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(Thought this was an alternate name for them, turns out it's just saying the small frogs are still full frogs.)
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{{Species-infobox
{{species infobox
|title=Frog
|image=[[File:LittleFrog.png|150px]]
|image=[[File:LittleFrog.png|150px]]
|comparable=[[Frog]]
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|subject_origin=[[Frog]]
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[[File:YSFrogSprite.png|frame|left]]
A '''frog'''<ref>{{cite|author=Leung, Jason et al|title=''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide|language=en-us|date=1998|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=10, 90, and 91}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Prima Bath|title=''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|date=April 7, 1999|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-2103-8|page=111}}</ref> is an enemy in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. Frogs are found in [[Neuron Jungle]], and they swarm any [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] crossing the lagoon. They may randomly spawn on the ground or in the water, with tiny ones doing so exclusively in the latter. In both cases, they hop in a Yoshi's direction along the surface of either the land or the water. Certain normal-sized ones wait in fixed locations on land, hopping after Yoshis when they catch sight of them. Although any Yoshi can eat them, the Green Yoshi likes them best.
A '''frog'''<ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Pages 10, 90, 91.</ref><ref>Prima Bath. ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 111.</ref> is an enemy from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They are found in Stage 4-4: [[Neuron Jungle]] and will swarm any [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] crossing the lagoon. Although any Yoshi can eat them, Green Yoshi likes them best.
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==Profiles and statistics==
==Profiles and statistics==
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 「水辺をぴょんぴょん。ちびゲーコだって、一人前。」 ("''Hops along the water's edge. Even the little frogs are full-fledged people.''")<ref name=Sho/>
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 水辺をぴょんぴょん。ちびゲーコだって、一人前。<ref name=Sho/>(''Hops along the water's edge. The little Gēko are full-grown adults, too.'')
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
YSFrogSprite.png|Sprite
Story Frog small.png|Small sprite
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ゲーコ<ref name=Sho>[[Media:Yoshi Story Shogakukan P6.jpg|「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), page 6.]]</ref><br>''Gēko''
|Jap=ゲーコ<ref name=Sho>{{cite|title=「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Yoshi Story Shogakukan P6.jpg|6}}|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]}}</ref>
|JapM=From「ゲコゲコ」(''gekogeko'', onomatopoeia for frog's croaking)
|JapR=Gēko
|JapM=Comes from「げこげこ」(''gekogeko'', onomatopoeia for a frog's croak); shared with the [[frog]]s in ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''
|Ger=Börki<ref name=German>{{cite|title=Nintendo 64 ''Yoshi's Story'' Spieleberater|page={{file link|Yoshi's Story German Guide Enemies.png|18}}}}</ref>
|GerM=Diminutive form of ''börk'' (onomatopoeia for frog's croak); shared with [[Frog Pirate]]
}}
}}
==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:48, June 8, 2024

Frog
A frog from Yoshi's Story.
First appearance Yoshi's Story (1997)
Subject origin Frog

A frog[1][2] is an enemy in Yoshi's Story. Frogs are found in Neuron Jungle, and they swarm any Yoshi crossing the lagoon. They may randomly spawn on the ground or in the water, with tiny ones doing so exclusively in the latter. In both cases, they hop in a Yoshi's direction along the surface of either the land or the water. Certain normal-sized ones wait in fixed locations on land, hopping after Yoshis when they catch sight of them. Although any Yoshi can eat them, the Green Yoshi likes them best.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 水辺をぴょんぴょん。ちびゲーコだって、一人前。[3](Hops along the water's edge. The little Gēko are full-grown adults, too.)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ゲーコ[3]
Gēko
Comes from「げこげこ」(gekogeko, onomatopoeia for a frog's croak); shared with the frogs in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

German Börki[4]
Diminutive form of börk (onomatopoeia for frog's croak); shared with Frog Pirate

References[edit]

  1. ^ Leung, Jason et al (1998). Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 10, 90, and 91.
  2. ^ Prima Bath (April 7, 1999). Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-2103-8. Page 111.
  3. ^ a b 「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 6Media:Yoshi Story Shogakukan P6.jpg.
  4. ^ Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story Spieleberater. Page 18Media:Yoshi's Story German Guide Enemies.png.