Yoshi's Cookie (Game Boy)

This page details development materials of Yoshi's Cookie (Game Boy).

How about a nice leek in this trying time?

'This page or section details content from theJuly 2020 Nintendo Leak.'''

Part of the July 24th, 2020 Nintendo leak features early sprites from Yoshi's Cookie, both SNES, NES and Game Boy! They can be found in other.7z\NEWS\テープリストア\NEWS_11\NEWS_11\hino\z-mario-cookie.

To do:
Many, many more sprites.

Sprites#

Mario#

Interestingly, there are 4 versions of Mario's sprite development, of which the "earlier version" seems to be deeply based on an early version of his sprites from the NES version!

While the "early version" tends to be a transition from his initial model to the final model, the "later and near-final" are practically his sprites with the final model, but the later version usually has less polish, while the near-final version has a greater hand and some extra details.

Mario (Title Screen)#

File Name	Early	Comments
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, the cookie box is simpler. In later version, Mario's hand had more shading, and his arm was also slightly larger, making him look much more like his sprite in the NES version. In near-final, strangely enough, Mario's hand is much larger here, in addition to having an extra pixel on the part of his arm, and the cookie box having extra shading that makes it darker.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, Mario has his eyes closed, his shoulders are slightly larger, and his hands are smaller. In later version, Mario's pants had a different shade than the final version, and part of his hat was missing light. This was removed, as the final version uses the same tilet 8x8 but inverted. In near-final, Mario's pants have more shading compared to the final version.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, Mario doesn't put his head up. In later and near-final versions, the animation is more similar to what is seen in the NES version.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In later version, Mario's arm is larger, similar to his NES version, and he also has an extra pixel on his hat in one of the frames that is not present in the final version. In near-final, on the edge of his head that begins at his arm.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, Mario doesn't put his head up, again. In later version, just like the other sprites, Mario has a larger arm.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier versions, Mario has his eyes closed, and his hand is quite small and simple. In later version, it appears to be a hybrid of the final Mario model with the expression seen in the "earlier version", with Mario's eyes closed, his mustache slightly different, and his pants having extra shading.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx		In earlier and early versions, just like the previous sprite, it still has a small hand. In later and near-final versions, the shoulder detail on Mario is correct, and the shading on Mario's pants is also larger.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In later and near-final versions, the shading on Mario's gloves is different, as is the shading on his pants.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, Mario's hammer is less detailed. In later version, Mario's gloves have one frame with details, while the other refers to the visual seen in the "earlier version" and the final version. In near-final, Mario's gloves are more detailed in every frame.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, Mario's hammer is still quite simple, and his expression is one of anger, but with his eyes closed. In later version, there are no details on Mario's glove, and his pants have more shading. In near-final, the gloves have more shading.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx		In earlier and early versions, Mario is sad, but with his head facing forward instead of downward. In later and near-final versions, Mario's arms are larger, as are previous sprites, and the lid of the cookie box has detail in all its frames. However, only one frame has detail in the final version. What the heck happened here?

Mario (Gameplay)#

File Name	Early	Comments
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx		In earlier and early version, Mario's posture is less straight. In later version, Mario's nose is slightly different, In near-final, The top part of Mario's nose is colored gray instead of black.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, Mario's shoulder is more rounded. In near-final, has two extra pixels of shading on the right leg, and one missing pixel on the left leg.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, Mario's shoulder is again more rounded. In near-final, has shading on the pants that's close to the final version, but it's still missing some pixels.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	Interestingly, although the "earlier version" and the final version have the shoulder detail, it is not present in the "later and near-final versions".
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, Mario's right hand is more visible here. In later version, the shading on Mario's face is incomplete.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In early version has simple shading on the pants, but not the same as the final version. In near-final, the shading on the pants is much more detailed compared to the final version.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, Mario's hand didn't have many details, besides his eyes being closed. In later version, the details of Mario's hand are different from what is seen in the final version. In near-final, Mario's hand becomes simpler, similar to the "earlier version".

Mario (VS. Mode)#

File Name	Early	Comments
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, Mario's hands are smaller, and the circle is slightly different. In later and near-final versions, Mario's hands are much larger compared to the final version, and the circle is gray, which was reverted to white, just like in the "earlier version," but with extra shading.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In earlier version, Mario's hands are again small, and his eyes are more visible. In later and near-final versions, Mario's hands have more shading, and the X is gray instead of white, which in the final version was reverted to white but with extra shading.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	From the "earlier to the near-final," Mario has large arms, and the "later and near-final" versions also feature additional shading on his pants that is not present in the final version.
mario00.cgx / mario00-new.cgx	It was not found.	In later and near-final versions, Mario's pants have more shading, and the lighting on Mario's hat is only focused on one corner.

Yoshi#

Yoshi (Title Screen & Cutscene)#

File Name	Early	Later	Final	Comments
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				In the early version, the shine on Yoshi's nose is different, and his shoes don't have any details. In the later version, Yoshi's shoes have more shading.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				In early version, the shading of the rest of Yoshi is completely different, with one part having highlights and the other having darker areas. This was discarded from the final version. In later version, Yoshi's eyes are more visible here, and the shading of Yoshi on both shoes is quite different. This was removed in the final version because the sprite reuses the same 8x8 tilet as the shoe sprite.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				In both "early and later versions," Yoshi's mouth looks much more like the version seen in the NES version.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				In early version, Yoshi's mouth is slightly smaller, which makes his eyes more visible.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				In early version, the second frame of Yoshi has almost no shading at all. In later version, there is shading on Yoshi's mouth and the back of his head that is not present in the final version.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				In early version, Yoshi doesn't have fingers. In later version, as well as in its previous sprite viewed from the front, its eyes are more visible.

Yoshi (Gameplay)#

File Name	Early	Later	Final	Comments
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				In early version, the shine on Yoshi's nose is different, and he also has shading on his face that is not present in the final version. In later version, Yoshi's head is slightly more rounded, his eyes lack shading, and his smile is larger, making his cheeks less visible.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				Again, just like the previous sprites, the shading and highlights on Yoshi's sprite are different. However, both the "early and later versions" of the sprites have less shading on the legs compared to the final version.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				The same as before.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				The same as before.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				In later version, Yoshi's closed eyes are drawn in a different way.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				In early version, Yoshi's smile is bigger and his cheeks are not visible. In later version, Yoshi's head is rounder again.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				Both the "early and later versions" of Yoshi have the lever in the center instead of below as in the final version, and in the "later version" Yoshi's eyes are more visible.

Yoshi (VS. Mode)#

File Name	Early	Later	Final	Comments
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				In both the "early and later versions," the circle is not only less detailed but also less rounded, which makes Yoshi's leg more visible.
yossy00.cgx / yossy00-new.cgx				In both the "early and later versions," the large X has no shading, and in the "early version," the shading on Yoshi's leg is missing a pixel.

Menus#

File Name	Early	Later	Final	Comments
yossy01.cgx / yossy01-new.cgx				In early version, the same initial models from the NES version are used, for both Mario and Yoshi! In later version, Yoshi has a different shine on his nose, and his shoes don't shine, while Mario's hat is more pointed and also doesn't shine, and his nose isn't shaded in one of the frames.
yossy01.cgx / yossy01-new.cgx				In early version, Mario is running with a hammer with his eyes closed, and Yoshi has a small mouth, which makes his eyes more visible. In later version, Mario's hat is missing its shine, and Yoshi doesn't have any shading. Furthermore, in one of his frames, part of his mouth isn't colored, making it transparent.