EDGE gives Yoshi's New Island 4/10 [62 on Metacritic]

[MikeRox]

Mr Khan said:

archbrix said:

Mr Khan said:

Squeezol said:
Graphics always looked terrible to me.. Also, the Metascore isn't horrible for Yoshi. I mean, Yoshi's Story doesn't have a great score either.

Yeah, the Yoshi games have never been critical darlings. Even "Island" was disliked in its day.

Really?  I remember a magazine back then (Gamefan, I think) giving Yoshi's Island game of the year despite all of the hype around the newly released Playstation and Saturn.

I wasn't gaming then (also i was 5), though my historical recollections told me it was just overshadowed by DKC.

Ah man, Yoshi's Island was so hyped at the time. It was a technical marvel like the DKC games, but in a different way. It was the N64 game they released on the SNES! :D

I also loved the completely new approach to the gameplay mechanics.

That said I also think people are being harsh to Yoshi's Island DS.

I'm absolutely gutted with the reviews for this though. This was one of the few 3DS titles I've actually been interested in over the last year or so that's doubly gutting. Hopefully Kirby will be better. Roll on May!