Yoshi and the Mysterious Book features a surprising ode to Super Mario Galaxy

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book includes a moon-themed stage where Yoshi and Raphael the Raven platform around tiny planets, strongly evoking Super Mario Galaxy.

The article argues this is not a simple callback, but part of a longer Nintendo design lineage.

It traces gravity-based space platforming back through Yoshi’s Island and even Super Mario Land 2, years before Galaxy.

The piece highlights how Nintendo repeatedly revisits and evolves older ideas across generations, including in the run-up to the Nintendo Switch 2 era.