Just discovered your stuff through your monkey ball videos and love all the stuff youre doing already, but please the IRS is on me just by watching this video and i cant find anyone to blame but yourself

@masterdoge17

2 жыл бұрын

monkey balls

@lennygirlthetruesavvysavag2410

2 жыл бұрын

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When 64 games finally came to the Switch, and I turned on Yoshi's Story naturally, and sat through the intro with my sister. A few moments later, I heard the TV upstairs turn off and footsteps come downstairs. My mother opened the door and was like 'I heard Yoshi Story'. Even over twenty years later, this game's still unforgettable.

@IMakePeopleSaltyApparently

2 жыл бұрын

This made me cry for some reason. My family had a similar reaction when I got it on the actual console.

@stevezac_cptlpnshmnt

2 жыл бұрын

This is so amazing

@SweetBean92

2 жыл бұрын

"I heard something that reminded me of 20+ years ago" is such a powerful moment, isn't it? This makes me happy

@yan-amar

2 жыл бұрын

Well technically if it was unforgettable at some point then it still must be. Because you can't forget what's unforgettable. So it is not forgotten. I mean. You know.

It was a great game for children who were new to video games - colorful cutesy graphics and music, simple gameplay, and a difficulty that suits everybody. If you're new, you can just grab a couple hearts and eat random fruits to get through the game, then eventually try to get all hearts in all levels, and do melon-only runs, which can really leave you stumped at points. It's the perfect platformer for kids - It's a shame that a lot of reviewers seem to ignore that it wasn't made for an audience of 30 years old jaded hardcore gamers.

@Rage_net

2 жыл бұрын

It was my first ever video game as a young kid. Lol. And I still love video games now as an adult lol

@cgecko3

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rage_net same!!!

Don't be fooled by the cute art style I adored this game, but it was a nightmare to do full heart runs or all fruit runs the atmosphere could be terrifying and hearing the squeals of Yoshi's dieing shook me to point I avoided death more than any other game

@xXRickTrolledXx

2 жыл бұрын

Melon% is my favorite Challenge category speedrun, hands down

@CabinetGremlin

2 жыл бұрын

they really didn't have to hit us with Yoshi's crying while being kidnapped :(

@saltysugarbird

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Some of the levels were terrifying with super terrifying enemies 😂

@IMakePeopleSaltyApparently

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah to to this day I still can't get beyond level 4 doing that. I always game over

@pervaction4658

2 жыл бұрын

Yoshi's Story is and always has been true survival horror.

Its 1999 and my dad buys a N64 for me and my older brother. We were thrilled! My older brother wanted to buy Mario 64, however, I wanted Yoshi's Story. My brother is still mad about it. I have to show him this vid to finally make him understand, that it actually was worth it!

@bio-jay77

Жыл бұрын

Does he see your point of view yet?

I'll always admire this game for introducing "360° tongueing" to the speedrun community's vernacular.

I kinda wish they made that Yoshi’s Story GBA port… It looked really good.

@ericjamesraackf

2 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't have been practical beyond the tech demo use that it had. It actually had to make ALOT of concessions and used up the entire cart.

@nononame26

2 жыл бұрын

They did eventually end up making one with the assets. It was called Yoshi Topsy Turvey, or Universal Gravitation... depending where you lived. The story and characters are trash, and the gameplay is meh, and the music is poop... but its a neat little tech demo of a game for awhile...

@nikaoharbour6962

2 жыл бұрын

Yoshi story was a simple forgotten gem of the N64 I want to try it again

@jinxedpenguin

2 жыл бұрын

I used to play it constantly as a kid. I should try to find a rom of it somewhere

@Mike14264

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... It would've been amazing.

The Yoshi’s singing always make me so happy, I love this soundtrack.

Yoshi’s Story is absolutely the best black sheep of the Yoshi franchise! Not the most perfect game, admittedly, but still a solid second attempt to make Yoshi a stand-alone platforming mascot. If only they allowed you to retry those blasted melon games…

@Mike14264

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that would've been nice, given how stingy the game is with its "life system". Imagine playing through Yoshi's Island to 100% completion with so much as 6 measly lives, and only with one chance to regain one of them per level (the White Shy Guys). That would just be madness!

This was such a joy to work on with you. I wish this game had more recognition from the N64 community. It was always one of those mysterious games that I've known of but never played or knew much about. Thank you for introducing me to this classic! I can't wait for Super Monkey Ball 2!

