Which Version Of Yoshi's Woolly World Should You Play? | The Yoshi Fanatic

[@itsdripnovababy]

I didn’t have a Wii U or a way to emulate any games, so I was ecstatic when I saw a 3DS version! I think I’d want to give the original a go sometime, though.

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

I must say that collecting pencil stamps which let you customize your own Yoshi is much more interesting than collecting stamps for a Social Service that no longer exists.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Agreed! I love the custom Yoshis feature. I wish that were patched into the Wii U version.

[@exiedoesyt]

Bro you are so underrated, you deserve SOOOO MUCH MORE RECOGNITION

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Thanks! If I make more of these videos, I'm sure that will help :)

[@TGG_Silly]

You should tune into his Friday night livestreams if possible, or his discord! It’s real cool~

[@erikarosado-bi7ql]

yeah

[@AhmedZ19]

Finally, someone made a video about this topic, I've needed help for a long time knowing the differences between the 2 games and this video helped me

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

I'm glad to hear that!

[@AhmedZ19]

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[@Its_Pack77]

this will always remain one of my favorites as it was one of my birthday gifts. it was at a discount, and we didn't have money for a game like smash. It was also a difficult year for me but seeing Yoshi on the gamepad view in this awesome woolly place left me in awe. I give thx to my parents for buying the game and thx to my friend who passed down her Wii U to me.

[@Its_Pack77]

i see you're only at 599 at the time of this writing. let me make that 600.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Great story! And I'm glad you enjoyed the game. One of the best Yoshi games, for sure :)

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

And thanks for being my 600th subscriber! I really appreciate it!

[@Its_Pack77]

@@TheYoshiFanatic No Problem! You deserve it!

[@fussanchez2716]

Really well made video - covered everything I would have wanted to know about this game! Props to you!

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@VaniRoyal]

Confusing they still haven’t ported this game to the switch, especially considering that the series has been dormant for 5 years now. 3DS version looks a lot better than I remembered though, I remember it looking more deep fried.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Yeah, I think a Switch port would make a ton of sense. But I'm not really surprised they haven't ported it yet, considering that Good Feel is busy with something else right now, and Yoshi games aren't in high demand. And yeah, given the hardware limitations of the 3DS, that version of the game does look pretty solid. Just not nearly as good as the original.

[@FourDozenEggs]

For those interested in emulating Wii U using Cemu, do yourself a favor and use Vulkan rendering and turn on async shader compile. It eliminates the stutter issues. It does introduce some noticeable pop-in, but nothing that massively detracts from the gameplay experience. I'm pretty sure Citra also has async shader compile.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Thanks for the tip!

[@JKSmith-qs2ii]

Wooly world is actually not 1080p on Wii U, internally it is rendering at 720p.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Oops... I didn't realize that. Thanks for the correction!

[@sonjoestar3613]

Better than 240p

[@narkroshi88]

Very informative and well-researched.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Thank you! I always like to be very detailed in these videos :)

[@Vriess123]

I'm one of the people who think the 3d effect on the system is fantastic when It's well done, it's very well done here and gives a sense of looking into the game world which I love. I didn't know about the 60 fps on the new 3ds! I was playing on my old one as I figured they were the same so I switched to the new 3ds! Personally I would prefer to play on 3ds, I love the 3d effect and I don't have to set up my WIIU to play one game(I'm out of room on consoles I can connect to the tv easily)

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

The 3DS version really is solid. It's actually quite impressive to me that they took a Wii U game and made it work on the 3DS so well. I hope you continue to enjoy it!

[@spaarm]

I’m so mad this didn’t get a switch port

[@MattKimura]

Using shader cache helps with stutter in emulation

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Good to know, thanks for the tip!

[@goldie4835]

Im getting both because I played these both as a kid

[@MySnugglePuppy]

I feel like the WiiU version is the best way to play the game since you get to experience the art style in full glory, but the 3DS version would easily be the best if it ever gets ported and has the same graphical beauty of the original. The Poochy dash stages are more compelling than basic bonus stages in my opinion, and being able to create custom Yoshis is a great mechanic.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Agreed on all accounts, well said!

