Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Yoshi Touch & Go

I'm a big fan of this game. I believe it is under rated by many.

JP one for me this week. Even Japanese title Catch! Touch! Yosshi makes more sense while looking at the box art – Yosshi is ready to catch Baby Mario.

@Sensible It’s definitely a good game, just a very shallow one. It sold a lot of copies simply because it was an early title and I remember feeling a bit ripped off when I got it.

The European is the best for the game and overall. Colourful and enticing. But man, there's also something about the Japanese one I love and knowing the European would win, Japan got my vote

Europe and it's really not even close. The Japanese background is too boring.

I actually quite enjoyed this game, by the way. I know it's just a glorified tech demo but the gameplay loop was fun for me and I enjoyed seeing how far I could go.

I like the USA version cover.

People complaining about the pricing of current Nintendo, but they forget stuff like a tech demo sold for 40€ over 20 years ago.

With that said, I still enjoyed it as a kid. The novelty of the touch and double screen at the time made me play this far more than I should have and I got hooked into doing better high scores in the minigames.

(Also I voted Europe)

@GoldenSunRM Why is it a "tech demo"? Just because it has Stylus controls? It might seem basic to us now but back in the day it was really original, basically a smart phone game before smart phones existed.

Although I agree with your point about the pricing, as someone who remembers Super Nintendo games selling for £80! People keep bringing up Wii U games but conveniently forget that the reason they were flogging a lot of the games so cheaply was because it was a massive flop and they were desperate.

As an aside, this was the last Yoshi game developed by Nintendo. I wonder if Mysterious Book might be back in house though... It looks more innovative and unique than the typical Good Feel title IMO and has shades of Pikmin about it, so could be.

I chose Europe, since I liked the colorful background better.

Europe. Not enough colour in the Jap version. Yoshi needs colour and cheer.

@Sensible It's not bad, just overpriced. Sure, the gameplay way fresh, but it wasn't much more than an extended mini-game.

Still leagues better than Pokémon Dash, though.

Europe in spades. Japan is too bland, not to mention I can unfortunately hear the scene it depicts.

Western one a lot more clearly communicates what the game's like and looks nicer to boot.

I never noticed the "Touch Pen Action" above the Japanese logo. I like both, but for different reasons. With that said, I'll go with the western cover.

This was the first DS game I bought back in early 2006, when I remember having the options of either this one, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (which I got years later) or Chibi-Robo! on the Gamecube. In hindsigh, I should've gotten Chibi-Robo!, but I also got my money's worth with Yoshi Touch & Go.

Wasn't really any point holding a vote for this one.

Europe easily because it shows a nice looking scene. As an aside, this one flew under my radar.

@GoldenSunRM “ sold for 40€ over 20 years ago.”

My copy was £18 at launch and most full priced DS games were about £25 ($30 US) in the first year or so.

Europe for sure on this one because it's shows a much more colorful and vibrant background which is more in line with what I expect with this game series compared to the boring white background with the red crayon scribbles all over the place in the Japanese version.

Shame I thought someone might bring up the vs mode in this game. SO FUN!! That’s where I really got good mileage out of this game. Me and a friend would play it every day before class started in junior high.

I voted Europe/NA

I didn't immediately realize that was a stylus in the western cover. It's a weird choice. The overall cover is very well done. I think the execution of the Japanese one is a bit weak, from the concept to the composition, including the lack of a background. The Euro/western cover is just so pleasant, so an easy vote for me.

Who is the 17 percent that picked yoshis?

@Sensible fun but still a overpriced tech demo

Who in the world wants their attention immediately drawn to Baby Mario's behind?

@Suketoudara It was basically a reskinned tech demo that had been showcased at E3 the year before (just 8 months before the retail release of touch n go.) There’s footage of it here…

https://lostmediawiki.com/Balloon_Trip_(lost_Nintendo_DS_tech_demo;_2004)

I remember getting this game and being severely disappointed with it. It felt so much like a tech demo for DS. But the game itself had so little content. 😕

I am glad to have this game in my collection. Every once in a while I still play it, and it is still a lot of fun.

Japan: better cover, better name!

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 107

Japan: 102

North America: 123

Australia and New Zealand: 1

I voted the japanese version since it seems to be more about the game...

suddenly not sure which version i actually own, think the japanese version, but not really sure why... will check and play tonight...

although it was a simple game, got quite a bit of mileage out of it, since it really felt at ease with the ds... doth the stylus and the double screen..... If the DS had download capabilities like the dsi later it might have been more logical on that, but this was just nice and simple

@HammerGalladeBro you;ve now got chibi! ds!

In a sense I think the Japanese one is being more honest about what's in the box. The typical DS "app" white design is more in line with the game being very simple almost more like a technical proof of concept. That being said it was sold full price so yeah.