@joniivee

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, my guy! I've always felt that this game has been slept on which is a real shame because it's exceptionally solid. You did a great job with the final edit and I'm super eager to see what you do with SMB2!

Fire-fighters, doctors, soldiers and politicians: Man, I have the hardest job in the world All Melon Speedrunners: Hold my melon.

6:55 Yoshi actually took infinite hits while the timer would run out, which was why later stages would be littered with one-hit KO traps. Taking all those hits would only stun Yoshi, while a spike or a thorn or *PRETTY BEAUTIFUL LAVA* would one-shot him.

@IMakePeopleSaltyApparently

2 жыл бұрын

Oh that explains why I could get hit 47645 times with no petals lol. I just thought my cart was modded or something.

yoshi story was a heavily emotionally impactful game that was pertinent to my growth

I have to admit that the ending of this video made me feel quite emotional; I actually owned Yoshi Story as a kid along with many other N64 games, and while I DID suffer the N64 Control Stick issue where I would have to push the stick hard just to run as it was quite worn out, I felt really happy when I could beat it for the first time and then weep with the "The End" screen with a looping music box-like jingle of the main theme (and for that matter, I used to be terrified of dying because of the scene with the Yoshis getting carried away to a creepy castle, to the point that I can recall that at first I used to jump off bed and run to the N64 to turn it off immediately to both avoid watching that and not lose a Yoshi). I also sit through today through some of your Monkey Ball videos...man I hope that this channel blows up, because it spits nothing but facts and fun (seriously, I love how much jokes you put on these) and I'd like to see more people see this :)

Yoshi's Story is probably the best looking N64 game tbh

@stuartdparnell

2 жыл бұрын

Wait till you try doing all melons on the hard levels.

@zeroattentiongaming820

2 жыл бұрын

Was trying to think of any really good looking N64 games but it's been so long and the visuals of the system have aged so much I can't even begin to think of what I'd call really standout visuals for the system lol. Maybe Rogue Squadron, the ship models looked amazing for the time, as did the ones in the sequel which still look amazing for a GameCube launch title. Things like this and Paper Mario really got around the limitations of the time with their artstyle choices. This almost looks like an early GameCube game in parts

@illford

2 жыл бұрын

Kirby 64 looks really good as well

@BareBandSubscription

2 жыл бұрын

Conker’s Bad Fur Day wipes the floor with just about any other N64 game, just on a technical level.

@edgarcism

2 жыл бұрын

@@BareBandSubscription it doesn’t look as good

This game was such an emotional roller-coaster for me as a kid!! The happy was euphoric and trippy, the sad was dark and hopeless. Frantic, tender, nostalgic, melancholic, scary at times...

I think i need some of that happy fruit...

@joniivee

4 жыл бұрын

I too would like a powerful ass

This was the first game I could beat as a small child, I was probably 4 or 5. This game means so much to me, I teared up watching this just because how much this game brought me. I felt so accomplished being able to beat a game, just like my older sister could! It brought me into gaming and that was such a huge part of my life, it’s how I met my best friend in high school, it’s how I first connected with my now husband, and now we have a son together and hope that he has great games to bring him as much joy as my husband and I had. Thank you for making a video about how important it is for small kids to have good games.

This is one of the games that my mom also played through and beat when I was a kid. She also played a few of the Sonic games, and Kirby All Star. It has a special place in my heart because of that, just seeing my adult mom who wasn’t really interested in the kid stuff me and brothers liked, sitting there for hours and days playing Yoshi Story and having fun with us.

12:51: I'm happy that you make jokes just for me Jonii, you beautiful beautiful man you

@joniivee

4 жыл бұрын

A true competitive Smash player. :') I have to assume you main Puff in Project M as well xD Also just realized that Yoshi's Story absolutely should've included a pineapple.

Oh man, the part where you described super happy Yoshi in a heavy metal voice had me dying with laughter!

Both Island and Story were really influential on me growing up, and Yoshi’s Story is, to this day, my “most nostalgic” game. Revisiting it on Switch recently has certainly reminded me of its flaws but also how nothing else is quite like it, even after all this time.

Yoshi story and Kirby crystal shard were incredible baby games me and my friends could actually beat levels whether or not we had played before or even owned a N64. And the kids without controllers could just sing along to the catchy music

Loved Yoshi’s Story as a kid and still love it now. It’ll always hold a special place in my heart as it was the first ever video game I beat on my own.

I used to play Yoshi’s Story at day care all the time.

