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'''Yoshi's Cookie''' is a puzzle game developed by Bullet-Proof Software and published by Nintendo in 1992-1993. The object of the game was to clear the stage of cookies, which would be coming from the top and the right of the screen. To clear cookies, you would need an entire row of the same cookies either horizontally or vertically. To move the cookies, you would press A on a certain cookie, and move the directional pad so you can move the row the cookie is on either vertically or horizontally(depending on which direction on the D-pad you press). There were 6 types of cookies: a heart cookie, a sunflower cookie, a green cookie, a checkered cookie, a donut, and Yoshi cookies (shaped like [[Yoshi|Yoshi's]] head). The game consisted of three modes: Action, VS, and Puzzle.  
{{about|the game|the food item|[[Yoshi Cookie]]|the [[glider]] in [[Mario Kart Tour]]|[[Yoshi's Cookies]]}}
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|developer=[[Nintendo R&D 1]] (NES and Game Boy)<br>[[Bullet-Proof Software]] (SNES)
|publisher=[[Nintendo]] (NES and Game Boy) <br> [[Bullet-Proof Software]] (SNES)
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|genre=[[Genre#Puzzle games|Puzzle]]
|modes=Single player, multiplayer
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'''''Yoshi's Cookie''''' is a [[Genre#Puzzle games|puzzle]] game, similar to ''{{wp|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 Super Famicom received a re-release titled ''[[Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie]]'' with an added mode.


Action Mode is a game consisting of 10 rounds, each round containing 10 stages. You can set the round in which you want to play with, how fast you want the blocks to fall, and the type of music you want before the game. After you beat a certain stage, you will be given a brief, humorous cut scene with Mario.
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. ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection'' also offers the original [[Family Computer|Famicom]] version as a [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Nintendo GameCube#Nintendo GameCube–Game Boy Advance Link Cable|link transfer]].


VS Mode is a simple 2 player/1 player vs. COM game. You start off by picking one of four characters([[Mario]], [[Peach]], [[Yoshi]], or [[Bowser]]). The goal of the game is to keep a lit fuse higher before it runs out and all your pieces go away. To keep the fuse higher, you have to consistently clear rows of 5 against your opponent. Getting 5 Yoshi cookie's in a row would often give you a special, such as your covering up your opponent's screen with question mark blocks or taking control of your opponents field.
''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 released on the [[Wii U]]'s [[Virtual Console#Wii U|Virtual Console]], but this ultimately never happened.<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=April 17, 2013|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V5NJ9ZKfPo|title=Nintendo eShop - Wii U Virtual Console Sizzle Reel|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>


The goal of Puzzle Mode is to clear the field with a limited number of moves. The puzzles range from simple to complex.
==Gameplay==
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 (at least two) 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, flower cookies, diamond cookies, checkered cookies, circular cookies, and [[Yoshi Cookie]]s (shaped like [[Yoshi]]'s head). The Yoshi Cookie can be used as a substitute for other cookies, allowing the player to eliminate rows of cookies without the proper piece(s). The game consists of two modes: Action and VS. The third mode, Puzzle, is exclusive to the SNES version.  


*The game was released for the NES, SNES, Game Boy, and later the GCN.
===Action Mode===
[[File:YCScreen.png|200px|thumb|left|Action Mode in the NES version]]
Action Mode or 1P 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. The player must clear all of the blocks to clear a stage. As time passes, more cookies appear from the top and the right, which speeds up the longer the player is in a stage. If a row or column of cookies at any time contains more than seven cookies, the [[Game Over|game is over]].  


*Yoshi's Cookie was one of the games in [[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]].
After the player beats a round, they can view a short cutscene with [[Mario]].
*Yoshi's Cookie was also a versus stage in [[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]], where you would fight on a giant cookie.


[[Category:NES games]] [[Category:SNES games]] [[Category: GameCube Games]]
Clearing 15 cookies of one type in the same stage causes a Yoshi Cookie to generate, and that cookie's counter resets to zero.
 
