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title="Yoşi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yoşi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi_(Computerspielfigur)" title="Yoshi (Computerspielfigur) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Yoshi (Computerspielfigur)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C" title="یوشی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="یوشی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%94%EC%8B%9C" title="요시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="요시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%99" title="יושי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יושי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC" title="ヨッシー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヨッシー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Yoshi" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi" title="Yoshi – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Yoshi" 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border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Others:</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Sabiston" title="Andrew Sabiston">Andrew Sabiston</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_World_(TV_series)" title="Super Mario World (TV series)">Super Mario World</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Chika_Sakamoto" title="Chika Sakamoto">Chika Sakamoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ikue_%C5%8Ctani" title="Ikue Ōtani">Ikue Ōtani</a> and Tamayo Hayashi (<i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_World:_Mario_to_Yoshi_no_B%C5%8Dken_Land" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land">Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land</a></i>; Japanese)<sup id="cite_ref-Bouken_Land_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouken_Land-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Junko_Hori" title="Junko Hori">Junko Hori</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Cookie" title="Yoshi's Cookie">Yoshi's Cookie</a></i> commercial; Japanese)<sup id="cite_ref-Yoshi's_Cookie_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yoshi's_Cookie-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Kathy Fitzgerald (<i><a href="/wiki/Mario_Is_Missing!" title="Mario Is Missing!">Mario Is Missing!</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-Mario_Missing_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mario_Missing-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Welker" title="Frank Welker">Frank Welker</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._(film)" title="Super Mario Bros. (film)">Super Mario Bros.</a></i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Species</th><td class="infobox-data">Yoshi</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Yoshi</b><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a fictional <a href="/wiki/Dinosaur" title="Dinosaur">dinosaur</a> who appears in video games published by <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a>. Yoshi debuted in <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_World" title="Super Mario World">Super Mario World</a></i> (1990) on the <a href="/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Super Nintendo Entertainment System">SNES</a> as <a href="/wiki/Mario" title="Mario">Mario</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luigi" title="Luigi">Luigi</a>'s sidekick. Throughout the mainline <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario" title="Super Mario">Super Mario</a></i> series, Yoshi typically serves as Mario's trusted steed. With a gluttonous appetite, Yoshi can gobble enemies with his long tongue, and lay eggs that doubly function as projectiles. Yoshi is the <a href="/wiki/Title_character" title="Title character">title character</a> of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Yoshi_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Yoshi video games"><i>Yoshi</i></a> series and a supporting character in the <a href="/wiki/Mario_(franchise)" title="Mario (franchise)"><i>Mario</i></a> franchise. He has appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_Party" title="Mario Party">Mario Party</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_Kart" title="Mario Kart">Mario Kart</a></i>, as well as many <a href="/wiki/List_of_Mario_sports_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Mario sports games"><i>Mario</i> sports games</a>. He also appears as a <a href="/wiki/Player_character" title="Player character">playable character</a> in the crossover <a href="/wiki/Fighting_game" title="Fighting game">fighting game</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros." title="Super Smash Bros.">Super Smash Bros.</a></i> Yoshi is a member of the same-named species, which is distinguished for its wide range of colors. </p><p>Yoshi has been well-received, with some critics noting that he is one of the most recognizable characters and one of the best sidekicks in video games. Yoshi's image has also appeared on a range of products, including clothes and collectibles. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Concept_and_creation">Concept and creation</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yoshi-concept.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/Yoshi-concept.png/170px-Yoshi-concept.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Yoshi-concept.png 1.5x" data-file-width="239" data-file-height="252" /></a><figcaption>Considered after the development of <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros." title="Super Mario Bros.">Super Mario Bros.</a></i>, Yoshi's early design differs greatly from his finished appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto" title="Shigeru Miyamoto">Shigeru Miyamoto</a>, the video game designer at <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> credited with inventing the <i>Mario</i> series, had wanted <a href="/wiki/Mario" title="Mario">Mario</a> to have a dinosaur companion ever since the first release of <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros." title="Super Mario Bros.">Super Mario Bros.