Yoshi's Safari

YOSHI'S SAFARI

Today, it's time to drift a little away from puzzle games and cover another Yoshi spinoff game, Yoshi's Safari. Created for the SNES to work with the Super Scope, the game featured Mario and Luigi, traveling to save King Fret and Prince Pine of the faraway Jewel Kingdom from Bowser and his minions. The game featured Yoshi traveling along a set path, while numerous flying enemies came toward him, with Mario riding his back and using the Super Scope to shoot them out of the sky.

So, obviously, this adds a super scope to Mario's abilities, and running and jumping to Yoshi's. Princess Peach, King Fret, and Prince Pine are all basically NPCs, so don't worry about it. And then we have Bowser who pilots a giant mechanical suit, stomps, and throws shells at you. The Seven Koopalings also pilot their own mechs, except for Wendy who pops out of pipes and throws bombs, and Roy who flies in a hot air balloon. Other bosses include a Koopa in another giant mech, Kamek who teleports and casts spells, a Big Boo who throws rocks and can split into three, and a Chargin' Chuck who also throws rocks and jumps into the air to slam down.

The enemies in the game include Paratroopas and Paragoombas, Lakitus, Bob-Ombs on parachutes, and Boos. For non-flying varieties, we also have Cheep Cheeps and Bloopers, Monty Moles, Mechakoopas, and octopus-like enemies called Octos.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:
Mario: hold and switch around plates, pump switches, play with dough, super scope
Yoshi: hatch from egg, play with dough, throw egg, play Tetris Attack, drop blocks, run, jump
Peach: pump switches
Bowser: pump switches, giant mech, stomp, throw shells
Koopalings: mechs, pipes, throw bombs
Kamek: teleport, cast spells
Koopa: giant mech, wings
Goomba: wings
Piranha Plant
Boo: throw rocks
Blooper
Lakitu
Poochy
Grinder
Wiggler: fly, Egg-odil partner
Shy Guy: fire guy
Chargin' Chuck: jump and slam, throw rocks

Stages:
A stage based on the game, with switching platforms and falling eggs?
This probably helped inspire Cookie Land-type stages that came later, so . . . that?
A stage based on this game perhaps

Items:
Yoshi Eggs
Ball of Dough
Cookies
Panels
Blocks

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