Yoshi's Crafted World

March 29, 2019PlatformerESRB E

Available on

Nintendo Switch

Genres

Platformer Action

Overview

About Yoshi's Crafted World

Lead Yoshi on a brand new adventure that will turn everything you've come to expect from side-scrolling games upside down! Explore a great, big world decorated like a miniature diorama in a new art style for the franchise, where each side-scrolling stage has the traditional front side as well as a flip side with different views and surprises. Look for items throughout the stage as Yoshi makes his way to the goal. You can even join up with a friend!

Story setup

Yoshi's Crafted World is a charming side-scrolling platformer set in a handcrafted world built from cardboard, paper, and household odds and ends. At the heart of the tale is the Sundream Stone, a wondrous artifact adorned with gems said to grant any wish to those who possess it. The peaceful Yoshis treasure the stone, but their tranquility is shattered when the mischievous magician Kamek and the bratty Baby Bowser arrive with designs on its power for themselves. In the ensuing scuffle over the artifact, the Sundream Stone's precious gems are knocked loose and scattered far and wide across the crafted land. Now the Yoshis must set off on a colorful journey through its many diorama-like stages, gobbling enemies, hurling eggs, and exploring both the front and back of each papercraft scene, all in a race to recover the missing gems and restore the Sundream Stone before their scheming rivals can claim its wish-granting magic.

Reference

At a glance

Released: March 29, 2019
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Genres: Platformer, Action
Play modes: Single Player, Co-op, Local Couch Co-op
Age rating: ESRB E
Multiplayer: By platform

Media

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Playing together

Multiplayer by platform

How Yoshi's Crafted World supports playing with other people, broken down per platform.

Multiplayer capabilities for Yoshi's Crafted World by platform. Capabilities with no published information are marked "not documented".
Platform	Local	Online	LAN	Split-screen	Co-op campaign	Drop-in/out
Nintendo Switch	Yes, up to 2 players	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Supported (a number is the player cap)
Not supported
Not documented for this platform

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Yoshi's Crafted World. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBG

Very mild themes and violence

CEROA

CLASS_INDL

ESRBE

Mild Cartoon Violence

GRACALL

PEGI3

Lead Yoshi on a brand new adventure that will turn everything you’ve come to expect from side-scrolling games upside down! Explore a great, big world decorated like a miniature diorama in a new art style for the franchise, where each side-scrolling stage has the traditional front side as well as a flip side with different views and surprises.

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Coverage

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Best Nintendo Switch Games for Kids in 2026

Mellow Mode makes this one of the very few games on any platform where I would genuinely say a five-year-old can play it mostly independently. Yoshi walks through cardboard and fabric levels collecting flowers and coins, and when it gets tricky, Mellow Mode gives him wings. It is not the most ambitious game on this list by some distance, and older children will move through it faster than the designers might have intended. But that is not who it is for. If your child is young, has never really held a controller before, and needs something that will not make them cry with frustration inside the first hour, start here.

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