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The game garnered little attention and failed commercially, attributed to its launch coinciding with a controversy surrounding the SNES rerelease of the popular arcade game Mortal Kombat (1992).
Its North American launch coincided with the rerelease of the popular arcade game Mortal Kombat (1992), a game controversial for its violence, for the SNES and Sega's Genesis.
The Los Angeles Times praised the game's use of Mode 7, describing the graphics as excellent and colorful.
Joypad praised the multiplayer mode and wrote that while the game was somewhat expensive, it was worth buying for Super Scope owners.
Nintendo Magazine System reviewers said they finished the entire game in one sitting and estimated it would provide at most a week of entertainment, while EGM wrote players "may be tempted to turn your SuperScope on yourself and end it all!
Yoshi's Safari is notable for being the first Mario game to refer to the Princess as "Peach" instead of "Toadstool" in Western territories, although this did not stick until Super Mario 64 (1996).
Game magazinesIn the "Cross Review" of Famitsu it received 7, 7, 7 and 5 for a total of 26 out of 40, and in the "Game Report Card" based on reader voting in Family Computer Magazine it was rated as follows, 23.3 out of 30.
Its North American launch coincided with the rerelease of the popular arcade game Mortal Kombat (1992), a game controversial for its violence, for the SNES and Sega's Genesis.
Yoshi's Safari is notable for being the first Mario game to refer to the Princess as "Peach" instead of "Toadstool" in Western territories, although this did not stick until Super Mario 64 (1996).
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