Yoshi's Crafted World is a title in the Yoshi franchise, the sixth main platform game starring Yoshi, and the follow-up to the Wii U title Yoshi's Woolly World, released for the Nintendo Switch on March 29, 2019. It was developed by Good-Feel, the developer behind Yoshi's Woolly World and its Nintendo 3DS port. Yoshi's Woolly World is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed by Good-Feel and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game is the seventh main e.

A video guide showing all the Poochy Pup locations within the time limit in Yoshi's Crafted World for the Nintendo Switch. Below you can the timestamps for every level:
Sunshine Station
0:00 Rail-Yard Run
Yarrctopus Docks
1:57 Many Fish in the Sea
4:49 Pirate Pier
Go-Go Land
6:50 Poochy's Tape Trail
9:37 Go-Go Yoshi
Big Paper Peak
12:17 Mine-Cart Cave
14:51 Whistlestop Rails
18:45 Mousers and Magnets
Origami Gardens
21:14 Spring Sprung Trail
23:20 Monty-Mole-B-Gone
Dino Desert
27:56 Dino Smash
30:22 Skelesaurus Wrecks
Sky-High Heights
33:55 Altitude Adjustment
37:41 Poochy's Magma Run
39:59 Windward Way
Acorn Forest
43:21 Weighing Acorns
46:31 Jumping to Victory
Pastel Pathway
49:33 Stitched Together
52:17 Poochy's Sweet Run
55:21 Yoshi Pulls Some Strings
Cardstock Carnival
57:58 Spinwheel Shuffle
1:00:55 Haunted Maker Mansion
1:03:37 Hoop-Jump Hop
Chilly-Hot Isles
1:05:33 Bombs Away on Pirate Island
1:08:51 Slip-Slide Isle
Ninjarama
1:11:50 Deceptive Doors
1:14:21 Behind the Shoji
1:17:32 The Shogun's Castle
Rumble Jungle
1:20:12 Exploring the Animal Kingdom
1:22:55 Hoppin' Higher
1:25:29 Jungle Tour Challenge
Outer Orbit
1:28:56 The Countdown Begins
1:32:09 Ride the Stars
1:35:03 Space-Hub Hubbub
Cheery Valley
1:37:18 Ride the River
1:40:16 Open, Shut!
1:43:46 Solar Zoom
Shadowville
1:47:02 Be Afraid of the Dark
1:49:33 Skulking Around
1:51:32 Mr. Geary's Factory

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I don’t take notes when I’m reviewing games. I used to, right when I got started, but I soon found I never used them. It turns out that if something about a game is especially good or bad, I’ll remember it. And then I write my reviews based on those things.

For Yoshi’s Crafted World, I almost wish I did take notes, because so little about this Switch platformer is memorable. Just like 2015’s Yoshi’s Wooly World for Wii U, Crafted World has similar gameplay mechanics to the classic Nintendo sidescroller Yoshi’s Island within a home crafts-inspired aesthetic.

I reviewed Wooly World back when came out. Reading that story now is bizarre, because I remember almost nothing about that game. Crafted World will have the same fate. It’s cute, but it’s so easy that nothing feels the least bit challenging.

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What you’ll like

It’s still adorable

The characters, the levels, the backgrounds, and the art are the best parts of Yoshi’s Crafted World. Levels look like something you could make yourself if you had an unlimited budget at Hobby Lobby, and it’s neat to see how Nintendo makes these stages out of things like milk cartoons and soda cans.

You can even go back through levels in reverse, which turns the camera around and shows you just how hand-made these levels are, exposing all the tape that’s keeping everything together. It’s a neat trick.

Above: Unlike with Yoshi’s Island, you can freely aim your eggs. That is part of what makes it too easy.

A chill experience

If you’re looking for an easy-going game, Yoshi’s Crafted World will make you happy. The game isn’t difficult, the music sounds like a collection of sleep-inducing lullabies, and everything looks super cute. It’s not a bad game to play if you’re in an awful mood, and you’re looking for something that isn’t the least bit stressful.

It’s like the video game equivalent of playing a background audio track of rainforest noises.

What you won’t like

Not challenging, not engaging

Of course, when I’m calling Crafted World chill, I also mean that it’s dull. You can progress through everything with the smallest bit of effort.

I wasn’t expecting a Yoshi’s Island-like experience. I understand that Nintendo now sees Yoshi as brand to target to younger, less experienced audience. It’s become the company’s second Kirby. But even Kirby is able to give us some platforming experiences that require a bit of brain power.

Above: Even neat stages like this become forgettable.

Crafted World became a game I would play while doing something else, like watching TV. I needed extra stimuli to get through it.

The game flirts with some cool ideas, like levels with branching paths that extend beyond the 2D plane and a series of puzzles involving magnets and tin cans, but none of these mechanics get the exploration they deserve.

Conclusion

Yoshi’s Crafted World may be a good fit for young children or other gamers interested in the cute-factor. But as someone who prefers more fast-paced sidescrollers, I was too bored to let the clever, crafted world put a smile on my face.

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This is yet another Yoshi game that doesn’t come close to reaching Yoshi’s Island greatness.

Score:65/100

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Yoshi’s Crafted World comes out for Nintendo Switch on March 29. Nintendo gave us a code for this review.