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|title=Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
|image=[[File:Super_Mario_Advance_3_Box_Art.jpg|250px]]
|developer=[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|platforms=[[Game Boy Advance]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[Nintendo 3DS]], [[Wii U]])
|released='''[[Game Boy Advance]]'''<br>{{released|Japan|September 20, 2002|USA|September 24, 2002|Europe|October 11, 2002|Australia|March 1, 2003|China|March 2, 2006 ({{wp|iQue#iQue GBA|iQue GBA}})}}'''[[Virtual Console]] ([[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]) (Ambassador Program Release)'''<br/>{{released|Australia|December 15, 2011|Japan|December 16, 2011|USA|December 16, 2011|Europe|December 16, 2011}}'''[[Virtual Console]] ([[Wii U]])'''<br/>{{released|USA|April 24, 2014|Europe|April 24, 2014|Australia|April 25, 2014<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYNGrmcpiEs</ref>|Japan|October 15, 2014<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/pabj/index.html</ref>}}
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|modes=1 player
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'''''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''''' (or '''''Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island''''') is the GBA [[reissue]] of ''[[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]]. ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' was released in 2002 and has a number of differences from the original surrounding gameplay, content and graphics, as listed below. It was the last Yoshi platforming game developed by Nintendo. ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' was re-released on the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]'s [[Virtual Console]] exclusively to 3DS Ambassadors in Australia on December 15, 2011, and in Japan, North America, and Europe on December 16, 2011. ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' was re-released again on the [[Wii U]]'s [[Virtual Console]] in North America and Europe on April 24, 2014, Australia on April 25, 2014, and in Japan on October 15, 2014.

==Story==
{{main|Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island#Plot}}
The game follows the same story as its predecessor in which [[Yoshi]] and [[Baby Mario]] must save [[Baby Luigi]] after he is kidnapped by [[Kamek]].

==Gameplay==
{{main|Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island#Gameplay}}
===Controls===
The player moves Yoshi by using the Game Boy Advance's {{button|gba|Pad}}. Holding the up arrow on the {{button|gba|Pad}} makes Yoshi look into the air, causing the screen to move up slightly. Holding the down arrow makes Yoshi crouch and if the screen has been moved up it will bring it down again. Using {{button|gba|A}} makes Yoshi jump and holding it makes him [[Flutter Jump]]. {{button|gba|B}} causes Yoshi to use his tongue to eat enemies, when an enemy is in Yoshi's mouth pressing {{button|gba|B}} again makes him spit the enemy out and pressing down on {{button|gba|Pad}} makes him swallow the enemy and create an [[Yoshi Egg|egg]]. When Yoshi has an egg pressing {{button|gba|R}} causes a target crosshair to come up, pressing {{button|gba|R}} again makes Yoshi throw the egg, whilst pressing {{button|gba|L}} makes the crosshair lock in place and pressing {{button|gba|B}} cancels the crosshair. Pressing {{button|gba|start}} brings up the pause menu and pressing {{button|gba|select}} brings up a menu showing the player's current score on that level, the high score they have achieved on that level and any items they have collected from minigames.

===Characters===
*[[Yoshi]]
*[[Baby Mario]]
*[[Baby Luigi]]
*[[Kamek]]
*[[Baby Bowser]]
*[[Poochy]]

==Worlds and levels==
The game features all 54 levels from the original SNES game (which are the 48 normal levels and the 6 extra levels), plus 6 new [[Game Boy Advance]]-exclusive "secret levels". The secret levels are designed to be bigger in size than any other level in the game, and each one has its own unique gimmick. A total of sixty levels are playable in the game.

The new Secret levels are as follows:
*World 1: [[Exercise in the Skies]]
*World 2: [[Mystery of the Castle?]]
*World 3: [[Go! Go! Morphing!]]
*World 4: [[Fight Toadies w/ Toadies]] or '''Fight Baddies w/ Baddies'''
*World 5: [[Items are fun!]]
*World 6: [[Endless World of Yoshis]] or '''Crazy Maze Days'''

==Allies/Friends==
*[[Huffin Puffin]]
*[[Melon Bug]]
*[[Poochy]]
*[[Muddy Buddy]]
<!-- Bumpties are technically enemies, not allies. They bump Yoshi out of the way - plus on World 5-5, Yoshi will be awarded with a flower icon for defeating all of them in one particular area. -->

