Ever since his first outing on the SNES, where he battled Bowser's forces while protecting a baby Mario (those annoying cries still haunt us), Yoshi’s side adventures have been fun explorations into the Mario universe, and this entry is no different – with Yoshi quite literally writing the book on creative creatures and collectathons.
With Bowser Jr running riot amongst his pages in search of a unique creature, Mr E tasks the Yoshis with exploring his pages to remove the pest, while at the same time studying the creatures within to fill his sheets with as many encyclopaedic discoveries as possible. What’s a book without some ink, after all?
It’s a simple set up and an easy-to-understand gameplay loop, but it’s delivered with the charm and creative flair you’d expect from Nintendo’s main efforts, and we were pretty instantly hooked in.
We don’t bring this up as a negative at all, but more to set the expectation that this Yoshi adventure is one about fun exploration and not your usual platforming skill test.
That feeling of starting a level and trying to tick off a list of tricks and collectibles in as smooth a run as possible was something we thought about often.
For example, one creature that looks like a slug but can be thrown like a boomerang was useful for cutting grass, but not smashing rocks, unless you happen to dodge it flying back so it could build up power. It did not however taste very nice and bees would not attack it - how do we know this? Through purely scientific methods, of course.
View oEmbed on the source websiteDid this stop us feeding them copious amounts so these living breathing trampolines would move to a more prime position for our coin hunting needs? Of course. For science! (and those coins we mentioned).
Once marked in the book, you’ll be given some stars based on how important that discovery may be, which in turn unlock more pages as you build up your bounty.
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Encourages replays, not just for you to go back and find all the discoveries you missed, but as you move forward and unlock new creatures, they’ll start appearing in previous pages and interacting with other creatures in some interesting ways.
Now, you’re probably wondering why we keep referring to them as creatures. This is because once you’ve finished a habitat for the first time, you’ll be given the chance to name them…
View Green Video on the source websiteUltimately, there’s a lot to offer from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book if you’re down for some relaxed mucking around in fun mini zones that have all the hallmarks of a classic Yoshi and Mario adventure – with plenty of end game content after you complete the story to give you a reason to dive back into Mr E’s pages and torment some daft creatures in the name of science and discovery.
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