Apr 02, 2019  Yoshi’s Crafted World is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Good-Feel and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The theme of the game is that everything looks like cardboard. It looks like a child made an arts and crafts project and it’s visually stunning. This is like how the previous title, Yoshi’s Woolly World, was made to look like a world. Apr 26, 2019  I probably like it more than the kids will! This is called Yoshi's CRAFTED world so the images are supposed to be of paper crafts. The graphics are really good. I can see the details well. If you are expecting realistic graphics, this is not the game for you. I especially like the extra quests of basically 'treasure hunting.' For Nintendo Switch on the Nintendo Switch, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'Yoshi's Crafted World is REALLY good!'

Confession: I don't particularly like Yoshi games. As much as I love that cute little dinosaur's big ol' snoot and saddle-shell, I've always found the eponymous series somewhat awkward to play. There's just something about coming to a dead stop to aim a reticle to throw an egg that's always felt like a drag in comparison to the speed of Sonic, the rhythm of Mario or the buoyancy of Kirby. And no matter how many times I play, I can never quite get a handle on the sine wave of Yoshi's weird Flutter Jump.

So why give this entry a shot? Two words: Mellow Mode.

Mellow Mode was probably designed for small children and inexperienced game players, but I don't care. It's been a busy couple of months, I've been working too much to meet an aggressive deadline. I just want to guide a fuzzy Yoshi through adorable levels with a colorful, handmade aesthetic. I want to scour the flip side of craft dioramas looking for Poochy pups that are laughably bad at hide and seek. I want to hurl my Shy Guy poops at clouds to find flowers whenever I'm notified that one is nearby. I want to spend coins on costumes that make Yoshi look like a big dumb whale or skeleton or whatever. And I don't want to die a million times trying.

All of it is beautiful. Very little of it is challenging. The soundtrack ranges from 'forgettably pleasant' to 'slightly irritating.' But it's the most fun I've had with a Yoshi game, the first I've ever completed, and exactly the sort of entertainment my brain needed right now. ✌