Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 1995

Is it still worth playing?

Nintendo's 1995 platformer for the Super NES, in which you play Yoshi carrying baby Mario to rescue baby Luigi. There are 48 levels across six worlds, and every fourth level is a boss fight. Yoshi has a flutter jump and throws eggs, carrying up to six. When he is hit, baby Mario floats away on a countdown that starts at 10 seconds and can reach 30 with power-ups. Two hidden levels in each world unlock after you perfect all eight levels in it. It was the first game to use Argonaut Games's Super FX2 chip, and its hand drawn look came from scanning drawings and approximating them pixel by pixel. The art and the countdown that replaces a health bar make it worth playing today, with pastel colours, large backdrops and expressive sprites.