History of the Yoshi species

Yoshis, who debuted in Super Mario World, are one of the most prominent allied species in the Super Mario franchise. While the character Yoshi appears the most, he is often alongside the other Yoshis. The other Yoshis are used across the video games of franchise in a number of ways, such as being background characters or being alternate versions of Yoshi. In some appearances, they have tweaked stats or abilities compared to Yoshi. In the Yoshi's Island series, each level has the player use a different Yoshi, though in that series Yoshis are all identical in playstyle. The Yoshi species is also present in adaptions of the Mario franchise into other mediums, like literature and animation.

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

Mario and three colors of Yoshis in Star World

Yoshis debut in Super Mario World. During the events of the game when Bowser invades Dinosaur Land with his Koopalings, they trap many Yoshis in enchanted eggs and steal seven unhatched Yoshi Eggs, which then have to be rescued by Mario and Luigi. This is also how the brothers meet Yoshi, whom they befriend very early in the game.

Red, Blue, and Yellow Yoshis appear in Star World, exclusively found as Mini-Yoshis, which can grow into adult Yoshis if they eat enough enemies or fruits or a power-up. However, Blue Yoshis can be obtained elsewhere if a player grabs Yoshi's Wings while riding any Yoshi in a level in the SNES version. While they all share the same functions as Yoshi himself, they each specialize in Yoshi's special abilities regardless of what colored Koopa Shell is eaten; sometimes allowing the Yoshi to use two abilities at the same time, depending on the shell.

When they hold any shell in their mouths, Red, Blue, and Yellow Yoshis always experience the abilities of Red, Blue and Yellow Shells respectively, in addition to that shell's specific ability if it is of a different color than the Yoshi.

Super Mario Sunshine

Orange Yoshi is one of the Yoshi colors in Super Mario Sunshine.

Yoshis are allies in Super Mario Sunshine. They can be ridden by Mario on his quest to recover the Shine Sprites. To get a Yoshi, Mario must first find a Yoshi egg and give it the specific fruit it wants, the Yoshi will then hatch and Mario can ride on it. Yoshis typically require a random choice from papayas, pineapples, bananas, or coconuts to be hatched, but in Episode 3 of Sirena Beach, Mysterious Hotel Delfino, they always require pineapples, and in Episode 8 of Ricco Harbor, Yoshi's Fruit Adventure, they instead require durians.

Depending on the fruit it has eaten, the Yoshi will be one of three colors: orange (if fed a papaya or a pineapple), pink (if fed bananas or a coconut), or purple (if fed a durian or pepper). Even after hatching, a Yoshi can still change colors by eating fruits of a different type. Each color will give a Yoshi the ability to spit juice of the same color (which replaces FLUDD's water tank) that affects enemies by turning them into various types of platforms. The orange juice turns enemies into orange stationary platforms, the pink juice turns them into pink ascending platforms, and the purple juice turns them into purple forward-moving platforms. All three types of platforms disappear after a short amount of time. Unlike FLUDD, Yoshis can also destroy Orange Juice Generators. Yoshis are unlocked by beating Episode 4 of Pinna Park, The Wilted Sunflowers, which features an enemy called a Snooza Koopa, whose shell resembles a Yoshi egg. Afterwards, Shadow Mario will appear in Delfino Plaza carrying a Yoshi egg. Once Shadow Mario is defeated, Yoshis can appear in Delfino Plaza and most other levels in the game, though typically only in specific episodes.

A Yoshi's juice meter depletes as the Yoshi sprays it, and will drain over time as well; the juice meter can be fully replenished by having the Yoshi eat any fruit, changing the Yoshi's color and the juice's properties depending on the fruit. If a Yoshi runs out of juice, it will turn green and begin to flicker for a few seconds before vanishing altogether; during this time, it can only spit water instead of juice. Landing in sufficiently deep water makes the Yoshi disappear immediately, as they cannot swim in this game.

Super Mario 64 DS

Yoshi, Red Yoshi, and Blue Yoshi in the Castle Grounds in VS Mode in Super Mario 64 DS

While Yoshi himself is playable in the main story, up to three additional Yoshis are playable in the multiplayer mode of Super Mario 64 DS. The first player (the host) plays as Yoshi, the second player plays as a Red Yoshi, the third player plays as a Blue Yoshi, and the fourth player plays as a Yellow Yoshi. Each Yoshi has the same abilities and can pick up caps of Mario, Luigi, and Wario to use the abilities of those characters. It is also possible for a Yoshi to eat another Yoshi and spit them out, but the same cannot be done on a Yoshi with a cap. When a Yoshi gets wings, it grows wings out of its body, like in Super Mario World. A Light Blue Yoshi appears in the minigame Tox Box Shuffle, alongside Yoshi himself after enough rounds have passed.

New Super Mario Bros.

Yoshi and Red Yoshi in the Snowball Slam minigame of New Super Mario Bros.

Yoshi, along with Red, Yellow, and Blue Yoshis, appear in the Snowball Slam and Balloon Racing minigames in New Super Mario Bros. In both minigames, player one controls Red Yoshi, player two controls Yoshi, player three controls Yellow Yoshi, and player four controls Blue Yoshi. In the Balloon Racing minigame, both Red and Yellow Yoshi's are colored slightly differently, with their head spines and saddles both matching their shoe color.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Three of the Yoshis found in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Alongside Yoshi himself, Yellow, Light Blue, and Pink Yoshis appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii where they can help the Mario Bros. and the two Toads and function the same as Yoshi himself.

In multiplayer mode, each colored Yoshi will appear out of a single block depending on the number of players: Yellow for two players, Light Blue for three players, and Pink for four players. Normally, for Single Player mode and if two or three players are playing, the alternate colors can appear if the player hits a block containing a Yoshi and each color will appear in the same order as in multiplayer. Elsewise, if a Yoshi is already on the screen the egg will just hatch into a Super Mushroom.

