Yoshi's Cookie — stories left

A remake is also included in NINTENDO Puzzle Collection, a Nintendo GameCube (GC) title released in 2003 (hereafter the GC version). In addition, by connecting the GC console and a Game Boy Advance (GBA) console with a GBA cable, the 1-player mode of the FC version can be played on the GBA.

A promotional item, not for sale, of which about 500 copies were given away to mark the release of the Kuruppon Oven (NE-KC77), a microwave oven from Matsushita Electric Industrial (now Panasonic).

In the Cross Review of the game magazine Famitsu the four reviewers gave 7, 7, 7, and 6, for a total of 27. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the game magazine Family Computer Magazine, it scored 21.3 out of 30.

In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the four reviewers gave 7, 7, 8, and 7, for a total of 29 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 20.6 out of 30.

In the "Cross Review" of Famitsu the four reviewers gave 8, 7, 7, and 5, for a total of 27 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine, it scored 21.3 out of 30.

National, a brand of Panasonic, released , a special version of Yoshi's Cookie for the Super Famicom that was limited to 500 copies and made to promote the National NE-KC77 microwave oven.

The FC and GB versions were developed by Tose, but the game is based on Hermetica (arcade, location test only), a game developed by Home Data (later Mahou Co., Ltd.).

Later, in Yoshi's Cookie as included in NINTENDO Puzzle Collection in 2003, and in the Virtual Console version of Yoshi's Cookie in 2008, the credits were changed to state that the game was produced under licence from IPC (Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc.) on the basis of the game concept of INARO.

From contemporary reviews, the four reviewers in Weekly Famicom Tsūshin commented positively on the Famicom version of the game with one reviewer saying it was similarly addictive as single player gamer like Dr. Mario while another said it was not as strong as addictive as Tetris.

Reviewing the version for the Game Boy, the reviewers said the cookies were harder to decipher on the Game Boy screen, but it was superior to the Famicom version as a multiplayer game as it allowed up to four players and the fact that players couldn't see each other's screens made it more intense.

Yoshi's Cookie was first released in Japan on November 21, 1992, for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy.