Yoshi's Story: Difference between revisions

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The plot concerns [[Big Bad|Baby Bowser]], this time without the aid of his wizardly caretaker [[The Dragon|Kamek]], casting a curse upon the island paradise, turning the island into a pop-up storybook and the eight dinosaur heroes from the previous game into soulless, zombified versions of their former selves (none of whom actually make an appearance after the opening cutscene). Only six "hatchlings" survive, and discover that the island has been stripped of its Tree of Life-esque Super Happy Tree. However, having made the same mistake as [[Donkey Kong Country|the Kremlings]] before them, Bowser's minions have left behind a trail of fruit leading all the way to their hideout. The six hatchlings must follow the path through the six "pages" of their island-turned-storybook (Beginning, Cavern, Summit, Jungle, Ocean, and Finale) to reach the Castle and fight to save their home and their parents.

 

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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Eggs and small boomerang birds.

* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: Several stages, including "Jelly Pipe" and "Torrential Maze".

* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: Baby Bowser, made even easier by the abundance of health power-ups and even invincibility from the Super Happy Tree.

** {{spoiler|Baby Bowser might actually surprise you on higher levels if you're caught unprepared. His movements are a bit tricky and more ghosts appear to block your attacks. What's more, the amount of fruit the Super Happy Tree produces becomes noticeably limited now! Suddenly, you need to think twice before rushing over to the tree and simply gulping down 5 pieces of fruit in one sitting.}} Of course, he's still not really hard, but if you're not careful...

* [[Big Eater]] / [[Extreme Omnivore]]: Yoshi, as usual. However, toxic or bad-tasting things are actually harmful to him in this game. {{spoiler|The unlockable Black and White Yoshis can eat the hot peppers without taking damage, though.}}

* [[Collection Sidequest]]: Actually the main game, as Yoshi must eat 30 pieces of fruit to pass each level.

* [[Dem Bones]]: The Bone Dragons.

* [[Difficulty Spike]]: The first five pages are pretty easy for the most part, as most gamers won't lose any Yoshi's there. However, on the sixth and last page, all of the levels are filled with evil traps that will kill your Yoshi's and the average six year old could never get past some of the evil traps.

* [[Gosh Hornet]]: The beehive enemies that impede your progress and, eventually, attack you if you don't sneak by them.

* [[Green Hill Zone]]: "Treasure Hunt" and "Surprise!" on page one.

* [[Happy Fun Ball]]: One enemy is named "Spiked Fun Guy." Does he sound fun to ''you?''

* [[Idle Animation]]: ''Aww, lookit him dance!'' And that's not all. Depending on the circumstances, Yoshi may pant and attempt to catch his breath, teeter back and forth (if he's low on health), growl at nearby enemies, cheer happily, gulp, or even [[Aside Glance|stare in confusion at the camera.]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]/[[For the Evulz]]: Implied to be the real motivation by Baby Bowser to take the "Super Happy Tree," as he admits after being defeated that the tree's fruit "tasted rotten to him anyway."

* [[Kid Hero]]: The six hatchlings, as opposed to the adult Yoshis featured in the rest of the series.

** Arguably even more difficult is a non-melon pure fruit run. [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|The screen at the end will show whichever fruit you purely ate, even if it's not a melon]].

* [[Sequel Difficulty Drop]]

* [[Speaking Simlish]]: The hatchlings sing the theme song in simlish; Yoshi's now-famous squeaky voice was modeled after this song.

* [[Sugar Bowl]]

* [[Suspiciously Similar Song]]: The melody to "Baby Bowser's Lullaby" has some similarities to Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker.

* [[Wasted Song]]: The song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwFEsXnH8q4 "Spider Swing"] plays in exactly one section of one level, and it's not a segment you'll spend too much time in. On top of that, there's the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaRct-9DV6I Super Happy] version of that song, which you'll hear for maybe twenty seconds.

 

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