</a></i>; however, Nintendo engineers could not add such a character into the game due to the limitations of the <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Nintendo Entertainment System">Nintendo Entertainment System</a> (NES).<sup id="cite_ref-ignpresents_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ignpresents-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKawasaki199131_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKawasaki199131-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inspiration for Yoshi can be traced back further, to the green dragon Tamagon in the 1984 video game <i><a href="/wiki/Devil_World" title="Devil World">Devil World</a>:</i> also designed by Miyamoto, both are green lizards that hatch from eggs and can eat enemies with their large mouth, and also emit the same noise when they hatch.<sup id="cite_ref-onm_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onm-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENutter2006118_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENutter2006118-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the development of <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._3" title="Super Mario Bros. 3">Super Mario Bros. 3</a></i>, Miyamoto had a number of sketches around his desk, including an image of Mario riding a horse.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto7_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Tezuka" title="Takashi Tezuka">Takashi Tezuka</a>, a <i>Mario</i> series developer, speculated that Miyamoto's love of horse riding as well as country and <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">western</a> themes influenced Yoshi's creation.<sup id="cite_ref-onm_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onm-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEast201252_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEast201252-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The concept of Mario riding a dinosaur also came from the NES video game <i><a href="/wiki/Excitebike" title="Excitebike">Excitebike</a></i>, which featured people riding <a href="/wiki/Motorcycle" title="Motorcycle">motorcycles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-onm_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onm-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Once the more powerful <a href="/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Super Nintendo Entertainment System">Super NES</a> was released, Miyamoto was finally able to implement Yoshi into the series, putting Yoshi into the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_World" title="Super Mario World">Super Mario World</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As development of <i>Super Mario World</i> progressed, the team opted to set the game in a "dinosaur land", so Tezuka asked designer Shigefumi Hino to draw a reptile-like creature based on Miyamoto's sketches.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN2_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hino originally produced a design that Tezuka deemed too reptilian, and "didn't really fit into the Mario world", so he encouraged the designer to create a "cuter" character.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN2_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Hino, Yoshi's tongue attack was originally conceived as Yoshi sticking out his tongue in surprise when Mario hit the back of his head. This was later "passed off" as Mario merely pointing forward to signal Yoshi to stick out his tongue.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto5_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alongside the individual Yoshi, <i>Super Mario World</i> also introduced other members of the Yoshi species, characterized by their variety of colors.<sup id="cite_ref-ignbio_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ignbio-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi proved to be popular in this debut, which caused the next game in the series, <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island">Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island</a></i>, to focus on the Yoshi species.<sup id="cite_ref-ignpresents_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ignpresents-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto3_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Miyamoto's prompting, Hino landed on the idea of using Yoshi as the main character of a platforming game, with the goal of being more accessible than previous games in the <i>Mario</i> series.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To give the gameplay a more "gentle and relaxed pacing", the levels lack time limits and feature more exploration elements than previous games; Yoshi's flutter jump also makes him easier to control in the air than Mario.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this game, he is responsible for Baby Mario, which leads him to Bowser's Castle, where he is reunited with Baby Luigi. Yoshi successfully pulls the twins together just in time to go home after beating a huge Baby Bowser.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The version of Yoshi seen in the live-action <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._(film)" title="Super Mario Bros. (film)">Super Mario Bros.</a></i> film was realized using a 0.91-metre-tall (3.0 ft) <a href="/wiki/Animatronic" class="mw-redirect" title="Animatronic">animatronic</a> dinosaur. Yoshi was designed in the film by Dave Nelson. The animatronic had nearly 60 meters (200 ft) of cable and hundreds of moving parts inside of it and was controlled by nine puppeteers. The body was cable-controlled, while the head was radio-controlled. Nelson described the overall process as being "difficult."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The creation of Yoshi was handled by a company independent from the filmmakers.