What lies beneath the charming exterior of Yoshi's Woolly World?

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How does a woolly Yoshi Amiibo stand up? It's something that Eurogamer's Wesley Yin-Poole likes to ask me when he thinks he is being funny. The truth, of course, is that there is more than wool to the little toys - a structure hidden beneath the surface. Yoshi's Woolly World, the game that those toys work with, is similar. Its exterior hides something else as well, although the answer to what lies beneath is a little more complicated.
If Woolly World looks somewhat familiar then you're probably thinking of the similarly charming Wii platformer Kirby's Epic Yarn. Indeed, the two share a developer in frequent Nintendo collaborator Good-Feel (who also worked on Wario Land: The Shake Dimension).
Like Epic Yarn, Woolly World's levels feel like they have been stitched together like tapestry, each area a patchwork of fibres, zips, pockets and buttons that players can interact with and romp over, marvelling at how surfaces and objects unspool and untie themselves at a touch (or lick) of Yoshi's tongue.
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