------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Instruction Booklet" SNS-YI-USA Converted to ASCII text by Deezer on 8/21/98 deezer@usa.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE OF CONTENTS The Story .............................. 3 Controller Functions ................... 7 Before You Start The Game .............. 9 The Level Selection Screen ............. 10 The Basic Rule ......................... 11 Basic Items ............................ 13 The Goal and The Score ................. 14 The Bonus Challenge .................... 15 Try Everything! ........................ 17 Watermelon and Special Attacks ......... 18 Metamorphoses .......................... 19 Keys, Doors and Mini Battles ........... 20 Special Items .......................... 22 The Effects of Special Items ........... 23 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ THE STORY This story happened a long long time ago ... This is a story about a baby and Yoshi ... A stork hurries across the dusky, pre-dawn sky. In his bill, he supports a pair of twins, who are to be delivered to their parents as soon as possible. [ PICTURE: Stork carrying a bag ] Suddenly, something appears between the clouds and races towards the stork with blinding speed! 3 ______________________________________________________________________________ "SSCCRREEEEECH!!!" , it screams. "These babies are mine!" [ PICTURE: Kamek ] Snatching only one baby, the creature vanishes into the darknes from whence it came. [ PICTURE: Bag falling ] Oh no! The second baby falls undetected towards the open sea ... 4 ______________________________________________________________________________ The kidnapper is Kamek, an evil Magikoopa from the Koopa Kingdom. Having divined last night that twin babies born this morning will bring disaster to the Koopa family, he arranged for an early morning ambush. Returning to his castle, Kamek realizes that he missed the other baby. He orders his toadies, [ PICTURE: Kamek & Toadies ] "Go forth and find the other baby!! Don't let his parents get him back! Ever!!" [ PICTURE: Baby Mario on Yoshis' back ] Meanwhile, the second baby does not fall into the sea after all ... it lands safely on Yoshi's back! And right after him drops a map!! 5 ______________________________________________________________________________ This paradise is Yoshi's Island. And on this island lives lots of different Yoshies. These Yoshies are naturally laid back and relaxed. but this is a calamity and everyone is in a state of panic. As the Yoshies frantically yell over each other, the baby insistently points at something. Yes! The baby can sense the other baby's location. All the Yoshies quickly agree to help carry the baby to its destination by using a relay system not unlike the old pony express. The Green Yoshi draws first honors. [ PICTURE: Yoshi's Island ] 6 ______________________________________________________________________________ CONTROLLER FUNCTIONS Let's master the "Egg Toss"! THROWING EGGS Pressing the L or R Button will stop the aiming cursor's movement. Press Up to lock the cursor directly above Yoshi. For egg throwing there are two controller configurations. (Refer to Page 10.) Press Down to cancel the throw. Number 1: PATIENT Press the A Button to activate the aiming cursor. Press the A Button again to throw the egg. Number 2: HASTY Press and hold the A Button to activate the aiming cursor. The egg will be thrown when the A Button is released. JUMP. Press Down while in the air to If you continue pound the ground. to press the B Pound the ground!! Button, Yoshi will float in the air briefly. Make an extra effort! [ PRESS: Y ] Sticks out Yoshi's tongue in the Press Down with an enemy direction pressed except in Yoshi's mouth to downward. create an egg. Grab enemies. Make eggs. Or press the Y Button again to Or, when a watermelon is in spit the enemy out. Yoshi's mouth, press the Y Button Spit out. to spit seeds, flames, etc. Special Atack. 7 & 8 ______________________________________________________________________________ BEFORE YOU START THE GAME If you clear a stage, the progress of the game, and score for that stage will be saved automatically. Insert the Game Pak into the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Control Deck and turn the POWER switch to the ON position. The story will begin. To by-pass the story, and get to the Title Screen, press the Start Button. Press the Start Button again to get to the File Menu. Select the file to whcih you want your data saved. There are a total of three. [ PICTURE: File Menu ] You may copy files to each You may erase data other. This allows you to from any of the files. continue a friend's saved Erased data is game. unrecoverable, so be careful when erasing. 