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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, released in Japan as Super Mario: Yossy Island (スーパーマリオ　ヨッシーアイランド Sūpā Mario Yosshī Airando^?)^[1] is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System console. It was released on August 5, 1995 in Japan, October 4, 1995 in North America and October 6, 1995 in Europe. While featuring Nintendo's trademark Mario character, the game's innovative graphics and gameplay differed from all previous Mario games in that players control various Yoshi dinosaurs rather than Mario himself, who appears as a helpless infant. As Yoshi's Island is the prequel to Super Mario Bros., it is chronologically the first game where Mario, Luigi, Bowser and Yoshi appear. It itself has a sequel on the Nintendo DS called Yoshi's Island DS.

Reception

Upon release, Electronic Gaming Monthly hailed the game to be one of the best games of that year and others considered the game to be an instant classic.^{[citation needed]} GamePro gave the game a 4.5/5 rating.^{[citation needed]} Yoshi's Island sold 4 million copies.^{[citation needed]}

Yoshi's Island proved to be a critical and commercial hit in its Game Boy Advance version, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, which was released in 2002, at the peak of the hand held's success.

Screenshot: Level is completed, the next Yoshi takes Mario