==Enemies==
''Italic'' enemies are invincible, and '''Bold''' enemies are almost invincible (can be defeated under certain conditions).
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*[[Aqua Lakitu]]
*'''[[Bandit]]'''
*[[Item Balloon|Baron von Zeppelin]]
*[[Barney Bubble]]
*[[Beach Koopa]]
*[[Big Boo]]
*'''[[Blow Hard]]'''
*[[Boo Balloon]]
*'''[[Boo Blah]]'''
*[[Boo|Boo Buddy]]
*[[Boo Guy]]
*'''[[Blindfold Boo|Boo Man Bluff]]'''
*[[Bouncing Bullet Bill]]
*'''[[Bowling Goonie]]'''
*[[Bubble Dayzee]]
*[[Bullet Bill]]
*[[Bumpty]]
*[[Burt]]
*'''[[Cactus Jack]]'''
*''[[Caged Ghost]]''
*'''[[Chain Chomp]]'''
*[[Cheep Cheep]]
*''[[Chomp Shark]]''
*'''[[Clawdaddy]]'''
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*[[Cloud Drop]]
*[[Bandit|Coin Bandit]]
*[[Crazee Dayzee]]
*[[Dancing Spear Guy]]
*''[[Dangling Ghost]]''
*'''[[Fooly Flower|Dizzy Dandy]]'''
*[[Dr. Freezegood]]
*''[[Egg-Plant|Needlenose-Plant]]''
*'''[[Eggo-Dil]]'''
*[[Fang]]
*[[Fat Guy]]
*[[Fishin' Lakitu]]
*[[Pyro Guy|Flamer Guy]]
*[[Flightless Skeleton Goonie]]
*[[Flightless Goonie]]
*[[Fly Guy]]
*[[Flutter|Flying Wiggler]]
*[[Frog Pirate]]
*[[Fuzzy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Fuzzy]]
*''[[Gargantua Blargg]]''
*'''[[Georgette Jelly]]'''
*[[Goomba]]
*[[Goonie]]
*[[Green Glove]]
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*[[Grim Leecher]]
*[[Ukiki|Grinder]]
*[[Grunt (Yoshi's Island series)|Grunt]]
*[[Gusty]]
*[[Harry Hedgehog]]
*[[Hefty Goonie]]
*'''[[Propeller Piranha|Hootie the Blue Fish]]'''
*'''[[Hot Lips]]'''
*''[[Incoming Chomp]]''
*[[Jean de Fillet]]
*'''[[Kaboomba]]'''
*''[[Kamek]]''
*[[Koopa Troopa]]
*[[Lakitu]]
*[[Lantern Ghost]]
*[[Lava Bubble]]
*'''[[Lava Drop]]'''
*[[Slime Drop|Lemon Drop]]
*[[Little Mouser]]
*[[Little Skull Mouser]]
*'''[[Loch Nestor]]'''
*[[Lunge Fish]]
*[[Mace Guy]]
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*[[Spike|Mace Penguin]]
*[[Milde]]
*[[Bull's-Eye Bill|Missile Bill]]
*[[Mock Up]]
*[[Petal Guy|Mufti Guy]]
*[[Naval Bud]]
*[[Needlenose]]
*''[[Nep-Enut]]''
*[[Nipper Plant]]
*[[Nipper Spore]]
*[[Koopa Paratroopa|Para-Koopa]]
*[[Piranha Plant]]
*[[Piro Dangle]]
*[[Piscatory Pete]]
*[[Potted Spiked Fun Guy]]
*[[Preying Mantas]]
*[[Puchipuchi L]]
*[[Raven]]
*[[Raven (chick)]]
*''[[Red Blargg]]''
*[[Rip Van Fish]]
*[[Seedy Sally]]
*[[Short Fuse]]
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*[[Shy Guy]]
*[[Skeleton Goonie]]
*[[Slime]]
*[[Slugger]]
*[[Sluggy]]
*[[Snifit]]
*[[Solo Toady]]
*[[Spear Guy]]
*[[Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Spiked Fun Guy]]
*[[Spooky (enemy)|Spooky]]
*'''[[Spray Fish]]'''
*[[Stilt Guy]]
*[[Stretch (Shy Guy)|Stretch]]
*'''[[Tap-Tap]]'''
*''[[Tap-Tap the Golden]]''
*[[Thunder Lakitu]]
*[[Toady]]
*'''[[Train Bandit]]'''
*[[Wall Lakitu]]
*'''[[Whirly Fly Guy]]'''
*[[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]
*[[Woozy Guy]]
*'''[[Zeus Guy]]'''
|}

===Bosses===
Each world features a midway fort and an end-world castle, both with their own boss. Every boss is just an enlarged version of a basic enemy that [[Kamek]] super-sizes with his magic. The only exception is [[Prince Froggy]], who remains at his normal size while Yoshi and Baby Mario are shrunk; he then eats them and the battle is located in his stomach.