Originally, Red and Blue Yoshis were meant to appear, but they were replaced by the Pink and Light Blue Yoshis in the final game.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

The three Baby Yoshis: Bubble Baby Yoshi, Balloon Baby Yoshi, and Glowing Baby Yoshi

Mario riding on a Green Yoshi in New Super Mario Bros. U

Yoshis reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U and its expansion pack New Super Luigi U, alongside the return of Baby Yoshis, which function differently to how they did in Super Mario World and appear in three variants with different abilities and colors. Due to this, standard Yoshis only appear in green and up to four can appear in multiplayer. Their behavior and purpose are the same as in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The only new change is that a meter appears when Yoshi eats fruits, which shows how many fruits Yoshi has eaten, effectively replacing the number system.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS

Yoshis return in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, appearing in both the Super Mario World and New Super Mario Bros. U styles, where they retain their functions in each style. They are replaced by the Goomba's Shoe in the Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 styles.

Super Mario Maker introduces several unique characteristics for Yoshis not present in the original Super Mario World and New Super Mario Bros. U. Yoshis can now be used in castle, airship, or Ghost House levels, as well as underwater levels in the New Super Mario Bros. U style; music tracks associated with these levels from the respective original games now have new percussion parts for riding a Yoshi. Yoshis can also eat Hammer Bros (unlike in New Super Mario Bros. U where they were immune to Yoshis' tongue), Chain Chomps, Rocky Wrenches, Cannonballs, and Magikoopas, and, like Fire Piranha Plants' fireballs and Hammer Bros.' hammers in New Super Mario Bros. U, they can eat and spit out Rocky Wrenches' wrenches and Bowser's fireballs. Their tongue also passes through Boos. When spitting out a Fire Piranha Plant or a Lava Bubble, Yoshis release three spreading fireballs, like they could with Red Shells in Super Mario World; they can also eat the fire from Burners or Fire Bars and spit a single fireball. Similarly, when eating a Dry Bones, Yoshis spit three spreading bones, similarly to how Dry Bones used a bone as a projectile in Super Mario World. While riding a Yoshi, Mario can jump off of Grinders (like other spiked enemies) and stand on Thwomps without taking damage, and becomes immune to the Sledge Bros.' and Bowser Jr.'s Ground Pound attacks.

In addition, Pink and Light-Blue Yarn Yoshis appear as unlockable Mystery Mushroom costumes in the original game, which can be unlocked either at random upon completion of the 100-Mario Challenge on Normal difficulty, or by scanning the respective amiibo. The costumes use sound effects from Yoshi's Woolly World.

Super Mario Run

Yoshi is a unlockable playable character in Super Mario Run, with the ability to Flutter Jump and having an immunity to landing on spikes. In addition, many Yoshi themed items exist in reference to him. Red Yoshi, Blue Yoshi, Yellow Yoshi, and Purple Yoshi were added as playable characters in the version 2.0.0 update. They move in the same ways and with the same properties that Yoshi does. The emblems of each of the four Yoshis use an Yoshi's Egg with spots matching the color, but their Goal Pole and Checkpoint Flag color is orange like as with Yoshi's. The Houses that unlock the colored Yoshis are the same as Yoshi's House, but the Yoshi's Egg of the house having spots that match the color of the Yoshi. Combined with Yoshi, the Yoshis match the five colors of Toads in the game. Blue Yoshi is the only Yoshi available to unlock if players do not have the full version of this game, as the unlocking the ability to purchase the houses of other Yoshis requires Toads of colors that cannot be obtained without the full version of the game.

Each Yoshi color differs in one way: In Toad Rally, because Yoshis are popular with Toads of their own color, when a Yoshi uses a move that makes a Toad cheer for them the Toad that cheers is more likely to be of that color. This is adding to the probability of that color of Toad appearing, not multiplying it, so it allows Toads of colors that do not normally appear in a course to appear. This effect was also added to Yoshi, corresponding with Green Toads.

Character	Image	Unlock criteria
Yoshi		Recruit 30 Red Toads and 30 Yellow Toads through Toad Rally to unlock Yoshi's House, which costs 1000 coins to purchase.
Red Yoshi		Recruit 1000 Yellow Toads and 9999 total Toads through Toad Rally to unlock Red Yoshi's House, which costs 50000 coins to purchase.
Blue Yoshi		Recruit 50 Red Toads and 50 Blue Toads through Toad Rally to unlock Blue Yoshi's House, which costs 800 coins to purchase.
Yellow Yoshi		Recruit 300 Blue Toads, 300 Green Toads, and 200 Purple Toads through Toad Rally to unlock Yellow Yoshi's House, which costs 5000 coins to purchase.
Purple Yoshi		Recruit 150 Blue Toads, 150 Green Toads, and 100 Purple Toads through Toad Rally to unlock Purple Yoshi's House, which costs 3000 coins to purchase.

Super Mario Maker 2

Fire Mario riding a Red Yoshi spitting fireballs in a wallpaper for Super Mario Maker 2

Yoshis appear in Super Mario Maker 2 with the same appearance and functionality as in Super Mario Maker. Red Yoshis are available as a course element created by applying the Super Mushroom modifier to Yoshi's Egg to create a big red Yoshi's Egg. Rather than using their tongue, they spit fireballs, and if Mario is Fire Mario, Red Yoshi will spit three fireballs at once like in Super Mario World.

Like in Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker 2 introduces several unique properties for Yoshis that were not present in either Super Mario World or New Super Mario Bros. U:

• Like underwater, castle, airship and Ghost House themes, new percussion parts for riding a Yoshi were added to the New Super Mario Bros. U-style forest music (although in this case, it was actually an unused track in the original game).
• Yoshis cannot completely defeat Mechakoopas (as well as its Blasta and Zappa variants) by eating them, similar to shelled enemies; when spitted out, they become stunned as if they were stomped.
• Yoshis can eat and spit out Spike Balls, Snowballs, and the Koopalings' magic spells, although the latter of which only works in the New Super Mario Bros. U style.
• Like Sledge Bros. and Bowser Jr., Mario becomes immune to Roy or Morton's Ground Pound attacks while riding a Yoshi.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

In addition to Yoshi himself, Red, Yellow and Light Blue Yoshis appear as playable characters in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. All the Yoshis are classified as "Beginner Characters", allowing them to not take damage when touching enemies, although they will still lose a life if falling down abysses like bottomless pits or lava. All the Yoshis retain the ability to flutter jump and eat enemies as well. In multiplayer mode, other players can ride the Yoshis if they are chosen as playable characters, even if they are playing as a Yoshi as well. While a Yoshi is riding on a Yoshi, they can eat enemies at the same time. Yoshis can grab Wonder Seeds and 10-flower coins with his tongue except Wonder Flowers.

