Yoshi's Woolly World

Template:Infobox Yoshi's Woolly World (originally called Yarn Yoshi) is a 2.5D side-scrolling game for the Wii U by Good-Feel. It's the first Yoshi home console game since Yoshi's Story (which was originally released in 1997). The game uses similar art material of yarn and textiles from the aforementioned game and Wii game from the Kirby franchise, Kirby's Epic Yarn, which was also developed by Good-Feel.

Story

The game takes place in Craft Island. Kamek turns the Yarn Yoshis into Wonder Wool, but misses two of them, who have to save the rest.

Gameplay

Yoshi's Woolly World is a platform game with textile and fabric environment which plays similarly to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Story, with many features coming from these games. Yoshi is able to eat enemies but, instead of turning them into Yoshi Eggs as in earlier games, he now turns them into yarn balls, that can be thrown just like eggs. They can also be thrown at objects such as platforms and Warp Pipes made of strings and needles in order to make them solid. Smiley Flowers and Winged Clouds return and coins are replaced by beads. Each level contains 20 "Stamp Patches" hidden inside common-looking beads, similarly to the Red Coins found in Yoshi's Island games. Collecting a number of Stamp Patches grants the player a set of Stamps. The hit point system comes back from Yoshi's Story. As the Yoshis are attacked by enemies, their Health Meter decreases and can be replenished with Hearts.

The game features two options for standard gameplay. The first is "Classic Mode", which is the standard gameplay similar to previous Yoshi platforming games. The second mode is "Mellow Mode". In this mode, Yoshi is Winged Yoshi and players can fly around freely, providing an easier experience. Players can switch between the two modes at any time via the pause menu.

Two Yoshis playing in co-op.

In co-op mode, the players control two Yoshis, Green Yoshi and Red Yoshi. A Yoshi is able to eat their partner and either swallow them to use them as a yarn ball or spit them out to destroy obstacles. However, when a Yoshi eats their partner, the Yoshi getting eaten loses all of their yarn balls. If one of the Yoshis goes too far off screen it is placed into a flying Yoshi Egg and transported to the other Yoshi. When one of the Yoshis goes down a Warp Pipe the other one is transported with it simultaneously. A Yoshi is able to jump onto another Yoshi and use it as a platform.

amiibo

The three Yarn Yoshi amiibo

Mario, Link, and Donkey Kong patterns

The game makes use of amiibo, and a series of yarn made Yoshi amiibo released alongside the game. When a yarn Yoshi amiibo is scanned, it will provide a Double Yoshi mode. Double Yoshi mode functions similarly to the Double Mario power-up from Super Mario 3D World in that both Yoshis follow the single player's inputs, but with the additional functions of co-op mode. Instead, if the normal version of the Yoshi amiibo is scanned, a normal Yoshi copy will appear.

All of the other amiibo (except the Pokémon ones) are compatible with the game and will unlock a pattern based on the character.

Characters

Playable characters

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  Green Yoshi

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  Red Yoshi

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  Light-Blue Yoshi

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  Pink Yoshi

Yoshi's Woolly World supports three game saves. Each is denoted with one of the three Yoshi colours available as Yarn Yoshi Amiibo; green, light-blue, and pink. When the player starts a new game under one the save files, their default Yoshi will be the same colour as the save file. Red Yoshi is always available from the start, regardless of the selected save file. The other Yoshi colours (e.g. light-blue and pink if playing on the green game save) unlock after rescuing their yarn from Baby Bowser at the end of the game, along with six other colours:

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  Blue Yoshi

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  Yellow Yoshi

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  Orange Yoshi

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  Purple Yoshi

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  Black Yoshi

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  White Yoshi

Allies

• Huffin' Puffin
• Poochy
• Egg-Plant

Enemies

New

Big Frame Boos Bomb Guys Bullet Bill Patches Burrberts Flooffs Fluffy Phantoms Frame Boos Frame Chomps Giant Nep-Enuts Hook Guys

Hot Dogs Li'l Smooch Spiders Miss Cluck Monty Mole Patches Nipper Spore Patches Peeplys Pharaoh Guys Pokey Poms

Ruffin' Tumbles Ruffin' Tumble Patches Smooch Spiders Snag-Stitches Snoots Wiks Woollet Bills

Returning

Ball 'n' Chains Baron von Zeppelins Blarggs Boo Guys Bull's-Eye Bills Bullet Bills Bumpties Burts Cheep Cheeps Clawdaddies Fangs Flightless Skeleton Goonies Flightless Goonies Fly Guys Fooly Flowers Gargantua Blarggs

Goonies Gusties Ice Snifits Icy Spiked Balls Koopa Paratroopas Koopa Troopas Lakitus Lava Drops Little Mousers Lunge Fish Monty Moles Naval Buds Nipper Plants Nipper Spores Piranha Plants Seedy Sallys Short Fuses

Shy Guys Shy Guy Towers Skeleton Goonies Snifits Snow Guys Spiked Balls Spiny Eggs Spray Fishes Stalking Piranha Plants Stilt Guys Tap-Taps Ukikis Wall Lakitus Wild Ptooie Piranhas Woozy Guys Magikoopas

