Yoshi's Safari (SNES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- A playthrough of Nintendo's 1993 first-person rail shooter for the Super NES, Yoshi's Safari.
If you've ever wondered what might happen if you were to put a bazooka in Mario's hands, here's your answer!
Yoshi's Safari is a light gun shooter that requires the Super Scope peripheral, and as far as I know, it's the only game in the Mario lineup to provide a gun as the hero's primary weapon, just as it is still the only game to give you persistent control of Mario from a first-person perspective.
Given that Yoshi's Safari is a first-party release, I'm really shocked that it doesn't get a whole lot of attention. Maybe it's because it's not a classic platformer, or because it requires that you have access to an exotic controller and a tube TV to play it, but despite its relative obscurity, Yoshi's Safari is a cool novelty and an interesting conversation piece.
The story goes something like this: Princess Peach (as she is officially named for the first time in English) begs Mario to go save King Fret and Prince Pine of Jewelry Land, friends of hers that have been kidnapped by Bowser. And as whipped as he is, we all know that Mario can't refuse.
Somewhat not akin to Dirty Harry, you dish out a heap of vigilante justice on traditional Mario enemies, including the Koopa Kids, to find the royals and treasures of Jewelry Land. To rescue these totally random and non-canonical friends of the princess, Mario hops aboard Yoshi's back, his fully automatic shoulder cannon primed to shoot at anything that moves.
Except for Yoshi, that is. He doesn't seem to much appreciate it when you blast the back of his head with bazooka rounds.
Yoshi's Safari is an exceptionally good looking game that takes full advantage of the SNES hardware. The screen scrolling is butter-smooth, the enemies scale in and out of the screen fluidly and without excessive pixelation, the floor textures and backdrops all attractively depict the range Mario stage motifs on display, and it generally runs without hiccups - the occasional bits of slowdown rarely last for more than a second or two. The game leans heavily on Mode 7 effects to provide an impressive illusion of 3D movement, and the twisting, turning course designs coupled with light gun controls make Yoshi's Safari feel like a trippy combo-platter of Super Mario Kart, Lethal Enforcers, and Space Harrier.
You grab items like coins and fire flowers to perk up your odds, and many of the stages offer branching paths which are handy for finding extra power-ups and 1-up mushrooms. Most of the time you'll be shooting at streams of staple Mario enemies like Goombas and Bloopers, and each stage is capped off with a showdown against some notable baddie from Super Mario World. As in every other light gun shooter ever, these boss fights require that you find a weak spot to fire at mercilessly, but the expressive spritework gives these guys a lot of personality that you normally wouldn't see from the squat character graphics in traditional Mario platformers, and I got a kick out of the vehicles that many of them ride - some of them look like they were taken straight out of Dr. Wily's mini-boss design manual.
Suffice it to say that I found it all pretty charming overall.
And the last boss battle is so awesome - I don't recall ever seeing Bowser look as metal as he does here. It is a pity that you never get to hear a Hammer Brother screaming, "You can't shoot me!" as you shoot him, though.
Yoshi's Safari is an easy and short game (though it does have an "expert mode" if you're inclined to play a second loop), and it's not as addictive or deep as the likes of Battle Clash or Metal Combat, but Yoshi's Safari did provide a good excuse to dig out the Super Scope and a few handfuls of AA batteries for the weekend back in the day. It's still a lot of fun now, though I'd suggest a Wii-mote and a SNES emulator to play it these days. That's how I played when I was recording this video.
Man I wish they had done more games like this! The way it goes about doing the whole first-person-on-rails thing is super effective.
On occasion I still wonder about whatever became of King Fret, Prince Pine, and Jewelry Land. Any thoughts, guys?
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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"Mario Goes on a 'Killing Spree' on a Dinosaur while the radio plays happy music"
@Sexually Transmitted Disease. I bet he would eat things that would make a billy goat puke, too.