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearances">Appearances</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Summarize_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may be <a href="/wiki/Help:Section#Section_size_policies" title="Help:Section">too long</a> and excessively detailed.</b><span class="hide-when-compact"> Please consider summarizing the material.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Super_Mario_series">In <i>Super Mario</i> series</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:312px;max-width:312px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:186px;max-width:186px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Super_Mario_World.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/Super_Mario_World.png/250px-Super_Mario_World.png" decoding="async" width="184" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/Super_Mario_World.png 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="224" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shigeru_Miyamoto_20150610_(cropped_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Shigeru_Miyamoto_20150610_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/120px-Shigeru_Miyamoto_20150610_%28cropped_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Shigeru_Miyamoto_20150610_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/250px-Shigeru_Miyamoto_20150610_%28cropped_2%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="882" data-file-height="1202" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_World" title="Super Mario World">Super Mario World</a></i> featured Yoshi's first video game appearance <i>(left)</i>. The inspiration for Yoshi can be traced back even further; Miyamoto designed a green dragon for the 1984 game <i><a href="/wiki/Devil_World" title="Devil World">Devil World</a></i> which shared many similarities with Yoshi.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENutter2006118_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENutter2006118-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_World" title="Super Mario World">Super Mario World</a></i> was the first video game to feature Yoshi as a companion to <a href="/wiki/Mario" title="Mario">Mario</a>. Yoshi's rideability was inspired by Miyamoto's love for <a href="/wiki/Horseback_riding" class="mw-redirect" title="Horseback riding">horseback riding</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Super Mario World</i> released during a <a href="/wiki/Console_war" title="Console war">console war</a> between Nintendo and <a href="/wiki/Sega" title="Sega">Sega</a>; Sega's mascot, <a href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(character)" title="Sonic the Hedgehog (character)">Sonic the Hedgehog</a>, was considered a "cooler" alternative to Mario, for which Miyamoto apologized.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_64" title="Super Mario 64">Super Mario 64</a></i>, Yoshi makes a minor cameo. A cannon outside the castle becomes available if Mario collects all 120 Power Stars, which can be used to access the Mushroom Castle's roof. There, the player can chat with Yoshi, who congratulates the player on finishing the game by delivering a message from the developers before rewarding Mario with 100 extra lives and a better Triple Jump.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi is one of the primary protagonists and the first playable character in <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_64_DS" title="Super Mario 64 DS">Super Mario 64 DS</a></i>, alongside Mario. <a href="/wiki/Princess_Peach" title="Princess Peach">Princess Peach</a> initially invites Mario to her palace. Yoshi is sleeping on the roof when Mario, <a href="/wiki/Luigi" title="Luigi">Luigi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wario" title="Wario">Wario</a> arrive at the castle. During this time, <a href="/wiki/Bowser" title="Bowser">Bowser</a> kidnaps Princess Peach, steals the castle's Power Stars, and confines everyone within by placing them in the worlds inside the castle's paintings. The crew reclaims the castle's Power Stars after Yoshi saves Mario, Mario saves Luigi, and Luigi saves Wario, and Mario defeats Bowser and rescues Princess Peach.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Sunshine" title="Super Mario Sunshine">Super Mario Sunshine</a></i>, Yoshi appears as a mount for Mario, and will only come out of his egg if offered a specific tropical fruit. This fruit gives him the ability to spit a finite stream of juice, though with the tradeoff that he dies as soon as he touches water.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi makes another cameo in <i><a href="/wiki/New_Super_Mario_Bros._Wii" title="New Super Mario Bros. Wii">New Super Mario Bros. Wii</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/New_Super_Mario_Bros._U" title="New Super Mario Bros. U">New Super Mario Bros. U</a></i>, this time as a rideable character, as he did in his initial appearance. Yoshi sounds just like he does in <i>Super Mario World</i>. Yoshis in the colors yellow, light blue, and pink also appear in multiplayer.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi's appearance is a prominent selling point for <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Galaxy_2" title="Super Mario Galaxy 2">Super Mario Galaxy 2</a></i>, as his gained abilities while eating various fruits aid Mario and Luigi in gathering power stars to foil Bowser's plan to take over the universe. These fruits give him the ability to float, to run on water and against gravity, and to illuminate intangible walkways.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Odyssey" title="Super Mario Odyssey">Super Mario Odyssey</a></i> as a capturable character. In the <a href="/wiki/Mushroom_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Mushroom Kingdom">Mushroom Kingdom</a>, he may be found on top of Peach's Castle, just like in <i>Super Mario 64</i>. He can also be discovered in Yoshi Eggs in secret locations accessed via the Dark Side, where he must eat Berries in order for a Power Moon to form. He can also be found in one of the Darker Side's sections. Yoshi may employ his characteristic Flutter Jump and eating powers if captured, similar to his appearance in <i>Super Mario Galaxy 2</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._Wonder" title="Super Mario Bros. Wonder">Super Mario Bros. Wonder</a></i> as a playable character for the first time since <i>Super Mario 64 DS</i>, with red, yellow, and blue variants. He brings his signature Flutter Jump to the game, along with other abilities like the ability to be ridden by other players.