History NightmareFuel / YoshisIsland

* World 6. The first five worlds in the game [[SugarBowl all have some sort of charming quality to them for the most part:]] [[TastesLikeDiabetes Smiling flowers, adorable looking fauna and lush looking backgrounds.]] Then you find yourself in the [[CrapsackWorld hellish wasteland that is World 6.]] The ground is [[VillainWorld brown and dead]], [[DeathWorld bones and Skeleton Goonies litter the landscape]] and [[LethalLavaLand lava flows freely in nearly every level.]] It begs the question: [[EldritchLocation Just where is World 6 anyways?]]

* World 6. The first five worlds in the game [[SugarBowl all have some sort of charming quality to them for the most part:]] [[TastesLikeDiabetes Smiling flowers, adorable looking fauna and lush looking backgrounds.]] Then you find yourself in the [[CrapsackWorld hellish wasteland that is World 6.]] The ground is [[VillainWorld brown and dead]], [[DeathWorld bones and Skeleton Goonies litter the landscape]] and [[LethalLavaLand lava flows freely in nearly every level.]] It begs the question: [[{{Fridge}} Just where is World 6 anyways?]]

** The face you encounter then early in the game doesn't help. Even more unsettling is the fact that they start off in the background, just bouncing around minding their business. Then you cross their field of view and suddenly they about face and ''lead right for you''. Sheesh one can only imagine little kids playing this stage.

* Aside from in-game fuel, there's a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AyE3EXTj58 commercial]] for the SNES game where some guy in a restaurant tried to eat as much as Yoshi... and in the style of a ''Creator/MontyPython'' skit, ''exploded''. Yeah. Poor guy. (Thankfully, this version of the ad only aired a few times, before being swiftly pulled and replaced with a censored version in which the splattering and exploding happens off-screen as a woman in the restaurant turns and looks to the left, and then the stomach contents spelling out "PLAY IT LOUD" are now a rich, thin, bright, non-disgusting green slime that resembles Nickelodeon slime)

** Worst of all is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cntwjJ7v2kQ motif]] that plays whenever Yoshi gets an instant death (e.g. falling into a bottomless pit, touching a thorn, landing on spikes). When this happens, the screen transitions to black through a swift horizontal zig-zag wipe effect. It is ''damn'' unsettling, and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PlS80wBB8M high-pitched version]] featured in the enhanced GBA port is no better.

** Worst of all is the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cntwjJ7v2kQ motif] that plays whenever Yoshi gets an instant death (e.g. falling into a bottomless pit, touching a thorn, landing on spikes). When this happens, the screen transitions to black through a swift horizontal zig-zag wipe effect. It is ''damn'' unsettling, and the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PlS80wBB8M high-pitched version] featured in the enhanced GBA port is no better.

*** What makes this even worse? When he has one hit left, he'll continue to run towards you, and will not stop until he collides with Baby Mario and Yoshi.

* The fake flowers, which if you're not paying attention to them (the real ones smile, the fakes have a evil smirk on them) you'll run right into them as they suddenly drop down and roll after you.

** There is an optional chase where Tap-Tap the Golden, a large spiked undefeatable enemy, is chasing Yoshi across a rocky, lava filled area, as the screen ever so slowly moves to allow him more area to move. It doesn't help that before entering this chase, if the player wants to receive helpful information, all they get is [[SuddenlyShouting "RUN AWAY!!! HURRY!!!" in dramatically huge font.]]

* The chalk drawings suddenly coming to life during the train sections of the game. Especially if you playing it for the first time as they look like harmless background scribbles.

** The Lunge Fish itself. It just comes right out of nowhere and eats you, [[OneHitKill killing you instantly.]]

* The threat of being eaten occurs quite a bit. A boss battle occurs [[WombLevel in a frog's stomach]] and Piranha Plants will try to [[SwallowedWhole swallow you whole]], as will the giant catfish lurking in the waters of the jungle levels. There are also a few chase scenes in which a gigantic Chain Chomp is out to eat Yoshi (and the ground you stand on).

