Yoshi's Woolly World Blue Shy Guy

This article is about the level in Yoshi's Woolly World. For the level in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, see King Bowser's Castle (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island). For the place, see Bowser's Castle.
Level
King Bowser's Castle
World-Level6-8
GameYoshi's Woolly World
BossBaby Bowser
MusicKing Bowser's Castle 1
King Bowser's Castle 2
Vs Baby Bowser
Vs Mega Baby Bowser
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King Bowser's Castle is the eighth level of World 6 in Yoshi's Woolly World, and, by extension, the final compulsory level of the game.

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Layout[edit]

The level begins with Skeleton Goonies and a cannon leading to Bowser's Castle. A segment containing Fangs and Tap-Taps follows, leading to a door. This, in turn, leads to a four statues where Yoshi must find the correct color yarn for each, with the both checkpoints on either side and it has a few Hook Guys . Yoshi must first go to the left, and enter a segment with Black Shy Guys. He must then head up the stairs, past some Fly Guys (where the Moon is visible again) to an area with eight fast-moving Fly Guys. The next segment consists of more Shy Guys, as well as some Bomb Guys. The segment below it consists of water and a fast-moving yarn ball pendulum. Yoshi must hit an ! Switch at the top left of the segment and make his way to a blue warp pipe, then head left to a more secret area where he can find blue Shy Guys. Yoshi must then head back to the statues and fill them in with the appropriate colors, causing a larger statue to reveal a door. Kamek will then try to ambush Yoshi in a similar fashion to previous Yoshilevels. This leads to the boss door.

Collectibles[edit]

Smiley Flowers[edit]

  • Smiley Flower 1: At the bottom left of the Black Shy Guy segment, Yoshi must fill in a hidden platform outline and enter a red warp pipe. Inside the secret area, Yoshi must head right and eat a Present Box to reveal the Smiley Flower.
  • Smiley Flower 2: Collected after falling down the pit marked with an arrow sign, just below the fast-moving Fly Guys.
  • Smiley Flower 3: When reaching the segment with Bomb Guys, Yoshi must jump on a Shy Guy Tower to reach an alcove on the right. Inside the secret area, Yoshi will encounter two Present Boxes and one Fooly Flower. The left Present Box contains the Smiley Flower.
  • Smiley Flower 4: In the segment immediately to the right of the statue area, Yoshi must hit the ! Switch and make his way down to the ! Block platform, then head right and jump to collect the Smiley Flower.
  • Smiley Flower 5: In a Present Box near the final Lunge Fish.

Wonder Wools[edit]

  • Wonder Wool 1: Unveiled after filling in a hidden platform outline just above the entrance to the Black Shy Guy segment.
  • Wonder Wool 2: After passing the first Fly Guys, Yoshi must jump over to the left, jump onto the bead dispenser, hit a Winged Cloud above and to the right of him, follow the cloud platforms upwards, then jump to the right and bounce on three Fly Guys to get the Wonder Wool.
  • Wonder Wool 3: Unveiled after defeating the eight fast-moving single-file Fly Guys.
  • Wonder Wool 4: Unveiled after defeating all Shy Guys and Bomb Guys in the segment at the top right of the statue area.
  • Wonder Wool 5: In a hidden Winged Cloud just above the only Clawdaddy.
Baby Bowser Yoshi

Collecting all of the Wonder Wools knits Baby Bowser Yoshi back together.

Enemies[edit]

  • Baby Bowser (boss)