Rounds 11-99 are also unlockable; within these rounds, the cookies are replaced by Mario enemies (except for the Yoshi Cookie), resembling the graphics from the original ''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]'' game. These rounds also add Koopa Troopa shells; the Koopa tiles do not materialize from the corners of the screen, and as such, can only be eliminated via the Yoshi-shaped cookies. To access the later rounds in the NES and Game Boy versions (as revealed in the game's ending), the player must do the following:
*Set the music type to "Off".
*Set the speed to "Hi".
*Set the round to "10"; then hold Up + Select to advance to round 11.
 
===VS Mode===
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|Princess]], Yoshi, or [[Bowser]]. The GameCube version can be played with up to four players.
*Mario is a balanced character.
*Yoshi has stronger defenses against attacks, with the length of effects received from other players halved. The event shown appears for a longer time as Yoshi.
*The Princess has weaker defenses, meaning that events received from other players will have a longer duration on the Princess. The event shown appears for a shorter time as the Princess.
*Bowser has more powerful attacks, but the timer drains faster.
 
Each player has a 5×5 board. The goal of the game is to accumulate 25 points (with each match worth one point) before the opponent to win, although a handicap adjustment exists to start with more points. 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.
 
The first player to win three rounds takes the match.
 
Aligning Yoshi Cookies will either benefit or harm the player. Depending on the special shown, the player should be careful not to penalize themselves.
;List of Yoshi Cookie effects
*'''Blind''': The player is temporarily unable to see the middle nine tiles of their board.
*'''Panic''': The player's board is shuffled and cannot take action while the board is being shuffled.
*'''Slave''': The player temporarily loses control of their board as it is being controlled by the player who triggered it (copying exactly what the player is doing). Nothing happens if Slave targets themselves.
*'''−3''': Subtracts three points.
*'''+3''': Adds three points.
*'''−7''': Subtracts seven points.
 
Beating all four computer opponents in single-player mode in the SNES version of the game unlocks four more opponents, who appear as simple palette-swaps of the original four. They also have different attributes than the original four opponents. They are a green Mario similar to [[Fire Mario|Fire Luigi]], a red [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]], a light-blue Princess Peach, and a blue Bowser similar to [[Bowser's Brother]].
 
===Puzzle===
[[File:DFRQ 125 1.png|200px|thumb|left|Puzzle Mode]]
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. Each puzzle is associated with a password, allowing the player to continue where they left off by inputting it.
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==Staff==
{{main|List of Yoshi's Cookie staff}}
The Game Boy and NES versions were developed by [[Nintendo R&D 1]] and published by [[Nintendo]], with [[Gunpei Yokoi]] acting as the producer.
 
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.<ref name="np47">{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 47|date=April 1993|page=109|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>
 
==Cutscenes==
The round completion cutscenes for Action Mode are as follows:
 
*Round 1: Mario chases after a rolling ball (presumably cookie dough) and catches it, striking a pose.
*Round 2: Mario chases after the rolling ball, only ends up rolling with the ball when grabbing on.
*Round 3: Mario chases after the rolling ball, only to be humorously chased away by a larger bouncing ball (implied to be its parent)
*Round 4: The ball bounces before hitting a wall, which then causes it to roll backwards into Mario (who was right behind it), knocking him over while the ball spins erratically.
*Round 5: The ball spins erratically as Mario chases after it, only to end up eaten by Yoshi, to Mario's shock and Yoshi's amusement.
*Round 6: Mario chases the ball down a slope, only to end up overtaking it in speed.
*Round 7: The ball rolls then hits a wall and rolls back, with Mario proceeding to jump, only to end up squishing the ball.
*Round 8: The ball falls down a ledge after rolling. Mario chases after it, only to find himself tripping due to unknowingly being on the ball, and the ball rolling away as Mario falls onto his back.
*Round 9: The ball rolls to a cliffside as Mario chases after it, only for the ball to fall off the cliff, and ascend as an angel, with Mario looking sheepishly at the player.
*Round 10: The ball is rolling and Mario and Yoshi, from opposite sides of the screen, proceed to grab it and then strike poses alongside the ball.
 
