So after literally 12 years since I first tried Woolly World back in the day, I finally beat it.
In my defense, I took a long break from console playing after my Wii U and never played much of Woolly World at the time. For nearly ten years I basically just played PC games, up until I randomly inherited a Nintendo Switch Lite from my brother… After dabbling with a few games what really hooked me was Yoshi’s Crafted World, and I absolutely adored it. I think that game is really underrated, and while I understand some folks complain about the music, I understand what they were going for. Maybe it didn’t perfectly land, but I still enjoyed the game. It certainly leaned hard into that craft paper aesthetic with a classic Yoshi “nick jr.” theme to it. I played that game when I was sick and man it just made me happy.
When I dove into my retro gaming hobby I loaded up on a lot of old favorites from the Wii U. One of the games I picked up was Woolly World, as while I tried the game back in the day I never actually played it much. Finally getting a chance to play it through properly, I totally get why that game is beloved. I quite enjoyed Crafted World and in many ways I’d argue it’s just as good as Woolly World, but I can’t deny that the music and general feel of Woolly World is superior. As suggested in the title, the Good Feel developer just makes feel good games. It’s hard to not crack a smile and relax when you’re playing something they created. Granted I tried Peach’s Showtime and was a bit disappointed by that, but largely I think they mastered this style of game. Now that I finished Woolly World I plan to go back and beat Kirby’s Epic Yarn and Wario Land Shake It! Both games I’ve tried, but never fully played through. My craving for feel good games yearns for more though, and those titles are next on my list to play. Of course Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is coming up, and I’m certainly looking forward to that game! Fingers crossed it’s as good as it looks. At the very least it’s yet another fascinating art direction from Good Feel, and I’m eagerly awaiting playing that game on my Switch 2.
It’s a bit funny, but while folks might fanboy over big developers like Insomniac, Bethesda, or Naughty Dog… I’m out here just looking for a good feel good game from Good Feel. 🙂
-K
