Overview and Gameplay
Mario and Yoshi sort cookies in Yoshi’s Cookie, a NES puzzle game built around sliding rows and columns instead of rotating falling blocks. The player moves a cursor over a cookie grid and rearranges lines to make complete rows or columns of matching cookie types.
Heart, Flower, Diamond, Check, Circle, and Yoshi cookies appear on the board. Matching lines disappear, the special Yoshi Cookie can help clear groups, and the one-player game ends if the cookie pile reaches the edges of the playfield.
Controls And Mechanics
- The Control Pad moves the cursor around the cookie grid.
- Button A moves cookies by shifting the selected row or column.
- Button B makes new cookies drop faster in one-player mode.
- Start begins play, pauses, and resumes the game.
- Select is used for setup and menu choices.
- Two-player mode is a versus game where players compete on separate 5×5 grids and race to fill a point meter.
Version Notes
The NES version is separate from the Game Boy and Super NES releases. The Japanese title is Yoshi no Cookie.
Release And Credits
- USA NES release year: 1993
- Developer: TOSE
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Japanese title: Yoshi no Cookie
