Yoshi's Egg

Yoshi's Egg — sold in North America simply as Yoshi — is a falling-block puzzle game released by Nintendo for the Famicom in 1992. Mario stands at the bottom of the screen rotating trays to sandwich falling enemies — Goombas, Koopa shells, and more — between the two halves of a Yoshi egg; the more enemies trapped in a single egg, the larger the Yoshi that hatches and the higher the score. The pace steadily increases as play progresses, and a two-player versus mode is also available. It ranks among the earliest games to place Yoshi in a starring role.