>>423583 Yoshi's Island had great gameplay, music, unique looks, and did graphical things on the console that made it look like a game from a newer console - and combined all the gimmicks with gameplay elements too (for ex. the rolling boulder will start moving if you step on its side, the weight of Yoshi causing the boulder to roll).
As anon 2 says, there were soooo many shows like this. I remember one called the Flying Bears or something, that was almost the same, just with fairy bears. The Little Flying Bears