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Nintendo Approved Quality

This game follows the decades of quality that Nintendo has produced and presented to the public. If you're a Mario fan, this one's a must-have for your collection.

This port of Yoshi's Island is accurate in graphics and gameplay. Since the sound chip on the GameBoy Advance is different than that of the Super Nintendo, the music and sounds aren't exactly the same, but efforts were made to make sure the audio is as close to the original as possible (and in some cases, improved - with the exception of the fact that the GBA isn't in stereo).

If you're a Mario player, get this game and add it to your collection. It's quirky chalkboard graphics and excellent gameplay make it a must-have for your collection!Read full review...

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Good, but it has problems

It's a good game that's timeless, but it only worked after I thoroughly cleaned the cartridge, and it still crashes occasionally mid gameplay, it's a real shame

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Great game. Especially when its portable!

I highly recommend. Some levels can be challenging but it is worth it. Theres 6 secret levels once you beat the game unlike the Super Nintendo version. Nostalgia at its best. Great remake of the super nes classic. Also includes Mario Bros. like other Super Mario Advance gamesRead full review...

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One of my favorite games from my youth

Unfortunately, I’d only get to play it when I went to my cousin’s. Now as an adult, I finally own it! If you’re into vintage platforms to I highly recommend trying this game out

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Satisfied with game in many aspects.

The game cart itself is in excellent condition with some very minor "imprints" in the label on the front, and a very minor scratch here and there, but you'd have to look for them to actually see them. These little flaws do not by any means effect the game play at all the game runs smoothly, graphics are what you'd expect with a GBA SP, to me it's a beautiful, colorful game with a lot of really fun adventures, and a good storyline. If I had to rate this 1-10 I'd say 10 as I am very satisfied overall with this game, the condition of physical cart, and fluid game play overall 100%.Read full review...

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Well Thought Out Game

Nintendo is widely considered to be the greatest video game developer for a reason. They consistently have high quality games. Yoshi's Island is of course high quality.

The story is cute and non-important. What is important in this game is the game play. You are in control of Yoshi (a green, or blue, or red, or yellow maybe more) a dinosaur like creature that has chosen to where plumbing boots much like Mario's. Mario has been turned into a baby and you (Yoshi) have to help Baby Mario get to the castle.

Yoshi has to cart Baby Mario around on his back, and if touched by an enemy becomes stunned and drops Baby Mario. Mario floats off in a bubble crying until you are able to get back to him. All this takes is the slightest touch of the bubble by Yoshi. There is a time limit that Mario can be separated from Yoshi, this depends on how much time you collect. This game mechanic sounds pretty tedious but it's not it just adds a little bit of incentive to not get hit by an enemy and instead dying like in previous Mario titles you are able to recover. A unique mechanic, no life bars or instant death.

The other main mechanic unique to this game is the shooting system. Yoshi has a really long tongue and can stretch it out to eat enemies. If you push down on the d-pad Yoshi swallows the enemy and turns him into a green polka dotted egg that bounces and follows the player around. Yoshi can then by pressing the right bumber button bring up cross hairs. The cross hairs move up and down the screen in the direction the player was facing. You can set up the controls to either fire after you let go of the button or if you hit the bumber button again. It is a useful mechanic because it doesn't only help against enemies that you can't defeat by jumping on but it gives you access to secrets that you normally wouldn't be able to reach.

Altogether a very satisfying game experience. I recommend it to anybody that even thinks they might enjoy it. Top notch game.Read full review...

Great!!

The game arrived in 3 days, waaaayyy before expected. It is playable and in good quality. Yoshi’s island is my favorite nintendo game and I’m very pleased with my purchase.

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Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 for GBA

I was a bit skeptical at first; in my opinion, Super Mario World was the best of the Mario games, and the idea of a sequel where Mario wasn't the main character seemed like it just wouldn't work. But after only a few minutes at an "Old School Game Week" at my college, my roommate and I thought it would be worth buying. We picked up the GBA release only because it was cheaper than the SNES original.