As in Super Mario World and the Super Mario Maker series, eating a fire- or bone-based enemy make Yoshis spit out three fireballs or bones, respectively, while they can also spit out watermelon seeds by eating the newly-introduced Melon Piranha Plants, akin to the mechanic of watermelons in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

Super Mario Adventures

Multiple Yoshis living in Yoshi Village

In Nintendo Power's Super Mario Adventures comics, which is based on the Super Mario World video game, Bowser kidnaps various Yoshis from the Yoshi Village, and their leader, Yoshi himself, has to team up with Mario and Luigi to save them and Princess Peach. They later are able to free the Yoshis and have them stampede the wedding between Bowser and the brainwashed Peach, rescuing the princess. Bowser tries to hide in the giant wedding cake, but the Yoshis eat it, forcing him to accept defeat and leave Dinosaur Land.

Their language is shown to consist of nothing but the word "Yoshi", making Yoshis unintelligible to Mario and Luigi.

Club Nintendo

Yoshi appeared in various issues of the Nintendo-based German Club Nintendo comics. Other Yoshis also appeared in a few issues:

• Super Mario: Mario im Wunderland: In this comic, Mario meets a Yoshi who wants darker skin, and is later turned into a Black Yoshi by the Crab wizard.
• Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit: Mario gets sent back to the Stone Age in this 16-page comic, where he encounters a Yoshi as well as dinosaurs and cave men. The Yoshi is wearing a hat reading "taxi" and offers his services to Mario, but he declines.
• Auf der Suche nach dem Glück!: In this comic, Kamek sucks all of the color out of Yoshi's Island. But six gray Yoshi eggs hatch six colorful baby Yoshis. The Yoshis soon see that something is wrong with the world around them when a colorful Lakitu flies over to them and tells them the predicament that they are in. The Yoshis then go to town and start eating all of the fruit in the market. After that, the color starts returning. They are soon on a talk show that Baby Bowser is watching which makes Baby Bowser furious, so he and Kamek go out to find the Yoshis. Meanwhile the Yoshi finish the talk show and start a band concert about fruit. Baby Bowser and Kamek soon interrupt their concert and trap them in a force field. The people in the stands then start throwing fruit at the Yoshis, which the Yoshis eat and use to break out of the force field. Baby Bowser and Kamek attempt to fly away, but Baby Bowser falls off and lands in a cannon. A clown then blasts the cannon and shoots Baby Bowser into the sky, ending the comic.

A Green and Yellow Yoshi swimming away from a shark (which turns out to be a Black Yoshi) Translation: That wants to have us for breakfast!

• Die Nacht der leuchtenden Yoshis!: This comic is the second part of the comic above. The Yoshis are at the beach, when a shark appears in the water. Everyone runs away except a Green and Yellow Yoshi who are still swimming. When they notice the shark, they panic and try to swim away, but end up needing to be saved by a lifeguard. After they are all out of the water, the shark turns out to be a Black Yoshi. When the Yoshis see him, they think he has dirt all over him because they have never seen a Black Yoshi before. So thinking they are cleaning him, they wash him. He turns out still black when he tells them this is his skin. They all reject and leave him and he stands in the same spot until night falls. The Yoshis then camp out as soon as night falls. Meanwhile, hiding in a bush, Baby Bowser and Kamek plan the Yoshis' capture, waiting until they are asleep before raiding the campsite with an army of Shy Guys. Then, out of nowhere, both Kamek and Baby Bowser are struck by Yoshi eggs. They then get angry and ask who did threw them, only to have dozens and dozens of eggs rain down and chase them away. It turns out that the Black Yoshi is the one who threw the eggs. He then unties the Yoshis and tells them his story. It turns out that he is the same Yoshi from Super Mario: Mario im Wunderland who was turned black by the wizard. It turns out that after he was turned black, his life got harder: he was not allowed into movies, he was yelled at, and he was chased by a chef who wanted to make a meatball out of him. The Yoshis finally accept the Black Yoshi as a friend, and they all have a good rest of the night.
• Das Lied der Yoshi's!: This short 1-page comic is the third part of the above comics. It pictures the Yoshis continuing their life and doing many different things. The last part of the comic shows all of the Yoshis singing together.

Yoshi franchise

Yoshi

In Yoshi, Mario has to arrange egg halves and enemies to produce Small, Tall, Winged, and Star Yoshis. To get a Small Yoshi, Mario must combine two halves of a Yoshi egg. To get a Tall Yoshi, Mario must have one to four enemies in between the two halves of an egg. To get a Winged Yoshi, Mario must have five or six enemies in between the two halves of an egg. To get a Star Yoshi, Mario must have seven enemies in between the two halves of an egg. If a Small Yoshi hatches, 50 points are awarded. If a Tall Yoshi hatches, 100-250 points are awarded. If a Winged Yoshi hatches, 300-350 points are awarded. If a Star Yoshi hatches, 500 points are awarded.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

The Yoshis with Baby Mario.

In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and the reissue Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Baby Bowser's caretaker, Kamek, predicts that two babies born that morning will spell disaster for the Koopas and attempts to steal them from the stork, who is carrying the babies to their parents. However, he only manages to snag Baby Luigi, while Baby Mario falls to Yoshi's Island and lands unharmed on Yoshi's back.