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Yoshi_series">In <i>Yoshi</i> series</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yoshi_emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A green-spotted dinosaur egg." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Yoshi_emblem.svg/120px-Yoshi_emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Yoshi_emblem.svg/250px-Yoshi_emblem.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="535" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The Yoshi egg used to represent the character</figcaption></figure> <p>Yoshi's initial appearance in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Yoshi_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Yoshi video games"><i>Yoshi</i></a> series was in the puzzle game <a href="/wiki/Yoshi_(video_game)" title="Yoshi (video game)">named after him</a>, where he counted the number of eggs hatched on the side of the screen.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In another puzzle game, <i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Cookie" title="Yoshi's Cookie">Yoshi's Cookie</a></i>, Yoshi appears as a character in V.S. mode. Yoshi has to make horizontal and vertical rows of the same kind of cookie to proceed to the next level. In the Nintendo Puzzle Collection version, there is now a story mode in the game, where Mario and Yoshi are making cookies but get exhausted from the many cookie deliveries.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bowser conquers Jewelry Land during the events of <i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Safari" title="Yoshi's Safari">Yoshi's Safari</a></i> (It is the only <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_(franchise)" title="Mario (franchise)">Mario</a></i> franchise game to feature <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">first-person shooter</a> gameplay and requires the SNES's <a href="/wiki/Super_Scope" title="Super Scope">Super Scope</a> <a href="/wiki/Light_gun" title="Light gun">light gun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), kidnapping its rulers, King Fret and Prince Pine, and removing the twelve mystical jewels that gave the kingdom its name and stability, forcing it to split into two realms: the Dark Realm and the Light Realm. Princess Peach then summons Mario and Yoshi to restore order. To help the two, Peach provides Mario a new weapon, the Super Scope, an energy pistol. Mario and Yoshi enter a Warp Pipe with this new weapon, which transports them to Jewelry Land.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Magikoopa sorcerer Kamek foresees that two newborn brothers will bring ruin to the Koopas and attempts to capture them as the stork carries them to their mother and father in the Mushroom Kingdom one morning years before the events of most Mario games, during the events of <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island">Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island</a></i>. While Kamek captures Baby Luigi, his twin brother, Baby Mario, escapes to Yoshi's Island unseen. Fortunately, Yoshi is out walking in the woods that day, and Baby Mario lands unharmed on his saddle, along with a map to Bowser's Castle, where Kamek has stolen Baby Luigi.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baby Mario was entirely absent in the next <i>Yoshi</i> game, <i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Story" title="Yoshi's Story">Yoshi's Story</a></i>, in which Baby Bowser steals a tree that is the source of the Yoshis' happiness, and turns their world into a picture book. Six eggs survive, and hatch into baby Yoshis, the protagonists.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kamek and Bowser travel back in time in <i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Island_DS" title="Yoshi's Island DS">Yoshi's Island DS</a></i> to try to capture the famous star children (Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Donkey Kong), who had special energy in their bodies that, once in Bowser's hands, would let him to take over the world. Without knowing who the star children were, Kamek and Bowser went out to kidnap all of the Mushroom Kingdom's youngsters, only to have their prey escape their hands and join Yoshi in a journey to save the other kids.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_New_Island" title="Yoshi's New Island">Yoshi's New Island</a></i>, Yoshi reappears alongside Baby Mario and Baby Luigi. The game takes place between <i>Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island</i> and <i>Yoshi's Island DS</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Woolly_World" title="Yoshi's Woolly World">Yoshi's Woolly World</a></i>, Kamek tries to transform all of the Yoshis on Craft Island into Wonder Wools in order to assist Baby Bowser in building a new castle, but he misses Yoshi and Red Yoshi. After that, the two embarked on a quest to restore Craft Island to its former splendor.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi and the rest of his kind are gathered around the Sundream Stone in <i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Crafted_World" title="Yoshi's Crafted World">Yoshi's Crafted World</a></i>, which is claimed to make anyone's dream come true. Kamek and Baby Bowser try to get their hands on the stone. The Sundream Stone breaks into five diamonds, which spread around the island for the Yoshis to collect.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Super_Mario_games">Other <i>Super Mario</i> games</h3></div> <p>Yoshi has appeared in nearly all of the <i>Mario</i> spin-off games, including every game in the <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_Kart" title="Mario Kart">Mario Kart</a></i> series as a playable character<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (usually as a middleweight or light middleweight) and every <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_Party" title="Mario Party">Mario Party</a></i> game to date as a playable character.