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It's time for another review by IB122, and this game is on Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island for the Game Boy Advance. This was a remake from the SNES version from 1995 all fitted into a handheld game. Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island was released in 1995, and now fast forward 7 years in 2002, with it's reputation it's got from the release in 1995, Nintendo wanted to re-release this game onto their handheld console known as the Game Boy Advance so you can play Yoshi's Island on to-go, which really made this game really popular to play. It sold like 1.6 million in the United States alone. Well, enough with the intro of this game, let's go ahead and get on with the review.

The Graphics:

The graphics in this game is pretty good, but with the typical "bleached out" version is pretty typical for the Game Boy Advance because the handheld's contrast setting is darker than it is on the Super Nintendo, but still, I don't think the graphics is that all bad though, in fact, by looking at it, the graphics in this game is pretty outstanding though. I just like the way the setting works out in each of the levels, I just really like how they're designed each of those levels, because they all look very unique, the background, like in the Super Nintendo, I just really like on how they did it on there, it make it look like it goes very far away with the view and I think personally, that is pretty nice work on the setting, as for the character spites, even know they ain't much of a change from the Super Nintendo version, but all fitted into the Game Boy Advance, I think they all turned out pretty good though, so I got to say, for the graphics, I think Nintendo did a really nice job on the graphics of this game and even with the "bleached out" graphics, this in a way didn't interfere the graphics in any way.

With everything I said about the game's graphics, I'm going to say that this is a 9 out of 10

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The Sound & Music:

Now for the Sound effects in this game, they're not that different from the Super Nintendo version of the game, but I still in a way think the sound effects still came out great though, but to refresh your memory on what I think on the sound effects, I think with the sounds of the environment like the falling rocks, using power-ups, swimming in water, walking though mud, and a lot of other effects in this game I think is what makes this game really unique, and also, like in other Super Mario Advances games, this game also included more voices into the game as well. Now, as for the music in the game, although the music isn't like it was on the Super Nintendo (but still have the same soundtrack still), but for the Game Boy Advance, that is still pretty alright though and not just that, but also a few changes in the music department as well in this game, but all of those ain't much of a major change though, but I still think the music is still pretty alright though.

With how I mentioned about the sound and the music in this game, I'm going to give this a 9 out of 10, for a Game Boy Advance version, it's all great.

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The Addiction Level:

For the Addiction Level of this game, it's very addicting, that's all I can say about this, if you look on how addicting the Super Nintendo version of Yoshi's Island was, well, now you can play this game anywhere, it just made this game even more addicting, I remember playing this game on the Game Boy Advance and I just couldn't stop playing it because with all the things I can do in this game, with each levels you want to try and get 100% of the level done so you get more levels unlocked, and now with more levels, I think this game is more addicting than the Super Nintendo version, but that is more on my opinion though, and not just playing it, but all the content that each of the levels have (which I'll mention in the depth later on in the review), I think that really makes for a very addicting game my friends.

Now with every bit I mentioned for the Addiction Level, I am going to go ahead and give this a perfect 10 out of 10 because of how this game is all played out and whats to bring the players back playing it.

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The Story:

The story isn't that different than from the SNES version since this was a remake of the game, so the story hasn't changed, but if you haven't read my SNES version review, I'll say it on here. The story of this game takes place well before the events of Super Mario World, way back when Mario (and Luigi) was little babies. The Stork was on his way delivering the babies to Mario's (and Luigi's parents when all of a sudden, the Stork was ambushed by Kamek ans stealing Baby Luigi, and the Stork also happens to drop Baby Mario as well and at the mean time, Yoshi was walking around the forest and all of a sudden, Baby Mario landed on Yoshi and they wanted to know what it was and seen it was him, and then you start on your adventure to save Baby Luigi while avoiding Kamek's army of enemies that wants to take Mario back.

This is a pretty great story, I'm going to give this a perfect 10 out of 10

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The Depth:

For the depth in this game, unlike in the SNES version, you also get an additional 6 levels to play in which will make a total of 61 levels (from 49 levels in the SNES version), that's the biggest change from the SNES version, but other than that, it's the same amount of depth as in the the SNES version which to my opinion still had quite a bit of depth, you got a lot of land to discover and unlike in previous Mario games, in this game (both the SNES and the Game Boy Advance versions) you don't have a time limit to go and get anything you have forgotten in the level, and like in Super Mario World, you can go back to that level you completed and get that level a 100%, even after you finish the game. and not just with getting the level a 100%, but also, you two different bonus games, one in the levels you're playing and the other one at the end of the level (if you land on a flower in the roulette wheel), so a whole lot of bonuses in the game as well which I think is a great addition to the game.