9 ______________________________________________________________________________ THE LEVEL SELECTION SCREEN There are 6 Worlds in this game, and each World has 8 Stages. Move the hand-shaped cursor to the Stage you wish to play. [ PICTURE: Level Selection screen ] When you have fulfilled Score: certain conditions, icons This allows you to view the will appear here. These best score of any cleared are special surprises for Stage. (Refer to Page 14.) you! Controller Configurations: There are 2 different ways to throw eggs. Please choose your favorite. 10 ______________________________________________________________________________ THE BASIC RULE If you get struck baby Mario will fall off your back. Watch the Timer! To clear a stage, jump through the GOAL! Ring, and pass baby Mario on to the next Yoshi. If baby Mario becomes separated from Yoshi, the Countdown Timer will begin. You only have a short time to reunite Yoshi and baby Mario before baby Mario is swept away by Kamek's toadies. Do not allow the Timer to reach 0 ... HELPFUL TECHNIQUES When baby Mario floats way up, you can hit him with an egg to bring him closer. Additionally, Yoshi can hit him with his tongue by shooting his tongue upwards. 11 ______________________________________________________________________________ Increase the Countdown Timer by gathering Stars. You may collect up to 30. [ PICTURE: Stars on screen ] A Star The Countdown Timer starts at 10. If the Countdown Timer drops below 10, it will recover slowly after you grab hold of baby Mario again. The Timer will only recover up to 10. The Middle Ring There are Rings (see the picture on the [ PICTURE: Middle Ring ] right) throughout each Stage. These Rings allow you to continue from said point if you fail before completing the Stage. Jumping through the Middle Ring If your game ends activates it and gives you an additional before you complete 10 Stars. the Stage, then you have to start from the beginning of the stage. 12 ______________________________________________________________________________ BASIC ITEMS Coins: There are coins everywhere. Collect 100 for a 1up. Red Coins: There are 20 red coins hidden among the regular coins per Stage. Grab them all for the high score. These coins also count as regular coins. Eggs (Yoshi can carry up to 6): You may swallow enemies to make eggs, and hit certain blocks to create eggs. When any egg (except for the Green ones) is used, items will appear. Yellow Egg Red Egg Flashing Egg || || || \/ \/ \/ Coin 2 Stars Red Coin Flowers: There are 5 flowers in each Stage. Collect all 5 for a 1up. They are worth big points. 13 ______________________________________________________________________________ THE GOAL AND THE SCORE It is difficult to get a perfect score of 100 points in any Stage. At first your objective should be to simply clear the Stages. When you jump through the GOAL! Ring, baby Mario is passed on to the next Yoshi. This also activates the Goal roulette. (Refer to page 15.) SCORE BOARD When you reach the goal, the score board will be displayed. And the score will be calculated. Here is the scoring method used: The high score for the Stage. The number of seconds remaining on the Countdown Timer. (Max. of 30.) [ PICTURE: Score board screen ] The number of red coins collected. (Max. of 20.) The number of Flowers collected (10 points per Flower, Max. of 50 pts.) Total score. The score is also displayed on the Pause Screen. The perfect score is 100 pts. 14 ______________________________________________________________________________ THE BONUS CHALLENGE The number of Flowers collected are added to the GOAL! Ring. If the roulette spin ends on a flower, then you play in the Bonus Challenge. Drawing Lots Choose one card and collect the item. If you' draw Kamek's face, then you get nothing. Scratch And Match Scratch 3 boxes. Gain extra lives dependant on how many baby Mario's you uncover. The Slot Machine Press any button to stop the spinning drums. The correct combination will be rewarded with extra lives. 15 ______________________________________________________________________________ Flip Cards Flip the cards and collect the items. You may flip cards until you get Kamek, but if you get Kamek, then you lose all the items you have collected. To end, flip the "EXIT" icon in the middle. If you manage to flip all the cards, you will receive a special bonus gift. Nothing for Kamek's toadies' card. Flip the cards in pairs. Memorize their locations and flip over cards which match. Collect those items and receive a bonus gift by flipping over all the cards. First place your bet, by using Up and Down. Then spin the roulette wheel. Try to avoid the combination of X and O. The result of the equation is added to your total lives. 