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[[File:snakey art!.jpg|right|thumb|A '''Green Snake''' from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.]]
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'''Snakes'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991115034511/http://www.yoshisstory.com/3-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved July 11, 2015.</ref> are creatures that float in the air and can be used as moving platforms in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. When a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] steps on one, the Snake will start flying in the air. They are only encountered in Stage 3-1: [[Cloud Cruising]], in which they are found en masse.
|image=[[File:snakey art!.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a blue snake from ''Yoshi's Story''  
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|comparable=[[Dragon]]
}}
{{quote2|Up and Down! Left and Right! Jump on the snake to change his flight!|[[Message Block]] in Cloud Cruising|[[Yoshi's Story]]}}
'''Snakes''', also called '''air snakes'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991115034511/http://www.yoshisstory.com/3-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved July 11, 2015.</ref> or '''Aerosnakes''',<ref>''Official UK Nintendo Magazine'' Issue 67, page 28. "'''''AEROSNAKES'''''"</ref> are creatures that fly in the air and can be used as moving [[platform]]s in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. When a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] steps on one, the snake starts flying in the air. Snakes are encountered only in the first area of [[Cloud Cruising]], in which they are found en masse.


==Species==
Snakes come in two types: '''blue snakes'''<ref name=guide>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Page 56.</ref> and '''red snakes'''.<ref name=guide/> When stepped on, both play carnival-esque music, but the music is slightly different depending on the color of the snake. The music can also play either forward or backwards, depending on the current direction of the snake. If a Yoshi loses a snake, the Yoshi can always find it again at its original spot. Otherwise, once a snake moves, it never stops. Blue snakes are encountered first, and they move forward in a zigzagging horizontal motion, while red snakes move upward in a zigzagging vertical motion, necessitating [[jump]]ing to stay on board; both change direction when landed upon. The incline that the snakes travel in varies between each.
Snakes come in two types: '''Blue Snakes'''<ref name=Snake>''Yoshi's Story'' [[Nintendo Power#Player's Guides|Player's Guide]], pg. 56</ref> and '''Red Snakes'''<ref name=Snake/>. When stepped on, both will play carnival-esque music, but the music is slightly different depending on the Snake and plays either forward or backwards, depending on the Snake's path. Should a Yoshi lose a Snake, the Yoshi could always find a new one at the original spot it was found at. Otherwise, once a Snake moves, it never stops.


===Blue Snakes===
==Profiles==
Blue Snakes are the first type of Snake that is encountered, and are a greenish-blue color. When they are stepped on, the Snake will ceaselessly move diagonally in the direction it is facing. If a Yoshi were to jump and land on the Snake again, it would continue flying in the same direction. However, its incline would be inverted; for example, if it was originally going towards the top-right corner of the screen, it would then go towards the bottom-right corner. Blue Snakes have good traction, and the only time a Yoshi should fear slipping off a Snake would be if the Snake were to pass behind an object that the Yoshi couldn't pass through. Also, once reaching the top of the stage, the Snake would continue to move out of the screen. Blue Snakes come in handy when one wishes to pass through the air horizontally.
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 大流行のだきまくら、ではありません。向きを変えたいときは、背中でジャンプ。<ref>[[Media:Yoshi Story Shogakukan P5.jpg|「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), page 5.]]</ref>(''This is not the hugely popular {{wp|Dakimakura|dakimakura}}. When you want to turn it around, jump on its back.'')
*'''Nintendo 64 Spieleberater:''' ''Zwei coole Chabos, die uns besonders dann sehr behilflich sind, wenn es gilt, hoch hinaus zu kommen. Durch geschickte Sprunge auf die Rücken der beiden laüt sich die Richtung, in die sie sich bewegen, verändern. Dennoch ist es oft nicht ganz einfach, sich von den beiden transportieren zu lassen, denn man rutscht sehr leicht ab.'' <ref name=German>Nintendo 64 ''Yoshi's Story'' Spieleberater. {{media link|Yoshis Story German Guide Allies.png|Page 17}}.</ref>(''Two cool idiots that are very helpful to us especially when we need to get to high places. By skillfully jumping on their backs, they can change the direction in which they move. Nevertheless, it is often not easy to be transported by the two, because one slips very easily.'')


