When did Yoshi's Woolly World come out?

Yoshi's Woolly World was released on 25 June 2015 for Wii U.

Yoshi's Woolly World (2015) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Yoshi's Woolly World

Set off with a friend through a wild, woolly world in this grand Yoshi adventure! A treasure trove of clever handicraft stages are ready for you to explore. Unravel their secrets and color your world with a…

79 25 June 2015

What Yoshi's Woolly World is

Yoshi's Woolly World is a platform game developed by Good-Feel and released in 2015. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game's story revolves around Craft Island, a peaceful island for the Yoshis. One day, Kamek turns all but two of the Yoshis into Wonder Wools as a favor to Baby Bowser, who wishes to use the accumulated yarn to construct a new castle in his name. When the remaining two Yoshis notice Kamek inadvertently dropping Wonder Wools around the areas next to Craft Island, they set out on a quest to collect them all and thus restore all of the unwoven Yoshis. After Baby Bowser is defeated at his castle, Kamek uses his remaining Wonder Wools to make him more powerful. Despite this, Baby Bowser is defeated again, returning all of the remaining unwoven Yoshis back to normal. The Yoshis return to…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Mario series

Yoshi's Woolly World is the 535th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario Kart Arcade GP DX: Metal Mario in 2015. Its critic score of 79 is 2 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.

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How it was received

Yoshi's Woolly 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 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 74 votes.

What it launched against

Yoshi's Woolly World launched on 25 June 2015, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered and Her Story. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered, Her Story.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer