Yoshi (video game)
| Yoshi | |
|---|---|
North American NES box art | |
| Developer(s) | Game Freak |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Satoshi Tajiri |
| Producer(s) | |
| Designer(s) | Satoshi Tajiri |
| Artist(s) | Ken Sugimori |
| Composer(s) | Junichi Masuda |
| Series | |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy |
| Release | NESGame Boy |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Yoshi, known as Mario & Yoshi in PAL regions, is a puzzle video game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo. It was released for the NES and Game Boy platforms. Both versions were first released simultaneously in Japan on December 14, 1991, and released in all other regions the following year.
In Yoshi, the player is tasked with clearing monsters from the on-screen playing field. The monsters fall in from the top of the screen to build vertical stacks; the player must prevent a stack from growing too high such that it exits the play field. In order to do so, the player swaps and moves the stacks about such that falling monsters collide with identical monsters stationed atop the stacks, causing them to be removed from play. Yoshi offers both a scoring-focused single-player mode and a competitive two-player mode.