Game Information
Game Title: Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Platform & Release Date:
- Nintendo Switch 2 (May 21, 2026)
Publisher / Developer: Nintendo / Good-Feel
Age Rating:
- ESRB E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
- CERO A (All Ages)
- PEGI 7 (Seven Years & Older)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Platforming
Game File Size (Estimated): 20.6 GB
Supported Play Modes: TV Mode, Tabletop Mode, Handheld Mode
amiibo Compatibility: Yes | Supported amiibo Figures
- Tap a compatible amiibo™ figure each day to get your fortune read by Mr. E. You’ll earn in-game tokens based on which fortune you receive, which you can use to unlock hints about discoveries.
Languages:
Japanese, English (US/UK), French, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Dutch, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese Latin American Spanish, Canadian French, Brazilian Portuguese
Nintendo Account Family-Group Lending for this title is supported.
Nintendo Switch Online – Save Data Cloud for this title is supported.
Official Website: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book-switch-2/
Trailers:
- Yoshi and the Mysterious Book – An Appetite for Discovery – Nintendo Switch 2
- Yoshi and the Mysterious Book – Creature Discovery! – Nintendo Switch 2
- Yoshi and the Mysterious Book – Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025
Review Aggregators:
OpenCritic – 80 average (Strong) – 86% recommended – based on 22 reviews
Metacritic – 81 average – based on 73 reviews
Critic Reviews
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Cerealkillerz – German – 8 / 10
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Digitec Magazine – German – 5 / 5
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Eurogamer.pt – Portuguese – 3 / 5
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GRYOnline.pl – Polish – 7 / 10
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IGN Benelux – Dutch – 8.8 / 10
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IGN Brasil – Portuguese – 8.5 / 10
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IGN Italia – Italian – 9 / 10
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Nintendo Connect – German – 85%
Please note that this thread is in progress with its construction, and is missing specific information. If reviews are missed, let us know in the comments.
(Last Edited: May 19, 5:13pm ET)
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25 Comments
Why isn’t IGN’s review listed under the critic reviews?
https://www.ign.com/articles/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book-review
IGN and Nintendo Life both gave it a 6/10. Don’t seem to be listed here for some reason.
Why did you delete the IGN thread that had hundreds of upvotes and comments, and then not even include the review in the megathread?
An easy, cozy puzzle platformer sounds right up my alley right now, I think I’ll be tapping in on this one.
When a game has both 10/10 and 6/10 reviews you KNOW it’s a real ass vídeo game
I’m sure it’s good game I’m just not a fan of the weird choppy missing frames or whatever you call it animation style they’re using
It’s no Mixtape
It’s the best rated modern yoshi game
Missing IGN. what gives?
🤣 Ign and nintendo life gave it a 6. Yeah, skip
gamespot: [https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book-is-about-curiosity-not-conquest/1900-6418493/](https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book-is-about-curiosity-not-conquest/1900-6418493/) 7/10
Hey mods here are a few critic reviews you missed:
IGN – https://www.ign.com/articles/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book-review – 6/10
Nintendo Life – https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch-2/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book – 6/10
People really need this game to be poorly rated huh
Gonna wait to hear what Kotaku has to say.
Someone in this sub runs COGconnected, Gameblog, and WellPlayed.
Seems decent but easy pass.
Not a fan of no health/damage and it being another roam around and find stuff game. Will be skipping. My wait for Fire Emblem continues…
6/10 and missing local coop. Try again
I’ll wait for people I follow on Twitch and YouTube to play it. Seems fun but idk about it for the price.
Sounds great to me, day one.
Looks amazing
It’s weird to me they didn’t add local co-op. Even if the second player was just another Yoshi that could run around but not really do important stuff or get in player 1’s way, like Tales from the 2D Sonic games.
Just seems like a huge missed opportunity. Tons of people buy games based on co-op and letting a 3-5 year old play along while mom or dad go through the main game sounds a lot more delightful.
Like for real, is it that hard to program another yoshi to run around, even if the unlocks and story bits and camera are all tied to the main player?
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I’m not convinced this game has to be 20gb large nor that it couldn’t run on switch 1.
This seems like an ideal Gamefly rental while I wait for Star Fox.
A new Nintendo console suffering a long content drought getting a mid-tier Yoshi game to be followed by StarFox 64 with Ocarina of Time in development…..welcome back 1997!