I have had so much fun playing this game. Each level is so much fun--figuring out where all the Red Coins, Flowers, and Stars are makes the game one of very, very few with instant replay value. I decided to play through one time with my goal being to just make it to the end of each level, and then start at the beginning again and try to get a perfect score on each level. Also, controlling Yoshi is fun. The Flutter Jump, making enemies into eggs, and using a various array of watermelons as ammo are all very fun and important parts of this game. I thought the use of the targeting system to control the direction of an egg was awesome and very fun--much better than when Mario throws fire and can only throw a "bouncy ball" in Super Mario Bros. or Super Mario World. All the castles are great as well. From the first battle to the last, each boss has a trick that, if figured out, helps you defeat them. Much better than a simple cut 'n' slash, button mash fest.

This is an excellent game. While others may have more popularity, this game has substance, replayability, and excellent design--all adding up to make it my new favorite Mario game, and one of the best games I have ever played.Read full review...

Good deal overall

I bought this game after playing it as a kid. It did not work initially when inserted into my Nintendo but with a few blows into the cartridge it did seem to work. Then it died on me. So it works about 75% of the time. Not sure if it’s the games age but I’m sure it’s fairly unavoidable with how old both units are.Read full review...

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A quirky but wonderful platformer returns; still great!

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (YI:SMA3)

Yoshi's Island (YI) was known as Super Mario World 2 (SMW2) at one stage; unfair, as it is not really a Mario game at all, even if Mario is in it.

Unlike SMW, you control a Yoshi, with baby Mario on their back (it's a actually a prequel to the entire Mario storyline). Yoshi does most of the work; eat enemies to make eggs, which you can fire to hit other enemies or collect coins and flowers. Melons allow Yoshi to spit seeds, fire or ice, and special morph blocks allow Yoshi to become a mole-tank, train, helicopter, car and such for a limited time. Super stars make baby Mario invincible, at which time you control him instead, running around like Sonic the Hedgehog through tunnels and loops, mainly collecting coins. In some levels Poochy - a friendly but uncontrollable dog - 'helps you out'... it adds variety, but Poochy's 'fun' element is pure opinion.

Each level has 5 flowers and 20 red coins hidden within it; find them and have up to 30 'stars' (gained by collecting starmen, lost by getting hit and losing Mario, upon which time they slowly decrease to 0) to get up to 100 points.

There are 6 worlds, each with 8 levels, all laid out in the same way; 3 levels, 1 mini-boss fort, 3 levels, boss castle. Beat all 8 levels with 100 points, and extra levels unlock.

Items make a return from Super Mario Bros. 3, with Yoshi able to replenish eggs, gain stars, see the locations of red coins and more. There are also a lot of mini games, some found behind locked doors in levels (FIND THAT KEY!!!) and others through hitting the end-level GOAL ring at the right time.

There are no timers, no world-skipping warps, no secret level exits... this isn't Mario! YI is something else entirely. Worlds and levels are linear, although ANY level, even boss levels, can be replayed, mainly for the scoring system.

So what does YI:SMA3 add? Unlike the previous SMA games, a fair amount! Apart from the obligatory Mario Bros. single/multiplayer bonus game, the point scores have more rewards associated with them. 1-ups at first, but bonus stages become map-accessible 'levels', and if you unlock all the original levels, 6 new ones become available! The largest bonus yet. There's the obligatory sampled speech/grunts too... not as intrusive as Mario's 'Letsee Go!' and 'Mamma-mia!', though, so I'm happier.

Aesthetically, YI was always a stunner. It featured pastel-shaded wobbly graphics, a beautiful soundtrack and fluid control and animation. These are all retained in YI:SMA3 - with only a small loss of visible screen area - so top marks there.

Difficulty-wise, it's not watered down much at all from the Super NES original; other than remembering how many eggs/lives you had, it's classic YI, and YI is quite challenging.

Plus, like all the Mario-esque games, it has universal appeal; anyone can enjoy, as it is gore-free, with no adult themes, and is therefore relatively inoffensive.

Not quite as classic as the other Mario games - it is very linear - but it is still a worthy addition to any games library. Highly recommended.Read full review...

Great game!

My family had this game when I was younger. So I needed it. Cartridge was exactly as pictured. No surprises. Gameplay is just as I remember it!

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