In the SNES version, the ball was revealed to be part of the Yoshi Cookie sign that fell off, and also has a slight animation of what occurs, and in the final one has Peach and Bowser joining the celebration during the credits.
 
==Development==
''Yoshi's Cookie'' started as an arcade game named ''Hermetica'' (later renamed ''Archimedes'')<ref name="X">[https://x.com/gdri/timelines/609352873663705089 X thread] (April 20, 2015), English translation posted [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:Biox here]. Retrieved September 7, 2017</ref>{{dead link}} developed by the company Home Data. This incarnation of the game featured alchemy-themed graphics.<ref name="X"/> 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="X"/> 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="X"/>
 
It appears that, before ''Yoshi's Cookie'' began production, B.P.S. developed a generic version of "Hermetica" known as ''Inaro'' in 1991; a sample of this game was on the Blue Planet Software website in the 2000s.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20060310185917/http://www.blueplanetsoftware.com/inaro.html|title="Inaro"|publisher=Blue Planet Software|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref> Several home ports of ''Yoshi's Cookie'' feature copyright information referring to ''Inaro'', namely the Wii Virtual Console version.<ref>"INARO™ Game concept ©1991-2008 Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc., used, under license, by Nintendo." - ''Yoshi{{'}}s Cookie'', Virtual Console (digital manual)</ref>
 
==Critical reception==
{| class="wikitable reviews"
!colspan="4" style="font-size:120%; text-align: center; background-color:silver"|Reviews
|-style="background-color:#E6E6E6"
|Release
|Reviewer, Publication
|Score
|Comment
|-
|[[Wii]]
|Marcel van Duyn, [http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/vc/yoshis_cookie_nes Nintendo Life]
|6/10
|align="left"|"''Yoshi's Cookie is a decent puzzler that's a tad more original than puzzlers of a falling block nature, but we would suggest waiting for the SNES version to show up instead which, aside from improved audio and visuals that use sprites from Super Mario World, features more content via an added puzzle mode and amusing cutscenes.''"
|-
|Wii
|Lucas M.Thomas, [https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/04/07/yoshis-cookie-review IGN]
|6/10
|align="left"|"''Overall, Yoshi's Cookie is a fair and favorable puzzler that – while not a candidate for immediate recommendation – wouldn't be a waste of your Wii Points should you decide to spend 500 of them on it. It's one of Nintendo's more obscure puzzle designs, and it sets itself apart in that it's not a clone of the "falling block" style of Tetris like so many other puzzlers are. Give it a look if you're a fan of the genre looking for something that's just a bit different.''"
|-
|}
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==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
YC - Yoshi cover art.png|Yoshi
ChefMario.png|Mario
YCSGB.png|Game Boy version on the Super Game Boy
MarioYCSNES.png|Action Mode in the SNES version
YoshiCookieCartridge.jpg|The [[Game Boy]] cartridge
 
</gallery>
 
==Media==
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==References in other games==
*''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]'': The Modern version of ''[[Egg (Game & Watch)|Egg]]'' has a Yoshi consuming various cookies, their designs coming straight from ''Yoshi's Cookie''.
*''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]'': Due to the Modern version of ''[[Mario's Cement Factory]]'' replacing cement creation with cookie baking, Mario is creating Yoshi Cookies as a result.
*''[[Tetris DS]]'': A stage from this game makes an appearance.
*''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'': One of the cookies in the [[Zess Cookie]] and [[Sweet Cookie Snack]] icon resembles the checkerboard cookie from ''Yoshi's Cookie''.
*''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'': The [[Yoshi and Cookies]] stage is a reference to the game, and Yoshi Cookies appear as elements in the level.
*''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'': In this title, Mario can wear a chef outfit that is identical to the one depicted in the NES version of ''Yoshi's Cookie''.
*''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'': The chef outfit from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' reappears in this game as the outfit for Mario (Chef). A glider named [[Yoshi's Cookies]], based off of the cookies in the game, is also featured.
*''{{iw|pikipedia|Pikmin 4}}'': The treasures {{iw|pikipedia|Cookie of Prosperity}}, {{iw|pikipedia|Cookie of Nibbled Circles}}, {{iw|pikipedia|Vanishing Cookie}}, {{iw|pikipedia|Love's Fortune Cookie}}, and {{iw|pikipedia|Hearty Container}} are all based off of cookies from ''Yoshi's Cookie''.
*''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'': The cookies [[Patissiere Peach]] holds in the official artwork are from ''Yoshi's Cookie''.
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ヨッシーのクッキー
|JapR=Yosshī no Kukkī
|JapM=Yoshi's Cookie
}}
 