* The threat of being eaten occurs quite a bit. A boss battle occurs [[WombLevel in a frog's stomach]] and Piranha Plants will try to [[SwallowedWhole swallow you whole]]. There are also a few chase scenes in which a gigantic Chain Chomp is out to eat Yoshi.

Don't be fooled by its cutesy appearance. ''[[SuperMarioBros Yoshi's Island]]'' has ''many'' [[NightmareFuel frightening elements.]]

** Some castle/fortress levels have a passageway between the red doors and the boss fight, with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFGYFysGhns this music setting the tone]].
* The falling walls in Burt's fort which will [[SquashedFlat crush Yoshi]] if he's underneath one.
* The tiny Chain Chomp in the background of a room in Sluggy's fort... that becomes huge and bites at the screen.
* Sluggy the Unshaven is one of the scariest bosses in the game. It makes it even scarier when you have to [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids aim at his heart]] to defeat him.

** The Lunge Fish itself. It just comes right out of nowhere and eats you, killing you instantly.

* Neglecting to retrieve Baby Mario in time rewards you with and image that consists of the Toadies carrying Baby Mario away against a black background. The noise they make doesn't help.
** On that note, the "Game Over" screen deserves a mention here. It shows "GAME OVER" in a deranged font zooming in and rotating in random directions. The same animation repeats itself several times afterward until you either continue the game or shut it off. The depressing piano ditty that plays under it and the fact that SNES games with pre-rendered 3D graphics were in their relative infancy only make this worse.

* World 6. The first five worlds in the game all have some sort of charming quality to them for the most part. Smiling flowers, adorable looking fauna, lush looking backgrounds. And then you find yourself in the hellish wasteland that is World 6. The ground is brown and dead, bones (and skeleton goonies) litter the landscape, and lava flows freely in nearly ever level. It begs the question just where is World 6 anyways?

** In the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1l5Je3eFrk final battle]], where Baby Bowser, in an eerily designed toy room, attempts to ride (and therefore injure) Yoshi. After he has been defeated, Kamek turns him into Big Bowser. Big, meaning the castle he had occupied is completely destroyed by his transformation, and he could probably crush Yoshi with a single finger/claw. The transformation and battle is accompanied by rather horrifying music, if not the entire ''series'', and the battle is pretty much Yoshi trying to hit him with large eggs to push him back, while he is slowly coming towards you. When he is hit, he is indeed pushed back, only to then run at full speed towards Yoshi, who is standing on a small ledge (which is being destroyed by the boulders that fly in the air from Bowser's roars). If Bowser comes close enough, his stomach ''obliterates'' the ledge, leaving Yoshi unable to do anything but plummet to his death. This can be extremely scary when one is desperately trying to get him further back, knowing that he will run at full speed afterwards.

** This Troper thinks that level is hilarious.

** [[FridgeHorror Consider that this ammo is]] ''[[FridgeHorror eggs]]''. Yoshis use their ''unborn young'' as ammo.
*** If an egg are unfertilized then no, that is not the case.

* Aside from in-game fuel, there's a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AyE3EXTj58 commercial]] for the SNES game where some guy in a restaurant tried to eat as much as Yoshi... and in the style of a ''Creator/MontyPython'' skit, ''exploded''. Yeah. Poor guy. (Thankfully, this version of the ad only aired a few times, before being swiftly pulled and replaced with a censored version in which the splattering and exploding happens off-screen as a woman in the restaurant turns and looks to the left, and then the stomach contents spelling out "PLAY IT LOUD" are now a rich, thin, bright, non-disgusting green slime that resembles Nickelodeon slime)

** Some castle/fortress levels have a short passageway between the red doors and the boss fight, with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFGYFysGhns this music setting the tone]].

** Some castle/fortress levels have a short passageway between the red doors and the boss fight, all while [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFGYFysGhns impending doom music plays]].

* The threat of being eaten occurs quite a bit. A boss battle occurs in a frog's stomach and Piranha Plants will try to [[SwallowedWhole swallow you whole]]. There are also a few chase scenes in which a gigantic Chain Chomp is out to eat Yoshi.

