Yoshi's Universal Gravitation[a] (released in North America as Yoshi Topsy-Turvy) is a 2004 platform game for the Game Boy Advance that was developed by Artoon and published by Nintendo. It features a built-in tilt sensor, which is used to manipulate the game's environment. By tilting the Game Boy Advance left or right, the player can tilt the game area, causing enemies and other objects to slide as the direction of gravity changes. This gameplay mechanic is used to solve puzzles or aid Yoshi in completing levels. The game received mixed reviews.
Each course is controlled by a spirit, each with an obsession — one loves money, one loves fast things, one loves friendliness, one loves strength, etc. They will set out guidelines for the course, such as collecting fruit to free a certain number of Egglings, finishing a course before time runs out, finding a certain number of coins or defeating — or not defeating — a certain number of enemies. By satisfying that spirit's requirements, players pass the course.
Yoshi can jump and stick out his tongue to eat fruit or enemies. After eating an enemy, Yoshi will produce a small puff of air instead of making eggs. The main feature of the game is the tilt mechanism. By moving the Game Boy Advance side to side, players tilt the world around Yoshi, causing enemies to roll around, swinging ships and pendulums, and bouncing items all over the place. An impassable wall will become a climbable slope, or a rolled-up carpet will become a long platform. Each environment requires players to master not only button presses but also tilt movements to progress.
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When Bowser starts wreaking havoc on Yoshi's Island, a book spirit named Hongo traps the island within the pages of a storybook. Only by locking Bowser away can Yoshi convince Hongo to release the rest of the island. So he sets out to progress through the chapters of the book.
At the time of its release, most critics thought of Yoshi's Universal Gravitation as a mediocre title. Craig Harris of IGN said the game was too short, and most critics thought the other Game Boy Advance game to use a tilt sensor, WarioWare: Twisted!, was a better example of tilt-sensing technology in video games. 1UP.com's Jeremy Parish called the tilt controls "graceless and clumsy" and the character animations "choppy", concluding that it was a "mediocre" and "boring" game. GameSpot's Justin Calvert thought the tilting worked alright and enjoyed the graphics and difficulty curve, but overall found the game to be "repetitive and disappointingly short". Game Informer enjoyed the tilt sensing, calling it a "neat" and "inventive" mechanic that "breathe[d] new life into the [platformer] genre", but was disappointed by the level designs, which were mostly "pretty standard fare."[3][4][5][6]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Yoshi s Universal Gravitation news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Yoshi s Universal Gravitation a released in North America as Yoshi Topsy Turvy is a 2004 platform game for the Game Boy Advance that was developed by Artoon and published by Nintendo It features a built in tilt sensor which is used to manipulate the game s environment By tilting the Game Boy Advance left or right the player can tilt the game area causing enemies and other objects to slide as the direction of gravity changes This gameplay mechanic is used to solve puzzles or aid Yoshi in completing levels The game received mixed reviews Yoshi s Universal GravitationYoshi Topsy TurvyEuropean box artDeveloper s ArtoonPublisher s NintendoDirector s Hidetoshi TakeshitaHiroto SaikiProducer s Masaki TawaraNaoto OhshimaArtist s Yasuhisa NakagawaComposer s Tatsuyuki MaedaMasaru SetsumaruMariko NanbaSeriesYoshiPlatform s Game Boy AdvanceReleaseJP December 9 2004PAL April 22 2005NA June 13 2005Genre s PlatformMode s Single player Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Reception 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksGameplay editEach course is controlled by a spirit each with an obsession one loves money one loves fast things one loves friendliness one loves strength etc They will set out guidelines for the course such as collecting fruit to free a certain number of Egglings finishing a course before time runs out finding a certain number of coins or defeating or not defeating a certain number of enemies By satisfying that spirit s requirements players pass the course Yoshi can jump and stick out his tongue to eat fruit or enemies After eating an enemy Yoshi will produce a small puff of air instead of making eggs The main feature of the game is the tilt mechanism By moving the Game Boy Advance side to side players tilt the world around Yoshi causing enemies to roll around swinging ships and pendulums and bouncing items all over the place An impassable wall will become a climbable slope or a rolled up carpet will become a long platform Each environment requires players to master not only button presses but also tilt movements to progress Plot editWhen Bowser starts wreaking havoc on Yoshi s Island a book spirit named Hongo traps the island within the pages of a storybook Only by locking Bowser away can Yoshi convince Hongo to release the rest of the island So he sets out to progress through the chapters of the book Reception editReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScoreGameRankings61 12 1 Metacritic60 100 2 Review scoresPublicationScore1Up comD 3 Game Informer8 10 4 GameSpot6 6 10 5 IGN5 10 6 Nintendo Power7 10 7 At the time of its release most critics thought of Yoshi s Universal Gravitation as a mediocre title Craig Harris of IGN said the game was too short and most critics thought the other Game Boy Advance game to use a tilt sensor WarioWare Twisted was a better example of tilt sensing technology in video games 1UP com s Jeremy Parish called the tilt controls graceless and clumsy and the character animations choppy concluding that it was a mediocre and boring game GameSpot s Justin Calvert thought the tilting worked alright and enjoyed the graphics and difficulty curve but overall found the game to be repetitive and disappointingly short Game Informer enjoyed the tilt sensing calling it a neat and inventive mechanic that breathe d new life into the platformer genre but was disappointed by the level designs which were mostly pretty standard fare 3 4 5 6 See also editKoro Koro Puzzle Happy Panechu Kirby Tilt n Tumble WarioWare Twisted Notes edit Japanese ヨッシーの万有引力 Hepburn Yosshi no Ban yu InryokuReferences edit Yoshi Topsy Turvy GameRankings CBS Interactive Archived from the original on 2016 04 09 Retrieved September 2 2013 Yoshi Topsy Turvy Critic Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Archived from the original on August 22 2020 Retrieved September 2 2013 a b Parish Jeremy June 10 2005 Not Much Fun Any Way You Look at It 1UP com IGN Entertainment Archived from the original on 2016 05 26 Retrieved September 2 2013 a b Matt August 2005 Twisting the Night Away Game Informer GameStop p 108 archived from the original on November 18 2005 a b Calvert Justin June 10 2005 Yoshi Topsy Turvy Review GameSpot CBS Interactive Archived from the original on June 13 2013 Retrieved September 2 2013 a b Harris Craig June 10 2005 Yoshi Topsy Turvy IGN IGN Entertainment Archived from the original on April 30 2019 Retrieved September 2 2013 Nintendo Power p 84 August 2005 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a Missing or empty title help External links editOfficial website Japanese Portals nbsp Video games nbsp 2000s Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yoshi 27s Universal Gravitation 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