==Trivia==
[[File:ChefMario SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'']]
*In the [[Family Computer]]/[[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 backgrounds used in the SNES version resemble those from ''[[Super Mario World]]''.
*The Super Famicom and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] 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.]]''
*The title screen in the SNES version is a parody of the {{wp|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer}} logo.
*''Hello Kitty no Beads Kōbō'' (ハローキティのビーズ工房), a Japan-exclusive [[Game Boy Color]] game, is effectively a sequel to ''Yoshi's Cookie''; however, it lacks any ''Super Mario'' elements. Its gameplay is derivative of the original game; the player must create lines of one specific type of tile, rather than clearing out all of the pieces. The copyright screen of the game states "©1992 Nintendo", referring to ''Yoshi no Cookie''{{'}}s release date.<ref>[http://sanriowiki.com/wiki/Puzzle_Collection:_Hello_Kitty_no_Beads_Koubou "Puzzle Collection: Hello Kitty no Beads Koubou" on the Sanrio Wiki]</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
{{NIWA|HardDrop=1|StrategyWiki=1}}
*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/cij/ Japanese website (Game Boy)]
*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_ysc/ Japanese website (Wii Virtual Console)]
*[https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/ZWvBQbcjjx2JKDpm5igLi0nwt7Rk6tDH North American website]
*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Yoshi-s-Cookie--280284.html European website]
 
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Latest revision as of 22:30, November 28, 2024

This article is about the game. For the food item, see Yoshi Cookie. For the glider in Mario Kart Tour, see Yoshi's Cookies.
Not to be confused with Yoshi and Cookies.
Yoshi's Cookie
North American box art for Yoshi's Cookie on the Nintendo Entertainment System
NES box art
North American box art for Yoshi's Cookie on Game Boy
Game Boy box art
Yoshi's Cookie: Front cover, SNES version
SNES box art
For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Developer Nintendo R&D 1 (NES and Game Boy)
Bullet-Proof Software (SNES)
Publisher Nintendo (NES and Game Boy)
Bullet-Proof Software (SNES)
Platform(s) Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console (Wii)
Release date Famicom/NES:
Japan November 21, 1992[?]
USA April 1993[?]
Europe 1993[1][better source needed]
Sweden April 28, 1994[2][better source needed]
Game Boy:
Japan November 21, 1992[3]
USA April 1993[?]
Europe 1993[4][better source needed]
SNES:
USA June 1993[?]
Japan July 9, 1993[5][better source needed]
UK 1993[6][7][better source needed]
Australia 1993[8][better source needed]
Virtual Console (Wii):
Europe April 4, 2008[9]
USA April 7, 2008[?]
Japan June 10, 2008[?]
South Korea November 11, 2008[?]
Language(s) English (United States)
Japanese
Genre Puzzle
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Format
Famicom:
Cartridge
NES:
Game Pak
Super NES:
Game Pak
Wii:
Digital download
Game Boy:
Game Pak
Input
Famicom:
NES:
Super NES:
Wii:
Wii Remote (horizontal)
Game Boy:
Serial code(s) Game Boy:
Japan DMG-CI-JPN

Yoshi's Cookie is a puzzle game, similar to Tetris, developed by Nintendo R&D 1 and published by Nintendo for the NES and Game Boy in 1992, and developed and published by Bullet-Proof Software for the SNES in 1993. Upon its release, Yoshi's Cookie received mixed to positive reviews. The Super Famicom received a 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 Panel de Pon. The remake added a story mode the previous three versions lacked. Nintendo Puzzle Collection also offers the original Famicom version as a Game Boy Advance link transfer.