@Sexually Transmitted Disease. AH!! Such a missed opportunity, give Mario a bandana with his trademark "M" on the front, it probably would have worked, right?? LOL
@Sexually Transmitted Disease. even its kids show Ok
@Sexually Transmitted Disease. do not coppa takes over
@Sexually Transmitted Disease. ds
Surprising as it might be that Mario starred in a first-person light gun shooter, Yoshi's Safari made an excellent case for what could be done with the Super Scope.
Pure genius; the combination of the Super Scope, a first person perspective with rail shooter gameplay and Mode 7 environments make you feel like you're really Mario gunning down Goombas and Koopa Troopas on Yoshi's back! Vehicular armed genocide has never looked so cute.
Sadly they never make too many light gun games
Yep,but being more a cute em up then a shoot em up shooter.
Yoshi and Mario are Nintendo franchise representatives so, both of them are the main character
Fun Fact: This is the first game outside of that Princess Toadstool is called Princess Peach.
Unofficially that is.. they didn't start pushing Peach until 1996, when Super Mario RPG still used toadstool and sm64 said princess toadstool... Peach.
@@adventureoflinkmk2 lol
And what a debut. Forcing mario to shoot up a neighboring kingdom just as a favour.
And since then, Princess Toadstool is now Princess Peach in the future games.
She has always been called princess Peach in Japan, so technically this is isn't the first game she is called princess peach maybe in US. And Mario games has always been released first in Japan. After a few years, Nintendo of America adapted the name princess Peach.
I love it when the koopalings have their own robots. Maybe Nintendo would bring them back some day.
Same
Bring them back being Bowser's children, it was half their character identity
What happened to jewelry land? Nobody knows
It's a hidden gem.
A+
Hey! It needs to come back! Same goes for a lot of places nomined just once (e.g. Sarasaland)
but noooo, kids won't get this "deep lore", let's remake for the 43905th time the Mushroom Kingdom, and every time we make it different.
I see whatcha did there
@@gab_v250, I agree. There's a lot of stuff deep in the old games that never comes back and I'd like to see that change.
Personally, I'd like to see some of the Mario RPG stuff come back. I know it's a rights issue but still.
MetalJesusRocks would be proud 👏
MAYBE if this was an Arcade Game in the 90's, this game COULD've been popular...
Yoshi is a badass. He isn't fazed by Mario punching the back of his head, and reacts with mild annoyance when shot with a BAZOOKA.
They gave Mario a gun before Sonic Team gave shadow the hedgehog a gun therefore Mario is edgier than Sonic
I agree with this statement
guns weren't edgy in 1993
@@nrlty1253 It's not about who is and what was the edgiest, it about how well they use the concept, in this case Mario using a gun, but in a toned down family friendly matter, was done much better than Shadow using a gun, in which Shadow's game was to appeal to teens and young adolescents but failed on that aspect.
@@nrlty1253 One year before the assault weapon ban.
That's because Mario has a SuperScope bazooka controller
Mario's had enough of Bowser's shit and has decided to end it once and for all. This ain't your mama's Mario no this is Mario, to the EXTREME! Also this was the 1st usage of Peach in the US "she was called Toadstool until this game, most people think it was Mario 64 but it was this one it's just this one is often forgoten about".
I don’t know i prefer the name toadstool over peach.
Game: Shoot Screen
Me: *pulls out a shot gun*
Oh no, it would be like those videos of kids breaking TVs with flying Wii remotes all over again.
4:51 rated E for Everyone
How incredible, that this was done on the SNES! Very cool!
I had Metal Combat and this game as a kid. Many fun times were had with that enormous bazooka!
I absolutely love this game!! Light gun games were always fascinating to me as a kid, stuff like Duck Hunt were way before my time and by the time I found Yoshi's Safari with the Super Scope, companies had already been making games like that for the PC like this Nerf game I had where you shoot cartoon robots. Anyhoo, Yoshi's Safari is a lovely on-rails FPS with great music, I love the boss battles, and the Grass Land theme for the first level is just a relaxing, and extremely nostalgic treat for the ears.
“Alright now that we have artificial 3D rendering on the ness for floors, what sort of games should we make?”
