Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

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Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
American box art for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
American box art
For alternate box art, see the related gallery.
Developer Good-Feel[1]
Publisher Nintendo
Platform Nintendo Switch 2
Game engine Unreal Engine 5[2]
Release date World May 21, 2026[3]
Languages English
Japanese
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Dutch
French (Canada)
French (Europe)
German
Italian
Korean
Portuguese (Brazil)
Spanish (Latin America)
Spanish (Europe)
Genre Platformer
Ratings
ESRB:E - Everyone[4]
CERO:A - All ages[5]
PEGI:7 - Seven years and older[6]
USK:0 - All ages[7]
ClassInd:L - General audience[8]
SMECCV:A - All ages[9]
Gmedia:7 - Seven years and older[10]
GRAC:All - All ages[11]
GSRR:P - Six years and older[12]
UAEMC:7 - Seven years and older[13]
ACB:G - General[14]
FPB:PG - Parental guidance[15]

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a side-scrolling platform game in the Yoshi series developed by Good-Feel, released for the Nintendo Switch 2 on May 21, 2026 as part of the Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary celebration.[3] The game features a distinct art style resembling paper illustration, featuring low-frame rate animations, painterly textures on Yoshi and interactive creatures, and pencil-esque outlines on faraway objects.[16]

On May 7, 2026, a free demo for the game was released at select Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and GameStop stores in the United States.[17] In Canada, the demo is also available at Walmart and Best Buy stores since May 12,[18] with the demo coming out on May 21 in EB Games and London Drugs stores.[18]

Story

Intro cutscene from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Yoshi during the game's intro

One day in Bowser's Castle, Bowser Jr. walks into a library and finds an unconscious, sentient book known as Mister Encyclopedia (Mr. E for short) on top of a pile of books. Upon opening the book, he sees an illustration of a creature known as the Bewilder Bird flying near Yoshi's Island. Soon after, Bowser Jr. flies to the island with the Junior Clown Car and the book in tow. During his flight, he notices a small magnifying glass dangling from the bottom of the book. Upon using the glass to inspect the book, he gets sucked into it in a flash of light, leaving the Junior Clown Car to crash onto the island without its pilot.[19]

While Yoshi is eating apples from a tree, he and his friends see the Junior Clown Car and Mr. E falling from the sky. As he cannot read his own pages, which hold information on various creatures, Yoshi uses Mr. E's magnifying glass to magically jump into his pages and help investigate them. Inside Mr. E's pages, Yoshi discovers information about each creature, which is then written down in Mr. E.[16]

While exploring Mr. E's pages, Yoshi comes across Bowser Jr., and later Kamek.

Gameplay

Yoshi in the first level of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Yoshi exploring a level with a Crazee Dayzee on his back

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a side-scrolling platformer starring Yoshi. In the game, Yoshi retains his main abilities from previous Yoshi games. He can eat creatures and objects with his tongue to create eggs, and then aim and throw them at other creatures or objects. Yoshi can also Flutter Jump and Ground Pound. A new move introduced is the Tail Flick, which lets Yoshi grab creatures and carry them on his back. While carrying a creature, Yoshi can make use of their abilities, such as using Crazee Dayzees to make flowers bloom.[20] Other creatures instead help Yoshi traverse in new ways, such as riding on them like a surfboard or floating inside bubbles they create.[16] Yoshi does not lose health when hit by creatures and cannot be defeated in this game.

The levels in the game are focused more towards exploration and discovery, lacking any time limit. Each level is composed of a specific creature's habitat, which starts unnamed. The player's overall objective is to study this creature by discovering its traits. Traits can be discovered by interacting with the creature itself, or by using it to interact with the environment or other creatures.[3] After completing the main goal of each habitat, the player then exits Mr. E, and the traits learned about the creature are written down in his pages. A star is awarded for each discovery, with one large discovery awarding three stars and signalling the end of the level. Afterwards, all discoveries are logged on Mr. E's pages and the creature can be named by the player or by Mr. E.[3][20]

Names given by the player are subject to the following conditions: they can be up to ten characters long, cannot include words that match an entry in the Nintendo Switch system software's word filter, must not be the same name as another creature's, and are not equivalent to the name of a main character.

Smiley Flowers are scattered across Mr. E's pages. Each chapter shows how many Smiley Flowers there are for each level, as well as how many have been obtained. Finding them rewards exploration tools (using five to unlock a tool), interaction with the page's creatures, and puzzle-solving.

Tokens collected during levels can be used to unlock hints towards discoveries which have not been found yet. Initially, they reveal a silhouette of the discovery, but spending more tokens unlocks further details.[20]

Chapters

The game consists of 12 chapters, and stars can be used to unlock new chapters in the book. The first six chapters are included in the main story. Beating the initial six chapters via post-credits unlocks four additional chapters, while the last two chapters become available after completing the additional chapters, also via post-credits.

Chapter Unlock criteria Level Creature studied
The preview banner of Wildwoods
Chapter 1: Wildwoods
Unlocked by default Crazee Dayzee Habitat Crazee Dayzee
Bunchabee Habitat Bunchabee
Scatterpuff Habitat Scatterpuff
Croakaoke Habitat Croakaoke
Glubbit Habitat Glubbit
The preview banner of Mountaintops
Chapter 2: Mountaintops
20 Taggit Habitat Taggit
Milde Habitat Milde
Peckadee Nest Peckadee
Floofly Habitat Floofly
Plumebrella Habitat Plumebrella
Thudd Domain Thudd
The preview banner of Seaside
Chapter 3: Seaside
65 Weewoo Habitat Weewoo
Ouchin Habitat Ouchin
Casterway Habitat Casterway
Bafloonder Habitat Bafloonder
Snurfboard Habitat Snurfboard
Nep-Enut Habitat Nep-Enut
The preview banner of Settled Valley
Chapter 4: Settled Valley
114 Loopdeecoop Habitat Loopdeecoop
Detonut Habitat Detonut
Shy Guy Abode Shy Guy
Bugya Habitat Bugya
Little Mouser Nest Little Mouser
Hauger Habitat Hauger
The preview banner of Bug Country
Chapter 5: Bug Country
167 Behedger Habitat Behedger
Swirm Habitat Swirm
Stickiwick Habitat Stickiwick
Mawstalk Habitat Mawstalk
Slugarang Habitat Slugarang
Wooshwing Habitat Wooshwing
The preview banner of Remote Isle
Chapter 6: Remote Isle
218 Goonie Habitat Goonie
Huffin Puffin Habitat Huffin Puffin
Jetty Jelly Habitat Jetty Jelly
Lunge Fish Habitat Lunge Fish
Jam Guy Habitat Jam Guy
Bewilder Bird Habitat Bewilder Bird
The preview banner of Underground
Chapter 7: Underground
Complete the first six chapters
285
Tumball Nest Tumball
Wiggaline Habitat Wiggaline
Goopsie Habitat Goopsie
Underbit Habitat Underbit
Billeau Habitat Billeau
Crudworm Domain Crudworm
The preview banner of Tallest of Trees
Chapter 8: Tallest of Trees
Complete the first six chapters
353
Piranha Plant Habitat Piranha Plant
Bounseed Habitat Bounseed
Wash Squash Habitat Wash Squash
Grab-Grass Nest Grab-Grass
Spincone Habitat Spincone
Gobbobble Nest Gobbobble
The preview banner of Miniworld
Chapter 9: Miniworld
Complete the first six chapters
421
Magnified Floofly Floofly
Magnified Scatterpuff Scatterpuff
Magnified Upshoot Upshoot
Magnified Hufungous Hufungous
Magnified Springhopper Springhopper
Magnified Lunge Fish Lunge Fish
The preview banner of Moon
Chapter 10: Moon
Complete the first six chapters
500
Blorp Habitat Blorp
Raven Habitat Raven
Cuttlefwoosh Habitat Cuttlefwoosh
Eleedee Habitat Eleedee
Yu Ef Oh Base Yu Ef Oh
Crazee Dayzee Crazee Dayzee
The preview banner of Special Studies
Chapter 11: Special Studies
Complete the first ten chapters
717
Short-to-Tall Roll Call
Seaside Speed Rankings
Sneaky Hide and Seek
Merry Music Festival
All-Terrain Race
A Perilous Passage
The preview banner of Mr. E's Challenges
Chapter 12: Mr. E's Challenges
Complete the first ten chapters
999
Explode to Escape
Protect the Apple
Twilight Bug Catching
Flee from the Leaf
Survive the Risky Skies
Hop or Drop