[@GabrielCollinsProductions2024]

Great video keep up on making great videos have a great day The Yoshi Fanatic

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Thanks!

[@jdog3543]

I really like your videos. Your a very underrated KZbinr. Your videos are informative and very entertaining.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy the videos :)

[@SolarFlare824]

You should come to his Friday night streams! They are very fun.

[@jdog3543]

I came to one it was so much fun!🤩 I’ve been really trying to make to others I hope you’ll be there too 😃. I should be able to come to the Friday stream this week.😄

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Sweet! I'm planning to start my playthrough of Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World tomorrow night to celebrate the release of my new video :)

[@jdog3543]

I can’t wait for the livestream! 😃

[@myleswelnetz6700]

Both of them, side by side.

[@ZapperJJ]

Great video Jeff, Top tier editing and you've really done your research. Definitely worth the 8 months of waiting..! Also, "'I've emulated (PIRATED) a FEW games myself'' Sadly thats the biggest lie in the entire video... I'm disappointed Jeff. Other than that, Epic Video

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Thanks, man! Glad you enjoyed the edits :) and you're right, I have emulated a... Good amount of games. Though in fairness, most of the ones I've emulated I actually own; not all of them though. Haha. Thanks for keeping me honest!

[@GamesSab]

Pareil mes personnages préféré sont spyro, yoshi et donald❤

[@kirbolor]

Im planing on getting a 2ds for this game and a few others. Do you think I get a 2ds and play those games, or should I just emulate them? (legally)

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

I guess that depends on a few factors. It can be difficult to find 3DS games nowadays (aside from used games on sites like eBay), but emulating 3DS games is more difficult now that Nintendo took down Citra, the best known 3DS emulator and the one I personally use. And it also depends on how much you're willing/able to spend. If I were in that position, I probably would buy the 2DS and the games, then homebrew the 2DS. That way you could rip the games, install them digitally onto your 2DS and save them on a computer for emulating. Best of both worlds.

[@kirbolor]

@@TheYoshiFanatic I was already going to homebrew it if I got it but I never thought about ripping the games and doing that. Thanks!

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

No problem!

[@kirbolor]

@@TheYoshiFanatic bye the way i should have put a wink wink after the legally, just thought about that, opps....

[@Aaron25bY]

Been playing it on the Cemu emulator and it's been working perfectly fine for me, no lag or graphical glitches. Maybe the emulation improved?

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

I'd imagine so. It's been a while since I last checked, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's improved. Glad it's working well for you!

[@Gary-5642]

The 3DS one is a great version, you won't totally miss out if ya don't have a Wii U. But personally I definitely prefer the Wii U Version, I just like the graphics more! But I'm more of a console kinda bloke

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Totally agreed. And not to endorse pirating, but using a 3DS emulator certainly can help the graphics for the 3DS version. Still not quite as good as the Wii U version though.

[@ShimmeringVapidCoal]

Cool stuff, but you forgot to mention mellow mode (which I like because previous Yoshi games seemed extremely hard, so it's good entry for newer players), and some other stuff of mention that I've surely forgotten.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Good point. I never use mellow mode, so I usually forget to talk about it. Do you know if there are any differences in mellow mode between the two versions? I feel like I remember being able to throw the Poochy Pups in the 3DS version.

[@ShimmeringVapidCoal]

@@TheYoshiFanatic Oh, Wii U has it too? Sorry, I just got the 3DS version a few days ago, and 90% of my time has been spent making custom Yoshis.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

@@ShimmeringVapidCoal yeah, Wii U had mellow mode too. Glad to hear you're having so much fun with the custom Yoshis! I wish they patched that feature into the Wii U version.

[@ShimmeringVapidCoal]

@@TheYoshiFanatic Thanks! I was a bit upset that they didn't support Pokémon amiibo though. At least I'm able to make my own.

[@SolarFlare824]

Another Top-Tier Video from my boy Jeff!

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Thank you!