;World 1
*[[Burt the Bashful]] ([[Fort (YI)|Fort]])
*[[Salvo the Slime]] ([[Castle]])
;World 2
*[[Bigger Boo]] (Fort)
*[[Roger the Potted Ghost]] (Castle)
;World 3
*[[Prince Froggy]] (Fort)
*[[Naval Piranha]] (Castle)
;World 4
*[[Marching Milde]] (Fort)
*[[Hookbill the Koopa]] (Castle)
;World 5
*[[Sluggy the Unshaven]] (Fort)
*[[Raphael the Raven]] (Castle)
;World 6
*[[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]] (Fort)
**[[Tap-Tap the Golden]] (Castle, Door 3)
*[[Baby Bowser]] (Castle)
**He is then transformed into a giant Baby Bowser by [[Kamek]] for the true final boss battle.

==List of changes==
''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' features many changes and differences from the original SNES edition. All of them were made either to account for the GBA's inferior technical power and button configuration, to modernize the game's appearance, or for another unknown reason.<ref>[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588740-super-mario-world-2-yoshis-island/faqs/53436 ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island SNES/GBA Changes Guide'' on GameFAQs]</ref>

===General changes===
[[File:SMA Mario Bros.png|thumb|right|Title screen.]]
*The Pause Menu has changed. Instead of one menu handling all functions, there are now two. One allows the player to put their Game Boy Advance into sleep mode, or return to the overworld map. The other, which is a redesigned version of the original's pause screen, allows the use of items, and displays the player's current score for the level.
*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)|Mario Bros.]]'' remake.
*The [[Countdown Timer]] ticks down each second now, instead of nearly twice per second as in the original game.
*The GBA version allows the player to carry up to 27 items at a time, rather than 25 as in the SNES version.
*The Mini Battle huts are not sealed after a battle in the GBA version, so the hut can be re-entered and the battle fought as many times as the player wishes.
*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 can no longer hit [[Message Block]]s with [[Yoshi Egg]]s. This includes Giant Eggs to prevent the screen being glitched.
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===Level design changes===
[[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]]-spawning pipe.
*A [[Flipper]] has been added in level 2-1 ([[Visit Koopa And Para-Koopa]]) after going through the falling blocks.
*The original version had 21 red coins in More Monkey Madness (Extra 3), but the remake has the usual 20. There was a red coin under a [[Tap-Tap]] on a ground pound stake. This has been removed from the remake.
*An extra [[Checkpoint Ring|Middle Ring]] has been added to 4-4 ([[Marching Milde's Fort]]), at the end of the [[Chomp Shark]] chase.
*The final room before the boss in 4-8 ([[Hookbill The Koopa's Castle]]) has been redesigned.
*An extra Middle Ring has been added to 5-7 ([[Shifting Platforms Ahead]]), near the warp pipe leading to the room with the level's first [[Smiley Flower|flower]].
*All of the extra levels in the original game were modified for this version, most noticeably [[Kamek's Revenge]].
*Six entirely new levels were added to the remake, called Secret Levels. These are to the left of the Extra Levels on the map screen, and are unlocked by defeating [[Baby Bowser]] on level 6-8.
*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, 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.

===Graphical changes===
*As is typical for GBA remakes, the palette is lightened to compensate for the original Game Boy Advance's lack of a backlight.
*When a level is completed, a new "World Total Score" screen is displayed (which keeps track of the highest score done by the player) after the "Level Score" screen. It also shows messages when he/she unlocks the Bonus Challenge for the current world and the Extra level.
*Button prompts were changed to be in line with the GBA ones.
*In all regions, the 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).
*In the original, the Yoshi who completed the x-2 levels was a very dark shade of pink. However, they appeared red on the map. Similarly, the Yoshi who completed the x-7 levels was red, but appeared hot pink on the map. In the remake, the x-2 Yoshi is always light pink, and the x-7 Yoshi is always red.
*All Yoshis had red shoes in the original. In the remake, they have different colored shoes, as in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.
*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. 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.
*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 only used for dark areas, and the disguised red coins cannot be distinguished without using the magnifying glass.
*In underground levels with "sparkling" ground, mushrooms and other foreground decorations sometimes have their palettes changed. This is done to fix a graphical glitch where some black objects would also sparkle.
*Sealed doors have different graphics. The boards that cover them aren't visibly bisected, as in the original.
*Kamek's magic has a different visual effect. The colored cloud is absent, while the cycling sparkles remain.
*The overworld map was redesigned. 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. Additionally, 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.
*Upon defeating the final boss, the respective file on the file-select screen will now display the word ''CLEAR'' with an image of Baby Bowser. Previously, a file with 6-8 completed would retain the ''WORLD 6'' text with the image of Kamek.