Characters

Character Description
Artwork of Yoshi from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Yoshi
The main playable character of the game. There are 8 different colored Yoshis to play as: Green, Orange, Pink, Yellow, Light Blue, Red, Blue, and Purple. Each of these colorful options shares the same abilities to use between explorations.[16].
Mr. E, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Mr. E
Short for Mister Encyclopedia; a living magical book that falls onto Yoshi's Island, but is incapable of reading his own pages. He seeks the aid of the Yoshis to catalog the creatures on his pages.[16]
Bowser Jr., from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Bowser Jr.
Bowser's son, who becomes lost inside Mr. E while looking for the Bewilder Bird.[20]
Kamek, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Kamek
Bowser Jr.'s caretaker, who searches for him within Mr. E's pages and then joins him in the search for the Bewilder Bird.[21][20]

Creatures

Index

These creatures can be named by the player after the completion of their introductory levels. The player cannot use the same name for multiple creatures. Here, the names given are those suggested by Mr. E. Creatures that do not have entries in the Index are indicated in italics.

The complete page of Crazee Dayzee from Mr. E's book
The complete page of Crazee Dayzee from Mr. E's book.
The Index page 1-2 of the creatures from Mr. E's book
The Index page 1-2 of the creatures.
Creature Description First appearance Last appearance
A Crazee Dayzee, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Crazee Dayzee
Flower-like creatures capable of making other flowers bloom around them.[16] Crazee Dayzee Habitat
A Bunchabee from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Bunchabee
A small bee with a pointed head which appears in swarms.[3] Bunchabee Habitat
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Bunchabee (big)
A larger Bunchabee. Bunchabee Habitat
A group of Scatterpuffs, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Scatterpuff[3]
Dandelions that can be scattered by walking through them. Their seed heads can take root on other objects, causing boulders to crack and enemies to stop moving.[16] Scatterpuff Habitat
A Croakaoke from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Croakaoke
Squat duck-like creatures carrying leaves on their heads. They sing notes and can propel Yoshi to higher places when jumped on.[3] Croakaoke Habitat
A Glubbit from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Glubbit[3]
A frog-like creature with a mouth that resembles a bubble wand. It can create bubbles that Yoshi can enter.[16] Glubbit Habitat
Official artwork of a Taggit in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Taggit
Small creatures of varying colors that try to run away from Yoshi.[20] Taggit Habitat
Official artwork of a Milde in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Milde
A round pink bubblegum-like creature that pops if stepped on. They can also be blown like bubblegum.[22] Milde Habitat
Hefty Milde.
Hefty Milde
A larger Milde which split into regualr Mildes when jumped on. Milde Habitat
Big Milde.
Big Milde
Even larger Milde which split into Hefty Mildes when jumped on. Milde Habitat
Mega Milde
Mega Milde
The largest form of Milde which split into two Big Mildes when jumped on. Milde Habitat
A pointed creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Peckadee[23]
A teardrop-shaped creature with gray, white and black stripes.[24] Peckadee Habitat
A creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Floofly
A floating cloud with a face and small green wings. Yoshi can ride on them in a similar manner to Para-Beetles.[3] Floofly Habitat
An umbrella-like bird creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Plumebrella[25]
An umbrella-like bird creature that can be used by Yoshi to fall more slowly.[16] Plumebrella Habitat
A large green creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Thudd[26]
A giant green creature with goofy eyes, plants growing over it, and a large belly button. It can suck up and shoot Yoshi into the distance.[20] Thudd Domain
A Weewoo from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Weewoo
A sea snail-like creature which can play music that can trigger various effects. Weewoo Habitat
Official artwork of a creature in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Ouchin
An urchin- or burr-like creature which sticks to surfaces.[24] Weewoo Habitat
A creature capable of angling, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Casterway[27]
A creature resembling a Spray Fish that uses its fishing rod to catch fish.[24] Casterway Habitat
A creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Bafloonder
A balloon-like pufferfish. It changes colors based on how large it is, and can boost Yoshi through the water by blowing bubbles from its fin.[3] Bafloonder Habitat
A big skateboard-like creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Snurfboard
A skateboard-like creature that can carry Yoshi over water.[16] Snurfboard Habitat
A small skateboard-like creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Small Snurfboard
A smaller version of the skateboard-like creature that is collected by Yoshi.[16] Snurfboard Habitat
Nep-Enut.
Nep-Enut[28]
A creature made of water which can grow when combined with others. Nep-Enut Habitat
A creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Loopdecoop
A pink bird with a tall neck spinning a hula hoop.
A Detonut from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Detonut
A chestnut-like creature that explodes.
A Shy Guy from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Shy Guy
Masked, hooded creatures.[3]
A purple fly creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Bugya
A purple fly-like creature with huge lips that uses watermelons as armor and spits seeds.
A Little Mouser, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Little Mouser
