History VideoGame / YoshisWoollyWorld

Baby Bowser, up to his nasty tricks again, has ordered Kamek to transform the Yoshis into inanimate Wonder Wool and scatter them across the land. It's up to Yoshi (and [[ColorCodedMultiplayer Red Yoshi]], if you’re playing co-op or just want to play as him instead) to journey across [[SceneryPorn gorgeous landscapes]] made of cloth and yarn and retrieve the Wonder Wool. Several classic elements from Yoshi's previous adventures return, such as Chomp Rocks, Shy Guys, Huffin' Puffins, and clouds that burst open and spill goodies if Yoshi shoots a projectile at them. Instead of turning enemies into eggs, Yoshi can swallow bits of yarn from the environment to turn them into yarn balls. Yarn balls have multiple purposes; they can be used to uncover secrets, "knit" new platforms, and tangle up enemies to expose them for a good [[GoombaStomp jump attack.]]

Baby Bowser, up to his nasty tricks again, has ordered Kamek to transform the Yoshis into inanimate Wonder Wool and scatter them across the land. It's up to Yoshi (and [[ColorCodedMultiplayer Red Yoshi]], if you’re playing co-op) to journey across [[SceneryPorn gorgeous landscapes]] made of cloth and yarn and retrieve the Wonder Wool. Several classic elements from Yoshi's previous adventures return, such as Chomp Rocks, Shy Guys, Huffin' Puffins, and clouds that burst open and spill goodies if Yoshi shoots a projectile at them. Instead of turning enemies into eggs, Yoshi can swallow bits of yarn from the environment to turn them into yarn balls. Yarn balls have multiple purposes; they can be used to uncover secrets, "knit" new platforms, and tangle up enemies to expose them for a good [[GoombaStomp jump attack.]]

* GeniusBonus: Bunson's name is quite clever. Most will take away the obvious pun (''Bun''son the ''Hotdog''). However, anyone who's studied and worked with chemistry will know the name is fitting in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunsen_burner another way]] as well.

** A DummiedOut test level involves a plush-sized Yoshi made of yarn running across a non-yarn Japanese girl's room.

* ArtShift: Design for the game varied wildly in production. The first idea was a sequin Yoshi, followed by a yarn outline form. Then this was changed so Yoshi switches between two forms, a yarn outline form and a full 3D model when he eats an enemy that glows green. The final version of the game has everything perpetually in fully knitted 3D models.
** Scanning one of the (non-yarn) Yoshi Amiibos unlock a 3D plastic Yoshi to play as. It looks incredibly OffModel.

* GuideDangIt: Each level has thirty key collectables: 5 Smiley Flowers, 5 Wonder Wools, and 20 Miiverse Stamps. Some are placed inside well-hidden Winged Clouds that require the player to touch its location with either themselves or a ball of yarn (either spat or thrown) to reveal its location, while others require solving puzzles or phasing through fake walls ''Videogame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' style. The Miiverse Stamps aren't helped by looking almost exactly identical to normal beads (if you squint REALLY hard, you can see a stamp icon on them, but it's almost impossible to see); at least Red Coins in the previous ''Yoshi's Island'' games were disguished by a red tint.

%% BossRush: The Boss Tent, where all bosses are sped up. The bosses can be fought at will, however.

* GuideDangIt: Each level has thirty key collectables: 5 Smiley Flowers, 5 Wonder Wools, and 20 Miiverse Stamps. Some are placed inside well-hidden Winged Clouds that require the player to touch its location with either themselves or a ball of yarn (either spat or thrown) to reveal its location, while others require solving puzzles or phasing through fake walls ''Videogame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' style. The Miiverse Stamps aren't helped by looking exactly identical to normal beads; at least Red Coins in the previous ''Yoshi's Island'' games were disguished by a red tint.

* BrutalBonusLevel: It wouldn't be a ''Yoshi'' game without one.

* GuideDangIt: Each level has thirty key collectables: 5 Smiley Flowers, 5 Wonder Wools, and 20 Miiverse Stamps. Some are placed inside well-hidden Winged Clouds that require the player to touch its location with either themselves or a ball of yarn (either spat or thrown) to reveal its location, while others require solving puzzles or phasing through fake walls ''Videogame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' style. The Miiverse Stamps aren't helped by looking exactly identical to normal beads; Red Coins in the previous ''Yoshi's Island'' games were disguished by a red tint.

* MercyMode: In Mellow Mode, you play as a Yoshi equipped with ''New Island''[='=]s Flutter Wings. Additionally, dying enough times with these wings will prompt a rainbow egg to fly in the instant Yoshi respawns; touching it gives permanent invincibility.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Flowers, Wonder Wool and Miiverse Stamps only need to be collected once, and stay unlocked for good once you finish a course with them in your possession, making OneHundredPercentCompletion less frustrating. In previous games, all items had to be collected in one run to count for completion.

* ContinuityNod: World 6-6 is called "Feel Fuzzy, Get Clingy", a pretty obvious reference to the infamous YoshisIsland level, "Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy".

* GuideDangIt: Each level has ten key collectables: 5 Smiley Flowers and 5 Wonder Wools. Some are placed inside well-hidden Winged Clouds that require the player to touch it's location with either themselves or a ball of yarn (either spat or thrown) to reveal it's location, while others require solving puzzles or phasing through fake walls ''Videogame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' style.

* SceneryPorn: Definitely one of the most visually gorgeous {{Nintendo}} games to date, as it expands on the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' art style by adding a dynamic camera and fully rendered 3D environments. The improved hardware power of the UsefulNotes/WiiU definitely helps.
* ShoutOut: Yoshi's biplane transformation is named the [[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand Sky Pop]].

* TimedMission: The transformation sequences. Let the timer run out and you're booted back to the entrance to try again, with any Wools/Flowers you may have collected being placed back.

* MercyMode: In Mellow Mode, you play as Winged Yoshi, which allows him to hover in place in a single section, basically granting him a flutter jump that lasts indefinitely (but doesn't allow him to gain any more height than what a normal Flutter Jump would allow, meaning pits are still lethal). Additionally, dying enough times will prompt a rainbow egg to fly in the instant Yoshi respawns; touching it gives permanent invincibility.

** Scanning a Yoshi Amiibo unlocks a 3D plastic Yoshi to play as. It looks incredibly OffModel.

** Naval Piranha returns as the boss of World 4-8, and its castle stage bears many similarities to 3-8 from the original game. [[spoiler:You can throw a yarn ball at it like the original game, but unlike the original game, [[DamnYouMuscleMemory it doesn't kill Naval Piranha]].]]

* TwoAndAHalfD: The game uses 3D graphics, but stays on a 2D plane.

** DeathMountain BigBoosHaunt and {{Mordor}}: World 6, as per tradition.

** DeathMountain and {{Mordor}}: World 6, as per tradition.

** Naval Piranha returns as the boss of World 4-8, and its castle stage bears many similarities to 3-8 from the original game.

* PaletteSwap: All of the unlockable patterns are functionally identical, and vary mostly in color and texture.