Yoshi
Yoshi is a puzzle game featuring the titular character. In this game, the player must stack two of the same Mario enemy on top of one another to clear them. The concept of the game was inspired by Tetris.
Yoshi is a puzzle developed by Game Freak, released 14 December 1991 on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Family Computer.
What Yoshi is
Yoshi is a puzzle game developed by Game Freak and released in 1991. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Yoshi is a puzzle game featuring the titular character. In this game, the player must stack two of the same Mario enemy on top of one another to clear them. The concept of the game was inspired by Tetris.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Yoshi is the 93rd of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Super Mario World in 1991. Its critic score of 47 is 30 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Yoshi holds a critic score of 47 out of 100. That places it above 5% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1991 averaged 68, so it scored 21 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Yoshi launched on 14 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams and The Godfather. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams, The Godfather.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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