A purple rat thief who can steal objects and creatures from Yoshi's back.
A creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Hauger[29][30]
A large, boar-like creature with a red mane that can be ridden by Yoshi. It can jump high in the air and rotate its face like a drill.[3] Scatterpuff Habitat
A Behedger from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Behedger
A large creature disguised as a bush that attacks with large scythe-like appendages.
A creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Swirm
A snail that leaves a trail of slime where it walks. When touched, it uncoils and sticks up in the air.[3]
A Stickiwick from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Stickiwick
A spider-like creature that swings by a string of silk from its web.
A creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Mawstalk
A green net-like creature with teeth that can be swung down to eat other creatures.[20]
A Boomerang Slug creature
Slugarang[31]
A boomerang-shaped slug creature that Yoshi can gulp up and use as a projectile.[32]
A creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Wooshwing
A creature resembling a pink hang glider with orange wings. Yoshi can use it to glide through the air.[3]
A Goonie carrying an egg from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Goonie
Seagulls with short, round bodies and long wings that can carry Yoshi.[20]
A Huffin Puffin with one of her babies from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Huffin Puffin
A bird-like creature that usually has babies following it.
Yoshi carrying a Jetty Jelly from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Jetty Jelly
A jellyfish-like creature that Yoshi can use to propel through the air with jets of water.
Yoshi riding in a Lunge Fish from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Lunge Fish
A large fish that attempts to eat Yoshi. Once in its mouth, Yoshi can control its movement.
A yellow Jam Guy from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Jam Guy
Shy Guys that play different instruments in unison.
Yoshi, Bowser Jr., Kamek, a Bewilder Bird, and its child from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Bewilder Bird
A bird creature that can transform into other creatures.
A Tumball from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Tumball
A pillbug-like creature that curls up into a ball and Yoshi can roll around on it.
A Wiggaline from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Wiggaline
A long worm-like creature that Yoshi can pull out of its hole by the hand on its head.
A creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Goopsie
An orange goo-like creature that can cling to ceilings while being carried by Yoshi.[20]
A creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Underbit
A fish- or shark-like creature that digs through dirt by eating it.[20]
Yoshi and a Crazee Dayzee inside a Billeau from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Billeau
A gaseous cloud creature that extends itself to follow Yoshi.
A Crudworm from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Crudwurm
A bipedal, skeletal creature that burrows underground and covers its body in dirt.
A Piranha Plant from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Piranha Plant
A Venus flytrap-like creature that bites at other creatures.
A Nipper Spore from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Nipper Spore
A floating spore that spawns a Nipper Plant after landing. Piranha Plant Habitat
A Nipper Plant from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Nipper Plant
A juvenile Piranha Plant that moves around and nips at other creatures. Piranha Plant Habitat
A spikey Piranha Plant from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Prickly Piranha Plant
A larger, spiked form Piranha Plants take after eating enough creatures, they can produce Nipper Spores. Piranha Plant Habitat
A Bounseed from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Bounseed
A bouncy ball-like seed that Yoshi can use to bounce high.
A creature from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Wash Squash
A small green creature with a spout-like mouth that can shoot water.[20]
Grab Grass from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Grab Grass
A leaf-like creature that pursues after Yoshi to pull him into its den.
A Spincone from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Spincone
A top-like creature that Yoshi can ride or hit to send spinning.
Bowser Jr. and Kamek encountering A Gobbobble from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Gobbobble
A large worm-like creature that stores any objects or creatures it eats inside transparent colored eggs.
An Upshoot from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Upshoot
A small burrowing creature that pops in and out of the ground.
A Hufungous from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Hufungous
A mushroom-like creature that can be used as a platform and ascends upward when stood on.
A Springhopper from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Springhopper
A spring-shaped grasshopper creature that can interlock with other members of its species to increase its jump height.
A Blorp from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Blorp
A blob creature that can merge with other Blorps to create new Blorps with different traits.
Yoshi riding a Raven from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Raven
A Cuttlefwoosh from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Cuttlefwoosh
An Eleedee from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Eleedee
A colorful octopus-like creature that lights up and conducts electricity when Yoshi touches it.
Yoshi and a Floofly getting sucked up by a Yu Ef Oh from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Yu Ef Oh
A flying saucer-like creature that draws other creatures and objects into itself with a glowing beam of light. Hauger Habitat