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaning
Japaneseさあゆくぞ!ベビィクッパ
Saa Yukuzo! Bebi Kuppa
Now, Let's Go! Baby Bowser
Korean베이비쿠파의 성
Beibikupa'ui Seong
Baby Bowser's Castle
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Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World
ProtagonistsPlayable charactersYoshis • Poochy*
AlliesBouncie • Fluffin' Puffin • Gold Lakitu* • Poochy • Poochy Pup*
LocationsWorldsWorld 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • Wonderful World of Wool (★-S)
Otheramiibo Hut • Boss Tent • Craft Island • Poochy Hut* • Scrapbook Theater • Yoshi Hut • Yoshi Theater*
Poochy Dash levels*Galloping Green Meadow • Hotheaded Lava Fields • Stitchy Scramble • Zippy Lagoon • Bobsledding Peaks • Fort Bombs Away
Items and objectsArrow Lift • Bead • Chomp Rock • Egg-Plant • Fire watermelon • Flipper • Goal Ring • Heart • Ice watermelon • Invincibility Egg • Item Balloon • Key • Number Platform • Paddle wheel • Pencil Patch* • Post • Power Badge • Present Box • Smiley Flower • Spring Ball • Stamp Patch** • Transformation Door • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Winged Cloud • Wonder Wool • Yarn Ball • Yarn Basket
BossesBig Montgomery • Knot-Wing the Koopa • Burt the Bashful • Bunson the Hot Dog • Miss Cluck the Insincere • Naval Piranha • Snifberg the Unfeeling • Kamek • Baby Bowser / Mega Baby Bowser
EnemiesBill Blaster • Bomb Guy • Boo Guy • Bull's-Eye Bill • Bullet Bill • Bullet Bill Patch • Bumpty • Burrbert • Burt • Cheep Cheep • Clawdaddy • Fang • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flooff • Fluffy Phantom • Fly Guy • Fooly Flower • Frame Boo • Frame Chomp • Gargantua Blargg • Goonie • Gusty • Hook Guy • Hot Dog • Ice Snifit • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Drop • Li'l Smooch Spider • Little Mouser • Lunge Fish • Miss Cluck • Monty Mole • Monty Mole Patch • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Nipper Spore Patch • Peeply • Pharaoh Guy • Piranha Plant • Pokey Pom • Ruffin' Tumble • Ruffin' Tumble Patch • Seedy Sally • Short Fuse • Shy Guy • Shy Guy Tower • Skeleton Goonie • Smooch Spider • Snag-Stitch • Snifit • Snoot • Snow Guy • Spray Fish • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stilt Guy • Tap-Tap • Wall Lakitu • Wik • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woollet Bill • Woozy Guy
*Only in Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World • ** Only in Yoshi's Woolly World
Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly Worldlevels
World 1World 2World 3
Yarn Yoshi Takes Shape!
Bounceabout Woods
Sponge Cave Spelunking
Big Montgomery's Fort
Knitty-Knotty Windmill Hill
Shy But Deadly
Clawdaddy Beach
Burt the Bashful's Castle
Hang Tongue!
Across the Fluttering Dunes
Duplicitous Delve
Walk the Chomp to Unwind
Knot-Wing the Koopa's Fort
Spiky Stroll
Lava Scarves and Red-Hot Blarggs
The Desert Pyramid Beckons!
Bunson the Hot Dog's Castle
Perils of the Perplexing Pyramid
Yoshi and Cookies
Wobble Mobile Jaunt
Scarf-Roll Scamper
Big Montgomery's Bubble Fort
Fluffin' Puffin Babysitting
A-Mazing Post Pounding
Fanciful Fluff and Feathers
Miss Cluck the Insincere's Castle
Woollet Bill's Last Ride
World 4World 5World 6
Monkeying Round and Round
Lakitu Peekaboo
Rollin' Down the River
Knot-Wing the Koopa's Aqua Fort
Sunset at Curtain Falls
Spooky Scraps! Don't Get Spooked!
Yoshi Branches Out
Naval Piranha's Sewer
Naval Piranha 2: Now It's Personal!
Fluffy Snow, Here We Go!
Frozen Solid and Chilled
Flying-Carpet Cruise
Big Montgomery's Ice Fort
A Little Light Snowfall
Up Shuttlethread Pass
Snowy Mountain Lift Tour
Snifberg the Unfeeling's Castle
Yoshi's Curtain Call
Lair of the Smooch Spiders
Snag-Stitch Mountain
Vamoose the Lava Sluice!
Knot-Wing the Koopa's Sky Fort
Yoshi, the Terror of All Boos
Feel Fuzzy, Get Clingy
Kamek's Last-Ditch Flyby
King Bowser's Castle
Skeleton Goonies' Lava Lair
World ☆
Wonderful World of Wool

The following is a list of Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World Yoshi designs that are unlocked throughout the game. Most designs are unlocked by collecting Wonder Wool scattered through each level. Other designs are unlocked through scanning certain amiibo, listed below, as well as any variant of the amiibo. Scanning a non-compatible amiibo will result in the generic.

