Green Yoshi

Green Yoshis are the most common colour variant of the Yoshi species.

Super Mario World
Yoshis debuted in Super Mario World, and while yellow, red and blue individuals could be hatched from eggs in the Star World, the Yoshis that Mario found in Dinosaur Land were all green in colour, including the main Yoshi character.

Green Yoshis receive different powers depending on which colour of Koopa shell they are holding in their mouths:


 * Green Shell – Nothing
 * Red Shell – Fire
 * Blue Shell – Fly
 * Yellow Shell – Heavy
 * Rainbow Shell – Fly, Heavy , and Fire

With the Yoshi found, Mario or Luigi can keep the Yoshi to another level.

Super Mario Sunshine
In Super Mario Sunshine, the Yoshis start out as green but change to a different color once they eat a Fruit upon hatching. They also turn green if they are about to die from not eating another Fruit for a long time, or when they drown in water. While green, Yoshis spit water instead of juice.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Green Yoshis appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are the first Yoshis to hatch out of Yoshi Eggs when playing the game solo. However, if the player reaches the Flagpole with Yoshi, Mario or other character riding Yoshi will dismount Yoshi. Therefore, only certain levels can be found with Yoshis.

Super Mario Galaxy 2
The Green Yoshi that appears in some galaxies of Super Mario Galaxy 2 is Yoshi himself.

New Super Mario Bros. U
The Green Yoshis are ridable in New Super Mario Bros. U. They behave like New Super Mario Bros. Wii, though unlike New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Green Yoshis are the only colors available. Like in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Super Mario Galaxy 2, Green Yoshi cannot be taken out of the levels they appear in.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its remake, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, one is playable on every World's first level, and King Bowser's Castle in World 6, although in all other worlds, Blue Yoshi is playable on the final level. Green Yoshi is also playable in every Secret and Extra level in the game. This Yoshi seems to be the character Yoshi.

Yoshi's Story
A young Green Yoshi appears as one of the playable protagonists in Yoshi's Story. Its favorite fruit is Watermelon.

Yoshi's Island DS
Green Yoshis also appear in Yoshi's Island DS. They help Baby Mario and the other babies rescue Baby Luigi. Green Yoshis appear in the first level of each world and in the final level of World 5. In the final boss battle, a Green Yoshi carries Baby Mario.

Mario Power Tennis
In Mario Power Tennis, Yoshi is playable. Although green is the default color, there is an option to switch colors. Once the player wins the Flower Cup in doubles mode with any character, Yoshi will randomly change his color whenever he performs a Rolling Egg Return. In Mario Tennis Open Yoshis appears as a Yoshi character but is not Green Yoshi.

Appearance
In Super Mario World, Green Yoshi has green skin, but orange gloves, brown shoes and a brown saddle. In Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Green Yoshi's gloves were removed to match its current appearance.

In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Green Yoshi looks about the same as he does in Super Mario World, but with orange shoes and a red saddle. He also doesn't wear his orange gloves, and instead he has bare green arms. In the Game Boy Advance port, Green Yoshi wore red shoes.

From Yoshi's Story to Super Smash Bros. Melee, Green Yoshi has red shoes and a red saddle. From Super Mario Sunshine and on, Green Yoshi has orange shoes and red saddle, with the exception of Super Mario 64 DS, where his shoes were brown again.

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Notable Green Yoshis

 * Baby Yoshi - Yoshi's Story
 * Yoshi - Super Mario World
 * Yoshi - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (potential color)
 * Village Leader - Paper Mario

Also, Ludwig Von Koopa transformed the King of the Pipe Maze into a Green Yoshi in the Super Mario Bros. 3 remake for Super Mario All Stars and Super Mario Advance 4.

List of Games
Note that in some of these appearances, Green Yoshi might be indistinguishable from the character Yoshi.


 * Super Mario World
 * Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
 * Yoshi's Story
 * Super Smash Bros.
 * Paper Mario
 * Super Smash Bros. Melee
 * Super Mario Sunshine
 * Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (the Pipe Land's Mushroom King was temporarily turned into a Green Yoshi)
 * Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
 * Mario Power Tennis (As an alternate colour for Yoshi)
 * Mario Tennis Open Appears as a Non-QR Code.
 * Yoshi Touch & Go
 * Yoshi's Island DS
 * Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Mario Super Sluggers
 * Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
 * New Super Mario Bros. Wii
 * Super Mario Galaxy 2
 * Mario Sports Mix