Well my copy finally arrived from Play-Asia and I have played the first two worlds today.
Firstly for those that dont know you can manipulate the game world be rotating the GBA thus altering the centre of gravity - this allows Yoshi to walk up walls, manipulate swinging pirate ships and roll on large balders. The system works well enough but it does take a while to get used to as you have to juggle rotating the GBA whilst still moving Yoshi in the game world with the d-pad etc, but after the end of the first world you should be totally used to the way the game works. Unlike other Yoshi titles there is no egg throwing, you can eat enemies but they simply vanish rather than becoming handy weapons. Its probably for the best as egg targeting would further complicate the game unnecessarily.
At the beginning of each level you have a certain target to meet whether it is to collect x number of coins or x number of fruit pieces. These determine your medal/coin rating. You can complete the stage by not meeting the target but you wont be able to play the bonus stages. The bonus stages are decided by a wheel and your chances are greatly increased in getting the bonus stage if you manage a gold rating on the stage. The bonus stages are simple affairs such as collecting coins in a pot and banging two gongs.
The levels are split into 4 or 5 small subsections which normally have one unique way to manipulate the gravity - for example in section one you might need to rotate the screen in order to walk up two walls and in the second section you may have to smash a wall with a ball and chain. There is a lot of variety in the sections but they are incredibly short so hopefully in later worlds these will be made larger. The game is very easy at the moment, but Im hoping that is because it is still trying to aclimatise the player to the controls. In some sections you also turn into vehicles (a la Yoshi's Island) so far I have only been a hot air balloon but on the back of the box it appears you can be a steamboat among others.
The presentation is lovely. On the DS the game looks beautiful and the music is chirpy without being irritating. There appears to be many things to collect as all the eggs are stored in boxes, Im sure they unlock something, but what and how I do not know (damn my lack of the Japanese language).
So far so good as long as the levels get a little longer this should be a pretty good game.
Firstly for those that dont know you can manipulate the game world be rotating the GBA thus altering the centre of gravity - this allows Yoshi to walk up walls, manipulate swinging pirate ships and roll on large balders. The system works well enough but it does take a while to get used to as you have to juggle rotating the GBA whilst still moving Yoshi in the game world with the d-pad etc, but after the end of the first world you should be totally used to the way the game works. Unlike other Yoshi titles there is no egg throwing, you can eat enemies but they simply vanish rather than becoming handy weapons. Its probably for the best as egg targeting would further complicate the game unnecessarily.
At the beginning of each level you have a certain target to meet whether it is to collect x number of coins or x number of fruit pieces. These determine your medal/coin rating. You can complete the stage by not meeting the target but you wont be able to play the bonus stages. The bonus stages are decided by a wheel and your chances are greatly increased in getting the bonus stage if you manage a gold rating on the stage. The bonus stages are simple affairs such as collecting coins in a pot and banging two gongs.
The levels are split into 4 or 5 small subsections which normally have one unique way to manipulate the gravity - for example in section one you might need to rotate the screen in order to walk up two walls and in the second section you may have to smash a wall with a ball and chain. There is a lot of variety in the sections but they are incredibly short so hopefully in later worlds these will be made larger. The game is very easy at the moment, but Im hoping that is because it is still trying to aclimatise the player to the controls. In some sections you also turn into vehicles (a la Yoshi's Island) so far I have only been a hot air balloon but on the back of the box it appears you can be a steamboat among others.
The presentation is lovely. On the DS the game looks beautiful and the music is chirpy without being irritating. There appears to be many things to collect as all the eggs are stored in boxes, Im sure they unlock something, but what and how I do not know (damn my lack of the Japanese language).
So far so good as long as the levels get a little longer this should be a pretty good game.
Aslong as it's more 'Yoshi's Island' than 'Story' i'm sure i'll love it. I need some Nintendo magic for Christmas so i've actually hidden my copy away until then just incase DK Jungle Beat doesn't arrive in time.
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