Yoshi's Island on the SNES was quite well received by critics back in the day, it was just overshadowed by the huge DKC/DKC2 train.
Oh well. Yoshi's New Island always looked kinda dull/mediocre from the get go, hopefully that will be a wake up call to the Yarn Yoshi team that they have to step their game up.
It's really not a big deal though IMO, there are so many good platformers on Nintendo systems these days. Buy DKC: Tropical Freeze guys, skip Yoshi and wait for Yarn Yoshi.