Yoshi's Island 64 [Yoshi's Story - Beta] Nintendo 64 - 1996

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First Look at Yoshi 64

Shoshinkai proved furtive ground for little bits of goodness like this clip of Yoshi's Island 64

December 2, 1996 - Yoshi's Island 64, once just a rumor, is now a reality. Or at least damn close to it. At Nintendo's 8th Annual Shoshinkai last week, Nintendo Co. Ltd. previewed a short movie of the game on its giant video screen kitty corner to the press room.

The game appears to be a lush, lively, polygonally animated title with a vibrant color palate and characters familiar to those appearing in previous Yoshi and Mario games. What has not been announced by Nintendo is whether the game will appear on the 64DD or not (or whether it'll be on cart or disk). And, of course, Nintendo didn't include any literature at the show, nor did its execs include the game on the first half, 1997 line-up.

Yoshi's Island 64 (working title), unfortunately, appears to a nostalgic title, harking back to PlayStation's Rayman or even Saturn's Bug!, both of which were "3D games," but only in look, and not in gameplay. The side-scrolling action looks disappointingly familiar, with Yoshi bouncing off giant ferns and leaves, and smacking bad guys on the head.

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[cresun]

i really beg to differ when it comes to beta vs final..

the fruit concept adds a different strategy to it, rather than just running thru the course to the end

it implies a greater value of gameplay by encouraging the player to explore every inch of the story book, in order to achieve the 30 melon challenge, while seeking out those hidden coins along the way to peak the high score

those looking for a pure adventure game WILL be disappointed, as Yoshi's Story depends on its puzzle element

[TheFreezingApple]

Ok so for the record i actually like Yoshi's Story and i don't know what the yelling about the title is all about because i didn't see people complain when Mario & Luigi RPG 3's title was announced...i just find it stupid that people complain about a title. Plus if you try to do an melon only run you get to see every inch of the level seeing what nintendo put in the game rather than running your ass of and plainly forgetting the levels altogether.

[Spartan Chan]

I'm 20 and am proud to say I owe this game still.

Not so proud to say I spent god knows how meany years looking for the purple and brown yoshi and only recently found out they stripped them from the game =I...

Still its nice to know I wasn't fucking mad 0:09 they are there.. at least they were..

[vastscatman235]

you find that consoles are rare

[immabananaa1]

The rom is very glitchy and barely works....so no just buying the game or getting it off the virtual console is the only ideal awnser

[eddiekane940]

I have a yoshis story international version for sale if anybody's interested. Its on ebay

[tri mac]

monokoma, did you play with the footage to show purple or brown yoshi or did you find it like that, nintendo claims thhat those colored yoshi were never an idea for this game

[vastscatman235]

well thats easy first goto site named coolrom download nintendo 64 emulator and the ROM then enjoy :)

[TheChipUnleashed]

LOL Yoshi does the Fat Sonic Run from Sonic 2.

[Arne Trauscheid]

NO ! Yoshis Island was perfect for me !!! it was perfect vor me ! i was 5 now i´m 14 years old !

I played it all time !! I still play it !!! for ever... i will never forget it.

[AlexDesnoyersVEVO]

Yoshi's Story is better then Yoshi's Island. Though Story Was Still Good in it's own right.

[darkgaiasonic]

I wish to suggest a re-Make of this in HD for the ds and 3ds.