“F zero and starfox seam cool and all but how about a game where mario goes around shooting people with a real gun instead of a fire flower or anything. We could even sell an accessory to pair with the game and call it like the super scope!”
Mario fans: "You can't use guns in Super Mario Bros.!"
Me: "You have not played enough mario games to say that!"
I was not prepared to see Yoshi having so much sass in the way he looked at me today.
I love how the only way to kill the second boss is to shoot him in his....uh.......lower cannon.
Well played, Nintendo. Well played.
*now that’s a lotta damage*
What I'll aways remember about this more than anything is the dirty look Yoshi gives you if you shoot him in the back of the head.
This looks like this would have been a perfect family-friendly arcade game in the 90's to stand out in crowd of all those over the top violent fighting games, right?? xD
I must have missed it but, was this ever released over on the Wii's Virtual Console service?? I think this idea should revisited once more in a newer installment!! This game is just oozing with charm!!
dan smith well i would,ve been shocked back then.
It never got released on Wii Virtual Console sadly.
It would of been cool to see Yoshi's safari work with the Wii Zapper.
Just seeing this game for the first time and I already want Nintendo to make a modern version for the switch. Just imagine what they could do with current graphics and game engines.
Oh man I loved my SuperScope, Battleclash and Metal Combat. I don't even remember this game, though. I probably would've loved it back in the day.
MINI-BOSSES
3:18 W-1 Hammer Bro.
9:07 W-3 Boomerang Bro.
13:14 W-4 Giant Bag of Enemies
16:29 W-5 Sledge Bro.
26:38 W-8 Fire Snake
31:39 W-9 Lakitu
35:30 W-10 Sledge Bro. #2
44:23 W-12 (Boss Rush) Hammer Bro, Boomerrang Bro, Sledge Bros, Lakitu and Fire Snake.
BOSSES
3:40 W-1 Lemmy’s Crazy Mech
6:35 W-2 Ludwig’s Clown Machine
9:33 W-3 Wendy in the Pipes
13:56 W-4 Larry’s Water Wheel Sub
17:13 W-5 Morton’s Robo Frog
20:04 W-6 Iggy’s Killer Blooper
23:32 W-7 Roy’s Bombing Balloon
27:52 W-8 Kamek
32:51 W-9 Big Boo
36:18 W-10 Charging Chuck
39:00 W-11 Koopa’s Turtle Tank
46:22 W-12 (FINAL) Armored Bowser
MarioCooper thanks
Is that the actual names?
Karleigh Johnson Don’t know, I just made them up 😅
You ruined me and you will rule the day
this is the first game in the mario franchise where the princess is referred to as "Peach"
Yes and no, the Super Mario World manual says The Princess "Peach" Toadstool was kidnapped. But it seems it is the first in game reference.
Yes she was always peach on japan, however in america Nintendo called them Toadstool for a while
@@rex_melynas Wrong, Super Mario World's manual never mentions anything about the name 'Peach'.
This game really is the very first mention of the name outside of Japan, in-game or otherwise.
In the west
First game in the west, she was always peach in japan. They did it because “Princess Toadstool” wouldnt have fit in the text box lol small things end up making huge changes sometimes
I can't believe Princess Peach sending Mario to Jewelry land, with a gun and possibly an big empty bag.
Lars2015 Oh i
get the joke
Mario: Alright! Put the money in the bag. PUT IT IN!!!
It feels like an arcade game. Nice !
Lucie Bureau you are correct! It does feel like an arcade game 🕹 👾. It should be one ☝️ too.
@@cameronknapp7315 emojis are cringe by the way
But I like using emojis. 😀😃😄😁😆🙂😉
AND THEY ARE NOT CRINGY 😬 !!!!!!!!!!!!
If only this was an arcade game
@@cameronknapp7315 they get worst more you stare at them
Glad to see this game again!
In Europe it’s called Mario sniper for the snes
Lol it is actually called Yoshi's Road Hunting in Japan
Oh god
This is Roman Reign's favourite FPS
Such a great game. I hope it gets ported to the switch someday, but glad to see here :D
I really doubt there gunna port a game that has mario shoot any sorta gun. It also requires the Super scope.
