Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Review

Since the early 90s, the Yoshi series has struggled to find its own identity. It started with puzzle games and Super Scope minigames, but the arrival of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island could have laid the groundwork for a killer platforming series to exist outside of the Mario lineage. Unfortunately for fans of that stellar title, the future of Yoshi-centric platformers consisted of a hodgepodge of experiments that oscillated between “games for kids,” touch/motion-based titles, and uninspiring attempts to capture the magic of Yoshi’s Island.With Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, Nintendo finally seems comfortable experimenting with a wholly new approach to a Yoshi adventure. While many of Yoshi’s abilities remain the same — licking, eating, butt stomping, laying and throwing eggs — it’s more puzzle game than traditional platformer. It’s not some unmitigated triumph that will appeal to gamers of all stripes, but it’s at the very least interesting, which is more than