Game launches on Thursday
Nintendo began streaming on Tuesday the opening cinematic for the Yoshi and the Mysterious Book game, featuring Bowser Jr.
The game launches for Nintendo Switch 2 on Thursday.
In the game, Yoshi jumps into a magical book. While inside the book, Yoshi and the world adopt an artstyle that resembles a hand-drawn picture book. Yoshi can carry other creatures on its back to gain abilities.
Yoshi’s previous game Yoshi’s Crafted World launched for Nintendo Switch in March 2019.
Mario’s dinosaur companion Yoshi first appeared in Super Mario World for Super Nintendo in 1990. Yoshi’s first starring role in a platformer game was in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island for SNES in 1995. Yoshi’s Story then launched for Nintendo 64 in 1997. Yoshi has starred in multiple games since, and has also appeared in mainline Super Mario games and spinoffs such as Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros..
The sequel movie The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened in North America on April 3 and in Japan on April 24. Donald Glover joins the cast as Yoshi.
Source: Nintendo of America’s YouTube channel
