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Game Boy Advance: Yoshi Topsy Turvy
March 13th, 2009 by Sean
While very much a standard platformer at heart, Nintendo’s Topsy Turvy adds a new twist in the form of a tilt sensor embedded inside of the cartridge. By tilting your Gameboy Advance from side to side, you’ll unroll carpets, swing wrecking balls, and roll boulders over enemies.
I was expecting Topsy Turvy to be a blast, but it failed to live up to my expectations. One problem is its incomprehensible storyline, which not only slows down the action, but needlessly complicates the entire game. Apparently Yoshi’s Island has somehow been magically trapped inside of a book, and you must defeat a series of “spirits” in order to return the island to normal.
The stages are “mission” based, although most boil down to simply collecting a number of coins or defeating a group of enemies. The tilt control is fun for the first few minutes, but once the novelty wears off, it’s more disorienting than anything else. You may even find yourself feeling woozy after prolonged play.
Topsy Turvy does have it moments, like the stage where you rock the “pirate ship” amusement park ride but all in all, the whole is less than the sum of its parts, making Topsy Turvy one of the least appealing Nintendo titles in recent memory.
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