Jeff, Ryan and Brad are wrong.
Jeff, Ryan and Brad are wrong about and clueless games 90% of the time. He also seems to think the game is for kids because some dude was "9" and that has something to do with it even though tons of adults critics like the game just as much. So they are that shallow and closed minded on this website.
So they all like tons of really annoying suck filled games on this site that would make you want to punch a baby so why does anybody care what they think ? Oh and Jeff bought a lifetime subscription to "star trek online" and that game sucks and then some, so the dude has problems identifying what makes a game good in the first place. Anybody who does that would have to have something wrong with them or have no idea what a good game is to do something insane like that.
They can flag super bad games like Aliens: Colonial Marines......Oh wait that was Alex that did that one,,, Alex knows his stuff most of the time..... Never mind I can't think of any right now it's been a long time since I have seen them properly label a bad game and a good game.
The game received overwhelming praise from critics. Electronic Gaming Monthly gave Yoshi's Island its award for Best Action Game of 1995.[16]GamePro gave the game a 4.5/5 rating.[5] GameRankings.com gives Yoshi's Island a composite review score of 95%, based on five reviews.[5] Yoshi's Island sold about four million copies.[17] The game placed 22nd in Official Nintendo Magazine's 100 greatest Nintendo games of all time, later 18 in the 2012 remake.[18]Next Generation Magazine called it the "high-water mark in 2D gaming." The game has garnered a huge cult following since its release. Yoshi's Island has often appeared on lists of "greatest games of all time."
Yoshi's Island also proved to be a critical and commercial hit in its Game Boy Advance version, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, which was released in 2002.[19]
Kamiongames.com had this to say about Yoshi’s Island back in 2011: “It’s a game that trounces more than half of new releases; a game that shows that simple but clever design never goes out of fashion; it merely waits for a new generation to discover its charms, it’s nuances, for a new breed of gamer to fall in love with it. And for old hands like me, returning to it and playing from scratch isn’t a chore at all – it’s like a blanket, warm and snuggly and very comforting.” The writer later says, “This is gaming nirvana. Yoshi’s Island is utterly brilliant. And if they re-release it in another decades time, it will still be brilliant.” He later adds, “You can’t improve on this kind of perfection… so why bother?”
In a 2002 IGN review of the GBA version, former IGN writer/editor Craig Harris shared his opinion on Yoshi’s Island.
“When I played through the original Super NES game back nearly a decade ago, I felt that Yoshi’s Islandwas the best 2D platformer ever created. And after playing through the Game Boy Advance version, I still feel that way…the variety in what Yoshi can do and the diversity in level designs, not to mention the wonderful use of scaling and rotation for the level structures and the incorporation of a half-dozen clever mini-games makes Yoshi’s Island the best damn platformer ever.”
In Nintendolife.com’s review, Kaes Delgrego thinks “Yoshi’s Island” (SNES) might perhaps be the greatest 2D platformer of all time:
“Yoshi’s Island isn’t just a great platformer: it’s a reminder of why this silly little hobby of ours is so wonderful. Sure, the game contains no political satire, no poetic justice, no character development. But if what Miyamoto and Tezuka crafted isn’t a work of art, then the definition of “art” needs to be amended.” says Delgrego.
Games Radar listed Yoshi’s Island as the 4th greatest SNES game ever right behind “The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past”, “Chrono Trigger”, and “Super Metroid”.
It’s not just game journalists who love this game to death. Even at NeoGaf.com, members dedicated an entire thread to praise the game for being such a masterpiece. Many of the posters in the thread label it “The greatest 2D platformer” and some even go as far as calling it the greatest game of all time.
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