Yoshi's Crafted World

YOSHI'S CRAFTED WORLD

Today, let's cover Yoshi's Crafted World, the sequel to Yoshi's Woolly World after its big success and the most recent game put out by the Yoshi series. Instead of yarn, this time the whole world is made out of felt, cardboard, and various other crafting supplies, giving it a distinct resemblance to games like Little Big Planet. The game follows Yoshi as he tried to find the pieces of the Sundream Stone, which were scattered when Kamek and Baby Bowser tried to steal it.

Yoshi doesn't have too many unique abilities here the way he did in Woolly World (meaning no Crafted Yoshi, sadly), as most of his abilites are pretty much the basic Yoshi abilities: flutter jump, eating enemies, and throwing eggs. He does drive a giant mechanical Yoshi a couple of times though. That's pretty cool. Poochy also appears in the game, helping Yoshi in most of his basic ways, sniffing out hidden items and such. He can dig now, so that's cool. And there are a bunch of baby Poochies too. Other frequent allies include the Blockafellers, robots that plug in to let you access the next area.

Kamek and Baby Bowser are our main antagonists, flying around together this time, and showing up frequently as they are also searching for the Sundream Stones. Kamek can ride around on his broom and can cast all sorts of magical spells, generally to create bosses. Baby Bowser, on the other hand, can pilot a giant robot, become a giant himself, breathe fireballs, throw stars, drop meteors, and use a giant hammer.

Shy Guys are our resident common enemies, and in this game, they can fly, carry bags of money, carry a spear and shield, wear a dinosaur skull, hang from a balloon, descend by parachute, get fat, ride on unicycles, throw shurikens, glide, and throw spike balls. Other Mario regulars include Koopa Troopas, Piranha Plants, Monty Moles, Wigglers, Nippers, and Cheep Cheeps. Frequent Yoshi regulars include Ukikis (with big variants called Uckykongs), Tap Taps, Goonies, Ravens (which are made from tied-up little trashbag. It's so cute), Bumpties, Fangs, Clawdaddies, Tiny Mousers (that carry around magnets to steal stuff), and Blarggs and Nep-Enuts.

New enemies include: Makimakis, squirrels that roll out stretches of carpet; Bon-Boms, little springy toys that hop after you and explode; Skelesaurus, a dinosaur skeleton that chases you through a level; rolling Pinecones; Mels, literally living caramel squares that move around in stacks; Bobbers, little seedlings that dangle from above; Chompagobblers, square ghost things that chase after you if they spot you; Bushydos, samurai made from milk cartons; Rhinono, a rhino that chases you through a level; Cybos, robots with extendable arms; Bunmawashi Dolls, dolls that swing axes; and Lil Marchers, sentinel enemies that chase you if you set off an alarm.

We have a number of bosses this time around, not really enlarged by Kamek this time so much as "assembled." We have Yarrctopus, an octopus pirate who shoots spike balls at you from behind panels; Tin Can Condor, a condor made from parts who flies, spins, drops eggs, and throws paper airplanes; Spike the Piranha, a giant piranha plant that spits spike balls and Shy Guys, with small piranha heads on tendrils made of party balls; Burt the Ball, a ball-sized Burt the Bashful who bounces and rolls around, summoning Bumpties and smaller Burts; the Shogun of Skewers, who can make sound waves, teleport, and activate walls covered in spikes; Gator Train, a train designed like an alligator carrying Shy Guys that can chomp or fire colored pencils; Mr. Geary, a giant gear that can roll; and the Great King Bowser, Baby Bowser's mech that can slam its hands, drop missiles, spin, strike with a big fist, and throw lava and spike balls.

The stages are a bit different in terms of Yoshi's normal setup, with smaller worlds of one to two levels each. We start with Rail-Yard Run, a train station, followed by: Yarrctopus Docks, a water area; Go Go Land, a grassland area; Big Paper Peak, a mountainous area; Origami Gardens, a flowery garden area; Dino Desert, a desert world; Sky-High Heights, a sky world; Acorn Forest, a forest area; Pastel Pathway, a dessert-themed area; Cardstock Carnival, a circus-themed area; Chilly Hot Isles, basically Freezeflame Galaxy; Ninjarama, a classic Japanese feudal era-themed world; Rumble Jungle, a jungle area; Outer Orbit, a space area; Cheery Valley, a valley area; and Shadowville, a castle-themed world.

