Yoshi's Cookie (NES)

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

How about a nice leek in this trying time?

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

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

Graphics#

Chef Mario#

Early Chef Mario sprites. The first one is noticeably off-model, while the second is much closer to the final but still looks a bit different, mainly with the shading of Mario's hat, his hair, and around his eyes.

File Name	Earlier	Early	Final	Comments
mario-3.cgx / mario-3-new.cgx				More of the same. Strangely, the final graphic has misplaced tiles.
mario-3.cgx / mario-3-new.cgx				More of the same.
mario-4.cgx / mario-4-new.cgx				More of the same.

Credits#

File Name	Early	Final	Comments
mario-3.cgx / mario-3-new.cgx			Mario and Yoshi still have their early sprite designs.

Sprites#

Mario#

Mario's sprite has a completely different head than the final version, leaving his eyebrows visible and his nose and ears much smaller, and his shoes no longer have lighter shading.

Mario (Title Screen)

File Name	Early	Final	Comments
mario-0.cgx			Mario's hand is less rounded than the final version.
mario-0.cgx			Mario's head looking at the screen is very different from the final version, in addition to his hands being much smaller and his shoes closer together.
mario-0.cgx			Mario's head goes back instead of looking up, and his legs are in a slightly different position when pulling.
mario-0.cgx			Again, Mario's hands are not very rounded.
mario-0.cgx			Again, Mario's head goes back when he's pulling instead of going up, and in the second frame, his shoulder becomes a little more rounded than the final version.
mario-0.cgx			Mario's shoulders are much more visible and his hand is less rounded.
mario-0.cgx			The same as before, but without the angry expression.
mario-0.cgx			Mario's shoes when he walks are in a different position than in the final version, being less exaggerated. In addition, his hand is much lower.
mario-0.cgx			Mario's hand holding the hammer is a little different, and the hammer is much simpler.
mario-0.cgx			Mario is angry, which makes much more sense with the scene.
mario-0.cgx			Mario is sad instead of looking down. Curiously, there are leftovers of this sprite in the final version!

Mario (Cutscenes)

File Name	Early	Final	Comments
mario-1.cgx			Here Mario's eyes are wide open, and his hand is moving as he runs.
mario-1.cgx			Mario's hand is less rounded here, and his butt is sticking out more.
mario-1.cgx			Mario's pose is wider, with his hands further from the center, and his legs are closer together.
mario-1.cgx			Mario is less hunched over here, and his expression is quite different.
mario-1.cgx			The same as before.
mario-1.cgx			Mario's eye here is larger horizontally, instead of vertically as in the final version.
mario-1.cgx			His head is smaller here, there's no shading on his forehead, his hands are more stretched out, and his shoes are larger and lack detail.
mario-1.cgx			Mario's shoes again lack any detail, and his feet are positioned slightly differently.
mario-1.cgx			His hands are positioned slightly higher, and his expression is also a little different.
mario-1.cgx			The part of Mario's shirt where his left arm is located is missing.
mario-1.cgx			A piece of his shirt is missing, and his eye looks like the animation of Mario chasing a cookie.
mario-1.cgx			Besides Mario's expression being different with his eyes wide open, his hands are more in the air, and the area around his stomach and feet is also very different.
mario-1.cgx			Mario's expression is completely different.
mario-1.cgx			Mario's hand is lower down.
mario-1.cgx			Interestingly, instead of Mario using his sprite from the first time he gets the cookie, just like in the final version, here he would have a unique sprite for the final scene!

Yoshi#

The Yoshi sprites seen here have small eyes, a less rounded nose shape, and lack as many details compared to the final version.

File Name	Early	Final	Comments
mario-2.cgx			Only one of Yoshi's hands is visible here.
mario-2.cgx			Yoshi's eyes are closed here, and his hands are smaller.
mario-2.cgx			Yoshi's mouth looks smaller.
mario-2.cgx			Yoshi's mouth is also smaller here, which makes his eyes more visible.
mario-2.cgx			This sprite is a bit simpler compared to the final version.
mario-2.cgx			Yoshi also has his eyes closed here, and his hand lacks detail on the fingers as well as the white part.

Others#

File Name	Early	Final	Comments
mario-2.cgx			Mario and Yoshi's sprites were redrawn, and the font on the sign is slightly different. Both Mario and Yoshi have a brighter, simpler palette than in the final.