Casterway
| Casterway | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Yoshi and the Mysterious Book | |
| Appears in | Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (2026) |
Casterways are crustacean creatures that appear in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. They have a light, yellow body with turquoise spots, an orange shell and large orange lips. They also wear a fisherman hat and carry a large, fishing rod. They are first encountered in Chapter 3: Seaside in the Casterway Habitat.
Casterways are defined by their love of fishing. By carrying one, Yoshi can use the Casterway's fishing rod to catch a fish in the water. The player can lower the line to catch fish swimming deeper. Smaller fish will sometimes willingly bite the line if they notice it near them. It is possible to catch several small fish at the same time. By catching a fish, Yoshi obtains Tokens. He can also catch bigger fish but those will always try to escape. When that happens, the fishing line turns red and has a risk of breaking if not handled well. In the Casterway Habitat, Yoshi must catch a large fish stuck in the rocks to drain the water. To complete the stage for the first time, he must catch a whopper in the main pond.
In the Casterway Habitat, the player can find a hatless Casterway living in a hut made of leaves. This particular Casterway fishes by using an apple as bait. Because it lacks a hat, it has a tired expression while fishing. One discovery involves finding a lost hat in the pond with the water current and bring it back to the hatless Casterway.
Other creatures can also bite a Casterway's fishing line like Croakaokes, Bafloonders and Upshoots. In an alternative version of the Ouchin Habitat, Yoshi must use a Casterway's fishing line to wrangle a bunch of Ouchins into a large net in the center of the stage.
Yoshi can also catch objects other than fish. These include Winged Clouds, Smiley Flowers and Tokens that can be found in the water. In the Casterway Habitat, one discovery involves catching every Token found inside a water current. By fishing a red magnet located at the bottom of the main pond, Yoshi can catch Empty Cans that he couldn't catch otherwise.
Casterways can be eaten by Yoshi and are stated to have a "full-bodied flavor". If a Casterway is eaten, its fisherman hat drops on top of its shell before a new Casterway spawns where the previous one was eaten. Performing a Ground Pound on a Casterway makes it retreat into its shell before it re-emerges.
List of discoveries[edit]
| Discovery | Rank | Commentary (Mr. E) | Condition(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 "Catching the big fish drained the water." |
★ | Reel in the fish blocking the rock formation on the left part of the level. This drains the water, allowing Yoshi to proceed to the left area and is required for Yoshi to continue through the level's objective. | |
 "Smiley Flower fished from a shell." |
★ | Catch the level's third Smiley Flower inside a clam shell in the left area of the level, next to another Casterway. | |
| "Caught a fish." | ★ | Catch a fish. | |
 "Full-bodied flavor!" |
★ | Lick up a Casterway. | |
 "Caught every Upshoot!" |
★ | Yank all the Upshoots off the pond floor. They are located near the level's second Smiley Flower. | |
 "Great haul!" |
★ | Reel in multiple fish with a single cast. | |
 "Hooked a magnet." |
★ | Obtain a magnet. It is found as a red dome stuck in the sand in the right area of the level. | |
 "Tidied up some rubbish." |
★ | Hook up discarded cans of trash in the level by using the magnet. | |
 "Caught 10 fish!" |
★ | Catch ten fish. | |
 "It retreated into its shell." |
★ | Ground Pound a Casterway. | |
 "Smiley Flower fished out of the mud." |
★ | Fish up the level's first Smiley Flower from the mud puddle on the top of the area where a big fish is stuck. | |
 "Little hut on the lily pad." |
★ | On the far right of the area, reel and drag a Croakaoke to the right platform above tokens in the shape of a fish, where Yoshi can use it as a platform to reach the little hut on the top. | |
 "Fished a Smiley Flower out of a Winged Cloud." |
★ | Either use the Casterway's fishing rod to catch the Winged Cloud or consume the Casterway on top of the little hut and create an egg to hit the Winged Cloud with, left of the hut. This is the level's fourth Smiley Flower. | |
 "Fish can't resist apples." |
★ | Use an apple as bait to catch fish. | |
 "Worked with the Croakaoke." |
