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[Fatalah]

I'm having an argument with a girl at work. Apparantely there was a Mario game on the NES in which Yoshi debuted.

But I believe it was Super Mario World on the SNES.

 

[Diomedeskun]

Yes, it was Super Mario World. He was later in Mario's Time Machine which was on NES as well as Yoshi (Yoshi's egg), a puzzler. I don't think Yoshi's cookie made it to NES, but I may be wrong.

Remember that Yoshi introduces himself to Mario when he is freed from his egg for the first time in Super Mario World. I may still have the issue of Nintendo Power that first introduced him (issue 26 or 27, I think).

 

[Fularu]

Wasn't there a Yoshi game on the nes?

 

[DDayton]

Yoshi is in a few NES games, but those games were released after Super Mario World.

 

[hobart]

I'll second the Super Mario World on SNES.

Did she happen to mention WHICH NES game he "appeared" in?

 

[Fatalah]

Can you name those NES games in which Yoshi was in?

Because the girl distinctly remembers playing the NES and seeing Yoshi. She never had an SNES.

 

[levious]

SMW - 1991
Yoshi's Cookie (NES) - 1992

- Yoshi's Cookie is the only NES game I'm aware of... what others are there?

 

[hobart]

Yoshi's Cookie is one.

But again... as mentioned (and I didn't mention this in my post)... he appeared FIRST on SNES... and then a few times after on NES.

Edit: Nicely done, levious

Edit2: On second thought... I can't think of any other NES games either. Someone?

 

[Fatalah]

Yoshi's Cookie....aw so cute

 

[DDayton]

SMW - 1991
Yoshi's Cookie (NES) - 1992

- Yoshi's Cookie is the only NES game I'm aware of... what others are there?

Yoshi
Yoshi's Cookie
Mario is Missing
He may or may not appear in Mario's Time Machine as well.

 

[levious]

what sort of game is Yoshi?

 

[Unison]

There's also a Gameboy / NES game just called Yoshi, I believe, which is a tetris type game where you have to put goombas in eggs. Then there's Yoshi's Cookie & Mario Is Missing, as has been pointed out.

 

[hobart]

Yoshi
Yoshi's Cookie
Mario is Missing
He may or may not appear in Mario's Time Machine as well.

Forgot that Missing and Time were "multi" platform. Good call.

There was a game entitled, Yoshi? Wow... don't remember that.

 

[Unison]

This is Yoshi:

Edit: Here's an NES screen too:

 

[hobart]

There's also a Gameboy / NES game just called Yoshi, I believe, which is a tetris type game where you have to put goombas in eggs. Then there's Yoshi's Cookie & Mario Is Missing, as has been pointed out.

YES! I remember this game now. Not a bad puzzler at all. Got boring... but it was fun for a bit.

 

[rawk]

i have yoshi. it's pretty fun.

 

[DDayton]

Yoshi should have been in Nintendo Puzzle Collection.

 

[Unison]

Yeah, it's good but it's a bit simple. I think the catch was you were supposed to get as many of the same bad guy in an egg as possible, but that wasn't exceptionally hard.

It's no Dr. Mario / Picross / Tetris / Yoshi's Cookie / Tetris Attack etc., but that just goes to show how awesome the NES was for puzzle games.

 

[Unison]

Also, let no tally of NES Puzzle games go without mentioning Kickle Cubicle:

 

[MegaByte]

There was a pre-cursor to Yoshi in Devil World (Japan and Europe-only), which was released in 1984. The main character is a little dragon that looks a lot like the baby Yoshis from SMW except with wings, has the same coloring as Yoshi, hatches out of an egg, and the egg hatching sound is the same as Yoshi's egg hatching sound.

 

[hobart]

I always felt like I was wasting my money on puzzlers for the NES... especially when they could be done so easily on the Gameboy.

 

[ge-man]

Also, let no tally of NES Puzzle games go without mentioning Kickle Cubicle:

You rock. This game is horribly underrated.

 

[jarrod]

Yoshi gets around...

