Editing Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

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|platforms=[[Game Boy Advance]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[Nintendo 3DS]], [[Wii U]]), [[Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online]]

|release='''Game Boy Advance:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|September 20, 2002|Mexico|September 23, 2002<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20021013212333/http://www.nintendo.com.mx/Juegos/gameboy_advance/yoshiisland.html|title=Nintendo-Juegos-''Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3''|publisher=Nintendo of Mexico|language=es-mx|accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref>|USA|September 24, 2002|Europe|October 11, 2002|Australia|March 1, 2003|China|March 2, 2006 (iQue)}}'''[[Player's Choice]]:'''<br>{{flag list|USA|April 2, 2006<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/03/10/gba-gets-players-choice|language=en|author=Craig Harris|publisher=IGN|title=GBA Gets Player's Choice|date=March 9, 2006|accessdate=November 10, 2024}}</ref>}}'''Virtual Console (3DS) (Ambassador Program release):'''<br>{{flag list|Australia|December 15, 2011|Japan|December 16, 2011|USA|December 16, 2011|Europe|December 16, 2011}}'''Virtual Console (Wii U):'''<br>{{flag list|USA|April 24, 2014|Europe|April 24, 2014|Australia|April 25, 2014<ref>{{cite|language=en-au|date=March 27, 2014|author=NintendoAU|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYNGrmcpiEs|title=Wii U - Game Boy Advance on Virtual Console Trailer|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref>|Japan|October 15, 2014<ref>{{cite|language=ja|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000004584|title=スーパーマリオアドバンス3 {{!}} Wii U {{!}} 任天堂|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref>}} '''Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online:'''<br>{{flag list|USA|May 25, 2023<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|author=@NintendoAmerica|date=May 25, 2023|url=https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1661899970792792066|title="''Mamma mia! Three classic Game Boy Advance games have just been made available for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members! ☑️ Super Mario Advance ☑️ Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 ☑️ Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3''"|publisher=X|accessdate=July 4, 2024}}</ref>|Japan|May 26, 2023<ref>{{cite|language=ja|author=Nintendo 公式チャンネル|date=May 18, 2023|url=youtu.be/s4ooxNO0YSc|title=ゲームボーイアドバンス Nintendo Switch Online 追加タイトル <nowiki>[2023年5月26日]</nowiki>|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 18, 2023}}</ref>|Europe|May 26, 2023<ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|author=@NintendoEurope|date=May 19, 2023|url=x.com/NintendoEurope/status/1659529341536018433|title=Join Mario and friends for some classic platforming action! Three classic Game Boy Advance titles from the Super Mario Advance series come to #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack 26/05.|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=May 26, 2023}}</ref>|Australia|May 26, 2023<ref>{{cite|language=en-au|author=@NintendoAUNZ|date=May 19, 2023|url=x.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/1659376584757854209|title=Join Mario and friends for some classic platforming action! Three classic Game Boy Advance titles from the Super Mario Advance series come to #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack 26/05.|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=May 26, 2023}}</ref>|HK|May 26, 2023<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hant|author=任天堂（香港）有限公司|date=May 19, 2023|url=www.facebook.com/Nintendo.hk/posts/pfbid0bXCPp8RvCjTjLDu4CjWWDPfg3MYFDQUQUbYY4FM6FGf9ppttwYWuribM49UxAUYEl|title=加入「Nintendo Switch Online + 擴充包」就可遊玩的「Game Boy Advance™ - Nintendo Switch Online」，5月26日起新增可以遊玩的作品《超級瑪利歐ADVANCE》《超級瑪利歐ADVANCE 2》《超級瑪利歐ADVANCE 3》。|publisher=Facebook|accesdate=May 26, 2023}}</ref>}}

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|modes=Single player

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'''''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''''' is a [[reissue]] of the 1995 [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] game ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]] as part of the [[Super Mario Advance (series)|''Super Mario Advance'' series]], as well as the only reissue in the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]]. It was released in 2002 and has a number of differences from the original surrounding gameplay, content, and graphics, as listed below. Aside from that, a [[Mario Bros. (Game Boy Advance)|remake]] of the classic ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' is included as it was in the other ''Super Mario Advance'' games. It was the last ''[[Yoshi (franchise)|Yoshi]]'' [[Genre#Platform|platform game]] developed by [[Nintendo]].  

