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Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2: 30th anniversary

Although given the subtitle "Super Mario World 2" for commercial reasons (like Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 ), Yoshi's Island was actually the first game in a new Yoshi series. The sequel, Yoshi's Story  (N64 1998), is in my opinion underrated. The series has had success in recent years with Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (3DS 2017) and Yoshi's Crafted World (Switch 2019), both of which I have enjoyed as well. The story of Yoshi's Island is that, while the stork was delivering the twins Mario and Luigi to their parents, a Magikoopa named Kamek kidnapped them. However, he only got Luigi: baby Mario fell to Yoshi's Island. Now it's up to the Yoshis to bring him home. Opposed to them are various enemies, including a whole lot of Shy Guys. As a huge Super Mario Bros. 2 fan, I love that this game re-introduced the Shy Guys to the Mario universe. There are even a few Snifits. Snifit The two most memorable things about Yoshi's Island are the cut...