Yoshi (game)

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Yoshi (game)
File:YoshiBox.jpg NES boxart.
Developer	Game Freak
Publisher	Nintendo
Released	June 1992
Genre	Puzzle
Modes	1-2 players
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainmant System, Game Boy, Virtual Console (Wii), Ambassador Title (3DS)
Media

Yoshi is a puzzle game in which enemies fall and Mario has to stack two of them on top of each other. If they're the same, they will disappear. The game was released for the NES, and Game Boy. It was also released in the Virtual Console for the Wii, Nintendo 3DS and Switch. This was also the first game in the Yoshi (series). The enemies are: Goombas, Boos, Bloopers and Piranha Plants. There are also eggshells, which, when matched, eat all enemies between them and provide bonus points.

File:Yoshi-vg.gif

The title screen of Yoshi with Yoshi jumping and smiling in front of an egg with a Baby Yoshi.

Game modes

1-Player Mode

File:MarioYGB.png

Game Boy version.

In this mode, only one player who controls Mario plays the game. There are two "types" of game to play, the A Type, and B Type. Before each game, the player sets the type of game, level of difficulty, speed of falling enemies, and in-game music for the game ahead. A board is made out of four "plates" which enemies fall onto. Mario uses left and right on the D-Pad to move about, and the Template:Button (Template:Button on Wii Virtual Console) and Template:Button (Template:Button on Wii Virtual Console) Buttons to make two plates switch places. In the NES version, each plate can hold up to 8 characters, while in the Game Boy version, the max is 7.

Mario must match the enemy icons to earn points and, hopefully, make a high score. Any two enemies placed together vertically make a match, earning Mario five points. A very handy way of clearing excess enemies from the board are egg halves. There are two halves that stack together to make a full egg, thus hatching a Little Yoshi and getting fifty points for Mario. When a top half is placed by itself on the board, it will dissipate. But if a bottom piece is placed, there it will stay until another falls on top of it for an ordinary match, or a top piece stacks onto it.

A handy little tip is that no matter how many enemies are on top of the bottom egg piece, if the top piece is placed on the same stack as the bottom, it will plow through the entire stack until it reaches its other half. This is also a big point boost, as any enemy inside the stack equals fifty points. It will also result in a larger Yoshi hatching from the egg. The levels of Yoshis are as follows:

Yoshi	Enemies (NES)	Enemies (GB)	Points
File:YoshiNES-BabyYoshi.png Little Yoshi	0-1	0	50
File:YoshiNES-RegYoshi.png Yoshi	2-4	1-3	100
File:YoshiNES-WingedYoshi.png Winged Yoshi	5-6	4-5	200
File:YoshiNES-StarYoshi.png Star Yoshi	7	6	500

A Type

File:ScreenYoshi.png

Famicom/NES version screenshot of A Type.

As the game progresses, more and more enemies come down, faster and faster. The game never ends, though. The only point is to make a high score. If the player has hatched at least 10 Yoshi's eggs before Game Over, a bonus chance will occur. Four eggs will appear on screen and hatch in succession. The player must press the A button as the eggs hatch, for a chance to earn some extra points. The better timed the press is, the better the Yoshi that is awarded. Besides Yoshi, the content in the eggs will change depending on how many were hatched before the game ended. If 100 eggs are hatched, Yoshi will continuously dance under the egg counter, and upon reaching Game Over, the game will congratulate the player as a "super player".

Eggs	Item (FC/NES)	Item (GB)
10	File:YoshiNES-Goomba-Score.png Little Goomba	Mushroom
20	File:YoshiNES-PiranhaPlant-Score.png Piranha Plant	Fire Flower
30	File:YNESBooSprite.png Boo Buddy	Super Star
40	File:BlooperYSNES.png Bloober	Boo Buddy
50	File:YoshiNES-Bobomb.png Bob-omb
60	File:YoshiNES-CheepCheep.png Cheep Cheep	Bob-omb
70+	File:YoshiNES-SuperStar-Score.png Super Star	Cheep Cheep

B Type

Exactly like the A Type, but now games are timed. When the board is completed, both the score and the amount of time spent on that game are recorded. Between levels, a short cutscene will play. Mario will ride Yoshi from the background to the foreground where he swallows an enemy or item, awarding bonus points.

Level	Reward	Bonus Points
1	File:YoshiNES-SuperMushroom.png Mushroom	50
2	File:YoshiNES-FireFlower-BType.png Fire Flower	100
3	File:YoshiNES-PiranhaPlant-BType.png Piranha Plant	150
4	File:YoshiNES-RedShell-BType.png Red Shell	200
5	File:YoshiNES-SuperStar-BType.png Super Star	250
6-7	File:YoshiNES-Apple-BType.png Apple	300
8-9	File:YoshiNES-Strawberry-BType.png Strawberry	400
10-11	File:YoshiNES-Melon-BType.png Melon	500
12-13	File:YoshiNES-Peach-BType.png Peach	600
14-15	File:YoshiNES-Grapes-BType.png Grapes	700
16-18	File:YoshiNES-Pineapple-BType.png Pineapple	800
19-21	File:YoshiNES-Cherries-BType.png Cherry	900
22-24	File:YoshiNES-Key-BType.png Key	1000
25-27	File:YoshiNES-Coin-BType.png Coin	1200
28+	File:YoshiNES-PSwitch-BType.png P Switch	1500

2-Player Mode

Before a player face-off, each one picks their own level and speed. The game is played with B Type rules. On the NES, the board is now split in half, left half for Player 1, Mario, right half for Player 2, Luigi. On the Game Boy, a counter is present comparing the number of enemies left on screen for both players. Enemies that become sandwiched between two egg shells will be sent to the other player's side as garbage blocks. If a player loses, they gain an "X", while the winning player (whoever was still alive when his opponent lost) gains an "O". An "X" simply signifies a lost game, and "O", one won. Won games are recorded on the upper part of each player board by Yoshi's eggs. If a player has three eggs, they win.

Characters

• Mario (Playable)
• Luigi (Playable)
• Yoshi
• Little Yoshi
• Little Goomba
• Bloober
• Boo Buddy
• Piranha Plant

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