The infant causes some brief panic among the Yoshis, until Yoshi takes charge and decides to help reunite Mario and Luigi and send them to their parents. The other Yoshis agree to help him transport Baby Mario across Yoshi's Island to Bowser's Castle through use of a relay system. Each Yoshi carries the baby for one level in each world, before passing him on to the next Yoshi in line. Yoshis can eat enemies, turning them into eggs which they can then throw at other enemies and obstacles. Yoshis can also use the Flutter Jump ability, allowing them to prolong their descent and stay airborne temporarily. Yoshis can also transform themselves into various vehicles through the use of morph bubbles, which helps them progress through the island. Later in the game, Yoshi defeats Baby Bowser and forces Kamek to retreat, allowing him to rescue Baby Luigi and free the stork. The Yoshis then let the stork send Baby Mario and Baby Luigi to their parents.

Tetris Attack

The title screen of Tetris Attack shows the different Yoshi colors.

In Tetris Attack, Bowser curses Yoshi's friends, including a baby Yoshi, forcing him to battle them to break their spell. Baby Yoshis of various colors also appear in the title screen.

Yoshi's Story

All of the Baby Yoshis in Yoshi's Story.

In Yoshi's Story, Baby Bowser steals the Super Happy Tree, the source of the island's happiness, and transforms it into a storybook. He curses the Yoshis, making them unable to stop him. However, the curse does not affect six Baby Yoshis in their eggs. When they hatch, the six Baby Yoshis go to find the Super Happy Tree to refill the island's happiness.

More and more worlds become available to the Yoshis as their happiness levels increase by eating fruit. Later on, the Baby Yoshis reach Baby Bowser's Castle where they defeat Baby Bowser and reclaim the Super Happy Tree.

The color of Yoshi used determines their favorite fruits; Green Yoshi favors watermelons, Yellow Yoshi favors bananas, Red Yoshi and Pink Yoshi favor apples and Blue Yoshi and Light Blue Yoshi favor grapes. Both Black Yoshi and White Yoshi favor all fruits equally (barring the Lucky Fruit chosen before a playthrough) while all Yoshi colors favor melons. Additionally, both Black and White Yoshis have faster horizontal flutter jump movement than the other Yoshis can while they are Super Happy.

The Black Yoshi is unlocked after the player finds a black-spotted Giant Egg in the Bone Dragon Pit or Torrential Maze, while the White Yoshi is unlocked after finding a white-spotted Giant Egg in The Tall Tower or Poochy & Nippy.

Each Yoshi also has a different pitch to their voices; Green and Yellow retain a normal pitch, Red and Pink are slightly higher and White Yoshi has the highest pitch, while Blue and Light Blue are slightly lower, and Black Yoshi has the lowest pitched voice. This is not present in the Japanese version of the game.

Orange and Purple Yoshis were originally going to appear in this game, but they were scrapped.

Yoshi Touch & Go

In Yoshi Touch & Go, the Yoshis have to transport Baby Mario to the stork after Kamek kidnaps Baby Luigi and causes the bird to drop Baby Mario. The color of the Yoshi varies depending on how many coins the player collects while guiding Baby Mario down to the ground. The amount of eggs a Yoshi can carry varies depending on their color: Green Yoshi has 20 eggs, Light Blue Yoshi has 25 eggs, Pink Yoshi has 30 eggs, Blue Yoshi has 35 eggs, Yellow Yoshi has 40 eggs, Red Yoshi has 45 eggs, Black, Orange, and Purple Yoshi have 50 eggs, and White Yoshi has unlimited eggs. In marathon, a Yoshi's own color changes after every 1,000 yards.

Yoshi's Island DS

Yoshis each carrying a baby in Yoshi's Island DS

In Yoshi's Island DS, Bowser and Kamek travel back in time to kidnap seven star children in order to use the energy within their bodies to let Bowser take over the world. Without knowing the identity of the children, they plan to steal every single infant in the Mushroom World, but one way or another, the babies escape their grasps. Baby Luigi is successfully captured, but manages to avoid detection for the duration of his time at the castle, and all the other children escape or are cast out by the villains, and help the Yoshis save the rest of the babies.

In the final battle, Yoshi and three others fight Bowser, carrying Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby DK and Baby Wario, as Baby Bowser turns traitor when they reach Bowser's Castle. After their defeat, the Koopas return to the future and the babies are brought home by the storks.

A green Baby Yoshi hatching from its egg

A green Baby Yoshi is shown hatching in the end credits for the game, and is revealed to be the seventh star child.

Yoshi's New Island

Yoshi's New Island takes place directly after Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and before Yoshi's Island DS, revealing that the stork delivered the babies to the wrong house in the previous game. Kamek then attacks and steals Baby Luigi and the stork, but Baby Mario falls onto Egg Island, another home of the Yoshis. Baby Mario is then found by the Yoshis, who help reunite him with his brother and save the island from Baby Bowser. During the final boss fight, after Baby Bowser is defeated, adult Bowser travels back in time and must be defeated so that Yoshi can rescue Baby Luigi and the stork.

Gameplay is similar to the original Yoshi's Island, with some new features. Yoshi can now eat Mega Guys and Metal Guys to lay Mega Eggdozers and Metal Eggdozers, respectively. The latter prevents Yoshi from flutter-jumping, but allows him to go undersea. New vehicle transformations also exist, such as Hot-Air Balloon Yoshi, Bobsled Yoshi, and Mine-Cart Yoshi. The Yoshi Star is also a new item that transforms Yoshi into Super Yoshi. Gold Yoshi Stars allow him to run on walls, while Red Yoshi Stars allow Yoshi to fly horizontally like a rocket.

Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World

In Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, Yoshis live peacefully on Craft Island. One day, Kamek arrives on the island to turn all of the Yoshis into Wonder Wool, but two Yoshis hide from the spell inside the Big Yarn Ball. One is always Red Yoshi, while the other is Green Yoshi, Pink Yoshi, or Light-Blue Yoshi depending on the save file. These two set out to recover and reknit the other Yoshis.

