Really nice game, although a bit short. Like, c'mon, only 100 levels; I accomplished them in three hours in medium difficulty on the first night I got this game.

Nice points Bass XO & Lurch

Lurch, you seem to have some tendency rating this game based on how well it did back then. But isn't this irrelevant for present purposes? Sure yoshi's story is not 3-D, as many of the other neat n64 games, but so what? I see no reasons to rate a virtual console game by comparing it to other it's contemporaries. It just doesn't help me deciding whether to buy the game or not.

On the other hand, Lurch, I do understand your points, and they can be understood without the assumption I just "criticized". The question is "Is yoshi's story a good platformer?" and you did give some nice remarks which yields "no" as an answer (boring and stupid fruit collecting etc.).

Btw, I still haven't bought yoshi's story and I'm still pondering whether to do it or not.