Yoshi's Safari
Yoshi's Safari is the first and so far the only dedicated rail shooting game in the Mario franchise, and one of the few games to use the SNES's Super Scope light gun peripheral. Gameplay consists of shooting…
Yoshi's Safari is a shooter developed by Nintendo R&D1, released 14 July 1993 on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Yoshi's Safari is
Yoshi's Safari is a shooter game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released in 1993. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Yoshi's Safari, Bowser, King of the Koopas, and his evil offspring have invaded Jewelry Land. The Koopalings have seized the Kingdom's precious jewels. It's up to Mario, armed with his trusty Super Scope, to ride Yoshi to track down Bowser and put a stop to his evil plans.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Yoshi's Safari is the 118th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario & Wario in 1993.
What it launched against
Yoshi's Safari launched on 14 July 1993, within three weeks of Street Fighter II' Turbo, Super Mario All-Stars, Daytona USA and The Punisher.
Released around the same time: Street Fighter II' Turbo, Super Mario All-Stars, Daytona USA, The Punisher.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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