Common Bugs

Name Description First appearance Last appearance
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Butterflies
Common insects that come in many colors. They often fly in swarms.
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Neon Bugs
Bugs that shine in the dark. They fly in swarms of different shapes to protect themselves.
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Golden Bugs
They drop tokens in self-defense when hit with an egg or similar force. Found in many areas.
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
High-Speed Bugs
They fly too fast to track with the naked eye. Native to jungle environments.

Underground Critters

Name Description First appearance Last appearance
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Pebble Bugs
Small bugs that prefer to live underground. Their outer shells are as tough as rocks.
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Super-Spicy Bugs
Made of organic components that are similar to those of hot peppers.
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Golden-Bug Larvae
Their larvae live in the ground and don't emerge until they grow wings.
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Moles
Highly territorial creatures that guard the underground areas they call home. Fond of super-spicy bugs.
Jewel Bug
Jewel Bugs
Their diet of underground minerals makes their shells grow as hard as jewels.

Common Fish

Creature Description First appearance Last appearance
A small red fish from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Small Red Fish
Smaller red and blue fish that swim in groups.[16] Thudd Domain
Small Blue Fish
Small Blue Fish
A medium-sized fish. Casterway Habitat
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Beautiful Fish
Casterway Habitat
Fast Fish
Fast Fish
A speedy green spearfish. Casterway Habitat
A big purple fish, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Large Fish
A large purple fish.[16] Casterway Habitat
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Whopper
A giant purple catfish. Casterway Habitat
A small pink fish, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Pink fish that give coin-like glyphs when touched.[16] Snurfboard Habitat

Other creatures

Creature Description First appearance Last appearance
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Bullet Bill
A large missile shaped like a bullet summoned by Kamek. Wooshwing Habitat
Used in case of images missing from a section gallery, table, bestiary box, or certain infoboxes.
Bomber Bill
A giant, scowling Bullet Bill summoned by Kamek. Wooshwing Habitat

Items and objects

Object Description
Screenshot of a balloon plant
Balloon plants
A bubble, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Bubbles
Large bubbles created by Glubbits. They float around and can trap Yoshi inside them.[16]
A small boulder, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Boulders
Large rocks in various sizes. They can be weakened by dandelions growing on them, which allows Yoshi to destroy them.[16]
Water, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Water
Bodies of water, which can move in waves.[16]
A watermelon from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Watermelons[28]
Various glyph-shaped coins, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Tokens
Small golden coins shaped like various glyphs.[16]
A large glyph-shaped coin, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book A large square token with a glyph inscribed on it.[16] Worth 10 regular tokens.
A bush containing closed flower buds, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
A bush containing flower, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Patches of grass containing flower buds that bloom when touched by a Crazee Dayzee.[16]
A large flower bud from Yoshi and the Mysterious BookA large flower from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book A large flower bud that blooms when touched by a Crazee Dayzee. It is found in a group of three.[16]
A target made from a log, from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book A section of a log shaped like a target.[16]

