Guessed by drbunnig
When most people think about 2D Platformers they often think about 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Super Mario Bros. 3' (#13), 'Super Mario World', 'Donkey Kong Country' or one of the modern indie titles. Those are all great and all, but the genre found its peak in 1995 with a little game called 'Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'. A sequel in name only, and more often remembered as just 'Yoshi's Island', this is very much its own game and is totally different than its namesake. Different in all the right ways though because every aspect of it seems to have been improved. Most of all, the game is absolutely beautiful.
The art direction here, the hand-drawn crayon look, is gorgeous. At first, the game was supposed to look like how Donkey Kong Country looks; sprites made from 3D models. The game's intro is still evidence to that fact. However at some point the designers decided to do it differently instead. This is so successfully unique, that I'd argue this is still one of, if not the, prettiest game ever made. All the polygons in the world with textures that are too realistic like in a lot of modern games is boring and forgettable. Things like this though most definitely aren't and it shows that good artists can make a game.