  • Nov 05, 2015  Yoshi's Woolly World isn't like other platforming games. A Shy Guy wielding a crochet hook can’t be dealt with until you cap its weapon with a yarn ball, yielding a satisfying ‘pop’ like.
  • Welcome to the Walkthrough for Yoshi's Woolly World. In the game, Yoshi must set out across six different worlds to rescue and rebuild his fellow yarny brethren, and stop Magi-koopa and his schemes.
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    • Platforms:
    • Wii U |
  • Developer: Good-Feel
  • Publisher:Nintendo
  • Release: October 16, 2015

The magic of Yoshi’s Woolly World is hard to appraise without experiencing it directly. It’s visually striking, sure, and full of creative, crafty morsels, but even if you think you know what to expect when you first pick up the controller, I’d wager you’ll quickly be surprised at how much fun and happiness it’s able to offer at every turn. As the first Yoshi game on a console in over twenty years, it has a lot to live up to, but while it’s been informed by some of the best aspects of its predecessor, Yoshi’s Woolly World isn’t afraid to knit its own lovable legacy.

Nintendo has released a number of games boasting unique visual themes in the last few years, but Good-Feel’s Yoshi’s Woolly World is in a class all its own. Its knitted aesthetic bears the unrestrained creativity of a child’s craft project, made up of arbitrary combinations, re-purposed items, and ingenious ideas, and the world looks like someone just let their imagination run wild. Along with yarn, the game uses all sorts of craft room staples to construct its world; wicker, buttons, wire and knitting needles all make appearances over the course of the adventure, and it was always great to see how the designers had managed to implement familiar items in creative new ways. It all feels so lovingly handcrafted; Good-Feel has maintained such attention to detail that you can’t help but be constantly impressed and charmed by the small touches on display in every stage and screen.

Interacting with this adorable locale is one of the best parts of Yoshi’s Woolly World. Yoshi can unravel parts of stages that have loose threads, spooling the wool into a yarn ball and uncovering a new area, and wire-frame structures won’t be of any use until you throw some yarn at them and give them substance. The craft-based logic is delightful, especially when it comes to tackling the variety of enemies. While Yoshi can unravel most of his foes with a flick of his tongue, some require a more tactful approach; a Shy Guy wielding a crochet hook can’t be dealt with until you cap its weapon with a yarn ball, yielding a satisfying ‘pop’ like corking a bottle. These small but charming details work together to make Yoshi’s Woolly World’s aesthetic feel like much more than a visual shake-up, and play a massive role in constructing and maintaining the heartwarming atmosphere.

It might look unlike any of Yoshi’s past adventures, but Yoshi’s Woolly World is very much a traditional Yoshi game. Players still consume enemies, turn them into projectiles, and toss them at various obstacles and clouds. There’s still collectibles hidden high and low, and Yoshi still abuses his flutter jump. Vehicle transformations — now more adorable than ever — add short bursts of variety and unique level design, and most importantly don’t pop up too often. Poochy, Yoshi’s own adorable mount, adds yet more variety to the game’s level design and puzzles, but overall Good-Feel didn’t try to stray too far from the time-tested formula the series is founded upon. There isn’t much new mechanically with Yoshi’s Woolly World, and for many players that will be quite alright. Yoshi fans have waited a long time for a game that boasts the same quality and ingenuity as the original, and while Yoshi’s Woolly World may never reach the same heights as its SNES predecessor, it blows it away in other less salient aspects.

