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Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 is the Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. This game was released in 2002 (2003 in Australia) and is notable for its various changes.
It was later released as a Game Boy Advance Ambassador game on 2011 on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console and the Wii U Virtual Console in 2014.
On May 19, 2023, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 along with Super Mario Advance and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 were announced to be to the Nintendo Switch for Nintendo Switch Online. All three games became available as of May 25, 2023, the date confirmed by the announcement.[2]
Changes[]
General[]
Welcome to Yoshi's Island! stage (portrayed as a World 0) on the file select. Exclusive to this version.
- For the pause menu, the pause menu (in the GBA remake Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island) is changed. In the SNES version (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island), there was one pause menu. But in the GBA remake, instead of one pause function (pause menu), there are two with both doing different functions:
- The first pause menu (for pausing an incomplete level) has two options. (That is, "Continue" and "Exit".) The third option (which is "Back to Map") only occurs for a completed level.
- The other pause menu is an updated and redesigned version of the original pause screen (from the SNES version --"Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island"). And it allows a use for items and displays the current score for the player.
- The Mini Battle code was changed for this version, due to a lack of the X and Y buttons on the Game Boy Advance. The new code is now holding down SELECT and then pressing L, L, B, A and R in the following order.
- Yoshi only has a limited amount of lives in the very first stage, Welcome to Yoshi's Island!, meaning that the World 0 icon is displayed in the file select.
Levels[]
- A new room has been added in Salvo the Slime's Castle. It is between the second and third rooms in the area.
- More Monkey Madness now has the usual 20 Red Coins.
- In the SNES version, there were 21. The 21st red coin was under the stake (which has the Tap-Tap). But in the GBA remake, it has the usual 20.
- An extra Middle Ring had been implemented into Marching Milde's Fort.
- The room where Hookbill the Koopa is fought has been redesigned.
- All of the Extra Levels in this game have been remodeled.
- Six new levels (known as "secret levels") were added. But only in the GBA remake. (When unlocked, they appear in the left of the extra levels.) They are unlocked for completing King Bowser's Castle.
- "Castles - Masterpiece Set" has been renamed to "Ultimate Castle Challenge."
Audio[]
- Most of the SFX has been taken from Yoshi's Story.
- The audio has been downgraded to match the capabilities of the Game Boy Advance.
Regional differences[]
Alternate title screen[]
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Possibly because the game was rushed, the North American, European and Australian versions of the game's title screen only display the logo without a background.
References[]
- ↑ http://nintendo-database.the-chronicles.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-231.html
- ↑ Nintendo of America (2023-05-19). Super Mario Advance, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, and Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3 are all coming to #NintendoSwitch for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members on 5/26! Here we go!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2023-05-19.