I already have yoshi safari and it was hard to shoot
You think it would have made the Wii.
@@MetalPersonJ riiiiiiiight?
You can play it on the wii
I've never known this game existed until now.
Honey, the plumber has a gun
Playing this game on the computer is so much better than using the actual Super Scope. Seriously that thing was so hard to use.
How u play on pc don't u need gun also?
If only the super scope sold well and the game got more attention , there couldve been more sequels being made
I still have a tube TV, a Super Scope, as well as the SNES and a copy of the game. I ought to record a playthrough of it sometime, as well as some of Battle Clash and Metal Combat.
Seams like you never got around to it huh 🤔
Knight Bowser looks like the Original Blastoise.
And his face when you shoot him... Almost makes me feel sorry for him. In fact, it does...
The Ascension of the gems look suspiciously similar to the ending of Super Mario RPG, Legend of the Seven Stars.
I've owned this game since 2009 and I never actually saw it in action outside of a few in game demos until a couple of years ago since I didn't have and still don't have a Super Scope.
I have a Super scoop as you can see in my video I just purchused one in a box. But sadly I don't own a old tv. So the Super scoop is useless. But at least I own it.
I know im late but you can play this game your phone using snes 9x you just touch the screen where you want to shoot actually works out good for this game
Alt tittle: Mario holding a gun and randomly shooting everything in his way while playing happy music
I’m gonna be honest
I think this one of the best SNES games in my opinion
never played this before and i wanna try it i'll wait until they add this on SNES Switch Online Service
0:22 The first time Toadstool is named Peach.
So many childhood memories!
Intro, Starts: *At dooms gate starts playing*
Oh geeze that face yoshi makes when it gets hurt is heartbreaking!
I never got a chance to play this but the graphics and music are pretty solid
I would love to see this show up on the Switch with joycon and/or touchscreen support. It's an overlooked gem, and Superscope games don't work on modern TVs.
You can play it on the wii
Sadly this game requires an old crt tv,wich most people have STUPIDLY thrown away in favor of a more light weight flatty lcd screen, but i am sooo glad that i still own my sony 37 inch flat crt screen just for this game among others,, the problem is that this game may be will be more forgotten overtimes because of the required superscope and a crt in order to play thiis game,,but most people only seems to care about more bigger tv’s and being in 4K,but i consider that BS .
Man, Nintendo really missed out on releasing a sequel/remake of this for the Wii.... it would've been perfect for that platform. Oh well, it's still not too late for them to make one for current systems, anyway! And they ought to resurrect the Battle Clash/Metal Combat franchise while they're at it! 😉
3:31, I swear, when he looks at you when you accidentally shoot him, he looks like he wants to say
"Ow, you idiot!!"
18:44 when you break the barrier in an snes
Mario! What are you doing to Yoshi in the ranking screen? You know Yoshi is helping you on your adventure!
Wait...you’re telling me this game is good? Now I have to buy it
Well we can add jewelry thief and mass murderer to the long list of careers Mario has had.
Existential Crisis mario did not steal the jewels 💎.
Some might be like, "An official Mario-themed shooter game? Now my life is complete."
The original Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle...
I had a scope 6 growing up but never played this one. Looks fun
also this is one of the few super nintendo games I still own since my house was robbed
I would love to play it again, whenever the polymega x sinden light gun gets released
Sorry your house was robbed
How did you're house get robbed?
Christian Cerritos uh, well, it's terrible actually, my house was robbed during my mom's funeral, you see people look for obituaries in the paper to see the date and time of the funeral then they rob the house because they know the families won't be home. It's terrible. People are terrible.
@@fahriakalin5936 oof that was bad
They probably looked at that, said "Mario with a gun? What?" and just left it there
4:44 Yoshi sounds weird.
You would too if a fat guy with a bazooka was sitting on your back :) lol
It's a good thing Mario thought to bring a gun when visiting the princess
this really brings back memories of me with my older brother, i must have been in kindergarten
this game would be great in VR
It is hard to believe this is not an SNES game
Alot of people dont remember this game. Released September 1993
So that's where the chaos emerald went.