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yoshis have also made appearances in multiple <i>Mario</i> sports games, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_Tennis" title="Mario Tennis">Mario Tennis</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_Golf_(video_game)" title="Mario Golf (video game)">Mario Golf</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_Super_Sluggers" title="Mario Super Sluggers">Mario Super Sluggers</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Strikers" title="Super Mario Strikers">Super Mario Strikers</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_%26_Sonic_at_the_Olympic_Games" title="Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games">Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi appeared as a supporting cast member in <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_is_Missing" class="mw-redirect" title="Mario is Missing">Mario is Missing</a></i> for NES, SNES, and MS-DOS in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Yoshi species makes its <i><a href="/wiki/Paper_Mario" title="Paper Mario">Paper Mario</a></i> series debut in the fifth chapter of <i><a href="/wiki/Paper_Mario" title="Paper Mario">Paper Mario</a></i> when Mario comes across a village of Yoshis and rescues a group of Yoshi kids after they become lost in the surrounding jungle outside of the village. In the sequel <i><a href="/wiki/Paper_Mario:_The_Thousand-Year_Door" title="Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door">Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door</a></i> Mario rescues a Yoshi egg that hatches into a baby Yoshi, who then joins his team during the third chapter of the game and can be named upon doing so. He also appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_%26_Luigi:_Partners_in_Time" title="Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time">Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi is a playable character in <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_%2B_Rabbids_Kingdom_Battle" title="Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle">Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle</a></i>, and he arrives late in the story. After fighting Mecha Jr. in the Lava Pit, he is unlocked.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_other_media">In other media</h3></div> <p>Outside of <i>Super Mario</i> and <i>Yoshi</i> series, Yoshi makes a cameo appearance in <i><a href="/wiki/Metal_Gear" title="Metal Gear">Metal Gear</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid:_The_Twin_Snakes" title="Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes"><i>The Twin Snakes</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_3:_Snake_Eater" title="Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater"><i>Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D</i></a>).<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid:_The_Twin_Snakes" title="Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes">Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes</a></i>, Yoshi and Mario appears as a dolls that stand on a desk.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additional video game series in which Yoshi has made a cameo appearance includes <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda" title="The Legend of Zelda">The Legend of Zelda</a></i> series (<i><a href="/wiki/Link%27s_Awakening" class="mw-redirect" title="Link's Awakening">Link's Awakening</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ocarina_of_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocarina of Time">Ocarina of Time</a></i>) as a collectible doll and as a framed photo in Hyrule Castle.<sup id="cite_ref-auto8_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto8-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi is the main character in the English localization of <i><a href="/wiki/Tetris_Attack" title="Tetris Attack">Tetris Attack</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yoshi also appears as a playable character in every installment of the <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros." title="Super Smash Bros.">Super Smash Bros.</a></i> series. He is one of the more unique characters in the series' early history, most notably in how his recovery is a single interruption-resistant Flutter Jump, as opposed to most characters having multiple jumps and special moves to use in sequence. Yoshi's moveset mostly consists of kicks, headbutts, tail attacks, and tongue grabs.<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The animated series <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_World_(TV_series)" title="Super Mario World (TV series)">Super Mario World</a></i> produced by <a href="/wiki/DIC_Entertainment" title="DIC Entertainment">DIC Entertainment</a> is based on the game of the same name, and similar in <a href="/wiki/Plotline" class="mw-redirect" title="Plotline">plotline</a> to the previous series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Super_Mario_Bros._3" title="The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3">The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Super_Mario_Bros._Super_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Super Mario Bros. Super Show">The Super Mario Bros. Super Show</a></i>, except with a different setting. The show features Yoshi as a regular character, voiced by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Sabiston" title="Andrew Sabiston">Andrew Sabiston</a>. In the cartoon, Yoshi is a young, friendly, and fleet-of-foot dinosaur who occasionally talks in <a href="/wiki/Grammatical_person" title="Grammatical person">3rd person</a> until speaking coherent English from slightly later in the episode "A Little Learning".