Yoshis act similarly to how they do in other Yoshi games. Instead of carrying Baby Mario and collecting stars to protect him, Yoshis have a health display and collect hearts to fill it. The handcrafted aesthetic enables Yoshis to unravel most enemies and objects with their tongue through the Eat action, converting them into yarn balls while in their mouth. This can include large portions of the terrain, if there is a bow to start from. Yarn balls are almost identical to Yoshi's Eggs, with the added advantage of knitting frames and frame enemies into solid objects and tying up certain hazards but the disadvantage of certain enemies only being tied up instead of defeated. In multiplayer or as Double Yoshi, Yoshi can be eaten to make them into yarn balls, They return to their Yoshi state after landing. In addition to ten basic colored Yoshis, there are 58 that have specific designs. To unlock one, the player has to collect all five Wonder Wool in a course. Once complete, that Yoshi will be reknit and appear next to that course on that world's World Map as well as in the Yoshi Hut. In both places, they can be set as the player character(s). The ten basic colors, excluding Red and the Yoshi for that save file, are only available after completing King Bowser's Castle, at which point they populate Craft Island again and appear in the Yoshi Hut. (In Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, these Yoshis do not appear on Craft Island.) Additionally, amiibo can be scanned to turn Yoshi into a design based on the character of the amiibo, which additionally adds that design as a selectable character in the amiibo Hut. A Yoshi amiibo can be scanned to unlock Yoshi as a figurine as a playable character. If the player uses a Yarn Yoshi amiibo, they can save a non-amiibo exclusive Yoshi to it and load that Yoshi into any game. Yoshis loaded into a game from a Yarn Yoshi amiibo appear in the amiibo Hut as well. Exclusively in Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, the player can create Original Yoshi with their own colors and patterns in the Yoshi Hut.

Yoshis are made of yarn in this game, which further affects how they move and react to objects. When pushing objects like Chomp Rocks and accordion walls, their nose deforms. They can cling to Conveyor Belts, which consist of hook and loop fasteners. When running and not moving into a wall, Yoshis turn their feet into wheels to roll instead. Turning around maintains this state but coming to a stop while on the ground ends it. When flutter-jumping or swimming, they turn their feet into a propeller. Ground-pounding turns their body, except for the head, into a hammer. Entering a level has Yoshi reform into a ball then hop inside, and starting a level has threads come together to form Yoshi. Exiting a level works in reverse, with the ball landing on the World Map and reverting to Yoshi. This paragraph could go on forever, but suffice to say there are many more minor transformations and interactions.

Yoshi's Crafted World

In Yoshi's Crafted World, the 8 Yoshis (green, pink, red, orange, yellow, cyan, blue and purple) work together to gather the pieces of the shattered Sundream Stone after the gems were scattered in a fight with Kamek and Baby Bowser. The Yoshis here are similar in terms of abilities to the ones in Yoshi's Woolly World, though they can also flip between 2D and 3D perspectives as well as throw eggs at items in the background and foreground.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Mario and his partners visit Yo'ster Isle, where Yoshis race each other in a competition known as the Mushroom Derby.

Boshi, a Yoshi in Super Mario RPG.

The last winner of the derby is a Yoshi named Boshi who proceeds to name himself leader of Yo'ster Isle and suspends the races. Instead, only one-on-one races between himself and slower Yoshis are allowed, with Yoshi Cookies as the prize. When Mario arrives, he helps Yoshi defeat Boshi in a race, prompting the Yoshis to try and appoint Yoshi as their new leader. Yoshi declines the offer, however, and instead re-opens the Mushroom Derby to everyone, with no Yoshi in charge.

During the game, Yoshi also serves as a translator between Mario and the Yoshis, who speak their own language.

A pudgy Baby Yoshi, named Baby Fat, appears as a inhabitant of the isle that hatches after Mario defeats the cake in Marrymore. It can be fed Yoshi Cookies, and if fed 30 of them, he will become fat. If fed more Yoshi Cookies afterwards, he may give out items by hatching them out of eggs for Mario to collect.

Mario Party series

The Blue and Pink Yoshis in Mario Party

In Mario Party, a Blue Yoshi and a Pink Yoshi appear on the board Yoshi's Tropical Island. The Blue Yoshi is separated from the Pink Yoshi, who is trapped in a small island surrounded by whirlpools and the Blue Yoshi is unable to get across. The players must collect the stars to use them as a bridge to allow the Blue Yoshi to go to the island, The game ends when the bridge is formed to allow the Blue Yoshi to reunite with the Pink one. They are also accompanied by the top three winners along with Toad, Boo, Koopa, a Thwomp, and a star, while the fourth place player tries to join them, but is devoured by Bubba.

There is also an unused minigame known as Yoshi's Tongue Meeting, where the players jump atop a Yoshi, either Pink, Yellow, Blue or Red (if the player plays as Yoshi, he just stands in the same position without a rider). The Yoshis have baby Wigglers on their tongues, which extend to the Wigglers' mothers in order to reunite the children with their parents. If it comes too late, the baby will kick its mother into the bush. If it comes too far, both the Wiggler and its baby will simply cry. However, if is pressed at the right time, the mother and child will reunite and the player wins.

Yoshis reappear in Mario Party Superstars due to the Mario Party board Yoshi's Tropical Island returning. Unlike the original N64 version, there are a few more Yoshis on the board. The Blue Yoshi returns but is moved to Cantaloupe Island and is now seen relaxing on a sliced cantaloupe. A Red Yoshi appears on the central island, replacing the Pink Yoshi (though it now appears on a sliced cantaloupe floating on the water beside Cantaloupe Island) and being surrounded by Cheep Cheeps instead of whirlpools from the original game. A Yellow Yoshi additionally appears on Watermelon Island cheering on top of a sliced big Watermelon.

In Super Mario Party Jamboree, Yoshis appear in the Showdown minigame Yoshi's Mountain Race where the players ride on Yoshis to race to the finish line and get the green Yoshi as a Jamboree Buddy. Yoshis also appear as three judges in the Rhythm Kitchen mode.

Super Smash Bros. series

SmashWiki article: Yoshi

Stock icons for all the Yoshi colors in Super Smash Bros.