★ | Bounce off the Croakaoke. | |
 "The hat suits it well." |
★ | Catch the hat below the hut on the current near the tokens in the shape of a fish and return it to a hatless Casterway. | |
 "Hooked some driftwood." |
★ | Get the line stuck on driftwood in the area where the fast fish is. | |
 "Became the one that got away." |
★ | Catch and carry a Bafloonder in the alternate variant of the level and get hooked by a Casterway, then escape from the line by using the Bafloonder's air puff ability. | |
 "Caught a beautiful fish." |
★★ | Catch a golden, arowana-like fish. It is located in the left area after the player has unstuck a fish from the rock. | |
 "Caught a fast fish." |
★★ | Catch a fast green marlin. It swims about near the level's second Smiley Flower, near a school of small fish, and has the most resistance out of all the large fish. | |
 "Reeled in a big one!" |
★★ | Catch a large, purple fish, located on the right area of the level. | |
 "Fished the tokens out of the current." |
★★ | Reeled in all the tokens arranged in a fish shape in the current in the far right area of the level underneath the hut. | |
 "Caught every fish!" |
★★ | Catch all fish in the habitat. | |
 "Tidied up all the rubbish!" |
★★ | Cleaned up all the discarded cans in the habitat with the magnet. | |
 "Croakaoke invited to the hut." |
★★ | Reel in the Croakaoke into the Casterway hut on the far right area of the level. | |
 "Caught the Bafloonder!" |
★★ | Catch the Bafloonder in the alternate version of the level. They attempt to quickly resist the line by puffing air, so Yoshi needs to deny them access to air bubbles that replenish their air in order to catch them. | |
 "Caught a real whopper!" |
★★★ | Catch the catfish-like whopper, which is biggest fish in the level. It lounges in the far bottom right corner of the level with its head poking out. This fish is capable of breaking the fishing line and is warned by the line flashing red. |
Gallery[edit]
Poll: Quirky creatures
Artwork of a Casterway
Yoshi carrying a Casterway
Naming[edit]
"Casterway" is a portmanteau of "caster" (either referring to a fly pupa used as bait, or a fisherman), and "castaway" (a person cast adrift or ashore).
When the name is suggested by Mr. E, he says the following:
- “It spends most of its time casting its fishing line into the sea... so how about Casterway?”
- —Mr. E
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | つりんちゅ Tsurinchu | Fishing Person | [1] | |
| Dutch | Bengelaar | Dangler; portmanteau of bengelen ("dangling") and hengelaar ("angler") | [2] | |
| French (Canada) | Pêcheureux | From pêcheur ("fisherman") and heureux ("happy") | [3] | |
| French (Europe) | [4] | |||
| German | Angelrud | From Angelrute ("fishing rod") | [5] | |
| Italian | Pescatino | From pescatore ("fisherman") and catino ("basin") | [6] | |
| Korean | 낚찌 Nakkjji | Fishing Bobber | [7] | |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Peixecador | From peixe ("fish") and pescador ("fisherman") | [8] |
References[edit]
- ^ 「ずっとつりをしているからつりんちゅでどうだろう？」– Mr. E (May 21, 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Japanese).
- ^ "Hij laat zijn hengel van een hoogte in het water bengelen. Voor mij is dit niets minder dan een Bengelaar!" ("It lets its rod dangle in the water from a high place. To me, this is nothing less than a Casterway!") – Mr. E (May 21, 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Dutch).
- ^ « Il ne pourrait vivre sans sa canne à pêche. Pourquoi pas Pêcheureux? » – Mr. E (May 21, 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Canadian French).
- ^ « Il ne pourrait vivre sans sa canne à pêche. Pourquoi pas Pêcheureux ? » – Mr. E (May 21, 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (French).
- ^ "Er scheint vor allem immer wieder seine Angel auszuwerfen. Deshalb ist er für mich der Angelrud!" – Mr. E (May 21, 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (German).
- ^ «Sembra che passi la maggior parte del tempo a pescare quindi che ne dici di Pescatino?» ("It seems like he spends most of his time fishing so how about Casterway?") – Mr. E (May 21, 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Italian).
- ^ "계속 낚시를 하니까 낚찌는 어떨까?" – Mr. E (May 21, 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Korean).
- ^ "Já que ele passa a maior parte do tempo pescando... Que tal Peixecador?" – Mr. E (May 21, 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Brazilian Portuguese).