For items, we have a lot of the basics, plus magnets carried by Tiny Mousers, Sundream Stone pieces, and a lot of the crafting supplies used to make the stages I guess technically count.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:
Yoshi: run, jump, eat, make eggs, flutter jump, throw eggs, butt bash, breathe fire, ice, spit seeds, helicopter, mole tank, train, submarine, ski, fire as egg, rocket ship, gigantic eggs, rocket forward, minecart, bobsleigh, hot air balloon, run on walls and ceilings.
Yarn Yoshi: run, jump, eat, flutter jump, butt bash, fire, ice, create balls of yarn, throw balls of yarn, tie up, spin around spool, unravel to go down pipe, create platforms, unravel sections, umbrella, giant, bicycle, mole, airplane, mermaid, giant mechanical Yoshi.
Baby Mario: float in bubble, cry, super cape, float with cape, run on walls and ceilings, run faster, float with diaper.
Baby Peach: float on the wind with umbrella
Baby Donkey Kong: charge forward, cling to vines
Baby Wario: giant magnet
Kamek: fly on broom, cast spell, teleport, sweep, giant spell, giant hammer, teleport, warp, balloons with missiles, transform into bundles of yarn, construct bosses
Baby Bowser: stomp, shockwave, fireball, drop rocks, jump, ride pets, line of fire, lava spouts, balls of yarn, pilot Great King Bowser, throw stars, become giant, throw meteors, giant hammer
Bowser: jump, breathe fire, grow giant, drop rocks, stomp, warp through time and space at random apparently
Poochy: walk across hazards, find stuff, charge, lick, dig, babies
Kangaroo: hop around
Stork: fly, carry babies
Shy Guy: propeller, stilts, fat, bombs, spear and shield, swing mace, fire, ghost, submarine, pogo stick, blocks, limbo stick, pirate ship, umbrella, balance spear, inner tube, bounce, Snifit, breathe fire, balloon, copy, giant, metal, knitting needles, hang, rise from the dead, bags of money, dinosaur skull, unicycles, throw shurikens, throw spike balls, glide
Koopa: button shells, make waves, fire bullet bills
Goomba
Piranha Plant: spit projectiles
Boo
Blooper
Lakitu: rain
Monty Mole: burrow, butt bash, spike ball, stack of Monties, roll into snowball
Wiggler: wings, fuzzy
Chain Chomp: bounce, incoming chomp, Chomp Rock, Chomp Shark, lunge and bite, turn into Chomp Rock
Bandits: steal things, toss ball, pop balloon, Green Glove, Slugger, Zeus Guy, Grunt
Little Mouser: steal, magnets
Grinder/Ukiki: bounce, climb vines, eat fruit and spit seeds, drop bombs, Uckykongs
Gabons: basically Spikes

Bosses:
Burt the Bashful
Salvo the Slime
Bigger Boo
Roger the Potted Ghost
Prince Froggy
Naval Piranha
Marching Milde
Hookbill Koopa
Sluggy the Unshaven
Raphael Raven
Tap Tap the Red Nose
Cloud N. Candy
Inviso
Cloudjin
Don Bongo
Big Burt Brothers
Gilbert the Gooey
Hector the Reflector
Big Bungee Piranha
Bessie Bass
Priscilla the Peckish
Six-Face Sal
Big Guy the Stilted
Mortz the Very Goonie
Big Beanie
Count Fang
King Clawdaddy
Furious Fred de Fillet
Punky the Pokey Prince
Big Montgomery
Knotwing the Koopa
Bunson the Hot Dog
Miss Cluck the Insincere
Snifberg the Unfeeling
Yarrctopus
Tin Can Condor
Spike the Piranha
Burt the Ball
Shogun of Skewers
Gator Train
Mr. Geary
The Great King Bowser

Stages:
plains
cave
fortress
sky
forest
lava
lake
valley
sewer
snow
Beginning
Cavern
Summit
Jungle
Ocean
Finale
Plains
Castle
Forest
Lava
Jungle
Cavern
Snow
Sky
Underwater
Coast
Plains
Forest
Jungle
Savannah
Snow
Volcano
Grassland
Desert
Sky
Jungle
Snow
Castle
Wonderful World of Wool
Rail-Yard Run
Yarrctopus Docks
Go Go Land
Big Paper Peak
Origami Gardens
Dino Desert
Sky-High Heights
Acorn Forest
Pastel Pathway
Cardstock Carnival
Chilly Hot Isles
Ninjarama
Rumble Jungle
Outer Orbit
Cheery Valley
Shadowville

Items:
Eggs
Stars
Clouds
Chomp Rock
Fruit!!
Ginormous Eggs
Yarn Balls
Yarn Bundles
Knitting Needles
Buttons
Beads
Magnets
Sundream Stones
Crafting Tools
So on

Thanks for reading! Now, let's begin our character sheets with Yoshi!

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