All of Yoshi's color schemes in Super Smash Bros. Melee

Yoshi, along with his Red, Pink, and Yellow Yoshi color schemes in the thumbnail of the Yoshi's Rainbow event from Super Smash Bros. Brawl

While Yoshi himself appears as a playable character throughout the Super Smash Bros. series, he also has alternate color schemes to reference other members of his species: Red, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Light Blue, Purple, and Black. Some stages and events involve fighting multiple Yoshis. In Super Smash Bros., Yoshi has only three alternate colors alongside his default green color scheme: Red, Light Blue, and Yellow. The first six Yoshi colors are used in the computer-controlled Yoshi team battled during the 1-Player mode, and they all become playable in Super Smash Bros. Melee and onward. Yoshis also make a small appearance in the opening of Super Smash Bros. Melee during a stampede, and as stickers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Yoshi gained Purple and Black Yoshi color schemes in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, although Super Smash Bros. Ultimate replaced his Black Yoshi color scheme with a costume based on the Green Yoshi's appearance in Yoshi's Crafted World. Yoshis also appear during Yoshi's Final Smash in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Stampede!, which is based on the Super Smash Bros. Melee opening.

Mario Golf series

Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)

Yoshi's alternate costumes in Mario Golf

In Mario Golf, Yellow, Red, and Light-Blue Yoshi can be selected as Yoshi's alternate costume on the character select screen. The player can choose the colors by using , , and , and each Yoshi can be chosen multiple times if there is more than one player.

Mario Golf: Super Rush

Yoshis are non-playable characters in Mario Golf: Super Rush. A Pink Yoshi appears in Bonny Greens in the qualifying round. It is then never seen again unless the player plays the qualifying round again.

As of the version 2.0.0 update:

• If the player achieved a rank of A- or higher in the Ranked Match during August 2021, they would be able to unlock Red Yoshi, Blue Yoshi, and Yellow Yoshi as variants for Yoshi.
• If the player achieved a rank of A- or higher in the Ranked Match during April 2022, they would be able to unlock Pink Yoshi, Light-Blue Yoshi, and Orange Yoshi as variants for Yoshi.

Mario Tennis series

Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)

Yellow Yoshi in Mario Tennis

In Mario Tennis, if both players select Yoshi in the Short Game or Tiebreaker Game, the second player will have a Yellow Yoshi as Yoshi's alternate costume.

Mario Power Tennis

In Mario Power Tennis, if players play the doubles tournament and complete the Mushroom Cup and the Flower Cup, they can power up the Rolling Egg Return, making Yoshi change into one of eight colors every time he uses it. The eight colors are Red, Yellow, Green, Light-Blue, Blue, Pink, Black, and White. An image of the Yoshis also appears in the mini-game Artist On the Court on Expert Mode.

Mario Tennis Open

Most of the colored Yoshis (excluding the Purple, Orange, and Brown varieties) make an appearance in Mario Tennis Open as downloadable QR characters. The different colors, and their playing types, are listed below.

• Red Yoshi - Technique
• Blue Yoshi - Speed
• Light-Blue Yoshi - Speed
• Yellow Yoshi - Power
• Pink Yoshi - Technique
• Black Yoshi - All-Around
• White Yoshi - Tricky

Mario Tennis Aces

Colored Yoshis return as alternate colors for Yoshi in Mario Tennis Aces, in the October 2018 update. Unlike in Mario Tennis Open, all Yoshis have the same green tennis racket as Green Yoshi in this game.

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario

The Yoshis living in Yoshi's Village.

Mario and his partners visit Yoshi's Village on Lavalava Island in Paper Mario. They are there looking for a Star Spirit that Bowser has trapped in a playing card and given to a minion to guard within the island's volcano, but they find they cannot get into the mountain on their own. The Yoshi Village Leader says he will help Mario and the others if they help round up five missing Yoshi Kids. With the help of their Cheep Cheep babysitter, Sushie, Mario and co. soon find the young Yoshis and can continue on with their quest.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Yoshi in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door can hatch into one of seven colors.

When Mario and his current set of partners visit Glitzville in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, they soon find themselves with custody of a Yoshi's Egg, after its initial owner, Mr. Hoggle, decides against cooking and serving it once he realizes it could move on its own accord. For a while, the egg follows Mario and his partners. Then, after the match with The Iron Adonis Twins, Mario returns to find that the egg has hatched into a Yoshi Kid, the color of whom varies depending on how much time has passed between Mario's acquisition of the egg and its hatching. Mario names the Yoshi, who then travels with him and the other partners for the remainder of the game, before becoming a fighter in the Glitz Pit after the quest is over.

One of the Yoshi's attacks involves summoning a stampede of Green Yoshis to trample the enemy, and another Green Yoshi businessman can be found on the Excess Express.

Paper Mario: Color Splash

“Listen here, dino-dragon things! It's not OK to go around eating people whole. I mean, you don't even know where Mario has been! I'd go brush my teeth if I were you.”

—Huey, Paper Mario: Color Splash

The Yoshis in Paper Mario: Color Splash.

For the first time in the Super Mario franchise, nonspecific Yoshis appear as enemies in Paper Mario: Color Splash, even though they cannot be targeted or defeated. They are found in the Emerald Circus. When Mario first arrives, the Yoshis are locked in a cage around the corner of the main entrance. If Mario attempts to open the cage, one of the Yoshis will swallow him and spit him out, dealing 5 points of damage to him. After Lemmy flees from the stage, the Yoshis escape from the cage. During the battle on the stage, they will randomly appear out of a curtain to try to eat Mario. Mario has to block their tongues, or they will waste his next card. The Yoshi will then run back into the curtain. Yoshi also appears in the Dark Bloo Inn, albeit invisible at first. If Mario tries to mount him, he runs off to the Emerald Circus, where Mario can talk to him once the Yoshis escape from their cage. A picture at Tangerino Grill appears to be the silhouette of a Toad riding a Yoshi.

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Although Yoshis do not appear in Paper Mario: The Origami King, the specifications of the Boot Car mention that it outputs 150 Yoshis, equivalent to the real-life horsepower for motor vehicles.

Mario Kart series

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

The Yoshis in Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Using the Single-Pak multiplayer functionality of Mario Kart: Super Circuit, up to four players can race together where players 2, 3, and 4 control a red, light-blue, and yellow Yoshi respectively.

Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

Artwork for Red Yoshi and Black Yoshi in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

In Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, Red and Black Yoshis appear as downloadable color swaps of Yoshi, with their own exclusive Special Items: Egg Bazooka, and Rolling Egg respectively.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The playable Yoshis in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

In Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Yoshis can be seen as spectators jumping and waving in Sweet Sweet Canyon, Mount Wario, GBA Mario Circuit, SNES Donut Plains 3, N64 Yoshi Valley, GCN Yoshi Circuit, Excitebike Arena, GCN Baby Park, and Super Bell Subway. In the latter game, they appear in Merry Mountain, as well as the battle courses Sweet Sweet Kingdom, SNES Battle Course 1, and 3DS Wuhu Town. Some are seen sitting in their seats. Occasionally, some of these Yoshis will hum Totaka's Song. Additionally, three different-colored Yarn Yoshis (green, pink, and light blue) are seen in the background of GBA Ribbon Road.

Also, several differently colored Yoshis are playable as variants of Yoshi, namely Light Blue, Black, Red, Yellow, White, Blue, Pink, and Orange Yoshis. In Mario Kart 8, these variants are unlocked when both DLC packs (The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 and Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8) have been purchased, while in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, they are available from the start in the base game. Red Yoshi is the Staff Ghost for GCN Yoshi Circuit and Orange Yoshi is the Staff Ghost for GBA Cheese Land; additionally, in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, White Yoshi is the 200cc Staff Ghost for Shy Guy Falls, Yellow Yoshi is the 200cc Staff Ghost for 3DS DK Jungle, and Blue Yoshi is the 200cc Staff Ghost for Super Bell Subway.

Mario Kart Tour

Red, Blue and White Yoshi tricking on Paris Promenade 3 in Mario Kart Tour

In Mario Kart Tour, Yoshis can be seen as spectators on many courses in the game such as GCN Yoshi Circuit.

All of Yoshi's alternate colors from Mario Kart 8 return as playable drivers, separate from Yoshi himself, those being Red, Black, Blue, White, Pink, Orange, Light-blue, and Yellow Yoshi, who were respectively introduced in the 2020 New Year's Tour, 2020 Yoshi Tour, 2021 Yoshi Tour (blue and white), September 2021 Sydney Tour, 2022 Autumn Tour, 2023 Yoshi Tour, and Sunshine Tour and have the Yoshi's Egg (red, orange, light-blue, and yellow), Double Bob-ombs, Dash Ring, Triple Mushrooms, and Heart as their respective special skills. Red, Blue, Pink, Orange, Light-Blue and Yellow Yoshi are classified as Super drivers while Black and White Yoshi are classified as High-End drivers. Black Yoshi and White Yoshi were originally exclusive to their debut tour and several subsequent tours but became regular High-End drivers starting with the Berlin Tour and September 2021 Sydney Tour, respectively.

Yoshi (Kangaroo) and Yoshi (Gold Egg) take the appearance of a Yellow Yoshi (albeit with orange shoes instead of green). While most of the colored Yoshis retain a similar coloring as the one seen in Mario Kart 8, Blue Yoshi features a brighter, more saturated blue coloring instead.

Mario Kart World

Yoshi and his color/outfit variations in Mario Kart World

Yoshis appear as spectators once again in Mario Kart World. Yoshi himself has outfits that turn himself into different-colored Yoshis wearing clothing, including Red Yoshi wearing a racing outfit, Blue Yoshi wearing sunglasses and a spiked collar (resembling Boshi), Light-blue Yoshi wearing a "Food Slinger" outfit (a Yoshi's uniform with a headset), Pink Yoshi wearing a visor, Purple Yoshi wearing an outfit similar to King Boo's "Aristocrat" outfit, Orange Yoshi wearing a "Swimwear" outfit, White Yoshi wearing a "Touring" outfit, and Yellow Yoshi wearing a "Matsuri" outfit (a happi). The only one of the nine Yoshi colors available in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that has not been seen is Black Yoshi. Unlike in those games, the Yoshi costumes are separate from the character Yoshi, as with the rest of the characters in the game.

Yoshis can also be seen operating the drive-throughs, trucks, and boats of their fast food chain Yoshi's.

Mario & Luigi series

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

The Yoshis in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions.

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake, Yoshis are shown living in the Beanbean Kingdom. They are found at the Yoshi Theater and Mario and Luigi must find Bean Fruit for seven hungry Yoshis to earn Neon Eggs and ultimately obtain a Beanstar piece. They can be seen in the credits in Yoshi Theater watching the events of the game at the conclusion of the end credits; the remake instead shows a similar scene during a pre-intro cutscene. Regardless of their color, the Yoshis in the original GBA version all have orange or yellow shoes. In the 3DS remake, the Yoshis have their normal shoes, depending on their skin color.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

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The Yoshis in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the Shroobs drop a Giant Egg on Yoshi's Island. It then becomes a tourist attraction, but later hatches into a Yoshi-like creature known as Yoob, which proceeds to eat every Yoshi with its tongue. A factory in its belly then encases the eaten Yoshis in eggs, so that they will also hatch as Yoobs. The plan is stopped by Yoshi, who is aided by Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, and their adult counterparts, who had both traveled back in time to save Peach and stop the Shroobs. Yoshi discovers a way to escape through Yoob's digestive tract and the four Mario Bros. free the captured and imprisoned Yoshis to help him. They also defeat the guardian of the factory, Sunnycide, by pushing a large rock on him, and once the Yoshis escape and the factory is destroyed, Yoob falls asleep. In the North American version of the game, a Black Yoshi appears in the Sunnycide boss battle, the only instance of one appearing, while the other international releases shows a Yellow Yoshi instead.

After Yoob falls asleep, the Yoshis all think that Baby Bowser rescued them, until the Cobalt Shards send him flying, and Toadbert tells the Yoshis that the Mario Bros. saved them.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

The Yoshis in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.

Yoshis appear in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team as one of the many species invited to Pi'illo Island. Many Yoshis can be seen in various places such as Pi'illo Castle, Mushrise Park and Wakeport, coming in Green, Red, and Yellow.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

The Yoshis in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam.

