Yellow Toad (New Super Mario Bros. series)

Yellow Toad is a member of the Toad species who has made many appearances throughout the Mario series. He debuted in Super Mario Sunshine, where he is very similar to the other Toads who appear in the game, and possesses little personality of his own. However, as he has continued to appear in the series, his character has become more developed. Super Mario Galaxy was the first game in which he was given a significant personality; he can often be found sleeping, regardless of the Toad's location.

Super Mario Sunshine
Yellow Toad first appeared in Super Mario Sunshine, where he was one of the five young Toads that accompanied Mario, Princess Peach, and Toadsworth on their vacation to Isle Delfino. Upon arrival, the group finds the island a mess. Soon after, the villain Shadow Mario appears and kidnaps Peach. This caused the Toads (Yellow Toad among them) extreme sadness and worry. The Toads provided no help, as they spent most of their time in Delfino Plaza. Yellow Toad would usually be found alongside Purple Toad and Toadsworth; often running around worrying about the Princess. Out of the six Toads in the game, these three tended to worry the most. In the ending, the Toads were shown to be much happier as Mario rescued Peach and cleaned the island. Yellow Toad could be seen enjoying himself during the end credits alongside the other Toads.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Yellow Toad reappeared in Mario vs. Donkey Kong, where Red Toad, Blue Toad, and he were employed at the toy store. They worked joyfully, enjoying the Mini Mario toys that were produced there, until Donkey Kong arrived and stole them. After Mario defeated Donkey Kong in Twilight City Plus, Yellow Toad could be seen alongside Mario, the Mini Marios and the other two Toads, apparently laughing at Donkey Kong, who had lost all of the Mini Marios that he stole. In his anger, Donkey Kong grabbed the three Toads and climbed up on top of a tall tower. However, Mario would defeat him again and save the Toads.

Super Mario Galaxy


Yellow Toad appeared in Super Mario Galaxy as one of the members of the Toad Brigade. Out of the group, Yellow Toad seemed to be the most careless and lazy, as he is often seen sleeping in the game. For this trait, he received from the other Toads the nickname "Sleepy." However at times when he is not asleep, Yellow Toad can be seen as a rather immature character as seen in the Purple Coin challenge in Deep Dark Galaxy where he is seen dancing under a spotlight while the other Toads stayed around the area cautiously. After assisting Mario on his quest, the members of the Toad Brigade (including Yellow Toad) were revealed to being promoted to Royal Guards of Princess Peach's Castle.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Yellow Toad, supposedly nicknamed Ala-Gold by Nintendo developers and Wolley by IGN forum members, appears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii for the first time as a main hero and a playable character. The game begins as Princess Peach's birthday is being celebrated by the princess herself, the Mario Bros., Blue Toad, and Yellow Toad. During the festivities, a massive cake is brought into the castle. Immediately, Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings emerge and they kidnap Peach. Yellow Toad bravely follows closely behind the two Mario Bros. (with Blue Toad behind him) as they set off on a quest to save Princess Peach.

In the end of the game, Yellow Toad can be seen riding a hot air balloon alongside Blue Toad and Luigi (however the latter has his own balloon). Once Luigi allows Mario and Princess Peach to ride in his balloon, they soon take off before he could get it causing him to be left behind. Fortunately, the two Toads invited Luigi to ride in their balloon for the journey back to Princess Peach's Castle.

Throughout the game, Yellow Toad is shown to be able to perform several moves that the Mario Bros. have used in the past such as the ground pound, spin jump and even the wall kick. In comparison to Blue Toad, Yellow Toad has a much higher pitched voice that is very much like the voice that he had in Super Mario Galaxy where he also sounded higher pitched in comparison to the other Toads. He is also able to use the power ups in this game, including the Propeller Mushroom and the Penguin Suit. All of these power ups make Yellow Toad's coloration change to his preferred choice of color, yellow.

