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Monday 21 March 2011

Mario & Yoshi


Mario & Yoshi...(also known as just Yoshi or Yoshi's Egg in some places)
Another Game Boy game I've had for a good 11-12 years.
It was originally a NES game but was ported to the Game Boy, which is the version I have

It's a puzzle game where you control Mario (Or Luigi in the NES version)
who contols 4 platforms on which objects and eggs fall on.
You have Goomba, Piranha Plants, Bloopers and Boos,
You also have a top and bottom half of an egg.
You can match up 2 of any of the objects (as long as they are the same type)
by moving the plates that Mario holds in his hands,
He holds on to 2 plates at a time and can switch them about to make sure the
object you want lands on the plate you want.


While you get points for matching the enemies up, the real objective lies with the egg shells,
You have to start off with the bottom half of an egg and then place the top half over it.
The egg with close, hatch and a Yoshi will pop out giving you +1 on the Yoshi score.
The more enemies you sandwich in between the two egg shells, the stronger the Yoshi will be.
You basically just have to try and get as high as you can, there's no real plot to this game.
Sandwiching 2 enemies between the eggs
The Game also has 2 modes,
In Game A you stack and match the objects while avoiding reaching the top, much like Tetris
and in Game B, there are 4 towers for you to match up and bring down, doing it as quick as possible.
You have 3 pieces of cheery music to listen to while you play as well, my favourite is Music C because it reminds me of Pokémon Red and Blue so much.

It's a good game, but it's nothing special really, it's not bad in anyway but it can get repetitive after awhile.
However, like Tetris, this can be an extremely addictive game too, it's well worth a try and it's good for killing 5-10 minutes

P.S. Sorry for the shoddy picture, it's almost impossible to find good screenies of this game.
and yes.. My GBA SP has been damaged as you can tell by the black ink leak on the bottom and sides,
Oh well..

Toku-R

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