What does collecting yarn actually do?

[CyberSlunk]

In this game or the original, does collecting yarn actually serve any purpose?

Score obviously, but does that do anything either?

[TheDarkPhantom]

Just like the old games, they do nothing other than adding to your score.

[CyberSlunk]

And score does nothing as well? No bonuses after a certain score?

[TheDarkPhantom]

Nope, there are no bonuses.
By getting higher scores on each level, you just increase your total score and get a higher place on the leaderboards, which to my surprise, has hacked/fake scores despite the game's fair difficulty. (Bubsy 1 is a nightmare compared to this)

[Null_User]

Scores were a thing back in the day. Now they have been replaced by Achievements/Trophies.

[CyberSlunk]

Actually, on wikipedia it says that collecting 500 yarn balls in the original gives you an extra life.

Is this true and if so is it the same in this one? I will begin attempting this as I await a response, whichever comes first.

[TheDarkPhantom]

I've played Bubsy 1 (Genesis version) more than anyone else would do, and this is the first time I'm hearing of this. I never got that much yarn in any level. If that's possible, then probably the player has to search the whole level for yarn balls; and that's something most people won't do, because it's so easy to lose lives in Bubsy 1 than earning them. It's seriously hard.

And no, you cannot get lives by collecting yarn in Woolies Strike Back. This game uses the T-Shirt system for lives. You have 9 lives at the start of each level and since there's no health bars, if you get hit by the enemies, you lose a life. By collecting a T-Shirt. you get a shield which protects you from 1 hit. But if you don't lose it, every other T-Shirt you collect, will add to your total amount of lives in that level. But honestly, there's usually no need to collect lives other than getting the "Collect all T-Shirts" achievements; because this game is really easy compared to the other games in the series.