@Maxxieuguu

4 жыл бұрын

Tuxedo Gremlin wow.

@PinchedCake6

Жыл бұрын

It was at daycare?

@funkybunko

Жыл бұрын

@@PinchedCake6 they had an N64 and like a dozen games for it. Keep in mind this was like a decade after the N64 released so they probably got it for cheap for the kids to play.

@PinchedCake6

Жыл бұрын

@@funkybunko I see. That’s a pretty good idea so that kids didn’t have to get their own N64 if they wanted this or the other games at daycare.

The Yoshis ARE always trippin' balls. You know how koalas are always low-key drunk because of how they digest eucalyptus? Same thing, but with the fruit of the Super Happy Tree. Also, I mean, Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy.

@joniivee

4 жыл бұрын

Damn, you present some compelling evidence. :P I had totally forgotten about Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy. That must be why they're so happy all the time. And they seem to get trapped in storybooks pretty often too if you ask me.

@notarmani4804

2 жыл бұрын

I guess this isn’t that much of a kid friendly game.

Yoshis Woolly World is sick. Someone should talk about it.

@DougyFreshGames

2 жыл бұрын

It really is and isnt even mentioned anywhere, great solid platformer with some challenging stages especially in co-op. They need to port that sucker over to Switch.

Don’t you dare call this a baby game This is a man’s game get that right

@joniivee

4 жыл бұрын

You're goddamn right.

2020’s sexiest man of the year award

Legitamately, one of my favourite games of all time. It's mainly because I grew up with it, but either way I consider it to be a fantastic game. I believe it still holds up: the gameplay, the graphics, the charming aesthetic - everything.

The “you wouldnt like me when Im happy” is the best joke in here 😆

FINALLY! Some positivity for this game! I thought I was the only one who liked it! I discovered you through your Pokemon VHS video and after both that and this, you've found a new subscriber :)

The reason melons are considered by all yoshis to be thier favorite fruit, is because in Japanese culture melons especially muskmelons are considered a delicacy (kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZI2i1qibdrXUptY.html)

Honestly, probably my favourite n64 game of all time... Also the TAS speedruns of this game are magical to watch I highly recommend you check them out

Yoshi story are the one of my favorite game. The art style, and game play always amaze me. The basic game are in "easy mode" since you can just gulp all the fruit scattered, but you can challenge your self by just eating one kind of fruit and get special ending of stage. Also for the expert, try eating only melons, some of them showed up by "sniffing" it, and some just showed up once in some specific challenge per stage. ;)

No one person should have that much Yoshi's Island in their cupboard. That's too much Yosh.

This wasn’t the first of your videos that popped up in my recommendations (Year of Luigi and the Ms. Pac-Man videos showed up first) but this was the one I actively clicked on and loved it. Great video and couldn’t help myself but watch more of your content. Looking forward for more to come

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO! hardly anyone ever talks about this game.

Ah! Yes! I always look forward for your videos. Another excellent video from you, thank you!

@joniivee

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! It makes me very happy to hear that you look forward to them. I'm happy to provide. :D

It's shaped like yoshis head and I've never wanted something so impractical more in my life

@pokepress

2 жыл бұрын

They did something similar for the Diddy Kong Racing soundtrack.

This was like, so good!!!! Like, I've been watching reviews in the classic "JonTron" esc,ish style for years, but you went and made this your own thing! Like you made this so poetic and emotional while still light hearted and funny, much like the game. It didn't feel like a review with forced jokes for the sake of edge or like five million other KZread videos on why game X is good. This made me appreciate Yoshi Story even more and got me emotionally. That ending bit where you tie the ending back to the beginning was SO POETIC!! Keep up the great work, you deserve so many more subs!! I hope you have a bright future ahead of you!!

Yesss I love yoshi and yoshi story!!! It got me through a real tough childhood. Ur my new favorite KZread just cause u love yoshi just like me! I really enjoyed ur video very interesting.

Overall Yoshi's Story just had so many things working against it. The departure in gameplay emphasis from Yoshi's Island was already an uphill climb with certain fans, but the popular value of 2D platformers in general plummeted around the time of its release and it would take years for it to come back. Throw in the reputation about its simple difficulty and you had a scenario seemingly tailor made to downplay its presence. While I do think today its an environment far more open to artistically distinct, albeit breezy platformers (see the affection for Kirby's Epic Yarn), the image of Yoshi's Story as too easy for older fans is still haunting it, especially in comparison to the well received approach of the more variable difficulty in Woolly World or Crafted World.