Yoshi's Cookie was later ported to the Wii's 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 Shop Channel. Yoshi's Cookie was also originally planned to be released on the Wii U's Virtual Console, but this ultimately never happened.[10]

Gameplay[edit]

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 (at least two) either horizontally or vertically. To move the cookies, the player has to press A Button/A Button/A Button 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, flower cookies, diamond cookies, checkered cookies, circular cookies, and Yoshi Cookies (shaped like Yoshi's head). The Yoshi Cookie can be used as a substitute for other cookies, allowing the player to eliminate rows of cookies without the proper piece(s). The game consists of two modes: Action and VS. The third mode, Puzzle, is exclusive to the SNES version.

Action Mode[edit]

Action Mode in the NES version

Action Mode or 1P 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. The player must clear all of the blocks to clear a stage. As time passes, more cookies appear from the top and the right, which speeds up the longer the player is in a stage. If a row or column of cookies at any time contains more than seven cookies, the game is over.

After the player beats a round, they can view a short cutscene with Mario.

Clearing 15 cookies of one type in the same stage causes a Yoshi Cookie to generate, and that cookie's counter resets to zero.

Rounds 11-99 are also unlockable; within these rounds, the cookies are replaced by Mario enemies (except for the Yoshi Cookie), resembling the graphics from the original Yoshi game. These rounds also add Koopa Troopa shells; the Koopa tiles do not materialize from the corners of the screen, and as such, can only be eliminated via the Yoshi-shaped cookies. To access the later rounds in the NES and Game Boy versions (as revealed in the game's ending), the player must do the following:

  • Set the music type to "Off".
  • Set the speed to "Hi".
  • Set the round to "10"; then hold Up + Select to advance to round 11.

VS Mode[edit]

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, Yoshi, or Bowser. The GameCube version can be played with up to four players.

  • Mario is a balanced character.
  • Yoshi has stronger defenses against attacks, with the length of effects received from other players halved. The event shown appears for a longer time as Yoshi.
  • The Princess has weaker defenses, meaning that events received from other players will have a longer duration on the Princess. The event shown appears for a shorter time as the Princess.
  • Bowser has more powerful attacks, but the timer drains faster.

Each player has a 5×5 board. The goal of the game is to accumulate 25 points (with each match worth one point) before the opponent to win, although a handicap adjustment exists to start with more points. 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.

The first player to win three rounds takes the match.

Aligning Yoshi Cookies will either benefit or harm the player. Depending on the special shown, the player should be careful not to penalize themselves.

List of Yoshi Cookie effects
  • Blind: The player is temporarily unable to see the middle nine tiles of their board.
  • Panic: The player's board is shuffled and cannot take action while the board is being shuffled.
  • Slave: The player temporarily loses control of their board as it is being controlled by the player who triggered it (copying exactly what the player is doing). Nothing happens if Slave targets themselves.
  • −3: Subtracts three points.
  • +3: Adds three points.
  • −7: Subtracts seven points.

Beating all four computer opponents in single-player mode in the SNES version of the game unlocks four more opponents, who appear as simple palette-swaps of the original four. They also have different attributes than the original four opponents. They are a green Mario similar to Fire Luigi, a red Yoshi, a light-blue Princess Peach, and a blue Bowser similar to Bowser's Brother.

Puzzle[edit]

Puzzle Mode

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. Each puzzle is associated with a password, allowing the player to continue where they left off by inputting it.

Staff[edit]

Main article: List of Yoshi's Cookie staff

The Game Boy and NES versions were developed by Nintendo R&D 1 and published by Nintendo, with Gunpei Yokoi acting as the producer.

