My 7 year old son LOVES it. He used his own money that he saved and said it was definitely worth it. He saved a long time for that money and has no regrets.

It seems cute. I thought it would be a bit more challenging. While taking turns on it with my little guy it seemed too easy. It might get harder and maybe I set it to the easiest difficulty settings. However, of the games we have, I don't see him playing this one much.

Ever since the first time Yoshi stole the limelight in Yoshi's Island, Nintendo have had a bit of a habit of rendering their characters in new and unusual materials. Mario was turned to paper, Link flattened with cel shading, wall paintings and clay, Kirby to yarn, but it's Yoshi that has...

Wonderful arts and crafts visuals; Laid back; joyous collectathon platforming; Co-op is a wholesome as it is chaotic; Impossibly catchy soundtrack; Wonderful arts and crafts visuals; Laid back; joyous collectathon platforming; Co-op is a wholesome as it is chaotic; Impossibly catchy soundtrack

Aiming eggs can be a bit too finicky in 3D; Occasional difficulty bumps to catch you out; The music <i>will</i> get stuck in your head

Yoshi's Crafted World is a graphical masterpiece and a well-balanced platformer caper that'll appeal to new and established gamers of any age. It represents the different approach that Nintendo takes and is yet another notch on the Switch's must-buy list.

Great looking platformer with wide-ranging appeal; Lots of replayability with reverse levels and additional side-missions

Really not hard enough for platformer pros; Music is enough to drive anyone insane

The Switch gets a follow-up to Yoshi's Woolly World, with a fun co-op and some charming visuals, but are there any genuinely new ideas

The platforming mechanics are fun and the handicraft motif looks great; Great co-op and some clever puzzles and themed stages

Few genuinely new gameplay ideas and the whole flip side concept is used to little purpose; Too much reuse of old enemies and set pieces

Nintendo has traditionally been top-of-the-line when it comes to consistently providing its fans with some of the very best side-scrolling platform experiences, and in the past decade, the company has clearly tied its most beloved characters and franchises to a specific playstyle, trying to cater to...

One of the most interesting aspects of Yoshi's standalone games is how they've diverged from Mario's, despite the shared roots. It's not just that Yoshi's games have remained scrolling platformers while his plumber pal has fully embraced three dimensions, but in how Yoshi plays around with the 2D...

If you're new to the series, Yoshi's Crafted World has colour and charm to spare, even if its inventiveness is largely limited to its looks. For Yoshi fans, it does exactly what you expect it to, which is perhaps the worst thing we can say about it; it contains few genuine surprises.

Yoshi's Crafted World was first announced at E3 in 2017 and unlike some of the other iconic household names coming to the Nintendo Switch, Yoshi hasn't really had the Super Mario treatment in terms of a marketing push, other than the odd trailer or preview here and there.

at long last, a worthy successor to Yoshi's Island