Ugh! More Mario Claptrap? (Mario & Yoshi (GB))

Member Name: wampyrii

Product:	Mario & Yoshi (GB)
Date:	15/09/01 (63 review reads)
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Well fortunately in some respects this is somewhat different, being as it is, a puzzler, rather than the usual platform action, but unfortunately it quite simply sucks.

Its difficult to say much about it because the gameplay is so...empty.

You are Mario and you are at the bottom of the screen holding ummm serving trays(?). Your enemies from the platform games fall from the sky and turn into blocks when they land. You must manipulate these fallen blocks so that you get groups of three which will then disappear, get you points and eventually allow you to move on to the next level. The later levels start with blocks already there making you task that much harder but the chances are you won't get this far anyway. The music is nice, the graphics are average and the gameplay as dull as ditchwater. There is a two player option which gets very boring very quickly, but the chances of you finding two people who want to play this is pretty slim to be fair. Its probably aimed at kids, but then it seems to difficult for that...well it was too difficult for me, but then I had immense difficulty in trying to retain interest in playing it so...maybe it'll float your boat - just not mine.

I suppose there is a market for this somewhere, but for me its the most boring thing I have played in a long time. Then again, I never liked Tetris either and I suppose the principle is (in a very loose sense) similar. Even so, surely it is about time we moved on from that now? Mario & Yoshi is a poor attempt to cash in on the Mario name but thankfully its price tag reflects this. Nevertheless, I have better things to spend my cash on thanks.

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