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Summary[]

Super Mario Advance 3:Yoshi's Island is an enhanced port of Yoshi's Island for the SNES and is the 5th Mario game to be released on the Game Boy Advance.


GBA Yoshis Island 1






Changes From the SNES Original[]

  • An additional room has been added for the level 1-8 contaning one pipe that spawns Shy Guys.
  • In More Monkey Madness(Extra 3)  the red coin total has been changed from 21 to the usual 20.
  • An extra Middle Ring  has been added to 4-4(Marching Milde's Fort)
  • The last room before the Boss,has been refurbished in 4-8(Hookbill the Koopa's Castle)
  • All of the extra levels post-game,have been modified for this port.
  • Six new levels dubbed Secret Levels were added and can be unlocked post-game.
  • The Final level of the game had its name altered from Castles--Masterpiece Set to Ultimate Castle Challenge.
  • The palette has been lightened to accomodate the original GBA's abundance of backlight.
  • Yoshi's now have their own unique colored shoes,which take heavy inspiration from Yoshi's Story.
  • The game's sountrack was downgraded to fit the GBA'S sound capabilities.
  • Yoshi will now sport his own unique sounds,depending on whether you jump,flutter jump,crouch or throw an egg.


Reception[]

This remake recieved generally posititve reviews,selling 1.6 million copies in the US and was re-released in 2006 as  a player's choice title.

Players Choice Super Mario Advance 3 Yoshis Island Boxart










Promotional Posters[]

Several official posters to promote the game were released.

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