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Mario's back (again)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 34 / 38
Date: November 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Remembering Mario from looong ago on the NES, I thought I was growing quite tired of seeing him on every Nintendo system that's been released. However, I did need a platform game to make the 45 minute train ride into work bearable, so I picked this up as a rental from my local BB chain and returned home, slapping it into my trusty GBA.

Hours (and I mean hours) later, I ran down two sets of rechargeable NiMH batteries on my GBA and looked up at the clock to see it was 2am (lol) and I had been playing it for 5+ hours straight. Be warned this game is very difficult to put down, I have occasionally missed my train stop and had to catch another one going the opposite direction.

Now that, by definition, are the qualifications for a great game. Get it, you won't regret it.

Another great SNES game brought to Game Boy Advance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 22 / 22
Date: November 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have been a proud owner of a Super Nintendo for over 10 years now. The first game I ever got was Super Mario World and played it hours on end day after day. Then last year my friend gave me Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island for my SNES. I found myself playing through the night. Now thankfully this game has been ported from the Super Nintendo to the Game Boy Advance. Ever since the original Mario game on the NES, the Mario games seem to keep getting better and better.

In Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island you are Yoshi and you go through the levels with Baby Mario sitting on your back. If you get hit by an enemy then you lose Baby Mario and he starts to cry, but you have 10 seconds to get him back. If the timer runs down to zero, he is kidnapped and you lose a life. As Yoshi you can "eat" the enemies and they become eggs which you can shoot at other enemies and at bonus clouds that hold coins, stars or flowers. Every red coin that you get that is hidden throughout each stage it worth one point to your score. Each star you collect adds one second to your timer. And each flower gives you 10 points. If you collect all 5 flowers in a stage you get an extra life, similar to collecting the Yoshi coins in the first Super Mario World. You can earn up to 100 points for each level (50 for all the flowers, 30 for all the red coins, and 20 for all the stars). If you get 100 points for each level in the game, you can unlock secret levels that are really awesome!

There are many great, challenging stages in this game. In all, there are 48 levels in the whole game, only half as many as Super Mario Advance 2. After you beat each stage you jump into a hoop and a light starts going around the hoop. If it lands on a flower you get to play a bonus game, if not you just advance to the next stage. It takes a while to get used to this game if you are a veteran Super Mario World player (on GBA or SNES) because this game is so much different than it. This is one of the best games ever for the Game Boy Advance. Go buy it NOW!

One of the best mario games is back

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks, there are a total of 6 worlds with 8 levels. Plus!, if you get a perfect score in each world, there is an extra level for that world. I've played this game for the Super Nintendo and let me tell you, It was amazing. The graphics are crisp and its very challenging as your playing it too. This game, of course, surpasses the sequel "Yoshi Story" because it has more levels and has a very unique plot for a mario game. The only annoying thing about this game is when mario cries. But that does not stop me from giving this game 5 stars. I highly recommend this game to any fan of mario. Especially if you've never played it before. Oh, I forgot to mention that they added 6 new levels for this game since its on Game Boy Advance. You'll find those additional levels after finishing the game. I can't wait to get this game for Game Boy Advance.

Widely hailed as the pinnacle of 2-D platforming.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: September 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Many reviews claim this; I wholeheartedly concur. Yoshi's Island is a brilliant offering of two dimensional level design and pure platforming goodness. From the start, you can expect hectic thrills (good, long ones too; this game is quite lengthy) while playing as the beloved Yoshi saddled with a wailing baby Mario. From here, gaming bliss takes over.

Yoshi's Island made the transition from Super Nintendo to Gameboy Advance surprising smoothly, suffering only from minor sound compression and scrolling issues (which are a minute annoyance at worst, negligible at best). The old-time, tried (and still true), beloved gameplay has remained perfectly intact. It's an immense joy to re-experience this, yet the greatness of this gameplay still eagerly welcomes newcomers.

Everybody who has an interest in platform games would do themselves a favor by picking up this marquis gem (a crystalline supplement to those all-too-common diamonds in the rough).

super Mario Advance three

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: August 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I played this game for just 10 minutes and I fell in love with it! the graphics look so good on the GBA, and it was a real treat to hear the classic SNES yoshi sounds mixed in with the "yoshi's story" sounds (you hear them when you retreive baby Mario after he's knocked off your back.) and I was right: the music did not suffer. the game's music is just as catchy and moody(the castle theme) as it ever was. BUY THIS GAME!

a perfect conversion from the original

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: August 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was very pleased with this game, it's identical in every aspect to the SNES' original (well, you got more SFX with this, but they're welcome), the gameplay is identical, the graphics are as cute as the original (maybe this is a problem for adults like me, because the graphics are to-cute for our standards, but hey! this is one of the more challenging Mario games out there (after Super Mario Bros. The lost levels, of course)...

Like all the SM Advance games, you can play the original MArio Bros. game (if you want a challenge, try to play the phase 30), i remember this game from the Atari 2600 era, and is very adictive (better if you can play it with the multiplayer option), and supposedly many extra levels.

The replay factor is very high because after you finish the game, you begin to search all the missing points that you have in the first time.

A very good game

This is great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: August 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've played this game on the SNES and it is a great game! you play as Yoshi and you can eat enemies and throw eggs. the graphics are very good and the gameplay is too. also, there is a link mode for up to 4 players with one copy of the game, with the clasic arcade mode. buy it now!

THIS IS A GREAT GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: February 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was torn between 2 gba games. Metroid fusion and yoshis island. Well let me tell you yoshis island is one of the best games i have ever played. And im serious about that. It is so addictive and so fun. The graphics are the best i have ever seen and has already won awards for how outstanding it is. And the sound is even better, every time yoshi sticks out his tongue or loses baby mario its incredible. I recommned this game to everyone if u didnt play the orignal back in 1995. Even its old its amazing. It even has multiplayer. Do yourself a favor and run and pick this game up. Yoshi' s list of moves is great. He can push rocks down hills to roll over enemies, swallow enemies and turn them into eggs to throw, he can jump and then hover, he can also ground pound which is very usefull. Its so cool when mario gets his cape cause he gets ahead of yoshi and can run up walls.

The level design is extradonarily good. From castles to snowwy mountains. This game totally blew me away and i cant wait to beat it.

My Yoshi!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: September 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am 6 years old. My Mom is writing this from what I am saying.
I like it because it has Yoshi and he is my favorite character. When Baby Mario gets the little star, Yoshi turns into an egg and Baby Mario can run upsidedown. You get to battle bad guy characters in the castles. I like the name of the game. If you beat a bad guy on the last castle, then you get the giant golden key for Baby Mario to get to the next world. I like Mario characters alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love Yoshi and Mario

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: October 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a mother of 5 grown children and I bought this game for myself, yes I love playing gameboy advance! I have played this game on SNES when my children were still at home. I like the graphics and the sound. some of it is a bit tough for me and I have to have one of my older kids beat the boss for me. I havent finished it yet but I will.

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