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Yoshi (1991)

Game Freak

Family Computer · Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii · Wii U

2.70 from 369 ratings

882 members have it in their collection · 11 playing now · 135 backlogged · 78 wish listed

How long? · 100% 1h (from 1 logged playthrough)

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.
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Details

Developers
Game Freak
Publishers
Nintendo, Playtronic
Genres
Puzzle, Strategy
Themes
Fantasy
Franchises
Mario, Yoshi
Series
Super Mario

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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NSO Classics Collection - NES by Roach · 84 games · 2

Rating distribution

5 stars
16
4 stars
44
3 stars
158
2 stars
117
1 star
34
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Roach

Review Roach 3/5 · Aug 7, 2025

Egg Stacker

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 …

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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.

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SelfTeachingKings

Review SelfTeachingKings 2/5 · 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 …

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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. ;-)

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Jenna

Review Jenna 3/5 · Aug 31, 2013

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. …

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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.

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