Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is primed to take us all to worlds beyond our imagination, with generous dashes of colour and charm to keep us invested in Mr E’s efforts to help Mario’s favorite companion broaden his horizons.
Nintendo just dropped the game’s opening cinematic, but interestingly enough, the focus is on Bowser Jr, whose natural curiosity leads him to the world within Mr E’s pages. What does he have planned? Is this a vague tie-in to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie? It’s hard to say.
Regardless, that knowledge will serve you well in a platformer that has Yoshi interacting with nearly everything in a level, including the various creatures that inhabit them. Those interactions, and the way your subjects react to the world, are the crux of progression, and could even lead you to hidden areas and rewards if you’re diligent enough. The best part is that Yoshi can’t die, although he’s going to be annoyed if you let him take a hit from hostile beings.
We’ve been quite eager to dive into this one ever since that trailer for it dropped a while ago, and we’ll finally be able to go hands-on when it launches on May 21st for Nintendo Switch 2.
