Yoshi (video game)
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| Yoshi | |
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 European, NES version |
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| Developer(s) | Game Freak |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Designer(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Series | Yoshi/Mario |
| Platform(s) | Famicom/NES, Game Boy, Virtual Console |
| Release date | NES version JPN December 14, 1991 NA June 1992 EUDecember 10, 1992 VC version AUS May 18, 2007 EU May 18, 2007 JPN March 6, 2007 NA July 9, 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E (Everyone) (VC) |
| Media | 2-megabit cartridge |
Yoshi, known as Yoshi's Egg (ヨッシーのたまご Yosshī no Tamago?) in Japan and Mario & Yoshi in Europe and Australia, is a video game released for the Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) and the Game Boy.
From March to July 2007, the NES version was released for the Wii's Virtual Console across all four regions (Japan, Australia, Europe, and North America).
[edit] Gameplay
The player controls Mario or Luigi and tries to keep blocks with monsters inside that are falling from the top of the screen from piling up so high that they reach the top. Mario and Luigi attempt to prevent this by switching the different columns of enemy characters back and forth so that they are positioned under different falling objects.
If there is a chain of monsters within two yoshi egg shells, the egg shells will merge and a Yoshi will form, adding points and eliminating a group of monsters. The larger the chain of monsters between the two eggshells, the more powerful the Yoshi that is created will be.
[edit] Music and sound
The theme song was sampled by the Ambassadors of Funk for the song Mario & Yoshi. This song was included on the album Super Mario Compact Disco.
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