Mario Baseball series
In Mario Superstar Baseball, Yellow Toad appears as a team member who is part of Toad's alternate colors and has no other apparent differences. In it's sequel Mario Super Sluggers, Yellow Toad is a team member and is an alternate coloration once again of Toad. In the challenge mode, Yellow Toad can be found behind some large mushrooms and if one talks to it, Yellow Toad will pop out. After he appears, Yellow Toad challenges the player to a game of baseball so that he could see whether if the player was worthy of his assistance.

Personality
Yellow Toad like many other characters in the series is still a rather undeveloped character. His personality is often seen changing in many of the games that he does appear in. In Super Mario Sunshine, he is seen as a rather worrisome character despite the fact that he is meant to be a jolly character as seen in the intro. In Super Mario Galaxy, he is shown to be a rather lazy character as he is seen sleeping for nearly the whole game. New Super Mario Bros. Wii, however showed a direct opposite personality in comparison to his worrisome self in Super Mario Sunshine as he is able to bravely join the Mario brothers on their journey to rescue Peach.

As a Species
The Yellow Toads are also a race of the Toad species and can be often seen in many of the sports games including Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games as part of the audience. The yellow toads also appear as team members in the Mario Strikers series. Many yellow toads appear as reporters in the intro of Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis as well.

Yellow Toads also appear in the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi RPG series, however in comparison to the other games these toads all appear very different in appearence to the other members of the species.

Mario Superstar Baseball Information

 * Type: Balanced
 * Starting Team Captain: Peach
 * Status: Player
 * Stats:
 * Yellow Toad Stats:'''
 * Batting: 4/10
 * Pitching: 4/10
 * Fielding: 4/10
 * Running: 8/10
 * Player Profile:
 * Strong Point: Running
 * Special Talents: Body Check
 * Trajectory:
 * Field: Center
 * Height: Normal
 * Star Pitch: Slowball
 * Star Swing: Center
 * Default Batting Position: Right
 * Default Throwing Arm: Right
 * Sweet Spot: The Toad face on the bat
 * Compatible Relationships: Peach, Toadsworth, Toadette
 * Bio: "Princess Peach's subject. Though he tries to protect the princess from the evil Bowser, she gets kidnapped with disturbing regularity. There are many Toads who look just alike, and though they are generally small and look cute, they are actually quite powerful."

''Mario Super Sluggers Information

 * Team: Peach Monarchs
 * Stats:
 * Pitch: 3/10
 * Bat: 6/10
 * Field: 4/10
 * Run: 7/10
 * Abilities:
 * Fielding: Enlarge
 * Player Chemistry:
 * Good Chemistry: Peach, Toadette, Toadsworth
 * Bio: A well-balanced Toad with a fine glove.

Mario Football Series

 * Type: Playmaker
 * Skillshot (Charged): Fire Meteor
 * Bio: Speed and king-sized passing skills makes Toad one of the top play-makers on the circuit. Just don't call him 'Little Guy'.

Stats (Charged)

 * Movement: 10
 * Shooting: 3
 * Passing: 10
 * Defense: 3

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

 * European Official Site Bio: "As loyal servants to the Mushroom Kingdom throne, there's no way the Toads are about to sit back and watch Bowser and Co. bring their unsavory schemes to fruition. Toads have aided Mario on plenty of adventures in the past, but this time around they're not just letting Mario know the princess is in another castle - they're coming along for the ride!"

Seen in Games

 * Super Mario Sunshine
 * Mario Superstar Baseball
 * Mario vs. Donkey Kong
 * Mario Strikers Charged
 * Super Mario Galaxy
 * Mario Super Sluggers
 * New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Trivia

 * When Yellow Toad gets a Fire Flower in New Super Mario Bros Wii, the mushroom cap on his head looks like a Mega Mushroom.
 * Wolley, the name IGN forum members refer Yellow Toad as, is 'yellow' spelled backwards.