In 1997, Yoshi's Story was released for the Nintendo 64. However, that wasn't always the name of the game--in early development, it was titled Yoshi's Island 64. And now you can see what things might have looked like, had that original name stuck, as the game preservationist group Forest of Illusion has unearthed an art asset early on in the game's development. According to the team, this file came from a "large lot of raw Nintendo promotional art assets", with Forest of Illusion teasing that they have even more things to show off. While we don't exactly know what it is the group is teasing, they claim the project will take a while, with hopes that it'll be completed by the end of the year.

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[Flame]

Yoshi and other Nintendo I.P. have so much potenial but Nintendo only thinks about Mario.

Nintendo be like:-

 

[SaulFabre]

This would be very interesting.

It could be an attempt to port original SNES game Yoshi's Island to a 64-bit console like the Nintendo 64, or it could be also a "completely new" game like it was Yoshi's Story?

Tell me your thoughts

 

[Mwc]

I don't think Yoshi's Island 64 would have been as charming as it's original SNES counterpart

 

[megahog2012]

Honestly, I'm hoping to see if they could get access to early Starfy promo art.

 

[XDel]

We had a Yoshi release on the N64, it was Yoshi island for toddlers, but not bad.

 

[spotanjo3]

Yoshi and other Nintendo I.P. have so much potenial but Nintendo only thinks about Mario.

Nintendo be like:-

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That's why I vote Yoshi over Mario because animals are kinder than human being.

 

[HarveyHouston]

It's interesting how all these independent projects happen after a huge data leak.

 

[tech3475]

Reminds me of the rumour that Croc started off as a tech demo with Yoshi.

 

[pustal]

Yoshi and other Nintendo I.P. have so much potenial but Nintendo only thinks about Mario.

Nintendo be like:-

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Do you realize that no matter what you say, I read it in John DiMaggio's voice?

 

[the_randomizer]

I found Yoshi's story to be too saccharine

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Yoshi and other Nintendo I.P. have so much potenial but Nintendo only thinks about Mario.

Nintendo be like:-

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I would typically agree with this statement but not currently. Nintendo is putting out a lot of stuff this year.

A yoshi game released on Switch already.
Metroid just recently released with a new one on the way.
Switch Sports and a Kirby game is out in like 2 weeks.
Fire Emblem 2 months after that.
Advance Wars Remakes.
Splatoon and Xenoblade.
3 (THREE) Pokemon games in 18 months and Zelda.

Plenty of Nintendo IP's.

 

[SaulFabre]

That's why I vote Yoshi over Mario because animals are kinder than human being.

I agree with you @spotanjo3

Yoshi will be always my favorite Super Mario character since it's green and cute

 

[hamohamo]

So so cool. This is the news I come to gbatemp expecting.

 

[eyeliner]

I would typically agree with this statement but not currently. Nintendo is putting out a lot of stuff this year.

A yoshi game released on Switch already.
Metroid just recently released with a new one on the way.
Switch Sports and a Kirby game is out in like 2 weeks.
Fire Emblem 2 months after that.
Advance Wars Remakes.
Splatoon and Xenoblade.
3 (THREE) Pokemon games in 18 months and Zelda.

Plenty of Nintendo IP's.

No Wario
No Starfox
No F-Zero
No Punch-Out

 

[SaulFabre]

No Wario
No Starfox
No F-Zero
No Punch-Out

I agree @eyeliner

Where the "dead" Nintendo game series are (Wario Land, Star Fox, F-Zero, Punch-Out, etc...)??

WarioWare i won't count as "dead" since it got a Switch game (WarioWare: Get It Together!).

 

[JuanMena]

Oooof!
My favorite N64 game ever!

 

[M7L7NK7]

I'm glad they changed the name because associating yoshi's story with yoshi's Island tarnishes it's good name, story was one if the most disappointing games on the n64 (horribly easy? 6 levels per playthrough? Finish a stage by eating 30 fruit? Who thought these were good ideas???)

 

[Deleted member 194275]

No Wario
No Starfox
No F-Zero
No Punch-Out

No mother
No golden sun

 

[mightymuffy]

This would be very interesting.

It could be an attempt to port original SNES game Yoshi's Island to a 64-bit console like the Nintendo 64, or it could be also a "completely new" game like it was Yoshi's Story?

Tell me your thoughts

https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/04/yoshis-island-64-yoshis-story-beta/ - Yeah I am old enough to remember the images shown here, plastered all over the best gaming mags of the time, and thinking how amazing does this look?! With the SNES game easily being one of my all time fave platformers, this was definitely my most looked forward to game, moreso than Zelda! ...And we ended up with fukkin Yoshi's Story.....