<s>
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1993	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
shooter	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
its	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
SNES	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
Mario	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
game	O
to	O
feature	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
gameplay	O
and	O
requires	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
's	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
his	O
pet	O
dinosaur	O
Yoshi	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
embarks	O
on	O
a	O
quest	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
kingdom	O
of	O
Jewelry	O
Land	O
from	O
Bowser	O
and	O
his	O
Koopalings	O
,	O
who	O
have	O
kidnapped	O
its	O
rulers	O
and	O
stolen	O
12	O
gems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
commissioned	O
its	O
R&D1	O
department	O
to	O
develop	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
waning	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
title	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
's	O
Mode	O
7	O
graphics	O
mode	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
peripheral	O
depended	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
released	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
late	O
1993	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
PAL	O
regions	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
video	O
game	O
journalists	O
,	O
who	O
commended	O
its	O
presentation	O
—	O
particularly	O
the	O
visuals	O
—	O
and	O
gameplay	O
;	O
some	O
labelled	O
it	O
the	O
best	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
garnered	O
little	O
attention	O
and	O
failed	O
commercially	O
,	O
attributed	O
to	O
its	O
launch	O
coinciding	O
with	O
a	O
controversy	O
surrounding	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
rerelease	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
(	O
1992	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
additions	O
to	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
lore	O
were	O
ignored	O
in	O
subsequent	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
never	O
been	O
rereleased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
is	O
a	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
shooter	O
viewed	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
12	O
levels	O
and	O
requires	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
,	O
a	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
peripheral	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
SNES	B-Application
)	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
views	O
gameplay	O
from	O
the	O
perspective	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
riding	O
on	O
his	O
pet	O
dinosaur	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	O
back	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
to	O
shoot	O
enemies	O
,	O
which	O
include	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
's	O
traditional	O
Goombas	O
,	O
Koopas	O
,	O
and	O
Cheep-Cheeps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
player	O
fires	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
,	O
a	O
power	O
gauge	O
will	O
drop	O
;	O
firing	O
too	O
rapidly	O
will	O
deplete	O
it	O
and	O
cause	O
long	O
pauses	O
between	O
shots	O
,	O
making	O
players	O
more	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
enemy	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
in	O
which	O
one	O
player	O
controls	O
Mario	B-Application
using	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
and	O
another	O
controls	O
Yoshi	B-Application
using	O
an	O
SNES	B-Application
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
single-player	O
mode	O
,	O
Yoshi	B-Application
is	O
controlled	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Losing	O
all	O
lives	O
results	O
in	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
,	O
forcing	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
restart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
Jewelry	O
Land	O
—	O
a	O
location	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Mushroom	O
Kingdom	O
—	O
and	O
features	O
a	O
simple	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Princess	O
Peach	O
sends	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
Yoshi	B-Application
on	O
a	O
quest	O
to	O
defeat	O
Bowser	O
,	O
retrieve	O
the	O
gems	O
,	O
and	O
set	O
the	O
two	O
rulers	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
1992	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
released	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
,	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
its	O
popular	O
NES	B-Device
Zapper	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
was	O
only	O
a	O
moderate	O
success	O
and	O
by	O
1993	O
risked	O
fading	O
into	O
obscurity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
management	O
realized	O
the	O
peripheral	O
's	O
relevance	O
was	O
waning	O
and	O
commissioned	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
famed	O
R&D1	O
department	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
game	O
featuring	O
Mario	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
depended	O
on	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
this	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
game	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
's	O
Mode	O
7	O
graphics	O
mode	O
,	O
which	O
created	O
an	O
impression	O
of	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
and	O
made	O
the	O
gameplay	O
more	O
realistic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
released	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
1993	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	O
Road	O
Hunting	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
the	O
following	O
September	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
North	O
American	O
launch	O
coincided	O
with	O
the	O
rerelease	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
(	O
1992	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
controversial	O
for	O
its	O
violence	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
and	O
Sega	O
's	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
IGN	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
soften	O
the	O
blood	O
and	O
gore	O
in	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
drew	O
public	O
attention	O
away	O
from	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
failed	O
commercially	O
,	O
which	O
IGN	O
attributed	O
to	O
its	O
reliance	O
on	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
debacle	O
,	O
it	O
did	O
receive	O
praise	O
from	O
video	O
game	O
journalists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joypad	O
wrote	O
the	O
animation	O
was	O
fluid	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
System	O
wrote	O
the	O
graphics	O
suited	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
theme	O
,	O
while	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
called	O
the	O
characters	O
colorful	O
and	O
bright	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
also	O
commended	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
with	O
Joypad	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
System	O
calling	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
the	O
best	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joypad	O
praised	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
somewhat	O
expensive	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
worth	O
buying	O
for	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
owners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
had	O
more	O
depth	O
than	O
other	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
titles	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
System	O
wrote	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
variety	O
and	O
branching	O
level	O
paths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joypad	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
respectively	O
praised	O
the	O
controls	O
as	O
responsive	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
System	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
suggested	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
geared	O
toward	O
a	O
younger	O
audience	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
former	O
stating	O
beginning	O
players	O
would	O
find	O
enjoyment	O
but	O
experienced	O
ones	O
would	O
be	O
left	O
wanting	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
failure	O
signified	O
that	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
was	O
commercially	O
nonviable	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
and	O
Yoshi	B-Application
creator	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
World	I-Device
2	I-Device
:	I-Device
Yoshi	I-Device
's	I-Device
Island	I-Device
(	O
1995	O
)	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
disliked	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
and	O
strove	O
to	O
make	O
his	O
game	O
feel	O
more	O
authentic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
starring	O
Yoshi	B-Application
did	O
not	O
gain	O
much	O
popularity	O
until	O
Yoshi	B-Device
's	I-Device
Island	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
remains	O
relatively	O
obscure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
's	O
additions	O
to	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
lore	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Jewelry	O
Land	O
,	O
were	O
ignored	O
in	O
subsequent	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
is	O
notable	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
Mario	B-Application
game	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
Princess	O
as	O
"	O
Peach	O
"	O
instead	O
of	O
"	O
Toadstool	O
"	O
in	O
Western	O
territories	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
did	O
not	O
stick	O
until	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
64	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
would	O
later	O
revive	O
old	O
games	O
from	O
its	O
back	O
catalog	O
through	O
its	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
service	O
,	O
but	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
has	O
never	O
been	O
rereleased	O
,	O
and	O
IGN	O
noted	O
its	O
25th	O
anniversary	O
passed	O
in	O
2018	O
with	O
little	O
fanfare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
remains	O
the	O
sole	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
lamented	O
the	O
obscurity	O
of	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
in	O
a	O
2019	O
retrospective	O
and	O
felt	O
it	O
deserved	O
more	O
recognition	O
,	O
writing	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
and	O
still	O
is	O
a	O
standout	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
's	O
"	O
quirky	O
aspects	O
"	O
,	O
IGN	O
wrote	O
—	O
such	O
as	O
its	O
science	O
fiction	O
theme	O
(	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
previous	O
Mario	B-Application
games	O
 '	O
fantasy	O
one	O
)	O
,	O
upbeat	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
—	O
paved	O
way	O
for	O
the	O
franchise	O
's	O
more	O
experimental	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Mario	B-Application
+	I-Application
Rabbids	I-Application
Kingdom	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
(	O
2017	O
)	O
:	O
"	O
while	O
far	O
from	O
perfect	O
,	O
[	O
Yoshi	O
's	O
Safari ]	O
was	O
still	O
ahead	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
in	O
certain	O
regards.	O
"	O
</s>
