Twelve frames for a single second

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To produce stop-motion animation, you position models by hand, take a photo, move them a bit, take another photo, and so on. You have to keep track of how Yoshi and the objects around him should be moving as you photograph frame by frame, so it’s a pretty painstaking process.

12 photos are needed to create one second’s worth of animation. Put the above photos together and what do you get?

Behind the scenes

Let’s take a look at what happens during the animation process. This is the set where the animation takes place. With all the tools and equipment around, it gets kind of cluttered.

If you look closely at the photos, you’ll see that Yoshi and his pals are held in place by metal clamps. These are called “rigs,” and they’re used to keep objects in the positions they need to be.

The many faces of Yoshi

During the shorts, you may have noticed how Yoshi has all sorts of different facial expressions. How do they do that?

Here are some of the parts used for Yoshi’s eyes. These can be switched in-between frames to let Yoshi blink, change expressions, and more.

The Yoshi featured in the shorts looks a lot like the Yarn Yoshi amiibo figure, but it’s actually a little different.

See how the arms and legs are longer? Plus, there are metal joints embedded inside the stop-motion Yoshi model, which makes it stiff and heavy. Thanks to these joints, the animators are able to make Yoshi hold poses and move with precision.

Photographing frames, rigs and all

Check out the difference between the original photos and the versions used in the animation. The rigs used to keep things in place stay in the shot and are then edited out later. That’s right – stop motion may seem like an old-fashioned method of animation, but it actually involve some pretty state-of-the-art image editing.

Here’s a behind the scenes clip we got our hands on to show you what the animation looked like during production.

A message from the production team

Here’s a message from Mr. Minegishi at dwarf, the animation studio, who lent his expertise to producing these animations:

“Stop motion Yoshi acts in his own special way, a way that’s different to the Yoshi you typically see in games. We hope that players will enjoy seeing Yoshi in a brand new light.”

In-game features

The game contains 30 different animated shorts. Each day you can watch a new one, so you’ll probably want to try to play at least once a day. You’ll also get quizzed on the movies you watch. You can try to answer the questions correctly to get Beads that are sure to help Yoshi along the way!

The lovable Poochy, who appears in the shorts, will also be getting his very own amiibo figure (sold separately or as part of a special bundle with Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World). It doesn’t move like Poochy does in the animated videos, but by scanning it at any time during a course you can call Poochy to your side, letting you continue the adventure with a faithful companion.

So if you ever need a little break from platforming in Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World, you can check out the stop-motion animated shorts! You can check out some of the videos and learn more about the game at the official Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World website.

Figures shown not actual size. Visit nintendo.com/amiibo for details on amiibo functionality.

ESRB Rating: Everyone with Mild Cartoon Violence

Disclaimer: It's long yet badly written one. If you have a complaint, please send it to your local space agency.

Fellow Nintendo & Yoshi fans! I present to you...

Yoshi & Poochy's Woolly World! :tada:

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The soundtrack was composed by Tomoya Tomita, Misaki Asada and Kazumi Totaka while the game was made by Good-Feel and released for the Wii U and 3DS (by the name of Poochy's and Yoshi Woolly World).

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Bounceabout Woods

How about we bounce around the woods? The jumpy sound is what makes this song as it is. The happy flute playing all over the song together with some really cool percussion, maybe a bit of xylophone and electronica here and there is what makes the song as it is! If you didn't know where to find it, try to play at the Stage with the same name!

So bring along your little Yoshi around when trekking in a forest and find some bounce pads! :smile:

The Desert Pyramid Beckons

A desert pyramid? Of course, take me there! With a guitar that starts off the song and plays throughout the song together with some oboe (closest I can come to) and the darbouka drum playing slowly is what makes this song so joyful, foreign sounding, yet a happy song! Why don't we jump onto a place with the same name?

(Again?!)

Lava Scarves and Red Hot Blargss

Some electric guitar and being on a volcano does sound right?! With a really strong start and drums jumping right, together with cymbals and some playing on a 'cow bell' (do you say so?) is what makes this song sound much more tougher and rougher compared to the majority of the tracks in Yoshi's Woolly World. You can find it when you're at the Stage with the same name.

(No way!)

Fluffin' Puffin Babysitting

Ahh.. yet another track with a stage with the same name. Let's fly above the clouds! With a really happy piano, guitar being in the background, clapping jumping in and a bass which lifts up the song are the ingredients for making a really happy song! So, let's play the stage!

Up Shuttlethread Pass

The beginning reminds me of the song being made to Nintendo 64. It is so wonderful, slow yet a calm song to be in a platformer like this. Xylophones coming in and makes you dream away to a place somewhere in your mind... :thought_balloon:

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The post is meant to somehow 'celebrate' (I don't know if it's right) for the release of the latest game in the Yoshi series:

Yoshi's Crafted World! :smile: *

Alright, I know what the majority of you would think:

*Eyy, you shouldn't celebrate such stupid game like that!*

By the way:

I love it.

But don't worry. I do have to confess that I like Yoshi, since he's cute.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading the texts and listening to the songs. Constructive feedback will as usual be welcomed, so don't be afraid to comment! I won't bite or do any harm. :blush:

*: The post is released before the release of the game. Sorry for the confusion.