The game was rereleased on the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]'s [[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS|Virtual Console]] exclusively to the [[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program|3DS Ambassadors]] in Australia on December 15, 2011, and in Japan, North America, and Europe on December 16, 2011. It was later fully released on the [[Wii U]]'s [[Virtual Console#Wii U|Virtual Console]] in North America and Europe on April 24, 2014; Australia on April 25, 2014; and Japan on October 15, 2014; and on the [[Nintendo Switch]]'s [[Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online]] service in May 2023.

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!Action

!Patient

!Hasty

|Move

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|Jump

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|colspan="2"|{{button|gba|A}} + {{button|gba|Paddown}}

|colspan="2"|{{button|gba|B}} (press to eat, press again to spit out)

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|Aim/throw egg

|{{button|gba|R}} (press to aim, press again to throw)

|{{button|gba|R}} (hold to aim, release to throw)

|colspan="2"|{{button|gba|L}} (while aiming)

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==List of changes==

''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' features many changes and differences from the original SNES game. Many of them were made either to account for the GBA's lack of a backlight and button configuration or to modernize the game's appearance.

Much of the artwork from the original game is retouched to use shading effects to make it look more elaborate. Some images (such as those of [[Hookbill the Koopa]], Baby Bowser, and Kamek) appeared in strategy guides for the original with wrong colors; however, no such mistakes are present in the retouched versions.

The pause menu has been changed. Instead of one menu handling all functions, there are now two.

*A map that allows the player to put their Game Boy Advance into sleep mode, or return to the overworld map.

*A redesigned version of the original's pause screen which allows the use of items, and displays the player's current score for the level.

**The GBA version allows the player to carry up to 27 items at a time, rather than 25 as in the SNES version.

*The Yoshi's Island [[Mini Battle]] code was changed (as the Game Boy Advance lacks {{button|snes|X}} and {{button|snes|Y}} buttons) to {{button|gba|L}}, {{button|gba|L}}, {{button|gba|B}}, {{button|gba|A}}, {{button|gba|R}} (while holding the {{button|gba|select}} button). The 2-Player option was also removed due to a link cable battle being only featured in the [[Mario Bros. (Game Boy Advance)|''Mario Bros.'' remake]].

*Yoshi can no longer collect [[Giant Egg]]s with his tongue, thus making it impossible to carry them to other stages with a trick from the original release. Yoshi also cannot hit [[Message Block]]s with [[Yoshi Egg]]s. This includes Giant Eggs to prevent the screen from glitching.  

 

[[File:Map SMA3 YI.png|thumb|The World Map of Yoshi's Island when beginning the game.]]

*A new room has been added to the level 1-8 ([[Salvo The Slime's Castle]]). It is between what were the second and third rooms in the original game. It has one [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]]-spawning pipe.

*A [[flipper]] has been added in level 2-1 ([[Visit Koopa And Para-Koopa]]) after going through the [[Cascading Stone|falling stone block]]s.

*The original version had 21 [[Red Coin|red coin]]s in More Monkey Madness (Extra 3) instead of the usual 20. The extra red coin was under a [[Tap-Tap]] on a [[post]], which was removed in the remake.

*An extra [[Checkpoint Ring|Middle Ring]] has been added to 4-4 ([[Marching Milde's Fort]]), at the end of the [[Big Chain Chomp|Shark Chomp]] chase.

*All of the Extra Stages in the original game were modified for this version, most noticeably [[Kamek's Revenge]].

*In the first area of 6-8 ([[King Bowser's Castle (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|King Bowser's Castle]]), where Yoshi must cross the large gap as a [[Helicopter Yoshi|Helicopter]], every few seconds, Kamek will speed across the screen, trying to knock Yoshi out of the sky.  In the original game, this keeps up until the player enters the door at the far end. In the GBA remake, once the player reaches the Middle Ring near the door, Kamek will fly in, look at Yoshi grimly, then fly off, leaving the player alone thereafter.

As is typical for GBA remakes, the palette is lightened to compensate for the original Game Boy Advance's lack of a backlight. Several other graphics have been updated beyond a lighter palette, however:

*Button prompts were changed to be in line with the GBA ones.

*All Yoshis had red shoes in the original. In the remake, they have different colored shoes, matching that from official artwork and the opening cutscene of the original game.

