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Yoshi

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Yoshi

Dec 14, 1991

Main game

2.70 average rating based on 369 ratings

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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.
Release Dates
Dec 14, 1991 Full Release (Japan)
Family Computer
Jun 01, 1992 Full Release (North_America)
Nintendo Entertainment System
Dec 30, 1992 Full Release (Europe)
Nintendo Entertainment System
Sep 1994 Full Release (Brazil)
Nintendo Entertainment System
Mar 06, 2007 Full Release (Japan)
Wii
May 16, 2007 Full Release (Australia)
Wii
May 16, 2007 Full Release (Europe)
Wii
Jul 09, 2007 Full Release (North_America)
Wii
Aug 12, 2008 Full Release (Korea)
Wii
Aug 22, 2012 Full Release (Japan)
Nintendo 3DS
Feb 21, 2013 Full Release (North_America)
Nintendo 3DS
May 02, 2013 Full Release (Australia)
Nintendo 3DS
May 02, 2013 Full Release (Europe)
Nintendo 3DS
Jun 12, 2013 Full Release (North_America)
Wii U
Jun 12, 2013 Full Release (Japan)
Wii U
Jun 13, 2013 Full Release (Europe)
Wii U
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User Stats
882
In Collection
78
Wish Listed
11
Playing
137
Backlogged
How Long Is Yoshi?
100% completion: 1.0 hours
Total completions: 1
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SelfTeachingKings
SelfTeachingKings gave Dec 19, 2017
SelfTeachingKings gave Dec 19, 2017
PURE Puzzle Panic indeed

The box art doesn't like, the game is as pure (read bare-bones) as it can be.

So I can't say that the game is bad, it's just not my cup of tea. The puzzle aspect works but it just seems too simple and repetitive for my taste. After playing a few minutes I was like "I get it, I don't need to play this anymore."

Since the core gameplay concept is sound I think the game could actually be good if it had more depth.

NOTE: I always recommend that people try games themselves, nobody likes like YOU like. ;-)

Roach
Roach gave Aug 7, 2025
Roach gave Aug 7, 2025
Egg Stacker
This review is for the Nintendo Switch version

It is unsurprising to me how much I enjoy this game considering I was obsessed with the Lilo and Stitch 625 Sandwich Stacker game as a kid.

Yoshi is a very simple vertical stacking puzzle game. The puzzle pieces appear as various enemies from the Mario series. If you stack like-monsters on top of each other, they disappear from the stack. You can also eliminate a stack by placing two halves of a broken egg shell to create a giant monster egg tower before the egg pieces reunite and disappear the stack.

There is no campaign or unlockables. Just endless puzzle play and earning a new high score as the motivation to keep going. There is a 2-player versus mode if you're feeling competitive.

Jenna
Jenna gave Aug 31, 2013
Jenna gave Aug 31, 2013
Jenna's review of Yoshi

We got this for my mom when we bought her an NES one year as a Christmas gift (our family LOVES video games, especially the old school stuff). I didn't have a clue what it was about, seeing as it was just the cartridge with no box. I just figured since it had Yoshi in it, it might be fun. Unfortunately it wasn't a platformer like I thought it was, but it's a good little time-waster in the vein of Tetris.