Overview and Gameplay
Yoshi turns Mario’s world into a falling-block puzzle game. Instead of controlling the falling pieces directly, the player moves Mario under four stacks and swaps neighboring columns so matching enemies meet and disappear.
Goombas, Bloopers, Boos, Piranha Plants, and Yoshi egg halves fall from above. Matching enemies clears them, while placing a top egg half onto a bottom egg half hatches Yoshi. Trapping enemies between egg halves clears them for extra points.
Controls And Mechanics
- The Control Pad moves Mario or Luigi under the stacks and chooses menu options.
- Buttons A and B swap adjacent stacks.
- Start begins play and pauses the game.
- Select helps choose the player mode.
- A-Type is endless score play until the stacks overflow.
- B-Type is a stage-clearing mode where the goal is to remove all blocks.
- Two-player mode is competitive, with Mario and Luigi playing on separate fields.
Version Notes
The USA NES title is Yoshi. The game is known as Yoshi no Tamago in Japan and Mario & Yoshi in Europe.
Release And Credits
- USA NES release year: 1992
- Developer: Game Freak
- Publisher: Nintendo
