Yoshi gets a Smiley Flower at the Goal Ring, it unlocks Gold Rush mode for one use in Poochy Dash. When a course is entered in Gold Rush mode, a Gold Lakitu flies across the entire course. This Lakitu follows the route that completes all three missions, leaving a trail of gold beads for Poochy to collect. No normal beads appear during a Gold Rush, though various fireworks patterns will appear exclusively using golden beads. The player cannot complete missions in this mode. The medal in this stage, regardless the number of beads collected, is a depiction of Poochy atop a pile of gold beads. If Gold Rush is available, the player can toggle between playing courses normally and playing courses in Gold Rush by tapping the gold Lakitu's Cloud in the bottom-right corner of the Touch Screen. If Gold Rush is available, the quick selection button on World Maps is changed to Poochy having uncovered three gold Beads.

List of Poochy designs

With the exception of Golden Poochy, Poochy's designs can only be unlocked by completing amiibo missions.

Image	How to unlock	English	Japanese	French	Spanish	German	Italian	Dutch
	Default	Poochy	ポチ	Poochy	Poochy	Schnuffel	Poochy	Poochy
	Complete the first amiibo mission	Buzzing Poochy		Poochy abeille	Poochy zumbón	Summse-Schnuffel	Poochy ape	Bijen-Poochy
	Complete the second amiibo mission	Moo Moo Poochy		Poochy meuh meuh	Poochy vaca	Muh-Schnuffel	Poochy mucca	Koeien-Poochy
	Complete the third amiibo mission	Rocking Horse Poochy		Poochy poney	Poochy caballito	Holzpferd-Schnuffel	Poochy cavallino	Paarden-Poochy
	Complete the fourth amiibo mission	Watermelon Poochy		Poochy pastèque	Poochy sandía	Wassermelonen-Schnuffel	Poochy cocomero	Watermeloen-Poochy
	Complete the fifth amiibo mission	Cosy Poochy		Poochy chandail	Poochy abrigado	Wollwarm-Schnuffel	Poochy maglioncino	Truien-Poochy
	Complete the sixth amiibo mission	Burger Poochy		Poochy hamburger	Poochy hamburguesa	Burger-Schnuffel	Poochy hamburger	Hamburger-Poochy
	Complete all missions (excluding amiibo missions)	Golden Poochy		Poochy doré	Poochy dorado	Gold-Schnuffel	Poochy dorato	Gouden Poochy

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ドッグラン[?] Doggu Ran	Dog Run
German	Schnuffel-Spurt[?]	Poochy spurt
Italian	Poochy a perdifiato[?]	Poochy at breackness speed