A turn based strategy game
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, originally released as Super Mario: Yossy Island (スーパーマリオ ヨッシーアイランド Sūpā Mario: Yosshī Airando?) in Japan,is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the SNES console. While featuring Nintendo's trademark Mario character, the game's graphics and gameplay differed from all previous Mario games in that players control various Yoshi dinosaurs rather than Mario himself, who appears as a helpless infant. This game is a prequel to Super Mario World and the entire Mario series.
Yoshi's Island was released on August 5, 1995 in Japan, October 4, 1995 in North America and October 6, 1995 in Europe. A port was made for the Game Boy Advance as Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. A sequel for the Nintendo DS, Yoshi's Island DS, was released in 2006. The game is slated for re-release for the Nintendo 3DS.