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. Alexey Pajitnov, creator of Tetris, designed the puzzles.[11]

Cutscenes[edit]

The round completion cutscenes for Action Mode are as follows:

  • Round 1: Mario chases after a rolling ball (presumably cookie dough) and catches it, striking a pose.
  • Round 2: Mario chases after the rolling ball, only ends up rolling with the ball when grabbing on.
  • Round 3: Mario chases after the rolling ball, only to be humorously chased away by a larger bouncing ball (implied to be its parent)
  • Round 4: The ball bounces before hitting a wall, which then causes it to roll backwards into Mario (who was right behind it), knocking him over while the ball spins erratically.
  • Round 5: The ball spins erratically as Mario chases after it, only to end up eaten by Yoshi, to Mario's shock and Yoshi's amusement.
  • Round 6: Mario chases the ball down a slope, only to end up overtaking it in speed.
  • Round 7: The ball rolls then hits a wall and rolls back, with Mario proceeding to jump, only to end up squishing the ball.
  • Round 8: The ball falls down a ledge after rolling. Mario chases after it, only to find himself tripping due to unknowingly being on the ball, and the ball rolling away as Mario falls onto his back.
  • Round 9: The ball rolls to a cliffside as Mario chases after it, only for the ball to fall off the cliff, and ascend as an angel, with Mario looking sheepishly at the player.
  • Round 10: The ball is rolling and Mario and Yoshi, from opposite sides of the screen, proceed to grab it and then strike poses alongside the ball.

In the SNES version, the ball was revealed to be part of the Yoshi Cookie sign that fell off, and also has a slight animation of what occurs, and in the final one has Peach and Bowser joining the celebration during the credits.

Development[edit]

Yoshi's Cookie started as an arcade game named Hermetica (later renamed Archimedes)[12][dead link] developed by the company Home Data. This incarnation of the game featured alchemy-themed graphics.[12] 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.[12] 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.[12]

It appears that, before Yoshi's Cookie began production, B.P.S. developed a generic version of "Hermetica" known as Inaro in 1991; a sample of this game was on the Blue Planet Software website in the 2000s.[13] Several home ports of Yoshi's Cookie feature copyright information referring to Inaro, namely the Wii Virtual Console version.[14]

Critical reception[edit]

Reviews
Release Reviewer, Publication Score Comment
Wii Marcel van Duyn, Nintendo Life 6/10 "Yoshi's Cookie is a decent puzzler that's a tad more original than puzzlers of a falling block nature, but we would suggest waiting for the SNES version to show up instead which, aside from improved audio and visuals that use sprites from Super Mario World, features more content via an added puzzle mode and amusing cutscenes."
Wii Lucas M.Thomas, IGN 6/10 "Overall, Yoshi's Cookie is a fair and favorable puzzler that – while not a candidate for immediate recommendation – wouldn't be a waste of your Wii Points should you decide to spend 500 of them on it. It's one of Nintendo's more obscure puzzle designs, and it sets itself apart in that it's not a clone of the "falling block" style of Tetris like so many other puzzlers are. Give it a look if you're a fan of the genre looking for something that's just a bit different."

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Yoshi's Cookie.
  • Yoshi

    Yoshi

  • Mario

    Mario

  • Game Boy version on the Super Game Boy

    Game Boy version on the Super Game Boy

  • Action Mode in the SNES version

    Action Mode in the SNES version

  • The Game Boy cartridge

    The Game Boy cartridge

Media[edit]

For a complete list of media for this subject, see List of Yoshi's Cookie media.
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References in other games[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ヨッシーのクッキー[?]
Yosshī no Kukkī 		Yoshi's Cookie

Trivia[edit]

