Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Game Boy cartridge
- Box with cover art
- Instruction booklet
Game Boy
Yoshi
Yoshi is the 1992 Game Boy puzzle game from Game Freak where Mario swaps stacks so falling monsters match and eggshell halves hatch Yoshi, with a two-player mode.
Puzzle
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 1.7 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Yoshi, known as Mario & Yoshi in PAL regions, is a 1991 puzzle video game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy. 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.
Gameplay
Yoshi (Game Boy) - Gameplay Clip [HD] | RetroGameUp, RetroGameUp - TAS Videos. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Puzzle
- Developer
- Game Freak
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Series
- Super Mario
- Platforms
- Game Boy
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- Yes
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- CERO
- A
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Game Boy | Japan | 1991-12-14 |
| Game Boy | North America | 1992-07-10 |
| Game Boy | Europe / PAL | 1992-12-17 |
Editions
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
DLC
No DLC. Game Boy games had no downloadable content.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
No online features; every mode works today on the cartridge. The cartridge runs on any Game Boy, Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance, and the game is on Nintendo Switch Online.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Game Boy cartridge |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 4 February 2026 In the Game Boy library of Nintendo Switch Online; never sold on its own. |
| In the store to buy today | No Not sold on its own. Playable with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes The Nintendo Switch Online version needs an active membership. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Yes A two-player mode where the second player is Luigi, each on their own playing field. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist No online play. |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist No DLC. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Critics
Outlet Score Scale Famitsu 20 40
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Game Freak Publisher Nintendo Director Satoshi Tajiri Producers Shigeru Miyamoto, Tsunekazu Ishihara Designer Satoshi Tajiri Artist Ken Sugimori Composer Junichi Masuda
Notes for collectors
- Known as Mario & Yoshi in PAL regions and Yoshi no Tamago in Japan.
- Came out on the Famicom and the Game Boy on the same day in Japan, 14 December 1991.
- Made by Game Freak, directed by Satoshi Tajiri, before Pokemon.
- The Game Boy version still sold 100,000 copies in the UK in 1997.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Game Freak
- Director
- Satoshi Tajiri
- Released
- 1992-07-10
- Age rating
- Not rated (pre-ESRB, before 1994)
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 1.7 hours
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