===Red Snakes===
==Gallery==
Red Snakes are the second type of Snake that is encountered, and they are much trickier to control. While re-touching a Blue Snake would cause the Blue Snake to change its incline, once a Red Snake begins to ceaselessly move diagonally, re-touching it will make it change direction. Therefore, if a Red Snake were to be moving towards the top-right corner of the screen, it would then go towards the top-left corner. At least from what is seen in ''Yoshi's Story'', Red Snakes are not known to ever go downwards. Red Snakes are very slippery creatures; if a Yoshi were to stand still on one, the Yoshi would not rise or lower, but simply slip off of the Red Snake. Therefore, to get anywhere whilst on a Red Snake, a Yoshi would have to walk on the snake in the same direction that the Snake were going. Unfortunately, the Yoshi would have to re-jump onto the Snake when it changes direction; hence, it is quite difficult to move horizontally on a Red Snake. Red Snakes come in handy when one wishes to rise through the air vertically.
<gallery>
YSGreenSnake.png|Sprite of a blue snake
YSRedSnake.png|Sprite of a red snake
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ヘビリン<br />''Hebirin''
|Jap=ヘビリン<br>''Hebirin''
|JapM=From 「蛇」''hebi'', meaning snake.
|JapM=Combination of「蛇」(''hebi'', snake) and Japanese endearing diminutive「~りん」(''-rin'')
|ChiS=骑美蛇
|ChiSR=qí měi shé
|ChiSM=Chime Snake
|Ger=Lakratzo<ref name=German/> (Blue)<br>Lakritzo<ref name=German/> (Red)
|GerM=-<br>Masculine adaption of "lakritz" (liquorice)
|Fre=Serpent<ref>[https://www.nintendo64ever.com/Tests-Jeu-Nintendo-64,394,Yoshis-Story,2.html Official french Nintendo magazine]</ref><br>Serpentin
|FreM=Snake<br>Coil
}}
}}


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Snake
Snake
Artwork of a blue snake from Yoshi's Story
First appearance Yoshi's Story (1997)
Comparable
“Up and Down! Left and Right! Jump on the snake to change his flight!”
Message Block in Cloud Cruising, Yoshi's Story

Snakes, also called air snakes[1] or Aerosnakes,[2] are creatures that fly in the air and can be used as moving platforms in Yoshi's Story. When a Yoshi steps on one, the snake starts flying in the air. Snakes are encountered only in the first area of Cloud Cruising, in which they are found en masse.

Snakes come in two types: blue snakes[3] and red snakes.[3] When stepped on, both play carnival-esque music, but the music is slightly different depending on the color of the snake. The music can also play either forward or backwards, depending on the current direction of the snake. If a Yoshi loses a snake, the Yoshi can always find it again at its original spot. Otherwise, once a snake moves, it never stops. Blue snakes are encountered first, and they move forward in a zigzagging horizontal motion, while red snakes move upward in a zigzagging vertical motion, necessitating jumping to stay on board; both change direction when landed upon. The incline that the snakes travel in varies between each.

Profiles[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 大流行のだきまくら、ではありません。向きを変えたいときは、背中でジャンプ。[4](This is not the hugely popular dakimakura. When you want to turn it around, jump on its back.)
  • Nintendo 64 Spieleberater: Zwei coole Chabos, die uns besonders dann sehr behilflich sind, wenn es gilt, hoch hinaus zu kommen. Durch geschickte Sprunge auf die Rücken der beiden laüt sich die Richtung, in die sie sich bewegen, verändern. Dennoch ist es oft nicht ganz einfach, sich von den beiden transportieren zu lassen, denn man rutscht sehr leicht ab. [5](Two cool idiots that are very helpful to us especially when we need to get to high places. By skillfully jumping on their backs, they can change the direction in which they move. Nevertheless, it is often not easy to be transported by the two, because one slips very easily.)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ヘビリン
Hebirin

Combination of「蛇」(hebi, snake) and Japanese endearing diminutive「~りん」(-rin)

Chinese (simplified) 骑美蛇
qí měi shé
Chime Snake

French Serpent[6]
Serpentin
Snake
Coil
German Lakratzo[5] (Blue)
Lakritzo[5] (Red)
-
Masculine adaption of "lakritz" (liquorice)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yoshi's Story official website (Wayback Archive). Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  2. ^ Official UK Nintendo Magazine Issue 67, page 28. "AEROSNAKES"
  3. ^ a b Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Page 56.
  4. ^ 「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 5.
  5. ^ a b c Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story Spieleberater. Page 17Media:Yoshis Story German Guide Allies.png.
  6. ^ Official french Nintendo magazine