===Sound changes===
*The game's soundtracks were downgraded to match the sound capabilities of the Game Boy Advance.
*The full length opening of the World x-8 boss music plays for all big bosses, rather than for just the [[Naval Piranha]] and [[Raphael the Raven]].
*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 song heard before encountering a castle boss is played rather than the castle boss theme itself.
*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.
*Baby Mario's cry, which was a stock sound effect in the SNES version, is replaced with a new voiced cry by [[Charles Martinet]]. The original cry can still be heard from [[Baby Luigi]] on the world map.
*In World 5-1: [[BLIZZARD!!!]] the sky bonus area continues playing the main level theme rather than the song heard during [[Bonus Challenge]]s.

===Textual changes===
*The sixth extra level of the game had its name changed from "Castles - Masterpiece Set" to "Ultimate Castle Challenge".
*Much of the wording has changed throughout the game's dialog. Notable examples include:
**In the opening cinematic, the story in the SNES version starts "''A long, long time ago... This is a story about baby Mario and Yoshi...''"  The GBA version starts out "''This is a story about Baby Mario and Yoshi... A story that took place a long, long time ago.''"  Also, the story states that in the stork's bill, he "supports a pair of twins" in the SNES version, while the GBA version states that he "carries a pair of brothers."
**Most, if not all of the hint boxes have at least some changes in their messages.  One of the more significantly changed hint boxes is in a secret room in world 3-2, which says in the SNES version, "We, the Mario team poured our hearts and souls into creating this game for your entertainment. It is full of secrets. Enjoy!" and in the GBA version, "How do you like this game? Goodies are hidden in every level, you know. You should look all over if you want to get 100 points! Investigate anything that looks suspicious."
**At the world 3-8 boss, when Kamek appears, he says in the SNES version, "''Give it up, Yoshi, you cutie without a navel! Ooopp- forget it...''" whereas in the GBA version, he says "''Give up, Yoshi, you egg-throwing maniac! Ooops... Forget that!''"
**When entering Bowser's room, Kamek says "''YOU! are n-n-not welcome HERE!!! Yoshi, please hand OVER THE BABY!''" in the original, and "''Welcome!!! Yoshi, if you would be so kind, please HAND OVER THE BABY!''" in the remake.
*The GBA version's credits are shorter than the original, and list different staff members. As this is a remake, the credits list "Original YI Staff" under "Special Thanks"; it should be noted, however, that very few of the SNES version's staff members actually ''contributed'' to the remake. Notably, 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]]. Not even [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] is credited in the remake; [[Takashi Tezuka]], one of the original game's directors, assumed producer duties in his stead.

==Reception==
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.

{|class="wikitable review_template" cellpadding="4" style="width:100%; text-align:center; border:2px solid black; margin-bottom:5px"
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|Comment
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|Game Boy Advance
|Bryn "hardcore_pawn" Williams, [https://web.archive.org/web/20021017050248/http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/september02/yoshigba/ Gamespy]
|90/100
|align="left"|"''Overall, Yoshi's Island is a fantastic piece of video gaming entertainment, and although it's an oldie, it's fair to assume that a lot of today's gamers may have missed out on it first time around. 2D enthusiasts should be stoked at getting something this cool on the GBA.''"
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|Game Boy Advance
|Greg Kasavin, [https://web.archive.org/web/20021201101211/https://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2882007,00.html/ GameSpot]
|9.2/10
|align="left"|"''Simply put, Yoshi's Island would make an excellent addition to anyone's collection of Game Boy Advance games. Its beautiful, inspired visuals and consistently fun and inventive gameplay make a landmark achievement in one of gaming's most beloved genres, and even though its star isn't Nintendo's famous plumber, the game itself is every bit as good if not better than any other Mario title to date. Besides being a superb game on its own merits and even by today's high standards, Yoshi's Island is also a great little game to have on the go. So even if you've played it before, and especially if you haven't, you should seriously consider picking it up.''"
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|colspan=2|Metacritic
|colspan=2 style="background-color:LimeGreen"|[https://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/yoshis-island-super-mario-advance-3 91]
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|colspan=2|[https://www.gamerankings.com/gba/561566-yoshis-island-super-mario-advance-3/index.html 89.55%]
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==Staff==
{{main|List of Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 staff}}

==Gallery==
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SMA3 Yoshi and Baby Mario 1.jpg|[[Yoshi]] and [[Baby Mario]]
Poochy.jpg|[[Poochy]]
KamekMagicBlast.jpg|[[Kamek]]
Bert.png|[[Burt the Bashful]]
SMW2 NavalPiranha.jpg|[[Naval Piranha]]
Baby Bowser YI.png|[[Baby Bowser]]
</gallery>

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==References==
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