Yoshi's Island is a platformer that was released by Nintendo on the SNES in late 1995, and is my favourite game of all time. In the game, you play as Yoshi and set off on a quest to reunite baby Mario with his brother Luigi, while fending off Kamek who attempts to thwart your efforts at every turn.

A lot of my love for this game is nostalgia bias, I can remember playing it with my dad and brother when I was little. I never beat it as a kid due to not having the commitment, but finally 100% completed it when I was about 16-17 years old. It's an incredibly solid platformer, with smooth controls and mechanics that are not only easy to get a hang of but are also extremely fun. The levels aren't the most challenging, but all extremely fun. I genuinely believe this game is the best platformer, if not best video game, of all time.

I also absolutely LOVE the art direction for this game. The art was created by scanning hand-drawn images and recreating them through pixels. It also uses a lot of pseudo-3d effects using the Super FX2 microchip, which is also responsible for games like Star Fox. The thick pixel lines are extremely satisfying to look at, and the music as well as level design are amazing. The main artists behind it were Yoshiaki Koizumi and Hisashi Nogami, who both still work with Nintendo to this day.