is a 1997 platform game published and developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. Following the Super NES game Yoshi's Island (1995), it is the second main installment in the Yoshi series and the second released for a home console. It was released in Japan in December 1997, and worldwide the following year.

Plot

Living together in harmony at Yoshi Island, the Yoshis are able to maintain a perpetual state of joy through the fruit-bearing Super Happy Tree. Baby Bowser becomes envious of this happiness and casts a spell to transform the island into a pop-up storybook. He steals the Super Happy Tree, further weakening the Yoshis and making them fall to gloom.

Six eggs were able to survive the trial and hatch. Confused about the dismal state of their world, the baby Yoshis know that something is amiss and decide to fight the gloom with cheer. They set out to retrieve the Super Happy Tree and restore happiness to the island.

With the game's initial release hitting Japan on December 21, 1997, the international release was delayed from the fourth quarter of 1997 to February 9, 1998. It was also re-released on the Nintendo Classics service in October 2021.

Marketing and sales

According to the Japanese magazine Famitsu, Yoshi's Story sold 53,428 copies on the day of its release in Japan. As a result, it gained the number seven rank in Famitsus top ten best-selling video games chart.<br/>86% (UK)

| NGen = 2/5

Notes

References

  • "Ultimate Review Archive". Game Informer. Issue 100. August 2001. Page 56. Original review published February 1998.
  • Official Yoshi's Story minisite (Archived)
  • Official Yoshi's Story profile for Nintendo 64 (Archived)
  • Official Yoshi's Story profile for Virtual Console (Archived)