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GAME INFORMATION

Yoshi's Island 1 is the first level on Yoshi's Island in Super Mario World, and the first level of the game. Though it is possible to beat the game without playing this level, it is the only way to reach the Yellow Switch Palace and to activate the yellow! Rexes are the most common enemies in Yoshi's Island 1. The level has a grassland theme. Mar 25, 2014  Yoshi's New Island OST Playlist Audio Preview. Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.5.2. Plus-circle Add Review. Reviews There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. Underground - Yoshi's New Island OST.ogg download.

Overview

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is the first Mario adventure game to star Yoshi, the game was designed as a prequel to all of the Mario games and goes back to when Mario was a baby. Your aim as Yoshi is to get Baby Mario back to his parents in the Mushroom Kingdom, while avoiding a Magikoopa sent by Bowser to kidnap Baby Mario - the Evil Kamek.
The graphics don't conform to any Mario games before it, and feature a unique hand-drawn look to colourful levels and scenery. Yoshi's Island has six different worlds, each of which has eight different stages, it also features six different bonus games which reward a player with items and extra lives. This title utilised the Super FX2 chip allowing for more powerful and smoother graphical elements such as smooth scrolling, zooming in and out, bigger bosses and much more.

Interesting Facts

• GameInformer's top 200 videogames of all time rated this game 185th, one of the lowest ranked Mario Games, despite being 'technically' one of the most advanced games that the SNES would ever see.

• Despite its relatively poor overall rating from GameInformer the 100th issue of Nintendo Power magazines 'Top 100 Titles of all time' placed SMW2: Yoshi's Island a respectable 18th.

• The '?' blocks of the original Super Mario World did not feature in this game

• Sees the return of POW-Blocks unseen since SMB2.

• The player controls Yoshi throughout the entire game

• This game was actually more of a prequel than a sequel

• Reference to 'Loch Ness' the Scottish lake in which the legendary Loch Ness monster resides in the fish enemy called 'Loch Nestor'

• There was a comic series called Super Mario-Kun in Japan which featured stories based around various Super Mario videogames that were out at the time. The comic had an edition whereby it featured around the story of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island whereby the Adult versions of the Mario Brothers as we know them went back in time with the Adult version of Bowser, stopped Kamek from kidnapping Baby Mario and help Yoshi complete his mission to reunite the Baby Mario Bros.

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Overview

From playing many Nintendo games featuring music from Koji Kondo, I have the hunch that he knows how to make fun scores. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi Island (Yoshi’s Island, to us Americans) continues the legendary trend of his previous works. The music here has a typical Mario-esque feeling (although the classic theme is not used), but in a youthful, innocent schtick to keep the Mario universe afloat, while inviting us to join in with the whimsical world of the Yoshis.

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The score occasionally screams treacliness (in tracks like “Story Music Box”), but it is not completely overdone, unlike its semi-disappointing Nintendo 64 sequel, Yoshi’s Story. It keeps the saccharine feeling to a mild level, which allows this score to be more enjoyable than its sequel was.

In fact, this score is more snappy than cute. The main title theme, “Yoshi’s Island”, in particular, is very cool! It has a great dance beat and it’s enhanced by calypso instruments. The other stuff on here is equally great, too. “Flower Garden” is a nice frolic song, “Underground BGM” is funky, “Athletic” is appropiately athletic… all the songs are great fun. Best of all, it has an extended version of the famous “Invincible” theme, entitled “Powerful Infant”.

If there is any weakness in the soundtrack, it would probably be the boss battle themes. They are mostly noisy cacophonies that get irritating instantly. However, this is only two out of 26 tracks, and does nothing to take away the entertainment value of the music.

The highlight of this score is the end title theme. It sounds a tad bit like the end title theme from Super Mario World, but instead is played in a lullaby manner. And when the song almost becomes too treacly, Kondo throws in elements of the end title theme from The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past. I wish I could hear a concert arrangement of this theme, because of those elements from the finale of Zelda.

Summary

All of this makes Super Mario Yoshi Island a very entertaining listening experience, but it hasn’t had much of a life on its own. In other words, not too many people are raving about Yoshi’s Island, and most have probably forgotten about it by now. This is a shame, because Yoshi’s Island is one of Kondo’s best solo scores.

Don’t be fooled by its cute appearance; this is a soundtrack that is jam-packed with more fun and pleasure than one can possibly imagine. All in all, if you can ever find it anywhere, this soundtrack is a must-have.

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Posted on August 1, 2012 by Jon Turner. Last modified on August 1, 2012.