<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi is featured in the <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Adventures" title="Super Mario Adventures">Super Mario Adventures</a></i> comic serial printed in <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Power" title="Nintendo Power">Nintendo Power</a>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Adventure_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Nintendo Adventure Books">Nintendo Adventure Books</a></i>, and the 1993 <a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._(film)" title="Super Mario Bros. (film)"><i>Super Mario Bros.</i> movie</a> (taking the form of a realistic <a href="/wiki/Animatronic" class="mw-redirect" title="Animatronic">animatronic</a> dinosaur). Yoshi is <a href="/wiki/Bowser" title="Bowser">King Koopa's</a> pet, and is referred to as a "throwback" by a gang of Koopas. He later joins <a href="/wiki/Princess_Daisy" title="Princess Daisy">Princess Daisy</a>'s side and selflessly takes a stabbing for her. However, he does reappear at the end of the film in good health. Yoshi first debuts in the first volume of <i>Super Mario-Kun</i> and has since become a frequent companion to Mario. Yoshi is prone to making surprising behaviors and mistakes, prompting Mario to chastise him. Yoshi abandons Mario, Luigi, and Wario in volume 23 when they take advantage of him.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, Yoshi makes an <a href="/wiki/Unseen_character" title="Unseen character">off-screen vocal cameo</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Super_Mario_Bros._Movie" title="The Super Mario Bros. Movie"><i>The Super Mario Bros Movie</i></a> during the <a href="/wiki/Post-credits_scene" title="Post-credits scene">post-credits scene</a>, with archival audio of <a href="/wiki/Kazumi_Totaka" title="Kazumi Totaka">Kazumi Totaka</a> being utilized.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi is also prominently featured within <a href="/wiki/Universal_Destinations_%26_Experiences" title="Universal Destinations & Experiences">Universal Destinations & Experiences</a>' immersive <a href="/wiki/Super_Nintendo_World" title="Super Nintendo World">Super Nintendo World</a> areas. Yoshi appears within the <a href="/wiki/Mario_Kart:_Bowser%27s_Challenge" title="Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge">Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge</a> attraction, and the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Studios_Japan" title="Universal Studios Japan">Universal Studios Japan</a> iteration of the land features a <a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Adventure" title="Yoshi's Adventure">Yoshi's Adventure</a> attraction that is themed to the <a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Island" title="Yoshi's Island">Yoshi's Island</a> series.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Promotion_and_reception">Promotion and reception</h2></div> <p>Yoshi is one of the most recognizable characters in the <i>Mario</i> series and is featured in a myriad of <i>Mario</i> merchandise, such as toys, shirts, and figures. Yoshi also appeared in two of <a href="/wiki/Happy_Meal" title="Happy Meal">Happy Meal</a> promotions of <i>Mario</i> toys, which only featured <a href="/wiki/Mario" title="Mario">Mario</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(character)" title="Donkey Kong (character)">Donkey Kong</a>, and Yoshi.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yoshi was also one of the 12 initial <a href="/wiki/Amiibo" title="Amiibo">amiibo</a> figurines.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the release of <i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Woolly_World" title="Yoshi's Woolly World">Yoshi's Woolly World</a></i>, Yoshi Amiibo made out of yarn are either bundled with the game or sold separately.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the regular-sized green, pink and light blue yarn Yoshi Amiibo, an 8-inch tall, green "Mega Yarn Yoshi" has been released.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since debuting in <i>Super Mario World</i>, Yoshi has received largely positive reception. An article in <i><a href="/wiki/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly" title="Electronic Gaming Monthly">Electronic Gaming Monthly</a></i> commented, "Maybe it was the undeniable dino charm. Maybe it was the insatiable appetite that put fellow foe-eater <a href="/wiki/Kirby_(character)" title="Kirby (character)">Kirby</a> to shame. Or maybe it was the status of being Mario's newest best buddy. Whatever the reason, gamers took an immediate liking to Yoshi and his multicolored kin when <i>Super Mario World</i> hatched him into the pantheon of classic game characters."<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2011 issue of the <i><a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records_Gamer%27s_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition">Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition</a></i> ranked Yoshi at 21st place in their list of the "Top 50 Video Game Characters of All Time", making him the second highest-ranked <i>Mario</i> character on the list, of which Mario himself is ranked first.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a poll conducted in 2008, Yoshi was voted as the third-favorite video game character in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Cloud_Strife" title="Cloud Strife">Cloud Strife</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mario" title="Mario">Mario</a> placing second and first, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/GameTrailers" title="GameTrailers">GameTrailers</a></i> created a special tribute video for Yoshi for the release of <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Galaxy_2" title="Super Mario Galaxy 2">Super Mario Galaxy 2</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Yardbarker" title="Yardbarker">Yardbarker</a></i> included Yoshi in their "The most memorable characters from old school Nintendo games", stating that "Yoshi began life in <i>Super Mario World</i>. However, the dinosaur with the lengthy tongue was swiftly spun off into his own video games. There's <i>Yoshi's Island</i>, <i>Yoshi's Cookie</i>, and more. Yoshi is off doing his own thing a lot of the time."