In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Yoshis act as minor NPCs throughout the game and can be found in the various Toads Villages throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. One Yoshi appears in the Gloomy Woods Village, and has to be beaten in a footrace to win the melon he has so it can be given to Wiggler. Later on, this Yoshi's brother appears in Mount Brrr, and challenges the trio to a more difficult race, giving them the Speed Gloves as a prize if they win.

Mario Strikers series

Super Mario Strikers

In Super Mario Strikers, Yoshis can be seen as spectators in stadiums during gameplay.

Mario Strikers: Battle League

The available Yoshi colors in Mario Strikers: Battle League

Yoshis return as spectators in Mario Strikers: Battle League. Sometimes, one Yoshi will throw a ? Block to one of the teams' members during gameplay. The player can select up to four Yoshis on the character select screen per team. Different colored Yoshis will be playable based on the corresponding team color, excluding the lime-green team using Green Yoshis and the purple and light-purple teams using Blue Yoshis (though originally Purple Yoshi was seen on the purple team in the overview trailer for the game, but was scrapped in the Mario Strikers: Battle League First Kick pre-release demo and the final game).

Regardless of the color chosen though, all Yoshi colors excel best at Passing and Shooting, while their other stats are low.

Mario Super Sluggers

Five colored Yoshis (Red, Blue, Yellow, Light Blue, and Pink) along with Yoshi himself appear in Mario Super Sluggers as unlockable characters. Unlike Yoshi himself, however, they do not have Star Skills nor can they be selected as a team captain.

Mario Sports Mix

Blue Yoshi and Red Yoshi are non-playable characters in the Dodgeball game in Mario Sports Mix, assisting the blue and red teams on the sidelines, respectively. Yoshi also has three unlockable alternate colors (Light-blue, Yellow, and Pink).

Mario & Sonic series

Seven different Yoshi colors, as seen in Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Yoshis appear as a species in certain games of the Mario & Sonic series. In Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Dream Equestrian involves players carrying a wagon full of seven color Yoshi eggs, all hatching into Yoshis upon reaching the goal. In the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, five differently colored Yoshis (red, blue, light blue, yellow, and pink) accompany the playable Green Yoshi as his teammates in the Football event, and the Yellow and Light Blue Yoshis operate shops in the Road to Rio mode, with Yellow Yoshi's shop being used to trade apples for Mii outfits, and Light Blue Yoshi's shop being used to trade melons with sports gear. In the Wii U version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Yoshis appear in the Mario League, where Team Mario does not have enough non-guest characters to create three teams of four for any of the events, so Red and Yellow Yoshi are featured alongside Yoshi himself as one of the members of Team Mario, with each Yoshi occupying a team.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Yoshis in The Super Mario Bros. Movie

A herd of Yoshis appears in Illumination's The Super Mario Bros. Movie when Mario, Toad, and Peach go on a quest to seek the Kongs' aid to defeat Bowser. Yoshi himself makes a brief appearance in a post-credits scene, where he begins to hatch from his egg. Since no green Yoshis make an appearance during their brief cameo early on, this also appears to foreshadow Yoshi's hatching at the end of the movie.

WarioWare: Move It!

The 2-player version of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island in WarioWare: Move It!

In the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island microgame in WarioWare: Move It!, playing in 2-player mode substitutes the green Yoshi with a light-blue Yoshi for player 1, and a yellow Yoshi for player 2.

Other appearances and references

In the Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance 4 adaptations of Super Mario Bros. 3, the king of the Pipe Maze is transformed into a Green Yoshi by Ludwig von Koopa (whereas in the NES version of the game, predating Yoshis, the king was transformed into a Piranha Plant).

In Super Mario Chess, Yoshis appear as knights on Mario's team.

In addition, many Yoshi-themed Mario Kart racecourses have appeared: Mario Kart 64 has Yoshi Valley, Mario Kart: Super Circuit has Yoshi Desert, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! has Yoshi Circuit, Mario Kart DS has Yoshi Falls and reuses the GameCube course Yoshi Circuit, Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 has a two-course Yoshi stage, and while it does not introduce a new course, Mario Kart Wii reuses Yoshi Falls from the DS title. Yoshis also spectate a few courses in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Yoshi Valley from Mario Kart 64 and Yoshi Circuit from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! also reappear as retro courses in these two games. A track based on Yoshi's Island appears in both the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass DLC and Mario Kart Tour under the same name, as well as Yoshi Circuit from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Yoshi Valley from Mario Kart 64 and Yoshi Desert from Mario Kart: Super Circuit all returning as classic courses.

Although Yoshis do not appear in Super Paper Mario, a stone statue of one appears in Chapter 5: Land of the Cragnons. There is also a Sammer Guy called "Belly of the Yoshi", which is a reference to how Yoshis can eat as much food as they want without getting full. Yoshis were also referenced in Super Mario Galaxy by a planet shaped like a Yoshi's Egg in the Good Egg Galaxy and by a planet shaped like a Yoshi head in the Space Junk Galaxy. Similarly, in Paper Mario: Sticker Star, there is a sphinx in World 2-2 called the Yoshi Sphinx, whose head is shaped exactly like a Yoshi's head.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake are the only games in the Mario & Luigi series that does not feature Yoshis. Yoshi noises can be found in audio files within the original game's code, but they are unused. It is unknown if Yoshis themselves were going to appear in the game or its remake or it was left over from Partners in Time (as the game's engine was based off this game's).

Also, the Fawful Guy and its dark variant have an attack where a roar very similar to Yoob's can be heard in the original game; a long tongue then snags them, turns them into an egg and throws the egg at their target using a Yoshi's Island-style targeting cursor.

In Fortune Street, many Yoshis can be seen in the background on the Yoshi's Island board. A majority of the Dragon Quest characters refer to them as "dragons."

In the Yoshi's Island Zone DLC level of the Wii U version of Sonic Lost World, all Yoshi Eggs collected by the player will hatch into Yoshis at the end of the level and give three extra lives each.