“Yoshi’s Woolly World” (“YWW”) is the WiiU entry in the venerable ‘Yoshi’ franchise that was originally marketed as a “Super Mario World” spinoff, but ultimately was its own franchise with its own continuity and its own special mechanics. “YWW” is also the second game in a long-running Nintendo franchise to get an arts-and-crafts makeover treatment, following “Kirby’s Epic Yarn” on the original Wii.
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Like “Kirby’s Epic Yarn,” everything in the titular world of the latest ‘Yoshi’ game is literally woolly. The entire game world is highly skeuomorphic in imitation of fabric, beads, sequins, and especially yarn. Unlike “Kirby’s Epic Yarn,” “YWW” is an HD game, so all of these fancy visuals really pop… but unfortunately t... |
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