Game Debate #156: Yoshi's Cookie

[Reed Rothchild | 9,510]

[mbd39 | 2,017]

6/10

Not great, but I still prefer it to Yoshi.

 

[Webhead123 | 675]

I was never a big puzzle-game player but I remember renting this one out of curiosity. Not terrible but also not remarkable in any way and I actually found slightly more lasting entertainment from Yoshi's other puzzle game on NES.

5/10

[Tanooki | 4,930]

It's a great game, but not quite truly great which by the poll here makes it very good.

It's not that game mechanics themselves do anything wrong exactly, but it's what it doesn't get right which is any form of a difficulty curve really to where it just gets boring after awhile until you stop.  It's not like where it gets nasty but doable with Tetris or Dr Mario and their type, and it's not a garbage title like Yoshi which just doesn't work well at all.

It's like there, better than present, but not awesome enough to keep you going after awhile.

[DoctorEncore | 3,690]

I played it briefly when collecting my set and it seemed pretty terrible. Would have to go back and play more to provide a rating.

[Brickman | 3,982]

I played this for the first time about two weeks ago. It seemed decent but nothing amazing.

I didn’t play it long enough to give a rating but a 5 would probably be around where I could imagine it sitting.

[fox | 1,665]

Zzzzzz

Give me Tetris Attack for my Yoshi themed puzzle game

[DefaultGen | 5,400]

It sucks.

What makes a puzzle game good? The zen of recognizing and clearing patterns to sweet tunes in Lumines? The increasingly tense precision sharpshooting of Bust-a-move? High speed balancing risk/reward/RNG in Tetris as you try to set up Tetrises without blocking yourself out? Setting up an insane 12-chain combo in Puyo Puyo that decimates your opponent?

What does Yoshi's Cookie have to give me the dopamine? It's a grandma game.

Edited June 1, 2023 by DefaultGen

[CMR | 519]

7/10  Its an OK puzzle game, but no where near as good as Wario's Woods.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,104]

I don't really like puzzle games, but this one is just awful. 2/10.

[SNESNESCUBE64 | 532]

It is a very OK kind of game. If you like puzzle games you might like this one. Tetris Attack is a much better Yoshi themed puzzle game.

[Gloves | 11,761]

Never been a fan of this one, and I don't like puzzle games in the first place. 

[Sumez | 2,933]

Did anyone actually ever play this?

[CodysGameRoom | 2,008]

54 minutes ago, Sumez said:

Did anyone actually ever play this?

Yea, when my mom got me a Game Boy, the first two games I had were Dr. Mario and Yoshi Cookie. So I did play it a lot. I'm not voting in this poll since it's the NES game and I'm talking about the Game Boy version, even though it's the same game. But when you are 9 and only have two games, it's pretty good.

[TDIRunner | 2,727]

Never really got into this game.  I've tried it multiple times, but I prefer other puzzle games.  

Edited June 1, 2023 by TDIRunner

[Tanooki | 4,930]

3 hours ago, Sumez said:

Did anyone actually ever play this?

I've had it off and on over the years second hand, always real cheap to pick up or with other games.  The only one I have now is part of the Nintendo Puzzle Collection on the GC (JP release) and it's the nicest rendition of it from an audio visual side, plays all the same though.  Fun, until it gets boring for overstaying its welcome.

[rdrunner | 422]

4/10 - Tried it plenty of times, but it's just too boring.

Not that Yoshi's other NES game is a gem or anything, but I'd much rather play that.

[mbd39 | 2,017]

5 hours ago, Sumez said:

Did anyone actually ever play this?

I probably never would have if not for the weekly contests.

 

[MegaMan52 | 2,441]

7/10

It's all right. I like it enough that I want to keep it in my collection and play it on occasion. I played the NES version when I was a kid. I've had the NES version for years and bought the Japanese release of the Game Boy version in 2021. I've also had Nintendo Puzzle Collection for GameCube for over a decade now.

I like the soundtrack in the GameCube version, and uploaded it onto YouTube along with the Hudson Selection versions of Bonk's Adventure and Adventure Island. I've also thought about playing Nintendo Puzzle Collection with four players. Only problem is that I can't see my friends very often nowadays due to our schedules. And one of them doesn't like puzzle games much (though he and I did play the unused two player mode in the Nintendo NES version of Tetris a few years ago). 

Edited June 1, 2023 by MegaMan52

[Reed Rothchild | 9,510]

Looks like I ranked this at #339 in the SNES library.  Considering the NES version is about the same, that would make this like the 1000th best game I've ever played.  Sounds like a 4 to me!

[JamesRobot | 5,786]

Meh.  Game-play-wise it's better than Dr Mario but it's got nothing on the music.

[SailingWiimote | 16]

I had this and "Yoshi" on NES as a little kid.

The problem with Yoshi Cookie is that it's only fun in multiplayer. If you can get some people to play with, it's one of the funniest games to screw your friends over, and it's incredibly fun. I have a ton of great memories playing it with my brothers when we were little and weren't so concerned about who won.

The game's entire mechanics were built around sending distractions over to your opponents to mess with them, and it's so joyless without that layer of chaos. In single player it's painfully dull and not worth playing.

You should all try and find footage of the game's multiplayer mode if you've never seen it, since it's where the real action is. It's kind of like Bomberman where people don't really play Yoshi Cookie for single player.

Edited June 5, 2023 by SailingWiimote