Yoshi's Cookie

Yoshi's Cookie
SNES version
Developer(s)	Nintendo R&D1 (NES, Game Boy) Bullet-Proof Software (SNES)
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto
Composer(s)	Akira Nobuya Noriko Tsutomu
Series	Yoshi/Mario
Platform(s)	NES, SNES, Game Boy, Virtual Console
Release	NES, Game Boy SNES Virtual Console
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single player Multiplayer

Yoshi's Cookie (ヨッシーのクッキー, Yosshī no Kukkī) is a tile-matching puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, and SNES. The NES version was re-released for the Virtual Console in 2008.

Overview

The object of the game is for Mario to mix and match the cookies. The player controls a cursor which can be used to slide rows of a single "square" of individual cookies in a method similar to a Rubik's Cube. The objective is to create lines of matching cookies, which are then cleared off the screen (then eaten by a hungry Yoshi waiting in the bottom left corner). In adventure mode the objective is just to last as long as possible, while in puzzle mode the screen must be cleared in a minimum number of moves.

The Super NES version of Yoshi's Cookie slightly changed Yoshi's appearance compared to his sprites in Super Mario World. The appearance in Cookie features a bigger head and shorter neck. This look was next seen in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Story. The SNES version also reused some of the sprites (namely Mario's) and backgrounds from Super Mario World, as well as from Yoshi's Island, which was released after the SNES version of the game. The game has an "adventure mode" where the player controls Yoshi on a map.

Development

Bullet-Proof Software began development of the game as a Super NES title called "Hermetica". At some point during development, Nintendo bought the copyrights for 8-bit development and BPS retained the 16-bit rights. Nintendo licensed the Mario characters and Super Mario World graphics to BPS, and BPS published the Super NES version in 1993.

Release

There were multiple versions of the game released. Nintendo R&D1 developed the Famicom (NES), and Game Boy versions, and released them in 1992. Both versions, along with BPS' SNES version, were released in North America in 1993. The game was released the following year in Europe.

Legacy

Yoshi's Cookie is also a backdrop for Puzzle Mode in Tetris DS and a battle stage in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (named Cookie Land).

As of October 2010 a copy of a special, limited edition of the game costs 157,500 yen, approximately $1,924 USD.

Re-releases

Yoshi's Cookie was also available on the Nintendo GameCube game Nintendo Puzzle Collection, featured along with Dr. Mario and Panel de Pon (aka Tetris Attack, Pokémon Puzzle League or Puzzle League overseas).

National, a brand of Panasonic, released 500 copies of a special version of Yoshi's Cookie, titled Yoshi's Cookie Kuruppon Oven de Cookie (ヨッシーのクッキー クルッポンオーブンでクッキー), which celebrated the release of the Kuruppon Oven. The Game & Watch Gallery 3 released for the Game Boy Color in 2003, Yoshi's Cookie gets referenced. For the modern version of Egg, the game was redesigned to a Yoshi's Cookie look.

The NES version of Yoshi's Cookie was rereleased for the Wii's Virtual Console service on April 4, 2008 in Europe and Australia, and on April 7, 2008 in North America.

External links

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• Official Nintendo Japan Yoshi's Cookie Game Boy site Template:Ja icon
• Yoshi's Cookie at NinDB
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