Yoshi's Story

Yoshi's Story is the sequel to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island released for the Nintendo 64. Yoshi's Story was released as one of the Virtual Console on the Wii on September 17, 2007 in North America.

Three stages based on it were used in the Super Smash Bros. series. They have been used in all three games, and a music track from Yoshi's Story appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Story
Baby Bowser has turned Yoshi's Island into a picture book and has stolen the Super Happy Tree, and six baby Yoshies must venture through 6 "pages" of the island before they can confront him. All the levels are made of some kind of material (clay, denim, cardboard, newspaper, etc.) and have their own distinct style.

Yoshi's Story is notable for being one of the very few "Yoshi" games to not involve Mario. Both Mario and Luigi are only briefly mentioned on newspaper headlines in the background of level 2-4. Baby Bowser also calls Yoshi "Mario's pet".

Gameplay
Yoshi's Story is played much like Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, although a few aspects were tweaked or removed. To complete a level, the Baby Yoshies haves to eat exactly thirty Fruits scattered through the level. Before starting a level, the Player have to pick which Baby Yoshi’s will be used for the level. The different Yoshies have different taste when it comes to Fruits and Shy Guys, and will recover more health (and score more points) if they eat a Fruit/Shy Guy that is of the same color as theirs. If a Baby Yoshi "dies" for whatever reasons, this Baby Yoshi will be taken to Bowser's Castle by Baby Bowser’s Toadies. However, any lost Baby Yoshi can be saved by finding a White Shy Guy and finishing the level with it. When starting a game on either Story Mode or Trial Mode, the game will randomly select a “Lucky Fruit”. Said Lucky Fruit automatically heals all of the Yoshi's life, even if the Yoshi is not supposed to like the fruits.

Story Mode
The main portion of the game, the Story Mode contains 24 levels (Four per world), however, only six can be played during a single playthrough (The game directly jumps to the next world after a level is completed). Initially, all 4 levels can be chosen from. However, the choice of levels in later worlds is determined by the number of Heart collected in the previous level. Whenever a level is completed, the Baby Yoshies start singing and a text appears to explain what happened in the level.

Trial Mode
In this mode, the player can replay the levels that got unlocked in Story Mode. This mode also saves the high-score of the levels. "Melon Quest" is a method of increasing one's high score by eating nothing but melons. If this is done, a marker appears at the end of the level.

Practice Mode
The Practice Mode consist of an exclusive level in which the various controls and techniques of the games are explained.

Yoshi’s Moves
The Baby Yoshies can perform various moves to complete their adventure. Most of these moves were taken from ‘‘Yoshi’s Island’’, although some were tweaked or now have a new function.

Jumping and Fluttering
By pressing the A button, the player can make Yoshi jump; by pressing A again and holding it, the player can make a Yoshi Flutter Jump. This helps the player get to higher places. It is possible to flutter longer by holding A after Yoshi grunt.

Swallowing
To Swallow an object, the Baby Yoshies haves to lick with their tongues. It is possible to control the direction of the tongue with the Control Stick. Unlike Yoshi’s Island, Yoshi automatically ingest the things he can eat with his tongue.

Throwing Eggs
When a Yoshi eats an enemy, it can turn into an egg. By pressing Z, Yoshi can aim the egg he made at various things, and throw it by releasing Z. In this game, it is actually possible to decide how far the Egg can be thrown.

Ground Pound
To make this move, a Baby Yoshi must jump and quickly press down on the control stick. The Yoshi will pound the ground. A Ground Pound can be used to reveal a few items hidden in the ground.

Sniffing
A move exclusive to this game, Sniffing is helpful in finding objects hidden in the ground. To execute it, the player must press R. If the Baby Yoshi is near an object, a ! will appear next to the Baby Yoshi head. If Baby Yoshi is standing on an hidden item, he will wave at the player. Any objects hidden in the ground can be revealed by ground-pounding them. Poochy can be found in a few levels and will sniff for the Yoshi Clan.

