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It's not often there's a Mario
First Person Shooter. In fact,
it's only a one time thing, and
Yoshi's Safari is just that.
With a unique style, this game
comes into the Mario world as a
first and last.
Most Mario games have the story
set in stone: Save Princess
Toadstool. While most of that
holds true to its roots in
Yoshi's Safari, it's not exactly
like that. Unlike other games,
Yoshi's Safari does not take
place in the Mushroom Kingdom.
Instead, it takes place in Jewel
Land. And, it's not Toadtool
anymore - Yoshi's Safari was the
first game to refer to the
Princess as Princess Peach. That
doesn't really change the goal
of Mario's Adventure, but not
only does he have to save the
Princess, he must save Jewel
Land as well.
Once Mario sets out, there's a
whole new way to play. Yoshi's
Safari takes advantage of the
Super Nintendo's Super Scope.
This allows for a different
feeling of gameplay - no
controllers or wires. That
itself is very good, because the
Super Scope makes the game
enjoyable with it's ease. The
only real issue with it is that
after the shooting, there's
nothing more - it's only
designed to do one thing and one
thing only. Oh, and Yoshi can
jump, but that's about it.
Simple, effective, but a little
bit too repetitive.
Visually, the game is actually
quite good. The levels have a
lot of vividness to them, and
even objects in the far distance
look good, which is good because
there are often times where a
player will need to shoot
something in the distance. The
new look enemies like
ParaGoombas and such have a nice
touch to them, and the overall
visual appeal of the game is
high.
The audio portion in Yoshi's
Safari is a bit different - you
won't find and classic Mario
tunes here. Instead, there's a
complete new set of tracks. Each
level has it's own theme, some
better than others. Each track
is detailed nicely, and a lot of
them have a good sense of the
level. The only downfall from
the audio is the sound effects -
some of them are a bit
repetitive and are a little bit
on the annoying side, such as
when Yoshi gets hit by an enemy.
The first time through, Yoshi's
Safari for some will be great,
others will hate it. And that's
only because the game is
different with the Super Scope.
The second time through, the
third time through, and so on
will be different: It won't be
nearly as good. That's the
problem with the game - with a
minimum amount of levels, and
with easy levels, playing
through more than once isn't the
greatest thing out there.
However, for a quick game to
play, it's not that bad.
Yoshi's Safari is an okay game
at best. It tries new things,
and does some of them well.
Others are sub-par.
Overall Score: 7.6/10 |
