Editing Yoshi's Cookie

{{about|the game|the item of a similar name|[[Yoshi Cookie]]}}

{{Infobox

|image=[[File:Yoshi's Cookie NES - Box NA.jpg|200px]]<br>NES box art

|publisher=[[Nintendo]] (NES and Game Boy) <br> [[Bullet-Proof Software]] (SNES)

|released= '''NES:'''<br>{{released|Japan|November 21, 1992|USA|April 1993|Europe|April 28, 1994<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/yc-nes NES release Date from TMK], retrieved 4-24-08</ref>}} '''Game Boy:'''<br>{{released|Japan|November 21, 1992|USA|April 1993|Europe|February 26, 1994<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/yc-gb GB release date from TMK], retrieved 4-24-08</ref>}} '''SNES:'''<br>{{released|USA|June 1993|Japan|July 9, 1993<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/yc-snes SNES release date from TMK], retrieved 4-24-08</ref>}} '''Virtual Console (Wii):'''<br>{{released|Japan|June 10, 2008|USA|April 7, 2008|Europe|April 4, 2008|South Korea|November 11, 2008}}

|genre=Puzzle

|platforms=[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Game Boy]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[Wii]])

|media={{media|nes=1|snes=1|gb=1|wiidl=1}}

|input={{input|nes=1|snes=1|gb=1|wmsideways=1|classic=1|wiigcn=1}}

'''''Yoshi's Cookie''''' is a puzzle game, similar to Tetris, developed by [[Nintendo R&D 1]] and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] and [[Game Boy]] in 1992, and developed and published by [[Bullet-Proof Software]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] in 1993. Upon its release, ''Yoshi's Cookie'' received mixed to positive reviews.  

The SNES version received a Japan-only [[Super Famicom]] re-release, titled ''[[Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie]]'' with an added mode. Additionally, a Japan-only remake for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] was included in ''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]'', where it was bundled alongside ''[[Dr. Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Tetris Attack#Panel de Pon|Panel de Pon]]''. The remake added a story mode the previous three versions lacked. ''Yoshi's Cookie'' was later ported to the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console#Wii|Virtual Console]] in 2008, but it was delisted from the service on October 2013 in all regions except South Korea. Eventually, the game was later delisted from South Korea in 2019 due to the closure of the [[Wii#Wii Shop Channel|Wii Shop Channel]]. ''Yoshi's Cookie'' was also originally planned to be on the [[Wii U]]'s [[Virtual Console#Wii U|Virtual Console]], but it was ultimately never released.<ref>Nintendo (April 17, 2013). [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6V5NJ9ZKfPo Nintendo eShop - Wii U Virtual Console Sizzle Reel]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved August 7, 2019.</ref>

The objective of the game is to clear the stage of cookies, which appear from the top and the right of the screen. To clear cookies, the player needs an entire row of the same cookies either horizontally or vertically. To move the cookies, the player has to press {{button|nes|A}}/{{button|gb|A}}/{{button|snes|A}} on a cookie and press a direction on the directional pad. Depending on the direction the player presses, the row the cookie is on is then moved either vertically or horizontally. There are six types of cookies: heart cookies, sunflower cookies, green cookies, checkered cookies, ring shaped cookies, and [[Yoshi Cookie]]s (shaped like [[Yoshi]]'s head). The game consists of two modes: Action and VS. The third mode, Puzzle, is exclusive to the SNES version.  

 

Action Mode is a game consisting of 10 rounds, with each round containing 10 stages. Before the game starts, the player can set the round which who wants to play in, the falling speed of the blocks and the music. After the player beats a certain stage, who can view a short, humorous cutscene with [[Mario]]. Rounds 11-99 are also unlockable, and within them the cookies are replaced by Mario enemies (except for the Yoshi Cookie).

VS Mode is a simple 2 player game, with the player also able to challenge the computer in the SNES and Game Boy versions. The player starts off by picking one of four characters (except in the NES version): Mario, [[Princess Peach|Peach]], Yoshi, or [[Bowser]].

The goal of the game is to accumulate 25 points (with each match worth one point) before the opponent to win. The player must make a match within the time limit, as allowing the time bar to fill up (or the fuse to run out) will result in a loss for the player.

*'''Panic''': The player's board is randomized and cannot take action while the board is being randomized.

*'''Slave''': The player temporarily loses control of their board as it is being controlled by the player who triggered it. Nothing happens if Slave targets themselves.

*'''−3''': The player loses three points.

*'''+3''': The player gains three points.

*'''−7''': The player loses seven points.

This mode appears only in the SNES version of the game. The objective of Puzzle Mode is to clear the field with a limited number of moves. The puzzles range from simple to complex. There are a total of 100 puzzles, with ten rounds of ten puzzles each.

The SNES version was developed and published by [[Bullet-Proof Software]] as they retained the rights for the SNES version and Nintendo licensed the characters and allowed them to use the "Yoshi's Cookie" Branding. {{wp|Alexey Pajitnov}}, creator of ''{{wp|Tetris}}'', designed the puzzles.

''Yoshi's Cookie'' started as an arcade game named ''Hermetica'' (later renamed ''Archimedes'')<ref name="Twitter">[https://twitter.com/gdri/timelines/609352873663705089 Twitter thread] (April 20, 2015), English translation posted [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:Biox here]. Retrieved September 7, 2017</ref> developed by the company Home Data. This incarnation of the game featured alchemy-themed graphics.<ref name="Twitter"/> The game received a very poor reception when it was location-tested at arcades in Kansai and Tarumi, causing Home Data to abandon further development and sell the rights to the game to [[Bullet-Proof Software]].<ref name="Twitter"/> Outside of answering design questions from designer Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of ''Hermetica'' had no involvement in the game's reworking as ''Yoshi's Cookie''.<ref name="Twitter"/>

==Critical reception==

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Yoshi'sCookieSNES.jpg|SNES box art

Yoshi's Cookie cover art.jpg|Game Boy box art

YoshiCookieCartridge.jpg|The [[Game Boy]] cartridge for ''Yoshi's Cookie''

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|name1=YC SNES Bullet-Proof Software International

|pipe1=Bullet-Proof Software (International)

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|name2=YC SNES Bullet-Proof Software Japanese

|pipe2=Bullet-Proof Software (Japanese)

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|name3=YC SNES Yoshi's Cookie

|pipe3=Yoshi's Cookie

==References in later games==

|Jap=ヨッシーのクッキー

|JapR=Yosshī no Kukkī

|JapM=Yoshi's Cookie

*In the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] and [[Game Boy]] versions, there was a cutscene at the title screen where Mario would walk onto a screen with a jar of cookies. He would then try to open it, to no avail. He then gets an idea and walks off the screen. Yoshi comes up soon after and eats the jar whole. Mario then reappears with a hammer and begins chasing Yoshi off the screen. Later, he returns back on screen holding the cookie jar, which was empty to begin with. This, however, bears no influence on the game itself. This intro (slightly expanded to show Yoshi and Mario re-congregating and then striking a pose before walking off) was made for the SNES prototype of the game, but was taken out for the final release.

*The [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version of ''Yoshi's Cookie'' featured a slightly-updated version of Yoshi's appearance, in which he has a bigger head, longer and more human-like arms and shorter neck. This appearance would be later used in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and later games. This game also marks the first time in-game that Yoshi's speech comprises of his name, a trait later used in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' and popularized by ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''

*[https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/ZWvBQbcjjx2JKDpm5igLi0nwt7Rk6tDH North American website]

 

 

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