Bosses

• Big Montgomery (World 1, 3, & 5 Midway Boss)
• Knot-Wing the Koopa (World 2, 4, & 6 Midway Boss)
• Burt the Bashful (World 1 Boss)
• Bunson the Hot Dog (World 2 Boss)
• Miss Cluck the Insincere (World 3 Boss)
• Naval Piranha (World 4 Boss)
• Snifberg the Unfeeling (World 5 Boss)
• Baby Bowser (World 6 Boss)

Other characters

• Kamek

Items and objects

• Yarn Balls
• ! Switches
• Beads
• Chomp Rocks
• Egg Blocks
• Fruit beads
• Goal Roulettes
• Hearts
• One-Way Flippers
• Power Badges
• Present Boxes
• Smiley Flowers
• Spring Balls
• Stamp Patches
• Warp Pipes
• Watermelons
• Winged Clouds
• Wonder Wools

Yoshi's Transformations

• Umbrella Yoshi (World 1-2, World 6-2)
• Mega Yoshi (World 1-6, World 5-5)
• Moto Yoshi (World 1-7, World 5-1)
• Mole Yoshi (World 2-2, World 3-6)
• Sky Pop Yoshi (World 3-7, World 6-7)
• Mermaid Yoshi (World 4-3, World 5-2)

Yoshi's Designs

Main article: List of Yoshi designs in Yoshi's Woolly World

Worlds/Levels

World 1 World 1-1: Yarn Yoshi Takes Shape! World 1-2: Bounceabout Woods World 1-3: Sponge Cave Spelunking World 1-4: Big Montgomery's Fort World 1-5: Knitty-Knotty Windmill Hill World 1-6: Shy But Deadly World 1-7: Clawdaddy Beach World 1-8: Burt the Bashful's Castle World 1-S: Hang Tongue! World 2 World 2-1: Across the Fluttering Dunes World 2-2: Duplicitous Delve World 2-3: Walk the Chomp to Unwind World 2-4: Knot-Wing the Koopa's Fort World 2-5: Spiky Stroll World 2-6: Lava Scarves and Red-Hot Blarggs World 2-7: The Desert Pyramid Beckons! World 2-8: Bunson the Hot Dog's Castle World 2-S: Perils of the Perplexing Pyramid

World 3 World 3-1: Yoshi and Cookies World 3-2: Wobble Mobile Jaunt World 3-3: Scarf-Roll Scamper World 3-4: Big Montgomery's Bubble Fort World 3-5: Fluffin' Puffin Babysitting World 3-6: A-Mazing Post Pounding World 3-7: Fanciful Fluff and Feathers World 3-8: Miss Cluck the Insincere's Castle World 3-S: Woollet Bill's Last Ride World 4 World 4-1: Monkeying Round and Round World 4-2: Lakitu Peek-a-Boo World 4-3: Rollin' Down the River World 4-4: Knot-Wing the Koopa's Aqua Fort World 4-5: Sunset at Curtain Falls World 4-6: Spooky Scraps! Don't Get Spooked! World 4-7: Yoshi Branches Out World 4-8: Naval Piranha's Sewer World 4-S: Naval Piranha 2: Now It's Personal!

World 5 World 5-1: Fluffy Snow, Here We Go! World 5-2: Frozen Solid and Chilled World 5-3: Flying Carpet Cruise World 5-4: Big Montgomery's Ice Fort World 5-5: A Little Light Snowfall World 5-6: Up Shuttlethread Pass World 5-7: Snowy Mountain Lift Tour World 5-8: Snifberg the Unfeeling's Castle World 5-S: Yoshi's Curtain Call World 6 World 6-1: Lair of the Smooch Spiders World 6-2: Snag-Stitch Mountain World 6-3: Vamoose the Lava Sluice! World 6-4: Knot-Wing the Koopa's Sky Fort World 6-5: Yoshi, the Terror of All Boos World 6-6: Feel Fuzzy, Get Clingy World 6-7: Kamek's Last-Ditch Flyby World 6-8: King Bowser's Castle World 6-S: Skeleton Goonies' Lava Lair World ☆-S: Wonderful World of Wool

References to other games

• Super Mario Bros.: Bullet Bill Patches greatly resemble the original Bullet Bill sprite from this game.
• Super Mario World: Monty Mole Patches also resemble their sprite from this game.
• Yoshi's Cookie: The title of the level Yoshi and Cookies is based on this game's name. Additionally, checkered Yoshi Cookies act as an obstacle in this level.
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: Many elements from this game return, including several bosses, they are Burt the Bashful and Naval Piranha.
• Wario Land Shake it: Curtain sound effects are reused.

Gallery

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  E3 2014 worldwide logo

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  Gameplay screenshot from Yoshi's Woolly World

Trivia

• Although Yoshi's Woolly World was released in 2015, the 2014 game Super Smash Bros. for Wii U managed to include a stage based upon this game titled Woolly World. On the official Super Smash Bros. Facebook page, it's stated that the stage was put in late in development.
• This is the first game in the Yoshi series to be released in PAL regions before anywhere else.