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Yoshi's Crafted World

Lead Yoshi on a brand new adventure that will turn everything you've come to expect from side-scrolling games upside down! Explore a great, big world decorated like a miniature diorama in a new art style for…

79 29 March 2019

Yoshi's Crafted World is a platform developed by Good-Feel, released 29 March 2019 on Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 12.8 hrs to finish.

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What Yoshi's Crafted World is

Yoshi's Crafted World is a platform game developed by Good-Feel and released in 2019. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Yoshi's Crafted World is a charming side-scrolling platformer set in a handcrafted world built from cardboard, paper, and household odds and ends. At the heart of the tale is the Sundream Stone, a wondrous artifact adorned with gems said to grant any wish to those who possess it. The peaceful Yoshis treasure the stone, but their tranquility is shattered when the mischievous magician Kamek and the bratty Baby Bowser arrive with designs on its power for themselves. In the ensuing scuffle over the artifact, the Sundream Stone's precious gems are knocked loose and scattered far and wide across the crafted land. Now the Yoshis must set off on a colorful journey through its many diorama-like…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

Where it sits in the Yoshi series

Yoshi's Crafted World is the 56th of 61 entries we hold in the Yoshi series. The next entry was Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in 2019. Its critic score of 79 is almost exactly the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island at 100.

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How it was received

Yoshi's Crafted World holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 66 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 12.8 hrs.

What it launched against

Yoshi's Crafted World launched on 29 March 2019, within three weeks of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Devil May Cry 5, Tom Clancy's The Division 2 and Anno 1800. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Devil May Cry 5, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Anno 1800.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Yoshi's Crafted World — frequently asked questions

When did Yoshi's Crafted World come out?
Yoshi's Crafted World was released on 29 March 2019 for Nintendo Switch.
How long does it take to beat Yoshi's Crafted World?
The main story of Yoshi's Crafted World takes around 12.8 hrs.

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