Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island
The GBA port of the SNES classic featuring Yoshi's first starring role, with enhanced visuals and new voice acting. Players guide Yoshi through pastel-colored worlds to reunite Baby Mario with his brother, using egg-throwing mechanics and transformative power-ups.
Platform
game boy advance
Year
2002
Genre
Platformer
Developer
Nintendo
Controls
About This Game
Faithfully recreates the 1995 masterpiece with brighter colors and the addition of Luigi's voice samples. Introduces the revolutionary 'crayon' art style that dynamically reacts to in-game actions with sketch-like effects.
Features 48 inventive levels with transformations into helicopters, submarines, and mole tanks. The precise egg-aiming system allows ricochet shots and advanced platforming techniques still praised by speedrunners.
Added six exclusive touch-based minigames utilizing the GBA's hardware. Became the third best-selling GBA title of 2002, proving the handheld could deliver console-quality 2D platforming.
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