Yoshi Story did look great for an N64 title, I'll give it that.

My problem with it wasn't the difficulty actually, it was that because the level ended when you ate enough fruit, their stucture was too loose and aimless, with a clearly defined beginning, middle, and end. Also, it had less than half as many levels as Yoshi's Island.

So Australia gets it together with Europe right? Woolly World I mean.

We'll make a lot of people jealous. :p I wonder if they'll be mad if I spoil the levels in the Nintendo screenshot thread. :p

Because Yoshi games aren't that big in the scheme of things? Nintendo is definitely the worst about rehashing games. In fact they are probably the most guloty party of that in all of video games except possibly Omega Force. (Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors etc.)

Not necessarily a bad thing but its the way it is. (For the record im a HUGE fan of Warriors games, moderate Nintendo fan)

It's scheduled for the 27th of June here in Australia, yes.

Years : All New-Installments – ratio

3D Platforming Mario – 6:19  (6  ~ 1996)
6:19  = 1 game every 3.16 years

Physical Retail Uncharted – (4 ~ 2007)
4:8 = 1 game every 2 years

FPS Halo – (6 ~ 2001)
6:14 = 1 game every 2.33 years

Physical Retail Home Console Assassin's Creed – (9 ~ 2007)
9:8 = 1 game every 0.88 years

3D Legend of Zelda – (5 ~ 1998)
5:17 = 1 game every 3.4 years

Gears of War – (4 ~ 2006)
4: 9 = 1 game every 2.25 years

Physical Retail God of War – (6 ~ 2005)
 6:10 = 1 game every  1.66 years

Physical Retail Call of Duty – (13 ~  2003)
13:12 = 1 game every 0.92 years

Now if you want to talk about overusing their characters then that is another story. One I’m hopeful they’re resolving with Splatoon and Codename STEAM. Personally the only reason I really see it as an issue  is for getting more unique characters in Smash Bros! xD

(Not that they’ve tapped all their series though at least. As cool as new stuff like Splatoon looks, Codename STEAM sounds, and Xenoblade is, I’d say Nintendo need to “rehash” other franchises a bit more. :p)

Seriously though, accusing Nintendo of rehashing is bizarre when frankly, even for Mario and Zelda, the annoyance in reality is actually having to wait, even if we understand that their philosophy in game design is what fuels their produce being so good.

Anyway, I welcome having my research verified in case I’m misrepresenting something through human error.

Well yeah, main Yoshi games have been absent from the home consoles for quite a while.
But we had like 5 main Yoshi games on handhelds since the 64 days, so there's that.

Starfox and F-Zero series are the real tragedy here.

What Metacritic score do you think it will have ?
I think between 85 and 88.

I was 10 (and a half, as a kid of the age would not neglect to mention) and I remember it as if it was just last week. The N64 launch with Mario 64 as well. Time flies, it's unbelievable.

Donkey Kong Country also had a 14 year gap between 3 and Returns. Even if you count 64, that's still 11 whopping years!

This all makes me think of this unrelated note;

It's weird though, in my memory, the time it took for the GameCube port of Ocarina to release after the original felt like it was much more than it actually was, while it feels like it took less time for OoT3D to release after that. OoT itself however feels like it was much older when the remake came than MM, while in reality OoT was newer relative to it's remake than MM is. I think it's because things seem longer when you're younger yourself, but it's funny how time plays with your head like that .

It will probably have around the same Metascore as Epic Yarn, which was 86!

Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat in 2005 provided fans something to enjoy on consoles. So technically its more like a 5 year gap, the same amount of time Metroid is approaching.