*In the original, the coin graphics used for dark areas were also used for red coins disguised as normal coins. As such, the red coin locations could often be given away by the red shadowing around the bottom, whereas normal coins were entirely yellow. In the GBA version, the red shadowed coin graphics are primarily used for dark areas, and while there are still some areas where the red shadowing gives away the red coin locations, the hidden red coins are largely indistinguishable without the use of the magnifying glass.

*When Yoshi touches a Fuzzy in the original game, the background smears erratically and fades between random colors. The ground also ripples. In the remake, the background doesn't smear or tint. However, it does fade between white and its normal colors. The ground ripple is also less fluid in the remake, and is now done by the game itself. This probably happens because the Game Boy Advance is not able to handle the Super FX chip-powered graphic effects as well as the original, while also preventing any risk of seizures the original could have imposed.

*Sealed and locked doors use slightly different versions of their sprites, in which the gap between the double-doors does not cross over the keyhole or wooden boards. These sprites are earlier versions of the ones used in the SNES version, and can be found, unused, in its code.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island#Doors|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=November 2, 2023}}</ref>

*The overworld map was redesigned for this remake, to accommodate the GBA's screen size and technical capabilities.

**The path the Yoshis follow to their goal is now in a straight line (due the GBA screen size limitation), and spots have been added to the map for each world's two hidden levels.

**A "world select" screen was added, and if the player has not yet completed World 6-8, Baby Luigi is shown on World 6's spot on the world select map. He is seen in a bubble, crying, much like Mario when he is knocked off Yoshi's back.

**On the overworld map screen of the SNES version, two "?" boxes are seen between the castle stage's icon and the score icon, these being for the world's Extra Stage and Bonus Challenge, respectively. In the GBA version, there is only one "?" box next to the control style icon, for the Bonus Challenge.

***There is a large empty space between the Bonus Challenge and the castle icon, with no indications of the secret or extra stages prior to them being unlocked.

**In the SNES version's overworld map screen, the scores can be toggled by an icon just to the left of the control style icon. In the GBA version, the score toggle is a tab above the stage select box, next to the world tabs.

*Baby Bowser has four fingers instead of three during the final battle, matching his adult self and later appearances starting with ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.

The game's soundtracks were downgraded, trimmed, and/or replaced to match the sound capabilities of the Game Boy Advance.

*The full length opening of the World x-8 boss music plays for all the big bosses, rather than for just the [[Naval Piranha]] and [[Raphael the Raven]].

*In World 5-1: [[BLIZZARD!!!]] the sky bonus area continues playing the main level theme rather than the song heard during [[Bonus Challenge]]s.

*In World 6-8: [[King Bowser's Castle (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|King Bowser's Castle]], when being chased by [[Tap-Tap the Golden]] in Door 3, the castle boss approach theme is played rather than the castle boss theme itself.

Some sound effects were also changed to fit the GBA's more limited capabilities.

*The sound effects for Yoshi's [[jump]]ing, [[Flutter Jump|fluttering]], [[crouch]]ing, pushing large objects, and egg throwing were replaced with vocals similar to those used in ''Yoshi's Story''. Also, the Shy Guy voice clips from that game are used for the Shy Guys as they emerge from pipes, whereas they shared a sound effect with Lantern Ghosts in the original game.

*Baby Mario has a new cry. The original cry can still be heard from [[Baby Luigi]] on the world map.

*The water gurgling sound effect in the background of sewer areas has been removed.

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In all regions, the [[List of fonts|font]] used is the thicker one (used in the European version and the later American re-release in the original) instead of the thinner font (in the Japanese and American SNES games). Besides the font being updated, much of the wording has changed throughout the game's dialogue. The game credits are also changed:

 

*As this is a remake, the credits list "Original YI Staff" under "Special Thanks", though very few of the SNES version's staff members actually contributed to the remake.

*As [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]] resigned from the presidency of Nintendo a few months prior to the GBA version's release, the remake's executive producer is his successor, [[Satoru Iwata]].

*[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] is not credited in the remake; [[Takashi Tezuka]], one of the original game's directors, assumed producer duties in his stead.

The game received generally positive reviews.

It sold 1.6 million copies in the US and was re-released in 2006 as a Player's Choice title.

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SMA3 Yoshi and Baby Mario 1.jpg|[[Yoshi]] and [[Baby Mario]]

Poochy.jpg|[[Poochy]]

KamekMagicBlast.jpg|[[Kamek]]

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SMW2 NavalPiranha.jpg|[[Naval Piranha]]

Baby Bowser YI.png|[[Baby Bowser]]

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