<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chris Carter of <i><a href="/wiki/Destructoid" title="Destructoid">Destructoid</a></i> described Yoshi, along with Poochy, as "cute as hell" in the "Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World" promotion.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yoshi was voted one of the finest dinosaurs of pop culture by Jim Vorel of <i><a href="/wiki/Paste_(magazine)" title="Paste (magazine)">Paste</a></i>, who stated that "Yoshi has been a fan favorite since he first appeared alongside Mario on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. That's why he's the most famous dinosaur in the world."<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshi was also praised for being the best video game sidekick. <i><a href="/wiki/GameSpy" title="GameSpy">GameSpy</a></i> ranked Yoshi as the seventh-best video game sidekick, above Luigi by reasoning that only Yoshi can pull off being green and still be cool.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Complex_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Complex (magazine)">Complex</a></i> ranked Yoshi at fourth place among "The 25 Most Kickass Dragons in Video Games", adding "Yoshi would have to be one of the best sidekicks of all time".<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia's <i><a href="/wiki/Official_Nintendo_Magazine" title="Official Nintendo Magazine">Official Nintendo Magazine</a></i> called Yoshi a "cute, trustworthy, a plumber's best friend" and compared Yoshi's loyalty to that of a dog.<sup id="cite_ref-onm_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onm-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yoshi is ranked at 52nd place on <i><a href="/wiki/GamesRadar" class="mw-redirect" title="GamesRadar">GamesRadar</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Top 100 video game heroes.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 4,228 gamers from all over the world were asked to choose their favorite "most loved sidekick characters in video games." Yoshi from <i>Super Mario World</i> came in top place and was voted the most popular sidekick character with 71 percent of the voting.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yoshi was included in <i><a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s "The Best Video Game Wingmen Ever", stating that "Always ready to give his plumber friend a ride, Yoshi doesn't shy away from putting in extra effort, whether that means holding a Koopa shell in his mouth for an entire level or kicking his feet to get a little extra air during a jump, Yoshi has Mario's back."<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yoshi has been named one of the best-supporting characters in video games by Kevin Wong of <i>Complex</i>, stating that "Yoshi has everything Mario and Luigi need in a sidekick – a monstrous appetite, boots that can walk on Munchers, and the ability to breathe fire, fly, and cause earthquakes, depending on the Koopa shell's color. You have to love a sidekick that hatches with a built-in saddle."<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alyssa Mercante of <i>GamesRadar</i> also included Yoshi in their list of "The ten best video game animal companions," statintg that "Yoshi is another companion that has achieved a level of fame virtually unrivaled by video game sidekicks."<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Yoshi Committed <a href="/wiki/Tax_Fraud" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax Fraud">Tax Fraud</a>", an <a href="/wiki/Internet_meme" title="Internet meme">internet meme</a> that began in May 2018, is a reference to jokes about Yoshi <a href="/wiki/Tax_evasion" title="Tax evasion">dodging taxes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Yosshī</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">ヨッシー</span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ja-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Japanese" title="Help:IPA/Japanese">[joɕɕiː]</a></span>; <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">English: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>)</span>. In Japan, it was once romanized as <b>Yossy</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-smw_jp_guide_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smw_jp_guide-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/28/16378812/super-mario-world-mario-punching-yoshi">"Super Mario World originally had Yoshi getting punched in the head"</a>. <i>Polygon</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230405193207/https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/28/16378812/super-mario-world-mario-punching-yoshi">Archived</a> from the original on 2023-04-05<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Yoshi's Crafted World">Yoshi's Crafted World</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spin-offs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi_(video_game)" title="Yoshi (video game)">Yoshi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Cookie" title="Yoshi's Cookie">Yoshi's Cookie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Safari" title="Yoshi's Safari">Yoshi's Safari</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tetris_Attack" title="Tetris Attack">Tetris Attack</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shigefumi_Hino" title="Shigefumi Hino">Shigefumi Hino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Tezuka" title="Takashi Tezuka">Takashi 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Kart 8 Deluxe</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Adventure" title="Yoshi's Adventure">Yoshi's Adventure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Yoshi" title="Category:Yoshi"><b>Category</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link 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Kart</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mario_Party" title="Mario Party">Mario Party</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By