Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Designer(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Release date(s) |  September 20, 2002 September 24, 2002 November 11, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
| Media | 32-Megabit cartridge |
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 is a port of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, originally released in 1995 on the SNES and Super Famicom. It was one of the first Game Boy Advance games to become a Player's Choice title.
The game featured no changes to its formula, aside from voice samples from Yoshi's Story and corresponding shoe colors from the Yoshis in the same game, as the graphics and sound were among the best of the SNES. There was one major addition, however: six new levels called "secret levels" could be unlocked after beating the game. These levels did not exist in the SNES version of Yoshi's Island. Each level is large, challenging and unique, like the previous secret stages (called extra stages), and fit seamlessly into the game. Because of the addition of secret levels, each world in Super Mario Advance 3 has 10 levels, as opposed to the original SNES version, which had only 9 levels per world. If a player beats the game and gets 100 points on all 60 levels in the game (including extra and secret levels), a secret ending will occur. The sequel to Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island DS, was released in November 2006 for the Nintendo DS.
Like the rest of the Super Mario Advance series, this is often seen as the definitive version of the game[citation needed]. However, the graphic quality of the game is slightly poorer, caused by a lower screen resolution, and the lack of a Super FX chip. It gave the game a lot more life as it was released in the peak of the GBA's success (compared to the original, released late in the SNES's life).
[edit] Voices
- Baby Mario: Charles Martinet [citation needed]
- Yoshi: Kazumi Totaka
[edit] External links
- Super Mario Advance 3 at IGN's site
