Overview
- Also Known As
- Yarn Yoshi
- Number of Players
- 2
- Genre
- Release Date
Wii U
16th Oct 2015
26th Jun 2015
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Reviews
Review Yoshi's Woolly World (Wii U)
Knitting ideas together
Nintendo has long been the leading light in the platforming genre, a part of that legacy being the focus of Super Mario Anniversary celebrations this year. It's a genre with plenty of scope for variety, however, which is something Nintendo pushed forward with the superb Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on Super NES,...
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Yoshi's Woolly World Guides
Feature Biggest Nintendo Gaming Anniversaries Of 2025
57 games with big birthdays this year
Throughout 2025, many of gaming's most treasured gems will be celebrating a significant birthday and to remind you of some of the biggest (and of just how old you are!), we've compiled this list of nearly 60 gaming dates for your calendars. What do we mean by 'significant' birthdays? Anything that ends in a...
From the un-egg-ceptable to the egg-ceptional, as ranked by you
Yoshi! The little green dinosaur has been on our screens for a long time now — over 30 years, in fact — but did you know that his first-ever spin-off game was an underwhelming block-falling puzzle à la Tetris? Honestly, it's a miracle that Mr. Munchakoopas (to use his full name)...
Guide Funky Video Game Music - Groovy Playlist
Turn up the bass, baby
As part of our season of celebrating video game music that we're inventively calling the Nintendo Life VGM Fest, we're making a few lists of ~moods~, because that's pretty much how we organise our Spotify playlists these days. Everyone knows that video game soundtracks are full of epic orchestrations, relaxing melodies, and...
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Yoshi's Woolly World News
Soapbox After 10 Years I Finally Got A Wii U, Here’s What I Thought
The good, the bad, and the ugly
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, following up on his piece from a few weeks back, Jim delivers his verdict on the ten-year-old console and how it holds up in 2022 ... Picture the scene. The year...
News Yoshi's Woolly World's Composer Has Uploaded Lots Of Unheard Music From The Game
Give them a listen
Yoshi's Woolly World was one of our favourite games on the Wii U, partly because you can't go wrong with a nice dose of Yoshi cuteness, but also largely because of its truly wonderful soundtrack. The man behind many of our fondest musical memories in that game, composer Tomoya Tomita, has his very own YouTube channel, and fans of...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 11th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
And just like that, yet another week has gone and passed us by. We've had a pretty huge sale on the eShop and finalised Nintendo E3 plans to get all excited about over the last few days, but now it's time to sit back and talk about how we'll be enjoying our weekends. We've shared our gaming plans below, but...
Random Yoshi's Woolly World Composer Keeps Sharing Negative Tweets About Crafted World's Soundtrack
Accidentally, or entirely on purpose?
Yoshi's Crafted World has been around for just under a month now, and while the game is predictably adorable in most areas, one particular feature is a little less-than-perfect: the soundtrack. We, and many players who have been sharing their thoughts online, have felt rather let down by Crafted World's...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 30th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Well done, folks! We've made it to the end of yet another week. This week brought us a bonkers bug situation in Final Fantasy VII and even more rumours of new Switch models coming this year, so it's probably about time we unwind by discussing our weekend gaming plans. Team Nintendo Life has just done that...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 23rd)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Well, what a busy week we've had. There was the Nindies Showcase, which brought with it the Cuphead and Cadence of Hyrule reveals, the
News Get Discounts On Zelda, Yoshi And Lots More Games In The Latest US My Nintendo Rewards
12 games discounted
The latest North American My Nintendo rewards have gone live, offering a new - and much larger than usual - range of titles at discounted prices. As you can see below, the list of new discounts is rather impressive compared to some of the rewards we've seen in previous updates; there are some top Zelda titles, a couple of Yoshi...
Soapbox Yoshi's Woolly World Mended My Rocky Relationship With Yoshi
A cracked heart tightly stitched back together
Yoshi has been my favourite character from the Super Mario series since he made his dino-riffic debut in Super Mario World back in '91. I was so fond of him at that time that I convinced my parents to name our new Bichon Frise puppy in his honour. To this day, when I play Mario Kart or Mario Party...
They've done their homework
Moving any title from the Wii U to the 3DS is inevitably going to come with a fairly heavy graphical downgrade, but with Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World the game stands up fairly well. Most notably the frame rate retains its glorious 60fps throughout (on New 3DS) and on the whole runs like butter. Make sure you check...
News Tomoya Tomita Leaves Good-Feel Games, Uploads Recent Compositions Online
The composer for Yoshi's Woolly World and Kirby's Epic Yarn
When it comes to famous Nintendo composers, Koji Kondo is usually the first name to come to mind, due in no small part to his significant contributions to the Super Mario and Legend of Zelda series'. One composer's name that you may not be quite so familiar with is that of Tomoya Tomita,...
Previews
Preview Unraveling the Truth in Yoshi's Woolly World
Baby Mario cheerfully absent
For many years now fans of games in the Yoshi series have been clamouring for a successor to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, yet the games Nintendo has presented us with so far haven't quite hit the mark. Yoshi's Story ditched the somewhat irritating Baby Mario mechanic much to the delight of many, but overhauled...