Reference to Yoshi's Cookie. Page 20, volume 8 of Super Mario-kun.
Super Mario-Kun
  • In the Family Computer/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 backgrounds used in the SNES version resemble those from Super Mario World.
  • The Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System 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.
  • The title screen in the SNES version is a parody of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer logo.
  • Hello Kitty no Beads Kōbō (ハローキティのビーズ工房), a Japan-exclusive Game Boy Color game, is effectively a sequel to Yoshi's Cookie; however, it lacks any Super Mario elements. Its gameplay is derivative of the original game; the player must create lines of one specific type of tile, rather than clearing out all of the pieces. The copyright screen of the game states "©1992 Nintendo", referring to Yoshi no Cookie's release date.[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yoshi's Cookie (NES). MobyGames.
  2. ^ Yoshi's Cookie (NES). MobyGames.
  3. ^ ヨッシーのクッキー. Nintendo Japan (Japanese).
  4. ^ Yoshi's Cookie (Game Boy). MobyGames.
  5. ^ Yoshi's Cookie (SNES). The Mushroom Kingdom. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  6. ^ Yoshi's Cookie (SNES). MobyGames.
  7. ^ https://www.mariomuseum.com/archives/4805
  8. ^ https://www.mariomuseum.com/archives/4805
  9. ^ Yoshi's Cookie™ | Virtual Console (Wii) | Nintendo UK. Nintendo (British English). Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  10. ^ Nintendo of America (April 17, 2013). Nintendo eShop - Wii U Virtual Console Sizzle Reel. YouTube. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  11. ^ April 1993. Nintendo Power Volume 47. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 109.
  12. ^ a b c d X thread (April 20, 2015), English translation posted here. Retrieved September 7, 2017
  13. ^ "Inaro". Blue Planet Software. Archived March 10, 2006, 18:59:17 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  14. ^ "INARO™ Game concept ©1991-2008 Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc., used, under license, by Nintendo." - Yoshi's Cookie, Virtual Console (digital manual)
  15. ^ "Puzzle Collection: Hello Kitty no Beads Koubou" on the Sanrio Wiki

External links[edit]