genre</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mario_educational_games" title="List of Mario educational games">Educational games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mario_puzzle_games" title="List of Mario puzzle games">Puzzle games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mario_role-playing_games" title="List of Mario role-playing games">Role-playing games</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Paper_Mario" title="Paper Mario">Paper Mario</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mario_%26_Luigi" title="Mario & Luigi">Mario & Luigi</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mario_sports_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Mario sports games">Sports games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mario_racing_games" title="List of Mario racing games">racing games</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Connected series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Donkey_Kong" title="Donkey Kong">Donkey Kong</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Luigi_video_games" title="List of Luigi video games">Luigi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wario_(series)" title="Wario (series)">Wario</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoshi_(video_game_series)" title="Yoshi (video game series)">Yoshi</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mario_franchise_characters" title="List of Mario franchise characters">Characters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mario" title="Mario">Mario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luigi" title="Luigi">Luigi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Peach" title="Princess Peach">Peach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Daisy" title="Princess Daisy">Daisy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toad_(Mario)" title="Toad (Mario)">Toad</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Yoshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowser" title="Bowser">Bowser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(character)" title="Donkey Kong (character)">Donkey Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wario" title="Wario">Wario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waluigi" title="Waluigi">Waluigi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalina_(Mario)" title="Rosalina (Mario)">Rosalina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birdo" title="Birdo">Birdo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_(Nintendo)" title="Pauline (Nintendo)">Pauline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabbit" title="Nabbit">Nabbit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geno_(Super_Mario_RPG)" title="Geno (Super Mario RPG)">Geno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Paper_Mario_characters" title="List of Paper Mario characters"><i>Paper Mario</i> characters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vivian_(Paper_Mario)" title="Vivian (Paper Mario)">Vivian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_(Paper_Mario)" title="Bobby (Paper Mario)">Bobby</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabbid_Peach" title="Rabbid Peach">Rabbid Peach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goomba" title="Goomba">Goomba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koopa_Troopa" title="Koopa Troopa">Koopa Troopa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piranha_Plant" title="Piranha Plant">Piranha Plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_1-1" title="World 1-1">World 1-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minus_World" title="Minus World">Minus World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Road" title="Rainbow Road">Rainbow Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_shell" title="Blue shell">Blue shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baby_Park" title="Baby Park">Baby Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_non-video_game_media_featuring_Mario" title="List of non-video game media featuring Mario">Other media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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Movie</i> soundtrack</a> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Peaches_(Jack_Black_song)" title="Peaches (Jack Black song)">Peaches</a>"</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nintendo_gamebooks" title="Nintendo gamebooks">Gamebooks</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Comics_System" title="Nintendo Comics System">Nintendo Comics System</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Adventures" title="Super Mario Adventures">Super Mario Adventures</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unofficial_Mario_media" title="List of unofficial Mario media">Unofficial media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Year_of_Luigi" title="Year of Luigi">Year of Luigi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._35th_Anniversary" title="Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary">35th Anniversary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._(pinball)" title="Super Mario Bros. (pinball)">Pinball machine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lego_Super_Mario" title="Lego Super Mario">Lego Super Mario</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Martinet" title="Charles Martinet">Charles Martinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Afghani" title="Kevin Afghani">Kevin Afghani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koji_Kondo" title="Koji Kondo">Koji Kondo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahito_Yokota" title="Mahito Yokota">Mahito Yokota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satoru_Iwata" title="Satoru Iwata">Satoru Iwata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto" title="Shigeru Miyamoto">Shigeru Miyamoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Tezuka" title="Takashi Tezuka">Takashi Tezuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensuke_Tanabe" title="Kensuke Tanabe">Kensuke 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