With on how the depth of the game that turned out, I'm going to give this a perfect 10 out of 10, this game got a lot to do and look around.

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The Difficulty & Gameplay:

Ok, now for the difficulty of this game, it's really on how you play this game, but the main thing is that this game isn't really that hard to play though if you're one of those guys that just want to go though the levels without worrying about the red coins and the flowers, but if you're one of those guys that want to get them all (like myself) then this game can be quite tricky though, as for the lives, they're pretty easy to obtain if you're pretty good at this game, I even remember I got up to 100 lives at in this game, but with the easy lives, getting all the flowers and red coins might still end up using those because getting it perfect will take some time though. As for the gameplay, it's really not that bad though, it's going to take some time to get used to from the controls from the Super Nintendo version (11 buttons) to the Game Boy Advance buttons (9 buttons), but it's not really bad if you're used to the "A/B" buttons on the Super Nintendo, then the controls aren't that bad really though.

Ok, with all I said about how difficult this game is and on how the gameplay works for this game, I am going to give this a 7 out of 10, it's a pretty easy game, but if you're going for 100%, it can be pretty hard to beat.

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Overall:

Overall, Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island is a pretty awesome game for the Game Boy Advance, I think this game is really worth checking out if you haven't checked out, especially if you happen to own a Game Boy Advance, because like all I mentioned above, like with the great storyline, a whole lot of depth put into this game I think was the main thing about this game, but also I think the Graphics and the Sound & music both all turned out pretty nice for the Game Boy Advance. It's not a really hard game and it's not that confusing to figure out at first when you play this game.

So with all that I have said about this game, I'm going to go ahead and give out my final score for this game. For the final score, I'm going to give this game a 9.2 out of 10, it's a pretty awesome game for the Game Boy Advance an I really recommend this game to play if you have a Game Boy Advance.

It's time for another review by IB122, and this game is on Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island for the Game Boy Advance. This was a remake from the SNES version from 1995 all fitted into a handheld game. Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island was released in 1995, and now fast forward 7 years in 2002, with it's reputation it's got from the release in 1995, Nintendo wanted to re-release this game onto their handheld console known as the Game Boy Advance so you can play Yoshi's Island on to-go, which really made this game really popular to play. It sold like 1.6 million in the United States alone. Well, enough with the intro of this game, let's go ahead and get on with the review.

The Graphics:

The graphics in this game is pretty good, but with the typical "bleached out" version is pretty typical for the Game Boy Advance because the handheld's contrast setting is darker than it is on the Super Nintendo, but still, I don't think the graphics is that all bad though, in fact, by looking at it, the graphics in this game is pretty outstanding though. I just like the way the setting works out in each of the levels, I just really like how they're designed each of those levels, because they all look very unique, the background, like in the Super Nintendo, I just really like on how they did it on there, it make it look like it goes very far away with the view and I think personally, that is pretty nice work on the setting, as for the character spites, even know they ain't much of a change from the Super Nintendo version, but all fitted into the Game Boy Advance, I think they all turned out pretty good though, so I got to say, for the graphics, I think Nintendo did a really nice job on the graphics of this game and even with the "bleached out" graphics, this in a way didn't interfere the graphics in any way.

With everything I said about the game's graphics, I'm going to say that this is a 9 out of 10

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The Sound & Music:

Now for the Sound effects in this game, they're not that different from the Super Nintendo version of the game, but I still in a way think the sound effects still came out great though, but to refresh your memory on what I think on the sound effects, I think with the sounds of the environment like the falling rocks, using power-ups, swimming in water, walking though mud, and a lot of other effects in this game I think is what makes this game really unique, and also, like in other Super Mario Advances games, this game also included more voices into the game as well. Now, as for the music in the game, although the music isn't like it was on the Super Nintendo (but still have the same soundtrack still), but for the Game Boy Advance, that is still pretty alright though and not just that, but also a few changes in the music department as well in this game, but all of those ain't much of a major change though, but I still think the music is still pretty alright though.

With how I mentioned about the sound and the music in this game, I'm going to give this a 9 out of 10, for a Game Boy Advance version, it's all great.

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The Addiction Level:

For the Addiction Level of this game, it's very addicting, that's all I can say about this, if you look on how addicting the Super Nintendo version of Yoshi's Island was, well, now you can play this game anywhere, it just made this game even more addicting, I remember playing this game on the Game Boy Advance and I just couldn't stop playing it because with all the things I can do in this game, with each levels you want to try and get 100% of the level done so you get more levels unlocked, and now with more levels, I think this game is more addicting than the Super Nintendo version, but that is more on my opinion though, and not just playing it, but all the content that each of the levels have (which I'll mention in the depth later on in the review), I think that really makes for a very addicting game my friends.

