Yoshi’s Crafted World (Nintendo Switch)

Yoshi's Crafted World review

Yoshi’s Crafted World doesn’t do quite enough with its arts and crafts theme to earn itself a place in the pantheon of all-time platforming greats, but it’s an endearing and endlessly charming adventure that, like the best games starring Nintendo’s mascots, can be enjoyed by all ages. This is a game built for laid-back exploration rather than speedrunning, but the playfulness of the level design will have you smiling from start to finish. It really is amazing what you can do with a few empty toilet rolls.

Yoshi’s Crafted World review review

Yoshi's Crafted World Review

One of Nintendo's most popular characters gets his due time in the Switch spotlight!

Good-Feel is known for developing visually unique platformers like Kirby's Epic Yarn and Yoshi's Woolly World. Its latest platformer Yoshi's Crafted World once again stars Mario's dinosaur buddy, except this time he ventures courses entirely designed as arts-and-crafts projects come to life.

Yoshi's Crafted World Review

Yoshi's Crafted World is a fantastic reminder of what makes Nintendo games great. At a time when other publishers are adding more and more into their games, Nintendo has shown that creative levels and an incredibly cute art style is all you need for a good time.

Yoshi's Crafted World

One of the most interesting aspects of Yoshi's standalone games is how they've diverged from Mario's, despite the shared roots. It's not just that Yoshi's games have remained scrolling platformers while his plumber pal has fully embraced three dimensions, but in how Yoshi plays around with the 2D...

Yoshi's Crafted World review: More than just a fluff piece

Yoshi's Crafted World is a graphical masterpiece and a well-balanced platformer caper that'll appeal to new and established gamers of any age. It represents the different approach that Nintendo takes and is yet another notch on the Switch's must-buy list.

Yoshi's Crafted World review: A charming (but easy) adventure

Even though Yoshi is one of the best things about the Mario franchise, our green dinosaur friend is often times relegated to the role of sidekick. Every once in a while, though, Yoshi gets to star in a game of his (its

It is so easy to fall into the trap of thinking every game is made with just us in mind. We want every platformer to satisfy our need for perfect, pin-point leaps. We want our puzzlers to challenge us right to our breaking point before acquiescing to our superior brain power.

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Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.