 "Yoshi's Island" received "instant" and "universal acclaim", according to IGN and review aggregator Metacritic, and sold over four million copies.Reviewers praised the art, sound, level design, and gameplay, and posited "Yoshi's Island" as a masterpiece and one of the greatest video games of all time.The game brought newfound renown to both Yoshi as a character and Shigeru Miyamoto's artistic and directorial career.