Could use more "HEY WHATSUP GUYS SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON DON'T FORGET TO COMMENT AND SUBSCRIBE AND JOIN MY PATREON AND DISCORD AND CHECKOUT MY PODCAST...."
I remember spending tens to hundreds of hours playing the versus mode of the NES version of Yoshis Cookie with my parents. Was similar to the SNES version, but no character select, so everyone had the same basic stats. As a minor clarifying detail about the mode, the special attacks mentioned only happened upon clearing a line of Yoshi cookies which do not act as wilds on this mode. Instead, you started with none. Every single line clear caused one of the new cookies to be a Yoshi cookie. However, clearing a combo (2 or more lines at once) caused either 4 or 5 (I think 5) Yoshi cookies to appear when the board next fills. Figuring this out changed the game for us, as having cookies for attacks moved from once every 6 clears to every other clear. Another small detail, the abilities that you could use your cookies with randomly switched every few seconds, but included both positive and negative effects that could target you or your opponent...so poor timing on a yoshi cookie clear could shuffle your own pieces, or give your opponent extra points. So saving the cookies was sometimes the plan, though save too much, and you may have so many yoshi cookies you can't help but trigger a negative effect on yourself. Gave it a push your luck element which worked nicely. I miss this game. There was also a Japanese only version on the...N64, I believe, which allowed for 4 player versus mode, which is super chaotic...but it moved slower, so I never really got into that version
That exclusive Japanese one actually came with recipes for the cookies featured in game. I'm sure they'd give you ample time to write it down, because I can't imagine someone booting up the ol' Super Famicom and doing it directly from the screen. Seems like it should have also came with a Yoshi cookie cutter, so you can truly make all the cookies featured.
This and Tetris 2 both had decently long puzzle modes I used to really like. Although I've tried to replay Tetris 2 after years and years of not playing it, and it confuses me on what even are the rules.
_Tetris 2_ is basically a cross between _Tetris_ and _Dr. Mario_ in its mechanics. It's a match-3 puzzle game with your goal being to match two or more blocks vertically or horizontally with each bomb in the field. If you can take out a flashing bomb, it'll take out all other bombs and blocks of the same colour.
@@reillywalker195 I get that there are bombs, but they flash? Sometimes in puzzle mode it feels like it doesn't blow up the same colours, but some times it does. I need to sit down with the game now at some point.
Heh, this game was a big part of my childhood. It's just sweet, innocent, cookie fun. I also remember the cutscenes that formed a sort of story mode where Mario kept trying to get a cookie and the cookie kept trying to run away from him in hilarious ways.
I remember it always seemed a weird game in the UK. As cookie for us is a specific thing, choc chip biscuit. So the lame joke on the school playground was that it should have been called Yoshi's Biscuit!
It wasn't until this exact moment that I finally realised "Yoshi" was in fact, an entirely different game from "Yoshi's Cookie". My entire life was a lie.
@@erakfishfishfish _Yoshi_ is a love-it-or-hate-it game. I love it. It's tough and a bit luck-dependent, but I've spent hours playing it some nights...
Can you imagine spending $60 on this game? In 1993 dollars? I can. Oof. The exclusive puzzle mode got me. In addition to that mode, the character attributes in versus mode are also exclusive to this version. It's a good game that I had a lot of fun with. But probably not $60 worth of fun. 😜
I think future generations were spoiled by the fact that you could basically get a mid-tier puzzle game either on flash sites or something without having to pay the standard Nintendo cart price for the same.
It was worth $60 back in the day imo. This was a time when n64 graphics blew us away. We didnt even dream of games looking like they do now on console.
When this came out I rented and played the hell out of it and even came up with lyrics for the BGM, which I didn't know was "You Are My Sunshine" until over a decade later.
I have the game boy version of it! I was gonna mention the lack of puzzle mode in that one, but you said it at the end, big shame it's missing. Also thanks for explaining how versus mode works, I never understood what triggered the attacks lmao.
Was one of my first NES games I played with Tetris, and the Super Nintendo version expands enough to warrant having in your collection. Definitely would consider this game a classic.
Yoshi’s games used to confuse me when I was a kid. I couldn’t comprehend how a new character from the super Mario world could be on Nes. At that time I thought that a new console meant no more games for the older one 😂
I rented it. Was fine. Not all that interesting to me but was good. But the cookie sprites did look kinda tasty. As for Yoshi branded puzzle games on SNES I definitely preferred the oddly named Tetris Attack (largely helped by it being Yoshi's Island themed whereas this game clearly has the Super Mario World theme)
It's funny how you went at the beginning about all the people who knew about the game but never played it, and I was sitting here all smug like "no way man I played the hell out of Yoshi's Cookie!" only to realize I had the NES version which, while totally fine, was basically neutered compared to this SNES release. Not only did it have no puzzle mode, but I don't remember any kind of complex versus mode like that with stats or anything, and the NES one sure didn't have those nice, super cozy Mario World-esque variety of backgrounds. And probably not nearly as good music, though it was totally fine from what I remember. Now I'm actually getting a craving to play the SNES one for once, having always assumed it was the exact same game with no improvements...
