{"id":2238,"date":"2020-09-04T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=2238"},"modified":"2020-06-19T21:07:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T03:07:31","slug":"video-game-poochy-and-yoshis-wooly-world-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/04\/video-game-poochy-and-yoshis-wooly-world-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO GAME: Poochy and Yoshi’s Wooly World (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PoochyPoochy and Yoshi\u2019s Wooly World
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2015
\nRating: E
\nTime Played: 11.35 hours<\/p>\n

It\u2019s weird to think that it has been 20 years since Yoshi split off into its own franchise. The sequel to Super Mario World<\/em>, Yoshi\u2019s Island<\/em> established the franchise\u2019s game mechanics and the titular character\u2019s movements back in 1995. Since then, there haven\u2019t been too many entries in the core series. Yoshi\u2019s Story<\/em> rehashed some of the gameplay a little over a decade after Yoshi\u2019s Island<\/em>, just like Poochy and Yoshi\u2019s Wooly World<\/em> managed to do a decade after that. Part of the problem with this is that the visuals always get an update, but nothing else changes significantly with each iteration.<\/p>\n

Somewhat in the same universe as Kirby\u2019s Epic Yarn<\/em>, Yoshi\u2019s Wooly World<\/em> has a tactile and charming aesthetic that revolves around yarn and other fabric crafts. While Yoshi can launch balls of yarn\u2014much in the same way that eggs were used in previous iterations of the franchise\u2014one of the goals of this game is to collect skeins of yarn to create Yoshis of varying patterns and themes. These Yoshis don\u2019t have any special abilities based on their looks; they just have different skins that the player can choose. I think this was a missed opportunity, as the special \u201cskills\u201d were instead relegated to purchasable upgrades.<\/p>\n

The difficulty curve for Yoshi\u2019s Wooly World<\/em> is about right for a game geared toward children. In fact, the ability to play on an even easier mode will help younger gamers who haven\u2019t quite mastered Yoshi\u2019s unique playstyle yet. Without collecting everything it had to offer, I was able to chip away at this game over a few months, eventually beating the final boss. Since there doesn\u2019t seem to be any benefit to collecting all the collectibles from the levels, there isn\u2019t much of a post-game to speak of here.<\/p>\n

The same Yoshi<\/em> formula, but in a cute yarn-themed world, I give Poochy and Yoshi\u2019s Wooly World<\/em> 3.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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