16 ______________________________________________________________________________ TRY EVERYTHING! There are many different tricks and puzzles awaiting you throughout the game. Try everything, or you may find yourself stuck and unable to proceed. Message Block Strike this from below to get a clue. Winged Cloud Hit them with an egg to make Stairs, Coins, Flowers, Stairs, Platforms or other special things happen. Switch Stomp on it, and for a short time secret entrances wll appear and other special things will happen, similar to the Winged Cloud. Arrow Cloud Hit it with an egg, and the egg will shoot out in the direction the arrow is pointing. 17 ______________________________________________________________________________ WATERMELON AND SPECIAL ATTACKS In some Stages Yoshi will encounter watermelons. They come in 3 glorious colors. If Yoshi uses his tongue to take the watermelon into the mouth, then he will shoot out the special power when you press the Y Button. (Watermelons can not be turned into eggs.) -----------------> Green Watermelon Spit Seeds -----------------> Red Watermelon Spit Fire -----------------> Blue Watermelon Spit Ice SUPER STAR and POWERFUL MARIO If you grab a Super Star, baby Mario will power up and become invincible for a while and can do a great deal of damage to all enemies. The controller function change when you control Mario. DASH CLIMBING WALLS FLOAT Y Button Hold <- or -> on Keep pressing the Control Pad. the B Button 18 ______________________________________________________________________________ METAMORPHOSES Touch a metamorphosis bubble and Yoshi will become the pictured item. Move around as this item for a limited amount of time. Helicopter Operate with the Control Pad. Mole Tank Operate with the Control Pad Submarine Shoot a torpedo with either the Y or B Buttons. Train Put on steam with either the Y or B Buttons. Vehicle Tip-toe with either the Y or B Buttons These are time-limited metamorphoses. To transform back into Yoshi, touch a Yoshi Block. This also warps baby Mario to your current position. 19 ______________________________________________________________________________ KEYS, DOORS, AND MINI BATTLES There are ways to get additional items or 1ups besides the Bonus Challenge. To open a locked door, you need to find and collect a key. By opening locked doors (press Up on the Control Pad in front of the door), sometimes you will enter a "Mini Battle Game." Win this battle and collect special items or extra lives. [ PICTURE: Door with keyhole ] <-------------- [ PICTURE: Key ] Needs a key. Throwing Balloons (4 or 6 sequences) You have a limited amount of time to correctly key in sequence shown on the screen. Doing so will throw the balloon on to your opponent. The balloon will inflate gradually and eventually pop; if it pops on you then you lose. There is a Long version of the game with a longer sequence to key in. 20 ______________________________________________________________________________ Popping Balloons Pop the balloons by pounding the ground (Jump, and then press Down). The first to find the "HIT" is the winner. Gather Coins Grab more coins than your opponent within a limited amount of time. Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest Grab the Watermelon and shoot your opponent. Knock the opponent's damage meter to zero to win. 21 ______________________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL ITEMS You may select your special items on the Pause Screen. They can be very useful in completing difficult Stages. Special items may be used at any time, except when you are fighting a Boss. To use an item, pause the game and select the item with the cursor in the lower right. The Pause Screen Press the START Button both to [ PICTURE: Pause screen ] pause and to return to game play. Additionally, if you have previously completed the current Stage, then you may press the SELECT Button when on the Pause Screen to return to the Level Selection Screen. Special items collected Number of Yoshies remaining. Only 3 items are shown Number of coins collected. at a time, but up to 22 Current Countdown Timer setting. may be stored here. Scroll through by pressing <- or -> and choose one by pressing the A Button. 22 ______________________________________________________________________________ THE EFFECTS OF SPECIAL ITEMS 10 Point Star: Increases the Countdown Timer by 10. 20 Point Star: Increases the Countdown Timer by 20. Anytime Egg: Gives Yoshi a full supply of 6 eggs. Anywhere POW: Turns all the enemies on the screen into Stars. 23 ______________________________________________________________________________ Winged Cloud Maker: Turns all the enemies on the screen into Winged Clouds. Magnifying Glass: Shows you where all the Red Coins are in the Stage. Super Green Watermelon: Places a Green Watermelon in Yoshi's mouth. Allows Yoshi to spit seeds. Super Red Watermelon: Places a Red Watermelon in Yoshi's mouth. Allows Yoshi to breathe fire. Super Blue Watermelon: Places a Blue Watermelon in Yoshi's mouth. Allows Yoshi to freeze enemies. 24 ______________________________________________________________________________