Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Game Boy Advance cartridge
- Box with cover art
- Instruction booklet
Game Boy Advance
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 is the 2002 Game Boy Advance version of the Super Nintendo game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, with six new levels, Yoshi's voice and the Mario Bros. arcade game for up to four players.
PlatformAdventure
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 9.8 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is a 1995 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The player controls Yoshi dinosaurs on their quest to reunite baby Mario with his brother Luigi, who has been kidnapped by the wizard Kamek. Yoshi runs and jumps to reach the end of each level while solving puzzles and collecting items with Mario's help.
Having introduced the character in the previous Super Mario game, Super Mario World (1990), Nintendo decided to develop a game starring Yoshi, with the aim of making it more accessible. Yoshi's Island introduced his signature flutter jump and egg-spawning abilities. The marker-drawn art style was created by scanning hand-drawn pictures and approximating them pixel-by-pixel. Some special effects were powered by a new Super FX2 microchip.
After four years of development, Yoshi's Island was released in Japan in August 1995 and worldwide two months later. It sold more than four million copies. Critics described it as one of the greatest video games of all time, praising the art, sound, level design and gameplay. The art style and Yoshi's signature characteristics established the Yoshi series of spin-offs and sequels.
Official trailer
Gameplay Video. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (GBA) - Longplay, Amy Rose Longplays. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Platform, Adventure
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D2, Nintendo
- Publisher
- iQue, Nintendo
- Series
- Super Mario Advance
- Platforms
- Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Game Boy Advance
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- Yes
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- ESRB
- E
- ACB
- G
- CERO
- A
- PEGI
- 3
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Game Boy Advance | North America | 2002-09-24 |
| Game Boy Advance | Australia | 2002-10-04 |
| Game Boy Advance | Europe / PAL | 2002-10-11 |
| Game Boy Advance | China | 2006-03-02 |
Editions
Player's Choice
In the box
- Game Boy Advance cartridge
- Player's Choice box
- Instruction booklet
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
DLC
No DLC. Game Boy Advance games had no downloadable content.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
No online features; every mode works today on any Game Boy Advance, and the game is on Nintendo Switch Online.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Game Boy Advance cartridge |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 24 April 2014 On the Wii U Virtual Console. Later in the Game Boy Advance library of Nintendo Switch Online on 25 May 2023. |
| In the store to buy today | No The Wii U shop has closed. Playable with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes Wii U Virtual Console purchases can still be downloaded again. The Nintendo Switch Online version needs an active membership. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Yes Up to four players in the Mario Bros. mode by link cable. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist No online play. |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist No DLC. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale Metacritic Game Boy Advance 91 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale IGN 9.4 10 GameSpot 9.2 10 Eurogamer 9 10 Edge 8 10
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Nintendo R&D2 Publisher Nintendo Original game directors Takashi Tezuka, Toshihiko Nakago, Shigefumi Hino, Hideki Konno Original game producer Shigeru Miyamoto Original music Koji Kondo
Notes for collectors
- Yoshi's Island from the Super Nintendo, with the view cropped to fit the handheld screen.
- Adds six new levels, one per world, unlocked by finishing each world at 100 percent.
- Yoshi now has a voice, by Kazumi Totaka.
- Four players can link up for Mario Bros., as in the other Super Mario Advance games.
- Given free to Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program members in December 2011; never sold on the 3DS.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D2
- Released
- 2002-09-24
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 9.8 hours
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