Play Yoshi's Safari Online

Yoshi's Safari came out in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, developed and published by Nintendo. It was one of those games that really leaned into the hardware's potential, especially if you had the Super Scope light gun. It felt like a natural extension of the platform's experimental phase, where accessories tried to bridge the gap between arcade action and home console play.

You control Mario riding on Yoshi, moving automatically through a series of first-person stages. Your main goal is to clear each path of enemies and defeat bosses to rescue the royal family. The signature mechanics involve aiming the Super Scope at the screen to shoot Koopas and other enemies, collecting power-ups to improve your firepower, and occasionally guiding Yoshi left or right to dodge obstacles. The pacing is fast and relentless; you have to be quick on the trigger to survive. It feels like a frantic, on-rails arcade shooter condensed for your living room.