Gameplay

Controls

Input	Action
Control Stick	Walk (Speed changes depending on the strength of the tilt) "Up" to look upwards "Down" to crouch
+ Control Pad	"Up" and "Down" to change the size of the Fruit Frame
A Button	Jump Control Stick "Down" while jumping to Ground Pound Hold "A" to Flutter Jump Hold Control Stick "Up" and "A" to high Flutter Jump
B Button	Stick out Yoshi's tongue to swallow enemies or fruits
C Buttons	Display the egg-throwing cursor →Control Stick to Move it / "B" to cancel / "Z" to throw
Z Button	Display the egg-throwing cursor →Control Stick to Move it / "B" to cancel / "Z" again to throw
L Button	Toggle the display of the Fruit Frame
R Button	Sniff-Sniff
START	Pause
A＋B＋L＋Z	Exit the level

Overview

The story follows the Yoshis who are trapped in a storybook world and embark on an adventure to retrieve the stolen "Super Happy Tree." The storybook world consists of 6 pages, each containing 4 levels. By clearing any one level on a page, you move on to the next page. Each level contains 3 hidden 'Special Hearts,' and collecting more will unlock additional levels on the next page.

There are no goals in the levels. You clear a level by eating 30 pieces of fruit. There are 5 types of fruit: apple, banana, watermelon, grape, and melon. Each level contains 60 pieces of fruit. Additionally, there are 6 Yoshi colors: red, pink, yellow, green, blue, and light-blue, each of which favorite fruits that match their color. The Smile Meter at the top-left of the screen represents your life. By eating favorite fruit restores more life. All Yoshis like the melon, and the healing amount for all of them is the same. Each story also has a designated Lucky Fruit, which all Yoshis like, and eating it fully restores your life. Furthermore, Yoshis have preferences for enemies as well. Eating an enemy of the same color will restore more life. By eating fruits and enemies or defeating enemies, Yoshi's Mood will increase and be recorded as the score.

In addition to the 6 normal Yoshi colors, black and white Yoshis are hidden in some levels. Unlike the normal Yoshis, these Yoshis like all fruits and can eat most enemies to recover life. Also, the fireworks that appear when throwing eggs are larger.

Modes

The Story Mode is a mode that you progress through the levels on each page. The final score is the total of the scores accumulated from each page, and the ending changes depending on the score.

The Trial Mode allows you to play the levels cleared in Story Mode. A high score is recorded for each levels.

Scores

Below is a list of factors that add to the score. The "Heal Amount" for enemies varies depending on the enemy (See Enemies).

Eat a Lucky Fruit	8
Eat a Favorite Fruit	3
Eat a Melon	3
Eat other Fruits	1
Eat a Heart Fruit	8
Eat an enemy	Heal Amount
Defeat an enemy by stomping or hitting with an egg	Heal Amount×2
Collect a Coin	1
Collect a Special Heart	100
For each Melon you collect (at the end of the level)	100
For each Yoshi remaining (at the end of the level)	100