Yoshi's Cookie coverage on other NIWA wikis:
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Yoshi games
Platformers Yoshi's Island series Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995, SNES) • Yoshi's Island DS (2006, DS) • Yoshi's New Island (2014, 3DS)
Other Yoshi's Story (1997, N64) • Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (2004, GBA) • Yoshi Touch & Go (2005, DS) • Yoshi's Woolly World (2015, Wii U) • Yoshi's Crafted World (2019, Switch)
Puzzle games Yoshi (1991, NES) • Yoshi's Cookie (1992, NES) • Tetris Attack (1996, SNES)
Other Yoshi's Safari (1993, SNES) • Yoshi's Egg Toss (2006, Adobe Flash)
Reissues Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie (1994, SNES) • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002, GBA) • Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017, 3DS)
Play Nintendo Activities Play Yoshi's New Island Match-Up (2014) • Crafty Collage Maker (2019)
Skill quizzes Trivia: Are you an expert Yoshi-ologist? (2014) • Yoshi's Woolly World Power Badges Quiz (2015) • Yoshi's Crafted World Trivia Quiz (2019)
Personality quizzes Fun Yoshi Personality Quiz (2015) • Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World Fun Personality Quiz (2017)
Tech demos Yoshi Demo (1999, GBA) • Purple Yoshi tech demo (Unknown, GBA) • Balloon Trip (2004, DS)
Crossovers Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. (1999, N64) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001, GCN) • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Wii) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014, 3DS) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014, Wii U) • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Switch)
Other Picross NP Vol. 2 (SFC, 1999)
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Game Boy games
Super Mario franchise Alleyway (1989) • Baseball (1989) • Super Mario Land (1989) • Golf (1989) • Dr. Mario (1990) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) • Donkey Kong (1994) • Mario's Picross (1995) • Picross 2 (1996)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong (1994) • Donkey Kong Land (1995) • Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996) • Donkey Kong Land III (1997)
Yoshi franchise Yoshi (1991) • Yoshi's Cookie (1992) • Tetris Attack (1996)
Wario franchise Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) • Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (1994) • Wario Land II (1998)
Miscellaneous Tetris (1989) • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) • Game & Watch Gallery (1997) • Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997)
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Virtual Console games
Super Mario franchise General Mario Bros. • Mario's Super Picross • NES Open Tournament Golf • Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 2 • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels • Super Mario Kart • Super Mario World • Wrecking Crew
Wii and Wii U Mario Golf • Mario Kart 64 • Mario Party 2 • Mario Tennis (N64) • Paper Mario • Pinball • Super Mario 64 • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Wii U and Nintendo 3DS Mario Kart: Super Circuit • Mario vs. Donkey Kong • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Wii U Dr. Mario (NES) • Golf (NES) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga • Mario Golf: Advance Tour • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 • Mario Kart DS • Mario Party Advance • Mario Party DS • Mario Pinball Land • Mario Tennis: Power Tour • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis • New Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario 64 DS • Super Mario Advance • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 • Wrecking Crew '98
Nintendo 3DS Alleyway • Baseball • Dr. Mario (GB) • Golf (GB) • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga • Mario Golf (GBC) • Mario Tennis (GBC) • Mario's Picross • Picross 2 • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe • Super Mario Land • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Yoshi franchise Tetris Attack • Yoshi (NES) • Yoshi's Cookie (NES) • Yoshi's Story
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong (GB) • Donkey Kong 3 • Donkey Kong Country • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! • Donkey Kong Jr. • Donkey Kong Jr. Math
Wario franchise Wario Land II • Wario Land 3 • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 • WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! • WarioWare: Touched! • Wario's Woods (NES)
Other Game & Watch Gallery • Game & Watch Gallery 2 • Game & Watch Gallery 3 • Game & Watch Gallery 4 • Panel de Pon • Super Smash Bros. (N64) • Tetris (GB)
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Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System games
Super Mario franchise Donkey Kong (1983) • Mario Bros. (1983) • Pinball (1984) • Golf (1984) • Family BASIC† (1984) • Family BASIC V3† (1985) • Wrecking Crew (1985) • Super Mario Bros. (1985) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) • Dr. Mario (1990) • NES Open Tournament Golf (1991) • Mario is Missing!* (1993) • Mario's Time Machine* (1994)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson† (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. Math (1983) • Donkey Kong 3 (1984) • Donkey Kong Classics* (1988)
Yoshi franchise Yoshi (1991) • Yoshi's Cookie (1992)
Wario franchise Wario's Woods (1994)
Family Computer Disk System Golf (1986) • Super Mario Bros. (1986) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels‡ (1986) • I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater‡ (1986) • All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.‡ (1986) • Golf: Japan Course‡ (1987) • Golf: U.S. Course‡ (1987) • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic‡ (1987) • Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race‡ (1987) • Donkey Kong^ (1988) • Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally‡ (1988) • Donkey Kong Jr.^ (1988) • Mario Bros. Returns^ (1988) • Wrecking Crew^ (1989) • Pinball^ (1989)
Miscellaneous Nintendo World Championships 1990* (1990) • Nintendo Campus Challenge* (1991)
* NES only
† Famicom only
‡ Disk System only
^ Disk Writer only
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Super Famicom / Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Super Mario franchise Super Mario World (1990) • Mario Paint (1992) • Super Mario Kart (1992) • Mario is Missing! (1993) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993) • Yoshi's Safari (1993) • Mario & Wario† (1993) • Mario's Time Machine* (1993) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers* (1994) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (1994) • Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun* (1994) • Tetris & Dr. Mario* (1994) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World* (1994) • UNDAKE30 Same Game (1995) • Mario's Super Picross† (1995) • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) • Dr. Mario (1997) • Wrecking Crew '98† (1998)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong Country (1994) • Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge* (1994) • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
Yoshi franchise Yoshi's Cookie (1993) • Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie† (1994) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) • Tetris Attack (1996)
Wario franchise Mario & Wario† (1993) • Wario's Woods (1994)
Satellaview Wario no Mori Bakushō Version‡ (1995) • Wario no Mori Futatabi‡ (1995) • Easy Racer‡ (1996) • BS Super Mario USA‡ (1996) • Yoshi no Panepon‡ (1996) • Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle‡ (1997) • BS Super Mario Collection‡ (1997–1998) • Satella-Q‡ (1995–1999)
Miscellaneous Nintendo Campus Challenge (1992) • Nintendo PowerFest '94* (1994) • Picross NP^ (1999–2000)
* Super NES only
† Super Famicom only
‡ Satellaview only
^ Nintendo Power only
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