Now with every bit I mentioned for the Addiction Level, I am going to go ahead and give this a perfect 10 out of 10 because of how this game is all played out and whats to bring the players back playing it.

----

The Story:

The story isn't that different than from the SNES version since this was a remake of the game, so the story hasn't changed, but if you haven't read my SNES version review, I'll say it on here. The story of this game takes place well before the events of Super Mario World, way back when Mario (and Luigi) was little babies. The Stork was on his way delivering the babies to Mario's (and Luigi's parents when all of a sudden, the Stork was ambushed by Kamek ans stealing Baby Luigi, and the Stork also happens to drop Baby Mario as well and at the mean time, Yoshi was walking around the forest and all of a sudden, Baby Mario landed on Yoshi and they wanted to know what it was and seen it was him, and then you start on your adventure to save Baby Luigi while avoiding Kamek's army of enemies that wants to take Mario back.

This is a pretty great story, I'm going to give this a perfect 10 out of 10

----

The Depth:

For the depth in this game, unlike in the SNES version, you also get an additional 6 levels to play in which will make a total of 61 levels (from 49 levels in the SNES version), that's the biggest change from the SNES version, but other than that, it's the same amount of depth as in the the SNES version which to my opinion still had quite a bit of depth, you got a lot of land to discover and unlike in previous Mario games, in this game (both the SNES and the Game Boy Advance versions) you don't have a time limit to go and get anything you have forgotten in the level, and like in Super Mario World, you can go back to that level you completed and get that level a 100%, even after you finish the game. and not just with getting the level a 100%, but also, you two different bonus games, one in the levels you're playing and the other one at the end of the level (if you land on a flower in the roulette wheel), so a whole lot of bonuses in the game as well which I think is a great addition to the game.

With on how the depth of the game that turned out, I'm going to give this a perfect 10 out of 10, this game got a lot to do and look around.

----

The Difficulty & Gameplay:

Ok, now for the difficulty of this game, it's really on how you play this game, but the main thing is that this game isn't really that hard to play though if you're one of those guys that just want to go though the levels without worrying about the red coins and the flowers, but if you're one of those guys that want to get them all (like myself) then this game can be quite tricky though, as for the lives, they're pretty easy to obtain if you're pretty good at this game, I even remember I got up to 100 lives at in this game, but with the easy lives, getting all the flowers and red coins might still end up using those because getting it perfect will take some time though. As for the gameplay, it's really not that bad though, it's going to take some time to get used to from the controls from the Super Nintendo version (11 buttons) to the Game Boy Advance buttons (9 buttons), but it's not really bad if you're used to the "A/B" buttons on the Super Nintendo, then the controls aren't that bad really though.

Ok, with all I said about how difficult this game is and on how the gameplay works for this game, I am going to give this a 7 out of 10, it's a pretty easy game, but if you're going for 100%, it can be pretty hard to beat.

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Overall:

Overall, Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island is a pretty awesome game for the Game Boy Advance, I think this game is really worth checking out if you haven't checked out, especially if you happen to own a Game Boy Advance, because like all I mentioned above, like with the great storyline, a whole lot of depth put into this game I think was the main thing about this game, but also I think the Graphics and the Sound & music both all turned out pretty nice for the Game Boy Advance. It's not a really hard game and it's not that confusing to figure out at first when you play this game.

So with all that I have said about this game, I'm going to go ahead and give out my final score for this game. For the final score, I'm going to give this game a 9.2 out of 10, it's a pretty awesome game for the Game Boy Advance an I really recommend this game to play if you have a Game Boy Advance.

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Excellent work with this review man. It is very lengthy and you put a lot of detail into it which is always awesome. I always like the way you organize this review and it is really neat and you also have a good amount of information in each section of your review. I like how you give reasoning and solid evidence as to why you gave it that score which is great and most people don't really do. I think you have come a long way with writing good reviews man, great job and keep up the awesome work.

Overall this is one of your best reviews yet in my opinion and I think your reviewing skills are impeccable. Keep up the great work as always and keep making more reviews!

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Awesome job writing this review man! IT was nice and long and had a whole lot of detail! You broke it down into sections that had wonderful detail added to those sections! It was nice and organized, and you made sure that it flowed smoothly. I will say that it is quite easy to tell that you have played this game, and that you know what you are saying! This was a wonderful review that you have here, and I am hoping to see more of these by you! Keep this up and you will turn out great! Thanks for yet another great review!

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Mecha Leo : Thanks, if I was a Site staff for game reviews, I would more likely add this as the cover review for this game, but I'm not one at the moment, but still, thanks for saying that.

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