Secret Origins: Yoshi
March 03, 2011
People don't seem to talk about the Game Boy version of Nintendo's 1992 puzzle game, Yoshi. It's certainly easy enough to forget about if one compares it to the monster puzzle titles of the era such as Tetris and Dr. Mario. Even if you did enjoy it, you'd probably spring for the colorful, more detailed Nintendo Entertainment System version of the game. Not me, though. I walked right up to the counter at the mall electronics store, plunked down my $30 in saved allowance, and proudly asked for the little handheld version of Yoshi. I didn't do it near my home though. I bought it nearly three-thousand miles away as close to "the source" as I could possibly manage. I'm getting ahead of myself though.
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