History YMMV / YoshisNewIsland

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: There's the possibility of the wrong parents being actually the Mario Brothers' aunt and uncle, assuming the stork memorized the last name of one parent, but not the rest of the first/last names. If the game confirmed it, this would have alleviated the HappyEndingOverride somewhat.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Ironically, where a sizable number of fans of the original game initially found ''DS'' to be too different from the original game, many found this one to be too ''similar'' (right down to even having the same plot: Stork and Luigi get kidnapped by Kamek's men again, Mario falls on another island filled with Yoshis, another adventure ensues- even the appearance of Adult Bowser was used in ''DS'', though done far better as he is shown to be involved in the plot before the final level and has an explained motive- he wants to capture all the main characters before they can grow up to ruin his life) with just some slight tweaks here and there. Most reviewers cited this against the game as a result since it's just the first game with a newer coat of paint and with none of the things ''DS'' introduced.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihe_jmFtDUY The Final Boss theme]], which is an excellent remix of Bowser's theme and gets you excited for the encounter in spite of how much of an AssPull his appearance might have been.

* [[AwesomeMusic/VideoGames Awesome Music]]: Though the game music is overall widely considered to be a [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks massive downgrade from prior games]], it does have its few moments.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihe_jmFtDUY Bowser's theme]], which is an excellent remix of Bowser's theme and gets you excited for the encounter in spite of how much of an AssPull his appearance might have been.
* BrokenBase: While every ''Yoshi's Island'' game since the first has been a ContestedSequel in some way, ''New Island'' is easily the most divisive entry in the franchise:

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: There’s the possibility of the wrong parents being actually the Mario Brothers’ aunt and uncle. If the game confirmed it, this would have alleviated the HappyEndingOverride somewhat.

* [[AwesomeMusic/VideoGames Awesome Music]]: Though the game music is overall widely considered to be a [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks massive downgrade from prior games]], it does have its few moments, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAX0Nv1n4Hw Complete World Map theme]] in particular, in series tradition, is a great mix of all prior World map themes with a lot of catchy instruments added to the mix, it even has a well mixed reference to [[VideoGame/MarioPaint Totaka's Song]].

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Ironically, where a sizable number of fans of the original game initially found ''DS'' to be too different from the original game, many found this one to be too ''similar'' (right down to even having the same plot: Stork and Luigi get kidnapped by Kamek's men again, Mario falls on another island filled with Yoshis, another adventure ensues- even the appearance of Adult Bowser was used in ''DS'', though done far better as he is shown to be involved in the plot before the final level and he has an explained motive- he wants to capture all the main characters before they can grow up to ruin his life) with just some slight tweaks here and there. Most reviewers cited this against the game as a result since it's just the first game with a newer coat of paint and with none of the things ''DS'' introduced.