Descriptions

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  • Featured Game Title:
    • English:
      A mysterious talking book named Mr. E has crash-landed on Yoshi's island! Help Yoshi learn what's inside Mr. E's pages by diving into the book, investigating unusual creatures in their habitats, and making discoveries.
    • Other languages:
      • Japanese:
        空から降ってきた、しゃべる図鑑「フカシギ」と出会ったヨッシーが、ふしぎな生き物たちが生息するこの図鑑の世界に入って探索をすることに。図鑑の中の生き物を調査し、いろいろな発見をすることで図鑑を完成させていく。
      • Chinese (Traditional):
        耀西遇到了從天而降,會說話的圖鑑——「簿可思易」。他決定進入這個奇妙生物棲息的圖鑑世界探索一番。調查圖鑑裡的生物,找到不同的新發現,完成圖鑑吧。
      • Dutch:
        Op Yoshi's eiland is een mysterieus boek genaamd graaf Goedboeck uit de lucht komen vallen! Duik als Yoshi in graaf Goedboecks pagina's om opmerkelijke wezens in hun natuurlijke leefomgeving te onderzoeken, en allerlei ontdekkingen te doen.
      • French (Europe):
        Un livre parlant du nom de Mysterius est tombé du ciel et a atterri sur l'île de Yoshi ! Plongez au cœur de ses pages et aidez Yoshi à faire toutes sortes de découvertes sur les créatures qui s'y trouvent, leur habitat, et plus encore.
      • German:
        Ein mysteriöses Buch namens Enzo ist auf Yoshis Eiland herabgefallen! Um herauszufinden, was auf Enzos Seiten steht, taucht Yoshi in das Buch ein, untersucht ungewöhnliche Kreaturen in ihren Lebensräumen und macht dabei einige interessante Entdeckungen.
      • Italian:
        Un libro parlante chiamato N. Ciclopedio si è schiantato sull'isola di Yoshi. Aiuta Yoshi a scoprire cosa si cela nelle sue pagine aprendolo, indagando sulle strane creature e i loro habitat al suo interno e facendo scoperte.
      • Korean:
        하늘에서 내려온 말하는 도감 「신기한」과 만난 요시는, 신비한 생물들이 서식하는 이 도감의 세계로 들어가 탐색을 하게 된다. 도감 속 생물들을 조사하고 다양한 발견을 하며 도감을 완성해 간다.
      • Portuguese (Brazil):
        Um livro falante e enigmático chamado Professor N. Igma caiu de paraquedas na Ilha do Yoshi! Ajude o Yoshi a desvendar o que há dentro do Professor N. Igma ao mergulhar de cabeça nesse livro, investigar as criaturas incomuns nos seus habitats e fazendo descobertas.
      • Spanish (Latin America):
        ¡Un misterioso libro llamado Prof. Leo aterrizó de emergencia en la Isla de Yoshi! Ayuda a que Yoshi explore el interior del Prof. Leo al sumergirte en sus páginas, investigar criaturas inusuales en sus hábitats y realizar hallazgos.
      • Spanish (Europe):
        Un misterioso libro parlante, el Profesor Leo, ha caído súbitamente del cielo ¡y ha aterrizado en la isla donde viven Yoshi y sus amigos! Ayuda a Yoshi a averiguar qué está escrito en las páginas del libro, introduciéndote en ellas para investigar a peculiares seres en su hábitat natural y llevar a cabo todo tipo de descubrimientos.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.

Staff

Main article: List of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book staff

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book was developed by Good-Feel, with supervision from Nintendo. The returning staff from its previous platform installment, Yoshi's Crafted World, includes Masahiro Yamamoto as director, game design led by Hokuto Hayashihara, programming by Hironori Kuraoka, and art by Ayano Otsuka. The game soundtrack was managed at COLIBRI and composed by Kumi Tanioka. Kentaro Sei, Takashi Tezuka, and Hisashi Nogami serve as the game's producers.

Quotes

Main article: List of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book quotes

References to other games

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Crafted World
  • The music that plays during the opening cutscene references Baby Bowser's leitmotif from this game.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ヨッシーとフカシギの図鑑
Yosshī to Fukashigi no Zukan
Yoshi and the Mysterious Field Guide/Yoshi and Mr. E's Field Guide [33]
Arabic يوشي آند ذا مستيريوس بوك
Yushi and dha Mistiryus Buk
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book [34]
Chinese (Simplified) 耀西与不可思议的图鉴
Yàoxī yǔ Bùkěsīyì de Tújiàn (Mandarin)
Yiuhsāi yúh Bāthósīyíh dīk Tòuhgam (Cantonese)
Yoshi and the Unfathomable Field Guide [35]
Chinese (Traditional) 耀西與不可思議的圖鑑
Yàoxī yǔ Bùkěsīyì de Tújiàn (Mandarin)
Yiuhsāi yúh Bāthósīyíh dīk Tòuhgam (Cantonese)
Yoshi and the Unfathomable Field Guide [36]
Korean 요시와 신기한 도감
Yosi-wa Sin'gihan Dogam
Yoshi and the Mysterious Field Guide [37]

References

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