Yoshi's Island 4 is the fourth level on Yoshi's Island in Super Mario World. It takes place on a lake and features a lot of platforms floating in the water as well as giant mushroom platforms. The water underneath carry the player backwards if fallen into.

Overview[edit]

This level consists of a main area, an optional area, and a short screen with the Giant Gate. The Player is allowed 300 seconds on the Timer to complete. This level contains five Dragon Coins, and introduces Cheep Cheeps and Pokeys.

The island action spreads to both screens on the Nintendo DS, letting you see twice as much of the game at all times. Yoshi's Island DS combines challenging gameplay with a beautiful aesthetic. A faithful Sequel to one of the best of the 16bit eraYoshi's Island doesn't mess with the original's formula and really just adds some new elements here and there. Yoshi's Island DS has a rating of E, meaning it's suitable for gamers of all ages.

The player starts on a mushroom platform with three Cheep Cheeps circling underneath, and, if the player has completed the Yellow Switch Palace, a yellow ! Block containing a Super Mushroom is also there. If the player can jump onto the mushroom platform directly above the starting point off-screen and then run across the platform from left to right, they can reveal a hidden 1-Up Mushroom. Also early in the level is a ? Yoshi's island timeline. Block containing a Fire Flower. Continuing on, the player can notice small, floating platforms in the water that serve as the ground for most of the level. However, standing on these platforms too long cause them to sink into the water, so the player must keep moving. Eventually, Floating Mines roll down the current, which must be avoided. Near the middle of the level, a Warp Pipe takes the player to a waterless area where several Pokeys and a Message Block reside. The Message Block tells the player how to leave a level already cleared easily.

After leaving this area, there is a Switch Block on a Rotating Block, and a Super Star in another Rotating Block. Pressing the Switch Block makes the line of coins to the right transform into Empty Blocks, and red Koopa Troopas fall from higher up Empty Blocks. The rest of the level consists of avoiding Floating Mines and Cheep Cheeps. At the end, the player can use the Message Block near the Giant Gate to gain extra points; this Message Block tells the player all about bonus points.

Enemies[edit]

• Cheep Cheep: 6
• Floating Mine: 9
• Pokey: 3
• Koopa Troopa: 3 (red)

Names in other languages[edit]

World 4 in Yoshi's Island DS takes place in the mountains of Yoshi's Island, becoming snowier and colder in the second half as Yoshi scales greater heights. In World 4-5, Baby Bowser encounters Yoshi and his party, and decides to join them on their adventure. However, this alliance is short-lived, as at the end of the world, Baby Bowser abandons the party as he attempts to go off with Kamek. World 4, like all other worlds in the game, has a total of ten levels; six regular, two hidden, and two bosses. The bosses in this world are Six-Face Sal and Big Guy the Stilted.

Level info[edit]

• 4-1: Rock 'n' Fall – This level takes place on the cliffs of Yoshi's Island. Yoshi needs to jump across rocks while avoiding getting crushed by ones coming from above.
• 4-2: High-Speed Cart Race – This level takes place on a high mountain. Yoshi uses a cart to progress through the level.
• 4-3: In the Clouds – This level takes place in the skies of Yoshi's Island where Yoshi has to bounce on clouds to progress though the level.
• 4-4: Six Face Sal's Fort – This level is inside a fortress filled with lava and Fangs, the boss of this level is Six Face Sal.
• 4-5: Friend or Foe? – This level introduces Baby Bowser who can be used to melt ice and light up dark places.
• 4-6: Slip Slidin' Away – This level is on a icy mountain and has a lot of Bumpties which Yoshi must avoid.
• 4-7: Teeth-Chattering Chill Zone – This level involves using the slippery ice as an advantage and as something to beware of, the latter parts of the level introduces Ski Yoshi.
• 4-8: Castle of Big Guy the Stilted – This level takes place in a Castle and involves using Baby Bowser as a shortcut to trigger things that normally require eggs, Big Guy the Stilted is the boss of the castle.
• Secret 4: Hurry and Throw! – This level is inside a castle where the screen autoscrolls in a circle; Yoshi has to run around and collect the three Number Balls to open the door to the next section, where Yoshi has to jump off of the heads of Koopa Paratroopas in the sky.
• Extra 4: Let There Be Light! – A level which begins in a dark fortress with Spikes and Bullet Bills, leading to a space section with Flatbed Ferries, Spinners, and more spikes.