Mini-Yoshi

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This article is about the party member from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For the infant Yoshis also referred to as "Mini-Yoshis" or "Mini Yoshis", see Baby Yoshi.
Not to be confused with Mini Yoshi.
Mini-Yoshi
Yoshi
The green version of the Mini-Yoshi
Full name Yoshi, The Great Gonzales Jr.
Species Baby Yoshi
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (trophy cameo) (2014)
“Let's rock, Gonzales! I'm ready to chew this dude up and spit him out!”
Yoshi, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Mini-Yoshi (known originally as Yoshi) is Mario's fourth party member in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He is a spunky Yoshi baby and the youngest of Mario's party members (being newborn). His purpose in the overworld is to allow Mario to ride him to travel around much faster and use a Flutter Jump-like ability to cross gaps.

History[edit]

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Artwork of Mario and Yoshi from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Yoshi hatching out of his egg.

While Mario, Goombella, Koops and Flurrie are fighting in Glitzville's Glitz Pit, they find that one of the fighting teams, the Armored Harriers, appears to be impervious to any attack they use. At an earlier time, Mario had found a Yoshi's Egg bouncing around, being chased by the owner of the Hot Dog Stand, Mr. Hoggle (who had hopes of making a Southern Fried Egg Dog of Tastiness with it). Mario eventually caught it, and Mr. Hoggle allowed him to keep it as most people "don't like eating stuff that jumps all over the place". After Mario returns from his problematic battle with the Armored Harriers, the egg hatches into a newborn Yoshi baby who thanks Mario for saving his life. He then joins Mario (who he knows as Gonzales), who proceeds to name him. The Yoshi can defeat the Armored Harriers by eating them and spitting them at each other, as the gulp attack ignores enemy defense. He travels with Mario for the rest of the game. Goombella can use Tattle on Yoshi's egg only after Mario glides down to the roof of the Hot Dog Stand where the egg sits but before Mario interacts with the egg.

At the end of the adventure, he goes solo at the Glitz Pit, going under the name "The Great Gonzales Jr.", and is stated to be getting close to the title match. In Goombella's letter, the Yoshi challenges the "Great Gonzales" by saying "I could totally take you in the ring now, so bring it!" He is notable for calling Mario "Gonzales" throughout the entire course of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (in a manner similar to other non-player characters such as Goldbob and his family); his odd familiarity with this name is due to Mario's pseudonym, "Great Gonzales" (upon Grubba and Jolene's insistence) while fighting in the Glitz Pit. By the end of the game, though, the Yoshi would appear to have slowly realized that "Gonzales's" real name was Mario, but he states that Mario will always be Gonzales to him.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

The Mini-Yoshis' plushies from Super Paper Mario

In Super Paper Mario, Yoshi appears as a Catch Card won by winning the Duel of 100 in the Sammer's Kingdom. Francis has a collection of seven Yoshi dolls, each one a different color. Lastly, Yoshi, along with all the other partners from the previous Paper Mario titles appear in a photograph at the Mario Bros.' House during the introduction.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, there is a sticker, which names him "Yoshi," while in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, there is a trophy of Mini-Yoshi, and this is the first game to give him this name.

General information[edit]

Physical appearance[edit]

Variants of the Yoshi in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Yoshi's coloration is determined by the amount of time that passes between the point where his egg joins Mario's party atop the Hot Dog Stand to when Mario eventually meets the newborn after fleeing from or losing to the Armored Harriers. Initially, Yoshi is green, has a red mohawk, and wears orange pants with white polka dots (giving it a Yoshi's Egg-like pattern) and a pair of his species' signature boots. While in his egg, however, Yoshi's color scheme changes every few minutes, as shown in the chart below. If more than twenty minutes pass before Yoshi hatches, the cycle restarts. Each coloration is for aesthetic purposes only, and will stay the same for the rest of the game upon Yoshi's hatching.

Time Color
0-6 Minutes BabyYoshiPMTTYD.png
Green
6-9 Minutes Red Yoshi TTYD.png
Red
9-12 Minutes Blue Yoshi TTYD.png
Blue
12-15 Minutes OrangeYoshiTTYD.png
Orange
15-18 Minutes Pink Yoshi PMTTYD.png
Pink
18-19 Minutes Black Yoshi TTYD.png
Black
19-20 Minutes White Yoshi TTYD.png
White

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

  • In-game description: This newborn Yoshi baby may be small, but he's got quite an attitude. Press X Button to hop on his back and move more quickly. Press A Button when riding to float through the air.
  • Player's Guide: You'll name the newborn Yoshi yourself when he hatches in Chapter 3, but for the sake of clarity, we'll refer to him by the name of his species. Press X to hop on the little guy's back and he'll move more quickly. While you're riding him, you can press the A Button to float through the air for a brief time.[1]
  • Tattle:
“Gosh, what a colorful egg! Must be a good one, huh? I mean, look at it jump! But jeepers creepers, I sure wouldn't want to try to eat it... I mean, EWWWWWW! I don't eat moving things. Let's hurry up, grab it, and give it back to Mr. Hoggle.”
Goombella, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door


Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Yoshi
BabyYoshiPMTTYD.png Max HP 10-20 Attack 1 Defense 0
Location(s) Creepy Steeple Role Support Level 0
Sleep? N/A Dizzy? N/A Confuse? N/A
Tiny? N/A Stop? N/A Soft? N/A
Burn? N/A Freeze? N/A Fright? N/A
Gale Force? N/A KO? N/A Moves Ground Pound (1, hits up to 4 or 5 times)
Exp. points 0 Coins N/A Items none
Tattle Log #:
N/A
Log N/A
Tattle N/A

The following is Mini-Yoshi's attacks and default stats:

HP
  • Initial: 10 HP
  • Super Rank: 20 HP
  • Ultra Rank: 30 HP
Attacks
Attack FP Needed Effect Action Command Attack Power Move Ranks
Ground Pound 0 Bounces on a single enemy. Repeatedly press R Button. This attack does 1 damage 4/5/6 times (initially and on Super and Ultra Ranks, respectively) Initial
Gulp 4 Swallows an enemy and spits it at another enemy. Press and hold R Button until the red star lights up. Initial: 4
Super: 5
Ultra: 6
Initial
Mini-Egg 3 Throws eggs at all the enemies, and if successful, shrinks them. Press A Button when the red stars light up. This attack does 1 damage three or four times (on the Super or Ultra Ranks, respectively) Super Rank
Stampede 6 Summons a Yoshi herd to attack all enemies. Repeatedly press L Button and R Button alternately. This attacks does 1 damage six times. Ultra Rank

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Catch Card
Yoshi (kid)
  • Card Type: Rare
  • Card Description: It's Yoshi from the last Paper Mario adventure. This scrappy Yoshi was the only way to travel!

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Sticker
Yoshi
Sticker of Yoshi from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Artwork from: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Throwing] - Attack +5
Usable by: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Trophy
Mini-Yoshi
Mini-Yoshi trophy from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Category: Series Related
(Applies only to the Wii U version) Appears in:
GCN Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (10/2004)
(Applies only to the Wii U version) Trophy Box: 13: Paper Mario
How to unlock:
Random
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, this young Yoshi first appears as just an egg. After breaking out of his shell, though, the rascal's cheek and ultra-competitive nature run rampant. He's strong for a little lad and can even carry Mario, who he calls Gonzales. There's a funny reason for that, and it's—oh, we've run out of space. Sorry. (American English)
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, this young Yoshi first appears as just an egg. After breaking out of his shell, though, the rascal's cheek and ultra-competitive nature run rampage. He's strong for a little lad, and can even carry Mario, who he calls "Gonzales". There's a funny reason for that, and it's...oh, we've run out of space. Sorry. (British English)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Yoshi / Mini-Yoshi[edit]

Note that the player can, as in the English version, name this character anything under a certain space limitation. These names are the default if the field is left blank.

Language Name Meaning
Japanese チビヨッシー
Chibi Yosshī
Chibi Yoshi; same as Baby Yoshi from Super Mario World.

French PtiYoshi
"Pti" is a contraction of "petit" (small)
German Mini-Yoshi
-
Italian Miniyoshi
-
Korean 꼬마요시
Kkomayosi
Little Yoshi

Russian Мини-Йоши (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)
Mini-Yoshi
Mini-Yoshi

Spanish Yoshito
"-ito" is a Spanish diminutive suffix. When attached to a name, it denotes affection.

The Great Gonzales Jr.[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese グレート・ゴンザレス・ジュニア
Gurēto Gonzaresu Junia
Great Gonzales Jr.

French Super Gonzales Junior
-
German Bomba Luigi Junior
-
Italian Super Gonzales Junior
-
Spanish El pequeño Gran González
The small Great Gonzales

Trivia[edit]

Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
  • As stated above, Yoshi's Glitz Pit origins resulted in him calling Mario by the name "Gonzales" throughout the whole course of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, except for six times. Although the use of "Mario" in the ending was deliberate and even played somewhat of a role in Yoshi's character development, the other listings were likely a mistake on the developers' part. These are the following times Yoshi calls Mario by his actual name:
    • At the ending of the game.
    • In Grubba's office when reading his secret paper about the machine under the ring.
    • At Twilight Town when the steeple bell rings, changing Mayor Dour into a pig.
    • At Keelhaul Key after Frankie says "I love you" 100 times.
    • At the very end of Chapter 5 when the Piantas say they're staying on Keelhaul Key.
    • If Mario brings him along to the top of Riddle Tower for the first time.
  • Yoshi is one of two Yoshis that can be seen outside battle in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door; the other one is seen on the Excess Express, as an adult.
  • During the 2nd fight with Doopliss, after defeating Goombella, Koops, and Flurrie, Yoshi will appear, but, no matter what his nickname is, his enemy name is always "Yoshi".
  • Wonky in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door refers to Yoshi specifically as a Miniyoshi, further explaining that Miniyoshis are "Yoshis just hatched from the eggs". This aligns with the character's Japanese name, which is identical to a Baby Yoshi, along with other localizations and in-game text in the English version referring to him as a "newborn Yoshi baby". The name "Mini-Yoshi" (which is incidentally too large to fit in the original game's text space) was given for his trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
    • Additionally, the Player's Guide for the game first refers to the character as "a Mini-Yoshi."

References[edit]

  1. ^ Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Page 16.