Yoshi Goes to Tesco

About

Yoshi Goes to Tesco is a quirky, bite-sized adventure where the green dinosaur from Mushroom Kingdom navigates a satirical grocery store environment. Developed by Frogge, the game tasks you with completing a shopping list while encountering absurd obstacles and solving simple puzzles. The setting is a mockingly detailed Tesco, filled with dry humor about retail culture, British stereotypes, and pop culture gags. Gameplay is light, with minimal combat or complex mechanics, focusing instead on exploration and collecting items amid escalating chaos. The tone leans heavily into meme-driven satire, with nods to internet humor and corporate absurdity. The game’s standout is its unapologetic irreverence. At just 15-25 minutes, it’s a short romp through a fictionalized version of the UK’s largest retailer, complete with jokes about horse meat in beef burgers and other real-world controversies. Launched March 30, 2022, it became a niche hit for its bold sense of humor and satirical edge. While not a traditional RPG, it blends light role-playing elements with a self-aware, meme-savvy narrative. Players on indie forums often highlight its willingness to lean into cringeworthy humor and cultural critique, making it a memorable if unconventional entry in the indie scene.

Storyline

It's a beautiful day (well, not really, but gray cloudy skies are considered above average for the UK) for the iconic character from the Super Mario franchise to go grocery shopping at Tesco, the multinational British retail chain that is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues and has horse meat in their beef burgers!