First Impressions Enjoying the Craft of Yoshi's Woolly World
A purled gem
For fans who have been anxiously awaiting news of Yarn Yoshi since it was first announced in January 2013, seeing Nintendo’s Takashi Tezuka and Good-Feel’s Etsunobu Ebisu walk into a yarn shop during the E3 Digital Event was enough to send hopeful hearts flutter-jumping in anticipation. Now sporting a new name and a launch window of...
About The Game
A Warm and Fuzzy Adventure
Embark on a new Yoshi adventure in a world made from yarn, cloth and textiles. Explore the world by using yarn to weave wool platforms and warp pipes to reach new areas, and gleefully unravel its secrets and puzzles by pulling yarn walls apart. Add a little color to Yoshi's life with a spectrum of yarn balls. Then team up with a friend to have a ball together in this wild and woolly world.
- Players tangle, pull and stitch yarn to explore Yoshi's world in creative new ways.
- Yoshi has never been more adorable than as a toy knit from yarn. His entire environment is made from materials like felt, yarn, cloth and cotton, creating a gorgeous HD world that looks good enough to touch.
- Instead of eggs, Yoshi tosses yarn balls at enemies. He can incapacitate a Piranha Plant by muzzling it with a piece of colored string. Or he can even use the yarn to knit together background elements.
- Gobble friends and turn them into eggs. Then toss them into hard-to-reach heights and secret depths to discover in two-player cooperative play.
- The game is co-developed by Good-Feel, the developer that created Kirby's Epic Yarn, and Nintendo Co., Ltd under the supervision of Takashi Tezuka, producer of Yoshi's Story and the Yoshi's Island series.
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Yoshi's Epic Return! This game will be mine day 1, most certainly. Love the visuals.
I hope it's not a ripoff of epic yarn. If it didn't look so great, I'd be pessimistic.
Yoshi reminds me of sack boy here
@2Sang It's made by the same team, I wouldn't call using your old ideas with a new character a rip-off. Just... not creative.
Yoshi looks more like a homemade plush animal than he is yarn...
finally a new yoshi game thats not mario riding him
@ReshiramZekrom You're right.
Anyway, this game looks like it could be neat. No as pumped for this as I am Wind Waker HD, but still maybe a reasonable game. Hopefully it ends up better than Yoshi's Story. Wait, it maybe different due to it having the developers of Kirby's epic yarn.
Little big Yoshi?
Kirby's Epic Yarn was cool with the graphics. Yoshi's games were always fun too IE Yoshi's Island. Will be getting this, maybe at release.
@Gansano i bet Mario is upset
I always found the idea of turning a Classic game series and taking a risk into something new that fans will love. Kirby's Epic Yarn was a gamble but, was (like in the title) epic! Yarn Yoshi will be on my Wii U checklist!
I am pretty excited about this. My wife and sons had a great time with Kirby Epic Yarn, i Hope it is as good.
Noticing Nintendo goes with material based like things for their games. Paper... Now yarn? Nintendo sure has an imagination, I like that.
@MrWalkieTalkie Hahahaha, epic ^^
This certainly aint for the hardcore gamer, more for the softcore ^^
@Gilius Yeah, I really like how some games are styled like that. Looking like they're made out of paper or yarn or other household objects like in Nintendoland, it's like they're hand crafted adventures Nintendo made during an arts & crafts session!
@Bumpon big little yoshi
Can't wait till he finally returns to his own adventure again.
We'll probably see some more info on this within the next couple of Nintendo Directs as we start to head into 2014.
Any Clue when this one is coming out? I'm getting very impatient.
Looks great, wanna get my hands on it to do a review.
Can't wait, KEY was one of my favourite games on the Wii. If they remove the un-killibility it would be amazing.
Don't forget that they made Wario Land: Shake It! either. That game was fairly easy for a normal play but was brutal to 100% just like Yoshi's Island was. Good-Feel is the perfect fit for Yoshi, in my opinion.
Wonder if it will have the casual multiplayer like Kirby's Epic Yarn as well. The game is dirt easy, but it's a blast to play with my wife, and my daughter will hopefully be playing too soon.
Its been a year nintendo and no more details about the game ... where is it ?
I love the aesthetic of this game. I bet this game is going to be great. Can't wait to play it.
I can't wait to play this game! It's gonna be awesome!
I loved Kirby's Epic Yarn and I plan to pick this game up as soon as it comes out. The WII U is building a catalog of outstanding platformers!
I think theres a possibility that kirby will appear in this game.
I was on nintendo's website, and under "games featuring our favorite characters" i clicked on kirby, and one of the games that came up was yoshi's wolly world.
Yoshi has always been one of my favorite Nintendo characters, so after seeing this game coming out, I was sure to get this game when I can... Because Yoshi is awesome
I love the art style in this game. I also like the new "claymation" style Kirby!
Awesome!
My first Yoshi game was Yoshi Cookie. Loved that game as a kid
http://www.playerschoicevideogames.com/pd_yoshis_cookie.cfm
yarn yoshi is soo adorable
Never liked Kirby's Epic Yarn,
Yoshi is my least favorite Mario character after Toad.
I suck at platformers.
Day one purchase for me.
Can't wait for this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTscKjIeewI
Just ordered this. I can't wait!
I find very little replay value in this game, sadly.
I adore this game. I can't wait for YCW.
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