Joystiq [Nintendo]

Yoshi's Safari

platform: SNES
U.S. release: December 28, 1993

If you think Nintendo shooters using IR technology are new since Link's Crossbow Training was released for Wii, you had better recognize: Yoshi's Safari was one of the few short-lived games exclusively controlled with the Super Scope 6 infrared-powered peripheral. Again Mario is seen working his magic onscreen, but only atop Yoshi is he able to move through the game environment. It would seem Yoshi is forever doomed to Mario's command...

07/11/08