The Mario and Yoshi puzzle game on NES: assemble Yoshi egg halves around enemies. Original and addictive concept. Nintendo at its best in puzzle. Easy to pick up, hard to master.
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Category
Puzzle4 players3+
Description
Puzzle game featuring Mario and Yoshi stacking enemies to create sandwiches. Published by Nintendo, released in Europe in 1992. Mario and Yoshi in top-down view on a grid, stacking enemies between two Yoshis to capture them. European version of Nintendo's Mario & Yoshi puzzle game.
Mario & Yoshi review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Stacking enemies to clear them and piecing together Yoshi eggs that hatch: the principle is utterly plain, yet you lose hours to it. The tempo speeds up slyly and every sealed shell brings a small victory. With several players, rivalry builds fast. Soft to look at, twitchy to play, this Nintendo puzzle heads straight for the essential.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Stacking falling pieces to line up two halves of a shell and hatch a Yoshi blends reflex and anticipation in short, snappy rounds. The speed climbs and each successful combination revives the hunt for the best score. The principle lacks a little depth over time, but its immediate tempo stays perfect for one more game.
The European PAL release of Nintendo's Mario & Yoshi puzzler, arriving late in 1992 as the NES faded in Europe in favour of the Super Nintendo. That narrow window thinned the continental print run, so a complete copy in its European cardboard box proves scarcer than the North American counterpart. Interest rests on this PAL late-release status of a second-tier Nintendo puzzler, sought mainly for the consistency of regional collections.