Man, the puzzle game craze was real back then. And really, it still is today, partly because it's an easy pick up and play formula for mobile platforms. The difference is that you have Candy Crush pretending that they DID revolutionize gaming by turning the Bejeweled pieces into candy.
TBH, I don't like it. It tried the NES version at Intertoys way back when it released. The SNES version seems marginally better, but... ehhh... not worth my time.
First Mario game I ever played was Super Mario 3, followed by Kart, All Stars and World all on SNES these were also the last ones I ever played, everything since looks so bland commercial and meh
Tried it today and I think snesdrunk's on the spot. One thing he forgot to mention is the annoying beeping if the cookies pile up. Maybe he's too good and that never happened to him. Glad I watched this otherwise I would have missed an enjoyable puzzle game.
Had the NES version. That did not have the puzzle mode, and there were no "characters" in the Vs mode. An important thing to note about the Vs mode: Here he says that you activate your attack every time you clear a line. What actually happens is, you activate your attack every time you clear a line _of five yoshi cookies,_ and you get one yoshi cookie every time you clear a line of regular cookies.
I always liked its A theme. It's such a wholesome melody. The game itself is pretty fun, but I usually only play up to the second set of levels before getting bored and quitting.
I wasn't a fan, but a lot of my friends were. Then again, I'm the only one that could beat Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine on the Genesis lmao. Noah takes em all on the boat.
i had the GB version growing up and i played that game all the time, that box art always brings back memories of a time long ago b4 internet and being able to be just mindlessly playing on the grey brick using 4 double A batteries, long road trips across the country and playing til the sun went down and we couldnt play any longer til we stopped for the night, great times, one of my personal favorite puzzle games from that era that and GB tetris...
I wish Nintendo would just finally release the SNES version of Yoshi's Cookie on the Switch online service SNES. I enjoyed Yoshi's Cookie a lot as a kid and I still think it's a joy to play now.
I think the real kick off of japanese competitive puzzle games was Puyo puyo not Tetris, maybe in the west that franchise doesn't have all the love, but in japan that thing is the big shit
Thanks for your content! I had the snes version and wow, that was part of my childhood as well, that game convince my parents that games can also be used that way :D
The music from this game is familiar from a mode in Tetris DS with Tetris puzzle levels (clear the board with only the available pieces, no time limit). They themed the entire mode after the puzzle mode from this game, it's nice to see where it came from.
I saw an unboxed copy of Yoshi's Cookie from the Kuropan oven promotion last week in Nara City, yours for a cool 220,000yen. (~$1580 April 2023) Needless to say I passed it up... ;)
I know it's not entirely the same, but man Tetris Attack was one of the first gameboy games I had and I put soooooo much time into the puzzle solving challenge. The one where you have only certain moves per attempt before you game over.
It's funny how Mario, Yoshi, Peach, and Bowser all get their sprites from different sources. Mario is SMW edits. Yoshi is Yoshi Island edits. Bowser is from SMB3. and Peach is original.
Why wasn't Yoshi's Cookie (NES and SNES) released on Wii U? I thought maybe it was the whole "slave" power-up thing that could be an issue. Although, Wario's Woods SNES is also missing? If they could get Pilot-Wings 64, Goldeneye and Banjo on Switch they NEED to do that! I think it is a possibility, Kirby's Avalanche was on Wii but was an unexpected addition.
Yoshi's Cookie also appears on Gamecube - it's part of a 3 game JP only compilation called Nintendo Puzzle Collection. As well as Yoshi's Cookie you get Dr. Mario(the N64 version) and PanelDePon (aka Tetris Attack). Cookie's graphics are spruced up a bit and there's a Story mode. Each game has a 4 player versus mode. JP menus but it isn't too hard to figure out. Let's you transfer NES versions of Cookie and Dr Mario to a GBA as well if you have the link cable!
Nice! I've played Yoshi's Cookie (SNES) years ago. I feel like it is just kind of average compared to most other puzzle games. I think there is a reason it hasn't made a return to modern consoles like many other puzzle games. _Tetris, Tetris Attack/Panel de Pon, Bust-A-Move, Puyo Puyo and Dr. Mario_ are all just miles better. I will give it one thing...it's at least better than *Zoop* !
I miss Funcoland, bro. I actually clicked on this knowing the game, and having played the NES version. But it's weird .. while I know I did it and watching the NES title screen, yup, I remember that .. I don't actually remember the game-play at all.
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