[@justsquatchme6714]

With the yoshi films I already had them unlocked at the start

[@tulip811]

This game is so good it looks even better in 3D on the 3DS 😍

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

It's definitely a good looking game, despite the downgraded visual fidelity on the 3DS. Probably one of the 3DS's better looking games :)

[@brianbhardwaj9165]

idk bro i just played it on my aunts 3ds and the graphics were pretty darn good to me... But either way im getting the wii u version i dont wanna risk it bc its legit 300 dolars

[@pacomatic9833]

The 3DS version feels more flat because of the lower amount of ambient occlusion. If you go online and see a comparison to see what I mean.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

I see, thanks! It was hard to put what I was seeing to words, but you hit the nail on the head.

[@JasPlun]

I own both and the Wii U is best, but if Nintendo would port it to Switch that would be the BEST version:P

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Agreed! It feels like it's one of the last remaining Wii U games missing from the Switch. Heck, even Xenoblade Chronicles X is coming to the Switch! Here's hoping Nintendo brings Woolly World over as well.

[@Hoshiiseepy]

If you have a midrange pc you can get cemu running yoshi woolly world at locked 60 in 1080p, you just need to enable async shaders in the graphic settings and use the vulkan back end. i personally have a 1070ti and i5 9400f and i get locked 60fps at a 1080p upscale

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Thanks for the tip! I think Cemu has improved its compatibility with Yoshi's Woolly World since I made this video. I tried playing on Cemu again a few months ago, and it was a much better experience than I had before. Still, I'll try enabling async shaders and using Vulkan and see what happens. Thanks again!

[@Jan_Kochanowski]

You can probably emulate the 3ds version on switch, haven't tried it yet tho.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

You probably could. I haven't homebrewed my Switch yet, so I don't know for sure either. All I know right now is that it works pretty well on my PC. If I ever homebrew my Switch, that'll be one of the first things I try!

[@Jan_Kochanowski]

@@TheYoshiFanaticso if you ever plan on modding it just know that the hos version of citra runs better than the l4t ubuntu version, and probably the android one too

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Good to know, thanks!

[@KIRB881]

I'd use 3ds if I werent at home but at home definitely playing Wii U version

[@Shellfrogs]

I have both versions of the game I would play the version I feel like

[@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569]

To me, the Wii U version is by far the best. While the 3DS’ Yoshi customization is nice, the whole game feels really uglier and it really holds it back because a good part of the game presentation is its charming art style. Also, the coop in Woolly World is really important to me. I hope that this game does not get ported to Switch because the Switch needs to focus on new games instead of ports from the Wii U.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

I can understand that, especially since, as you said, the art style is one of the key characteristics of Yoshi's Woolly World. As far as porting the game to the Switch is concerned, I don't think that it's necessary, but I sure would enjoy it, and I think it would sell well, and to most people, it would be a new game. I don't think it would be good to port the game in a year where there's a stack of new releases, but I wouldn't mind seeing it in a slow year to help fill in the release schedule.

[@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569]

@@TheYoshiFanatic The problem I have with porting games is that I feel like the Switch relies to heavily on ports like there is no new Mario Kart game on the system.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

I hear you there. And there are a lot of Wii U ports. But there's also a lot of Switch exclusives. I feel that they've struck a decent balance between new games and ports, especially now that there are so few games left to port to the Switch. I do wish they brought a new Mario Kart game instead of bringing yet more DLC to an 8 year old Mario Kart game, but Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is more of an odd case. The Wii U ports don't usually get a lot of attention from Nintendo after initial release, which I think is the way it should be. As you indicated, Wii U ports shouldn't be a substitute for new games, and the fact we haven't gotten Mario Kart 9 is an example of Wii U ports being a problem. But they can also be a good thing, especially for games that deserve a chance on a successful console. I feel that Yoshi's Woolly World is one of those games.

[@ForrestFox626]

@@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569 Can't say I blame Nintendo, the lost a lot of steam from the Wii U

[@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569]

@@ForrestFox626 It’s not really an excuse to be lazy. They are now richer than they likely have ever been.

[@novinissupa]

I have both Totally legal

[@RetrodudeG]

Great video 👍 :p That trump bit was very funny LoL Man this game is insanely cute! Shame that I don’t have a wii u, yep Emulation time I never played this one!