I loved this game as a kid. And if you beat a level it said "and the page turned and the yoshis grew happier. It made me happier lol

Glad I got recommended this video; Yoshi's Story was my childhood man. Its nice that you also pointed out that even if it's kinda baby game, it's still nice to play leisurely for all ages.

ok your content is hilarious, algorithm pointed me to you, and I'm digging every video so far

First video ive seen of yours. Subbed as soon as you described super happy yoshi lmao

This was *the* first game I ever played as a child.

Once you unlock all the levels the game really comes to life as a score attack game in trial mode.

what most dont realize is that baby bowser kills the main yoshis. what survived were the eggs, the yoshis that were born into a cursed world

I remember loving this game when I played it at my uncles house. It didn’t take long for me to get it for the Wii.

I played it for the first time recently just bc i was interested in the creatures, but it was SOO charming and fun! I found myself really invested in its gameplay design, and simply exploring this weird world, really lovely game! Thanks for shedding a spotlight on it!

it's not just touching enemies that damages you. certain things were not meant to be eaten (such as black shy guys and peppers) unless you're a black or white yoshi. and dont even think about eating a teehee butterfly while they're blue.

They had this game at those old N64 stations at the McDonalds I went to as a kid back in the day. I remember it being pretty fun.

Yoshi’s Story is my favorite yoshi game by far. So much charm

This game was my favorite as a kid and still has a precious place in my heart. It is so good and so mysterious. My family and I remember finding an Orange and a Purple Egg in the game (Same as the Black and White) to unlock more Yoshis, but we were kids and my parent were even worst at video game. Each time we discovered an egg, we had difficulies bringing it back because we were always dying. Before the orange and purple Yoshis began to appears we played a lot. We were 3 brothers and my 2 parents playing on it because it was our only game lmao. I thought maybe it is really rare to find those special orange and purple Yoshis because you have to play the levels in a special order, and/or collect all the hearts and Melons, and or all the coins... But i did not get any answers about it. I even write to nintendo many years ago and they answered me back saying they could not tell if there is or not more Yoshis in the game than the Black and the White one....maybe its pretty rare to encounter one of these, maybe I own a particular version of the game, or maybe it is simple hallucinations, but everyone in my family remembers...this is very strange...one day my brother started to play again and erased all datas on it....i started to play on it a months ago on my old nintendo 64, trying to get all coins an everything, still no clue...I know some people won't believe my story, I know some others explained it was supposed to be these 2 Yoshis in the game but they changed it for the white and black for the official release, I know everyone thinks it's a myth, and I am sure, many persons looked at the game program and maybe they found nothing, but for my family and I, this is real. Maybe someday I will have my answer. But for sure Yoshi Story was and still is a wonderful part of my childhood and my life.

I always remembered the Yoshi rap song in the pirahana plant stage lol. “Yoshee…da da da…Yoshee!”

So that’s where all the copies of Yoshi’s Island went.

My favorite game growing up. Played this alot when i owned an N64 back in 2013, Also, the soundtrack bangs, Totaka killed it with this one.

When I read about Mellon run, I knew that's how I had to main this game since I played it constantly and knew the levels so well, though I never really figured out the hearts unlock levels thing until much later, so most of my runs consisted of doing level 1.

One of my childhood favorites.. Wonderful Review 🙏🏽💯

KZread commercials be wilding: "And if you lose all the petals, then..." "I had the worst schizophrenia breakdown"

1) How have I never seen anything about this game except for the smash stage 2) how did you make it look like the most fun game in history

I've always really liked the unique way to clear stages in Yoshi's story, I can't think of anything like it.

This game was my entire childhood. I used to live with my grandparents lock myself in the storage room with my 64, sitting on a milkcrate playing on a CRT. Miss that

I love seeing Yoshis story get the respect it deserves

Absolutely loved this game as a kid Was surprised to see how forgotten it mostly is as I got older Good to see there's still people out there that give it the love it deserves

I always thought Yoshi’s Story was waaay better than Yoshi’s Island, I never knew the mainstream opinion was anything otherwise..

You say that Yoshi’s body size was changed in this game because they were supposed to be baby Yoshis, but this is the model they’ve used in every Yoshi representation since, even in non Yoshi games like Mario Kart and Party. It makes me sad. RIP tall skinny Mario World/Yoshis Island Yoshi.

When I was a kid, I would ALWAYS reset the game if I lost a Yoshi. As a result, of course, it took waaayyy longer than it needed to to complete a single runthru. It was too sad to me to not see all the colors (including black and white!) in the selection screen.