-Super Mario World (SNES) 1991
-Yoshi (NES) 1992
-Yoshi (GB) 1992
-Mario Paint (SNES) 1992
-Super Mario Kart (SNES) 1992
-Yoshi's Cookie (GB) 1993
-Yoshi's Cookie (NES) 1993
-Yoshi's Safari (SNES) 1993
-Mario's Tennis (VB) 1995
-Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES) 1995
-Tetris Attack (SNES) 1996
-Tetris Attack (GB) 1996
-Super Mario 64 (N64) 1996
-Mario Kart 64 (N64) 1997
-Game & Watch Gallery (GB) 1997
-Yoshi's Story (N64) 1998
-Game & Watch Gallery 2 (GB) 1998
-Game & Watch Gallery 2 (GBC) 1998
-Mario Party (N64) 1999
-Super Smash Bros (N64) 1999
-Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (GBC) 1999
-Mario Golf (N64) 1999
-Mario Golf (GBC) 1999
-Game & Watch Gallery 3 (GBC) 1999
-Mario Party 2 (N64) 2000
-Mario Tennis (N64) 2000
-Mario Tennis (GBC) 2001
-Paper Mario (N64) 2001
-Mario Party 3 (N64) 2001
-Super Mario Advance (GBA) 2001
-Mario Kart: Super Circuit (GBA) 2001
-Super Smash Bros Melee (GC) 2001
-Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (GBA) 2002
-Super Mario Sunshine (GC) 2002
-Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (GBA) 2002
-Mario Party 4 (GC) 2002
-Game & Watch Gallery 4 (GBA) 2002
-Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (GC) 2003
-Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA) 2003
-Mario Party 5 (GC) 2003
-Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC) 2003
-Mario Golf: Advance Tour (GBA) 2004
-Mario Pinball Land (GBA) 2004
-Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GC) 2004
-Mario Power Tennis (GC) 2004
-Mario Party 6 (GC) 2004
-Super Mario 64 DS (DS) 2004
-Yoshi's Touch & Go! (DS) 2005
-Mario Party Advance (GBA) 2005
-Yoshi's Universal Gravitation (GBA) 2005
-Mario Baseball (GC) 2005
-Mario Kart DS (DS) 2005

 

[hobart]

Was there ever a doubt about how "whored" Yoshi was since his inception?

Please... this is Nintendo we are talking about.

 

[MegaByte]

Add:
Yoshi's Cookie (SNES) 1993
Mario & Wario (SFC) 1993
Mario is Missing (PC) 1992
Mario is Missing (NES) 1993
Mario is Missing (SNES) 1993
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GB) 1993
Kuruppon Oven de Cookie (SFC)
Mario's Game Gallery (PC)
Mario's Game Gallery (Mac)
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (SNES) 1994
Mario's Time Machine (SNES) 1994
Mario's Time Machine (NES) 1994
Mario's Time Machine (PC) 1994
Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters (SNES) 1994
Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters (PC) 1994
Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers (SNES) 1994
Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers (PC) 1994
Mario's Early Years: Preschool Fun (SNES) 1994
Mario's Early Years: Preschool Fun (PC) 1994
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES) 1995
Donkey Kong Land 2 (GB) 1996
Super Mario RPG (SNES) 1996
ExciteBike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium (SFC BSX) 1997
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (GBC) 1998
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) 1998
Nintendo Puzzle Collection (GC) 2003
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Master Quest (GC) 2003
The Legend of Zelda: Collectors Edition (GC) 2003
Mario Party-e (GBA eR) 2003
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GC) 2004

I probably missed even more...

 

[Crazymoogle]

You rock. This game is horribly underrated.

Kickle Cubicle is the best puzzle game on the NES. (Well, okay, there's Tetris, but I wouldn't waste my time sticking with the NES versions).

 

[Unison]

I think I'll try to steal my NES & games when I visit home this weekend.

 

[hobart]

Hey! Yoshi was in Super Mario Bros. the Movie as well!!1!1!11!!

 

[brandonnn]

Kickle Cubicle is the best puzzle game on the NES.

Fire'n'Ice (Solomon's Key 2) comes really, really close, but I guess I'd probably give the edge to Cubicle as well.

 

[0wn3d]

i have yoshi. it's pretty fun.

i have yoshi. it's a terrible game.

 

[0wn3d]

Yeah, it's good but it's a bit simple. I think the catch was you were supposed to get as many of the same bad guy in an egg as possible, but that wasn't exceptionally hard.

It's no Dr. Mario / Picross / Tetris / Yoshi's Cookie / Tetris Attack etc., but that just goes to show how awesome the NES was for puzzle games.

You forgot Wario's Woods. Did a Picross game come out for NES? I know there was a GB one and SNES one. Also, was there a Tetris Attack for NES? I doubt it.

 

[Unison]

I never played Wario's Woods... I was thinking of original GB games too when I wrote that. I don't think half of those games came out on NES (and I think Picross only was for the SFC in Japan).