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| ==History==
| | #REDIRECT [[User:Yo'ster]] |
| The island that debuted in ''Super Mario World'' was named ''{{hover|Yoster Tou|ヨースター島}}'' in the original Japanese version. The etymology for this is most likely combining Yoshi's name with "Easter" (as in "Easter Island"), with "Tou" being the Japanese word for "island". When ''SMW'' was released in English, NoA decided to localize the island's name as "Yoshi's Island".
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| Next, we have the island that debuted in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', which was named ''{{hover|Yoshi Island|ヨッシーアイランド}}'' in Japanese. This is literally just "Yoshi" and the English word "Island". This was ALSO localized as "Yoshi's Island", hence the confusion. We have two islands with ''very'' different Japanese names who both have the same name in English.
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| From the N64 era and onwards, the island with the most appearances would go on to be ''{{hover|Yoshi Island|ヨッシーアイランド}}'', appearing in many other Yoshi series games as well as some Mario spinoff games as Yoshi's home stage, such as Mario Golf and Fortune Street. This isn't a case of ''{{hover|Yoster Tou|ヨースター島}}'' just being replaced by or changed to ''{{hover|Yoshi Island|ヨッシーアイランド}}'' though, as ''{{hover|Yoster Tou|ヨースター島}}'' has made several appearances afterwards, most notably in the Super Smash Bros. series and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. As stated in the proposal, they're also listed as separate locations in Yoshi's trophy description in both Super Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U. On contrary, there are no in-game sources which state they are the same outside of the shared English names.
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| ==Q&A==
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| '''Question:''' Why is the article being split into Yo'ster Isle, which was only used in one game that had weird translations?<br>
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| '''Answer:''' It's not. Read the "Addendum/clarification:" at the bottom of the proposal. To repeat: The articles would be split into '''Yoshi's Island (''Mario'' franchise)''' and '''Yoshi's Island (''Yoshi'' franchise)''', making it clear they're two separate islands who just happen to have the same name in English.
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| '''Question:''' Why is the split being based on our personal interpretations of their visual design?<br>
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| '''Answer:''' They're not. The splits are based on the Japanese names alone, though clearly most appearances of ''{{hover|Yoster Tou|ヨースター島}}'' are based on Super Mario World, with the ''{{hover|Yoshi Island|ヨッシーアイランド}}''s being based on Yoshi's Island/Yoshi's Story and the Yoshi series in general.
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| ==In conclusion==
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| My final point is this: If you look at it from an unbiased point of view, rather than just going off of preconceived notions, they are quite obviously different locations and are only considered one in the same due to the English localization arbitrarily giving them the same name. Whether this is reason to split them into two separate articles, though, is up to you.
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