I feel like the Koopaling Robots thing was a hood idea. Surprising that they only used it this once.
Amazing game
Mario: see you later alligator
You know, it's only just occurred to me that the Mushroom Kingdom's Princess had a similar name situation to Dr. Eggman/Robotnik in that they've always been known by one name in Japan from début to present day, and were known by another name outside of Japan for a few years. It was only when Mario and Sonic made their respective jumps into 3D that the princess and mad scientist's Japanese names would see consistent use in every region.
7:15
Every dude within a 10-meter radius:
Mario really tortured Yoshi on the SNES days huh, shoot him for fun, or punch him to extend his mouth... I think if Yoshi knew, he would probably let baby mario die in the middle of the forest as a baby...
...or eating him! Check out the "eating Baby Mario glitch" for SMW2.
I’ve never given this game the time of day. That’s my loss because this game looks awesome.
Mom: Mario with a gun...
... not so kid friendly
Dad: YOU CAN PLAY MORTAL KOMBAT AND
THE MARIO WITH A GUN
I finally found it! NOW WHO'S GONNA STOP MEEEEEE!?
The only one that provides a gun? So what do you call those things the gang used in Kingdom Battle?
I have like every snes game in rom ever made. I wish i could play this game. But im on emulator so no. When then this is a rare game. Thanks for the video
If I'm not mistaken, this was the last official appearance of the Koopa Kids in a new game for ten years until Superstar Saga in 2003. (Unless you count Mario All Stars or Hotel Mario.)
as far as i know Super Scope has several disadvantages than Zapper one of those is requires 6 AA batteries to work and short lifespan
Also less cool than a zapper.
My favorite part was how tired your shoulder and arm would get after an hour of playing with it. It was so uncomfortable to hold. I got it for my birthday (in 1992 I think?) and I played the Super Scope 6 game and Battle Clash a ton. I loved it, but I hated it at the same time lol. It chewed through so many batteries, too.
@@NintendoComplete oh yeah because you hold it like a bazooka and other thing only 9 games requires super scope compare to 17 games on the NES Zapper (i don't count Unlicensed games, 6 NES games have optional gun support)
47:43 I love yoshi face lol
Level 5's boss reminds me of the Frog robot used by one of Pac-Man's ghost enemies in Pac-Man World 2.
I can't believe only took him like 2 seconds to defeat Larry
Love your videos so much ❤
i like the music of all bosses
Mario with a gun is WAY better than Sonic with a gun! I'm looking at you, _Shadow the Hedgehog!_
i remember this type of game was going to be in super mario bros. from a cut content video of the game
They could honestly put this on Switch Online due to JoyCons. I emulated this game on Wii and the motion worked great
This does look fun.
If only this game were added to the SNES NSO app...
Then again, the hard part would be building a SNES Super Scope to work on the Nintendo Switch whilst using the SNES NSO app.
A mario game where you do drive by's ..... Nice
Does there exist a version of this game modified so it can be controlled with an SNES Mouse, because I really don't want to use a Super Scope.
Did....did this game actually happen?
Yes....... Yes it did. I had a copy
Yeap .. Fun game to play with snes scope
The only MAJOR flaw of this game is the Super Scope itself. It ate batteries like popcorn and ran out of juice way too fast.
The first time we see the name Princess Peach
Is it going to be good?
Everybody gangsta til Mario fill ya mouth with da steel
I got one thing to say...
Why couldn’t just call this a 3-D Mario game! It would have been more successful.
funny how this game is not noticed alot and not played alot because barely people has super scope / MAC RIFLE idk
4:24 Lemmy is blasting off!
Cool
I can tell there this game's final boss was inspired by Sonic 2.
Vahan Nisanian sonic 2 came out before this game
@@shortguy07 Yes, I know. Perhaps my initial wording was strange, and made it out to seem like it was the other way around, when that wasn't my intention. I have since updated my post.