Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Good-Feel
· Nintendo
Adventure, Platform
Release Date: May 21, 2026
Join Yoshi for a new adventure in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, launching on Nintendo Switch 2 in spring 2026.
One day, on the island where Yoshi and his friends live, a peculiar talking book named Mr. E suddenly falls from the sky. This peculiar book’s pages contain information about unusual creatures, so Yoshi decides to jump in and help investigate!
As Yoshi wanders through the book, you'll make all sorts of discoveries about the creatures you find and those discoveries will be written down. You'll find lots of unusual creatures residing within the book – a page-turning adventure awaits!
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Critic Reviews
12 reviews
Press Start
7.5/10
75
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Review – A Story Written for A Certain Audience
TheSixthAxis
7/10
70
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book presents a n ew platforming adventure that's full of exploration and discovery.
Video Games Chronicle
★★★★★
100
Yoshi gets Mario off his back with a breathlessly imaginative 2D platformer…
COGconnected
90/100
90
We saddle up and take Yoshi for a ride of discovery in his brand new adventure Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
GamesRadar
★★★★
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80
The green dinosaur's debut on Switch 2 feels refreshingly adventurous
Giant Bomb
★★★★
★
80
New ideas abound in Nintendo's fresh new direction for the Yoshi series.
ComicBook.com
4/5
80
The latest Yoshi platformer has arrived, and it's bringing a charming storybook vibe to the Nintendo Switch 2.
Nintendo Life
6/10
60
Why so Glub?
Eurogamer
★★★★
★
80
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a series of delightful, intriguing surprises. Our review.
GameSpot
7/10
70
Perhaps because he’s so cute and marketable, Yoshi’s adventures have been designed for a younger and younger audience for the last several years. 2006’s Yoshi’s Island DS was not out-of-step with the difficulty of a mainline Mario game, but since then, the challenge of mainline Yoshi games has been slowly softened to target younger audiences....
IGN
6/10
60
The most charming video game bubble wrap you’ll ever pop, and not much more.
Game Informer
7.75/10
78
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book plays like a unique puzzle game with Yoshi aesthetics, and the result is a largely rewarding experience that rarely challenged me, but didn’t have a problem delivering the charm.