Yoshi’s Crafted World (Nintendo Switch)

Review: Yoshi's Crafted World

is full of charm, personality, and warmth. The platforming is excellent, and each world is an exciting, varied experience. Granted, the game isn't hard by any means but that should deter you from missing out. Satisfying exploration, hidden treasures and secrets,

Yoshi's Crafted World review - at long last, a worthy successor to Yoshi's Island

at long last, a worthy successor to Yoshi's Island

Yoshi's Crafted World (Switch)

Yoshi's Crafty World is a game overflowing with charm. While it feels very much like another game in the Yoshi's Island series, it makes enough changes here and there to freshen it up.

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.

Nintendo treats its star mascot, Mario, like a strict parent would a child . It controls who Mario goes out with, where he goes, and wh...

Yoshi's Crafted World Review

Ever since the first time Yoshi stole the limelight in Yoshi's Island, Nintendo have had a bit of a habit of rendering their characters in new and unusual materials. Mario was turned to paper, Link flattened with cel shading, wall paintings and clay, Kirby to yarn, but it's Yoshi that has...

Yoshi's Crafted World

Nintendo has traditionally been top-of-the-line when it comes to consistently providing its fans with some of the very best side-scrolling platform experiences, and in the past decade, the company has clearly tied its most beloved characters and franchises to a specific playstyle, trying to cater to...

If you're new to the series, Yoshi's Crafted World has colour and charm to spare, even if its inventiveness is largely limited to its looks. For Yoshi fans, it does exactly what you expect it to, which is perhaps the worst thing we can say about it; it contains few genuine surprises.

Yoshi's Crafted World Review – Cardboard Paradise

Yoshi games have always had a rather distinct aesthetic. Yoshi's Island was rendered in lush colors and sketchbook lines. Woolly World was a study in stitching and superb detail. Yoshi's Crafted World takes this torch and makes a most admirable mark in the pages of history.

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.