Yoshi's Cookie facts for kids
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| Developer(s) | Tose (NES, Game Boy) Bullet-Proof Software (SNES) |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo (NES, Game Boy) Bullet-Proof Software (SNES) |
| Producer(s) | Gunpei Yokoi |
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| Series | Yoshi |
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Yoshi's Cookie is a fun puzzle video game where you match tiles. It first came out in 1992 for the NES and Game Boy. Tose made it, and Nintendo published it. A version for the Super NES came out in 1993. That one was made and published by Bullet-Proof Software. In Japan, the game is known as Yoshi no Cookie.
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How to Play Yoshi's Cookie
Yoshi's Cookie is a tile-matching video game. Imagine a grid filled with different kinds of cookies. Your goal is to clear all the cookies from the screen. You do this by making whole rows or columns have only one type of cookie.
Matching Cookies
You control a cursor on the grid. This cursor lets you spin or rotate entire rows or columns of cookies, a bit like a Rubik's Cube. When a whole row or column is filled with the same kind of cookie, those cookies disappear!
Game Over and Wild Cards
More cookies keep coming into the grid from the top and right sides. If the grid gets too full, it's "game over." Sometimes, you'll see a special cookie shaped like Yoshi's head. This is a "wild card" cookie. It can act as any other cookie type, which helps you clear lines more easily.
Game Modes to Enjoy
Yoshi's Cookie offers different ways to play.
Single-Player Action Mode
In this mode, you play by yourself. You go through many levels that get harder as you go. Each level challenges you to clear the cookies faster and more cleverly.
Multiplayer VS Mode
You can play against a friend in the "VS Mode." This is a split-screen game where two players compete to see who can clear their cookies faster.
Super NES Special Modes
The Super NES version has a special single-player VS Mode. Here, you play against the computer. It also has a "Puzzle Mode." In Puzzle Mode, each level has a set number of cookies. You have to clear them all within a certain number of moves. It's like a brain teaser!
How Yoshi's Cookie Was Made
Yoshi's Cookie started as an arcade game called Hermetica. It was made by a company called Home Data. The arcade game didn't do very well. So, Home Data sold the rights to Hermetica to Bullet-Proof Software.
From Arcade to Nintendo
Bullet-Proof Software then started making a Super NES version of Hermetica. This version was shown at a big event called the 1992 Consumer Electronics Show. Meanwhile, Nintendo got the rights to make the game for its 8-bit systems, the NES and Game Boy. Nintendo changed Hermetica into Yoshi's Cookie, adding popular characters from the Mario games.
Music and Puzzle Design
The music for the game was created by Akira Satou, Nobuya Ikuta, Noriko Nishizaka, and Tsutomu. It even includes a famous tune called "Csikós Post" by German composer Hermann Necke. The puzzles in the game's Puzzle Mode were designed by Alexey Pajitnov, who is famous for creating the game Tetris.
When Yoshi's Cookie Came Out
Yoshi's Cookie first came out in Japan on November 21, 1992, for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy. It then came to North America in April 1993. European players got it on April 28, 1994.
The Super NES version was released in North America in June 1993. It came out in Japan on July 9, 1993, and in Europe later that same year.
Special Edition: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie
There was a very special version of Yoshi's Cookie for the Super Famicom (the Japanese Super NES). It was called Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie. Only 500 copies were made! This special game was created to promote a microwave oven from the National brand (part of Panasonic). This unique version even included recipes to make the cookies from the game in real life! In 2010, one copy of this rare game was worth about US$1,924.
Newer Ways to Play
Yoshi's Cookie was later included in a collection called Nintendo Puzzle Collection for the GameCube. This collection came out in Japan on February 7, 2003. This newer version added a story mode and a four-player competitive mode. The GameCube disc also had the original NES version of the game. You could even transfer this NES version to a Game Boy Advance using a special cable!
The NES version of Yoshi's Cookie was also available on the Wii's Virtual Console service. It was released in Europe and Australia on April 4, 2008, and in North America on April 7, 2008. It was later removed from the service in 2013.
See also
In Spanish: Yoshi's Cookie para niños
