June 19, 2013

Yoshi

Japanese Yoshi approves
Date played: June 18th
Platform: Wii U
Session fun rating: 7/10

I've played Yoshi extensively throughout my life. When I was a dating my first girlfriend as a teenager, the NES version served as a time killer when I had to wait for her. She had this old NES in her basement with Yoshi, SMB3 and a few others. Years later, I played some Yoshi on 3DS as part of the ambassador program. This week, I bought the 30 cent version on Wii U and played about 15 minutes. It all came rushing back to me and after a bit of a stumble in my first round, I managed to get to level 10 on my second attempt. The game has really interesting mechanics but I feel like it's best played in short intervals.