* ''[[SuperMarioBros Yoshi's Island]]'' has many frightening elements, probably helped by the fact that it had excellent music and was able to create [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifvxBt7tmA8 effective]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFGYFysGhns atmospheres]] in levels with it.

* The threat of being eaten occurs quite a bit. A boss battle occurs in a frog's stomach and Piranha Plants will try to swallow you hole. There are also a few chase scenes in which a gigantic Chain Chomp is out to eat Yoshi.

** Consider that this ammo is ''eggs''. Yoshis use their ''unborn young'' as ammo.

* Aside from in-game fuel, there's a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AyE3EXTj58 commercial]] for the SNES game where some guy in a restaurant tried to eat as much as Yoshi... and in the style of a ''Creator/MontyPython'' skit, ''exploded''. Yeah. (Thankfully, this version of the ad only aired a few times, before being swiftly pulled and replaced with a censored version in which the splattering and exploding happens off-screen as a woman in the restaurant turns and looks to the left, and then the stomach contents spelling out "PLAY IT LOUD" are now a rich, thin, bright, non-disgusting green slime that resembles Nickelodeon slime)

* Aside from in-game fuel, there's a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AyE3EXTj58 commercial]] for the SNES game where some guy in a restaurant tried to eat as much as Yoshi... and in the style of a ''Creator/MontyPython'' skit, ''exploded''. Yeah. (Thankfully, this version of the ad only aired a few times, before being swiftly pulled and replaced with a censored version in which the splattering and exploding happens off-screen as a woman in the restaurant turns and looks to the left, and then the stomach contents spelling out "PLAY IT LOUD" are now a rich, thin, bright, non-disgusting green slime that resembles Nickelodeon slime)
* The final boss of the first game. AdvancingBossOfDoom is one thing, but he's slowly coming towards you, getting closer and closer, and though you knock him back a bit when you land a hit he then jogs for a moment to reclaim most of the lost distance. He also bombards you with rocks, steadily destroying the ground until you're left only three tiny platforms to glide between, and blasts you with fireballs. And throughout the fight, you never get a full look at him -- you see enough of him to tell that it's definitely still Bowser, but most of his body, including his face except for his GlowingEyesOfDoom, are in shadows.
** The [[AutoScrollingLevel autoscrolling]] part of Bowser's Castle also qualifies because the music is pretty intense, plus Kamek tries to zap you with his magic wand.
* Two come to mind, the chalk drawings suddenly coming to life during the train sections of the game. Especially if you playing it for the first time as they look like harmless background scribbles. The second is the fake flowers, which if you're not paying attention to them (the real ones smile, the fakes have a evil smirk on them) you'll run right into them as they suddenly drop down and roll after you.
* The fortress/castle music is pretty creepy.
* World 6. The first five worlds in the game all have some sort of charming quality to them for the most part. Smiling flowers, adorable looking fauna, lush looking backgrounds. And then you find yourself in the hellish wasteland that is World 6. The ground is brown and dead, bones (and skeleton goonies) litter the landscape, and lava flows freely in nearly ever level. It begs the question just where is World 6 anyways?

* The fortress/castle music is pretty creepy.

* The castle music is pretty eerie.

* Aside from in-game fuel, there's a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AyE3EXTj58 commercial]] for the SNES game where some guy in a restaurant tried to eat as much as Yoshi... and exploded. Yeah.

* Two come to mind, the chalk drawings suddenly coming to life during the train sections of the game. Especially if you playing it for the first time as they look like harmless background scribbles. The second is the fake flowers, which if you're not paying attention to them (the real ones smile, the fakes have a evil smirk on them) you'll run right into them as they suddenly drop down and roll after you.

* Two come to mind, the chalk drawings suddenly coming to life during the train sections of the game. Especially if you playing it for the first time as they look like harmless background scribbles. The second is the fake flowers, which if your not paying attention to them (the real ones smile, the fakes have a evil smirk on them) you'll run right into them as they suddenly drop down and roll after you.