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Thanks! Given you don't have a Wii U or 3DS, I'd absolutely recommend emulating Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World in Citra. Especially when you get your new computer built, you'll be in for a good time :)

[@cricricreator]

Official miiverse is dead, but you have juxtaposition with pretendo so you can still use the stamps if you mod your Wii U by what I know.

[@youyououmf8200]

YOU FINISHED THE GAME IN 100% IN 2 DAYS ?!?

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Yes indeed! I believe the game came out on February 3rd 2017, which was Superbowl weekend. I spent the whole Superbowl playing Yoshi's Woolly World. Of course, it helps that I'd 100% completed the Wii U version a couple times before the 3DS version came out. Haha

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

As much as I would love to see this game on the Switch successor, I dread that they may take the Donkey Kong Country Returns route and port the 3DS version with upscaled graphics, making it look ugly compared to the original. And given it's a Wii U game and not a Wii game, the end results would be much worse if they chose to take that route.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Oof, yeah, I hope they don't go that route if they do port the game.

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

I wish there was a Switch port.

[@Some-guy-on-the-internet]

This game has a similar dilemma to Persona 3. There's the home console version with much better graphics and some other features to consider, but there's also a portable version that's stripped back in some ways but adds lot of extra content to make up for it.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

I find that's often the case with home console games that get handheld ports. Like, they seem to add the extra content to get people to overlook the graphical and audio fidelity shortcomings. That makes sense, but it also just makes it more frustrating, because if you want the complete experience, you have to play both versions. Otherwise, you're giving something up. There's not usually a definitive way to play the game. It's especially bad with Nintendo, I think, because their handheld line has been so popular over the years that it's a no-brainer to port some home console games to the portable consoles. They just never seem to bring it full circle by releasing a definitive version that has the graphical fidelity as well as the added content (a notable exception is Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition, but this is unfortunately the exception, not the norm).

[@Some-guy-on-the-internet]

@@TheYoshiFanatic Yeah, it's a shame that definitive versions of these games are rare. I played it on 3DS even though I have a Wii U because I wanted the extra content and 60fps on New 3DS was enough to keep me satisfied with the gameplay experience. But if they'd made a Switch version with the Wii U's graphics and multiplayer plus the 3DS content, I absolutely would've played that instead.

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Absolutely. Like I said in the video, if they put out a Switch version, it'd be a no-brainer for me to recommend. Part of me wants to hold out hope that they will make a definitive port of the game (they've ported almost every other game from the Wii U, so why not at this point). But I also acknowledge that there's likely not a lot of demand for Woolly World at this point, so we probably won't see a Switch version. We'll just have to make do with what we have.

[@Some-guy-on-the-internet]

@@TheYoshiFanatic Yep, I agree. We'll probably never get a definitive edition but at least what we do have is pretty awesome no matter which version you pick.

[@kenrutherford1109]

I for one prefer the 3DS version

[@Super_Idiot_official]

I made a crash Bandicoot yoshi

[@ForrestFox626]

I don't really have a choice. I own a 3DS, I don't not own a Wii U

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

Well, I'm happy to report that the 3DS version is still a good way to experience the game. It just doesn't look as pretty. Haha

[@ForrestFox626]

@@TheYoshiFanatic It's a 3DS port. I wasn't expecting much

[@SparkShark101]

Happiest critic I've ever came across smh

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

I'm generally a pretty happy guy.

[@Cart1416]

Obviously the Wii U version because it is HD on the tv

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

While the higher resolution of the Wii U is definitely a benefit, it may not be as obvious of a deciding factor for everyone. Still, if you prioritize the graphical fidelity of the game, the Wii U version is the way to go.

[@itsdripnovababy]

At last!!

[@green929392]

8:30 LACKEYTOO

[@jdogmcfly1712]

Wii u

[@Dogccy]

They are both the same and 3ds can be played everywhere and the wii is just at home so 3ds is for you

[@TheYoshiFanatic]

The portability of the 3DS plays a role for sure, and I regret not covering that in this video. But there are definitely some differences between the two versions that make the decision of which one to play a little more complicated.

[@Welcometocargo]

2024

[@Typhoon792]

I kinda like the colors better on the 3DS.

[@Welcometocargo]

2025

[@malkiboy]

how do you sound like a 1995 poorly dubbed over kids cartoon about recycling