Yoshi's Woolly World Blue Shy Guy Costume

Playing Yoshi’s Woolly World is calming, more so than almost any other game I’ve played in recent memory. It wraps you in its soft, plush environments and lets you just explore and enjoy, and there’s really something beautiful in that. Seeing familiar elements and enemies created within the constraints of the craft room seemed almost like a child was using what he could find to build his own Nintendo adventure, and that resourceful creativity endeared Yoshi’s Woolly World to me in an almost nostalgic fashion.

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Good-Feel designed Yoshi’s Woolly World to be enjoyed, not struggled through. There’s no time limit, no lives and even an alternate difficulty setting that grants Yoshi wings. Accessibility and broad appeal has dragged down the quality of some of Yoshi’s recent excursions, but Yoshi’s Woolly World manages to find a happy balance that has plenty to offer to players of all proficiencies. The stages themselves aren’t always challenging in their core design, but players brave enough to test themselves to seek out all of the collectibles will find a significantly more difficult experience awaits them. Good-Feel makes those trinkets desirable, too; snagging all the skeins of yarn in a level will unlock a new patterned Yoshi to play as in subsequent stages, while grabbing as many gems as you can will help fund any badges you might want to apply, which grant abilities and bonuses for a single stage and often help neutralize any frustrations that may be obstructing progress.

Each stage in Yoshi’s Woolly World is built around a single idea or theme, and Good-Feel shows great commitment in realizing each one both mechanically and visually; one of the best, Clawdaddy Beach, introduces yarn-skipping puzzles and sunbathing Shy Guys. They’re all solid and enjoyable, if often unremarkable, but every once in awhile Yoshi’s bespoke abilities and Woolly World’s fantastic aesthetic combine for some true platforming magic. These highs represent the best of Yoshi’s Woolly World, and while they’re not quite as frequent as one would hope, the experience as a whole remains joyful and relaxing. Much of this is due to the fantastic soundtrack, which is the most emphatic contributor to its bright personality after its visuals. Comprised of jazz, rock and tranquil acoustic pieces, the entire soundtrack is beautifully arranged, instilling the game with a cheerful, uplifting and warm atmosphere. So many tunes made me feel like a kid running through the grass in summer, amazed by life and lifted by happiness, and that powerful emotional response is arguably Yoshi’s Woolly World’s greatest success.

Yoshi

Yoshi’s fuzzy adventure can also be played with a partner, and like many of Nintendo’s recent multiplayer platformers, the experience frequently shifts between delightful and infuriating. You can slurp up your partner and use them as ammo, effectively providing an extra egg whenever you need it, but it’s too easy to do so accidentally, an issue that caused frustration between my partner and I as we tried to work together as equals to navigate stages and uncover their secrets. I also found myself hitting and being hit by my partner as we both tried to throw our yarn balls at various platforms and enemies on screen, which too often caused one of us to be knocked off a platform and plummet to our deaths. Good-Feel’s intent for including this friendly-fire may have been to instill a bit of humor or added challenge, and while those goals were achieved, it ended up sparking more annoyed remarks than shared laughter. With that said, however, experiencing Yoshi’s Woolly World’s best levels with a partner is fantastic fun; grasping each stage’s unique mechanics or features together offers a great canvas for collaboration, and the moments of culmination, where a stage crescendos with a series of obstacles or a gigantic set piece, are even more exciting and memorable when experienced with another player sitting next to you.

Yoshi's Woolly World Blue Shy Guy Stuffed Animal


Closing Comments:

Yoshi’s Woolly World isn’t like other platforming games. It’s not even like most of Nintendo’s own platformers, and it’s important to understand that before taking the plunge. It’s a game that, while increasingly difficult, is never designed to really test the player; instead, it seeks to envelop you in soft, cozy visuals, calming, delightful music, and ceaseless, smile-inducing creativity. It’s a fantastic ride, and one of the Wii U’s very best and most unique titles. Yoshi’s Woolly World won’t suit everyone, but if you find yourself drawn towards its plush, adorable aesthetic, it might be one of the most emotionally pleasant experiences you have all year.

Woolly
Dermot Creegan
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Version Reviewed: Wii U

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