Item
Various items are found by the Baby Yoshies in their adventure. They are:


 * Yoshi Eggs are the Yoshies' primary weapons.
 * Heart Coins are found throught the levels, they only exist for scoring purpose.
 * Various kind of Fruit appears, the most prominent being the Melon, appearing 30 times in every level.
 * Special Hearts unlock levels in Story Mode.
 * Bob-ombs can be thrown, much like the Yoshies' Eggs.
 * Heart Fruit will turn the Baby Yoshies into Super Happy Yoshi when eaten.
 * Bubble Pops contains various objects and occasionally enemies.
 * Hint Blocks give help and information when jumped from below.
 * ? Blocks causes a variety of events.
 * Surprise Balls allow baby Yoshies to reach higher ground by licking them.

Page 1: Beginning

 * Treasure Hunt
 * Surprise!!
 * Rail Lift
 * Tower Climb

Page 2: Cavern

 * Bone Dragon Pit
 * Blargg's Boiler
 * Jelly Pipe
 * Torrential Maze

Page 3: Summit

 * Cloud Cruising
 * Tall Tower
 * Poochy and Nippy
 * Frustration

Page 4: Jungle

 * Jungle Hut
 * Jungle Puddle
 * Piranha Grove
 * Neuron Jungle

Page 5: Ocean

 * Lots'O'Jellyfish!
 * Lots'O'Fish!
 * Shy Guy Limbo
 * Shy Guy's Ship

Page 6: Finale

 * Mecha Castle
 * Lift Castle
 * Ghost Castle
 * Magma Castle

Beta Version
Like Paper Mario, many beta version screenshots were released for Yoshi's Story. Many changes were done before the final version. Stage 4-2: Jungle Puddle was eerie, with many giant bubbles and even a Bone Dragon. The Bone Dragons themselves weren't bony, but purple with scales. Also, a working name for Yoshi's Story was Yoshi's Island 64, as many game titles on the system ended in the number 64. These are just some of the many differences.


 * Air Bag
 * Black Shy Guy
 * Bob-omb
 * Message Block
 * Nipper Plant
 * Nipper Spore
 * Pogo Guy
 * Purple Yoshi
 * Brown Yoshi

Enemies introduced in the game

 * Air Bag
 * Attacky Sack
 * Pak E. Derm (technically not an enemy, but an obstacle nonetheless)
 * Mr. Eel
 * Ick Worm
 * Bone Dragon
 * Centipede
 * Snow Guy
 * Pogo Guy
 * Pirate Guy
 * Spike
 * Gabon
 * Piranha Pest
 * Piranha Sprout
 * Flying Shy Guy
 * Barbecue Guy
 * Limbo Guy
 * Blindfold Boo
 * Spiked Fun Guy
 * Frog
 * Big & Little Boo
 * Teehee Butterfly
 * Fuzzy Wiggler
 * Bee
 * Black Shy Guy
 * Vine Slime
 * Submarine Guy
 * Spiny Fish
 * Snorkel Snake
 * Anenome

Bosses

 * Cloud N. Candy
 * Inviso
 * Cloudjin
 * Don Bongo
 * Baby Bowser

Favorite Fruit

 * Red Yoshi – Apple
 * Yellow Yoshi – Banana
 * Green Yoshi – Watermelon
 * Pink Yoshi – Apple
 * Blue Yoshi – Grapes
 * Cyan Yoshi – Grapes
 * Black Yoshi – Likes all fruit types.
 * White Yoshi – Likes all fruit types.

All Yoshies like the Melon fruit.

References to Other Games

 * Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island- Yoshi's Story is a prequel to this, and in fact was originally to be called Yoshi's Island 64
 * The Legend of Zelda series- Zelda's name appears on a newspaper.
 * Totakata's Song- Though not a game reference this mysterious piece of music can be found on the trail menu of the game.

References in Later Games

 * Super Smash Bros.- A stage called Yoshi's Island is playable and is based off Yoshi's Story.
 * Super Smash Bros. Melee- The Yoshi's Island stage from Super Smash Bros. returns, and a new one called  Yoshi's Story is playable.
 * Yoshi's Universal Gravitation- A sequel to Yoshi's Story, here Yoshi's Island is turned into a story book again.
 * Mario Series- In most appearances of Yoshi onward, he has the same voice as he had here.
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl- Music from Yoshi's Story can be unlocked in this game.
 * Mario Super Sluggers- The Super Happy Tree can be found in Yoshi's stage.