I auto-read the title as Yoshi's island. Then realized it's about yoshis story. EVEN BETTER. This is my childhood yoshi game!!

Friends keep on asking what's that song I keep whistling, it's the them we heard at the start of this video from Yoshi's Island.

Oh yeah, that “baby game” that absolutely drags you through hell and back. As a kid, this game gave me far more stress trying to 100% than Star Fox 64/Bomberman 64 ever did.

This was probably my favorite N64 game for years growing up. It was definitely my first game I owned on the N64 and the first one I beat completely-found the black, and white Yoshis and everything. This was just a special little video game-not to mention absolutely adorable. Yoshi’s Story was a nice little gem.

Great narration dude this is perfect

Definitly one of my childhood's game! Still looks incredible. The music always reminded me of the GINGERBREAD MAN by THE RESIDENTS if you want more of this.

Look, Yoshi Touch and Go doesn't sound right when he is carrying an almost naked baby.

4:59 - Quick to beat, but plenty to replay is a mentality I do like to see in my games, an is part of why I like the Kirby series and (compared to other JRPG's length) Pokémon series. I'm glad to see Yoshi's Story receive some love, with plenty of praise to it's strengths here and even some interesting trivia that I never knew about through exploring it's speed-running community.

This game is my first ever legit video game I’ve ever owned. So it will always hold a special place in my heart for that reason.

BRILLIANT VIDEO MAN!

So this story is Baby Bowser being jealous that Yoshis be gettin' high as fuck all the time.

18:37 Blurps also appeared in super Mario world.

loved the project m gag. love to see the pmdt setting records.

Really happy I found this channel. 😎

I think this game has so many thing in common with star fox 64, and people still call yoshi's story a bad experience and think starfox is one of best games on the platform. Both games you can finish in about an hour, but have multiple paths you can take to make it infinitly replayable. Yoshi's story also has my second favorite artstyle of the series, next to crafted world. And it is centainly not the most easy game in the series, so I don't get peoples complaint on that front. I would even go as far as to say yoshi's story is probably in my top 10 favorite n64 games!

That intro was beautiful

During Melon Runs, dou you lose run run if you eat anything from the Super Happy Tree that isn't a melon or Heart Fruit?

I just remember Yoshi's Story being way too easy and way too short.

Glad to see some praise towards this game. While I definitely don't think it's as good as the original, I love that it does its own thing, something I feel like a number of the sequels don't do.

Ah such a nostalgia trip, I remember playing it on the wii with the superior classic controller

This was my childhood Yoshi game. I would rent it from my local video rental store, which I would add to my personal collection once it went out of business. It’s sentimental to me due to my memories of that particular video rental store growing up

i used to always just try to get every melon since most levels infinitely scrolled then would combo whatever fruit matched my yoshi after

I noticed that old games with weird cartoony/cutesie art styles seem to age better. The one that sticks out to me is Zelda Wind Waker compared to the other games. I just played it a few months ago and it still looks good. And Yoshi's Story with it's unique art style also ages better than other games that came out around the same time that tried to look cool. Weird.

@GalaxyDogenut

2 жыл бұрын

That’s why I love the strange artstyle of the characters in Mario Kart 64, mainly Yoshi and Bowser.

i wanted a yoshi island 2 so much, my mom was lucky enough to return it in my memory.

This game was definitely weirder then I remembered XD

I downloaded this game on the wii virtual console as a kid and loved the game. Haven’t played the game in years. Might have to go back and play it soon.

Every Time I hear the Smash version of Yoshi's Story End theme I get reminded of the time at a smash tournament where the entire crowd sang along.

Way too early for this intense emotion. Why can't KZread ever not be yelling at me.

Yoshi's Story was probably my first time feeling like I'd been bait-and-switched. In its early development it was being touted as Yoshi's Island 64, but it was so lacklustre by comparison. Sure there was secret stuff to find, but the game noticeably didn't reward or even record it in any tangible way*, so it felt pointless. When I first managed to 100% a level, I felt like the game never even intended for me to do such a thing, so I had no interest in doing the rest. So my issue with the game wasn't that it was "for babies" or "too easy." It was the way it presented me with challenges, but once I completed any of them the game went "so what?" *keeping a score tally from which you may kinda infer successfully gathering all melons and heart fruits doesn't count - there are other ways to score over 3400 points on a level

No you know what's for little baby children?... ...little baby ice cream