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|description=An egg with various green spots.
|effect=Hatches a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] within a short period of time or by jumping on it.
|image=[[File:YoshieggNSMBU.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2014|2014]])
}}
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'''Yoshi's Eggs''', also known as '''Yoshi eggs''' or simply '''[[egg]]s''', are involved in most games featuring [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s. Yoshis are known for being capable of laying eggs at will. They usually contain a [[Baby Yoshi]] or an [[Items|item]] inside. The Yoshi egg is also [[Yoshi]]'s signature emblem in various games.
 
==History==
===''[[Super Mario]]'' series===
[[File:SMW-Mario and Yoshi Egg.png|thumb|[[Mario]] finding a '''Yoshi egg''' in ''[[Super Mario World]].]]
====''[[Super Mario World]]''====
[[File:Mariocastle.gif|frame|left|A rescued Yoshi egg in ''Super Mario World''.]]
When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] find one of these in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', a Yoshi hatches and it acts as a steed, allowing Mario and Luigi to ride it. Yoshi can swallow enemies with the {{button|snes|X}} or {{button|snes|Y}} button. If Mario or Luigi find another Yoshi egg while an already-present Yoshi is nearby, a [[1-Up Mushroom]] will emerge instead, rather than another Yoshi. Mario will also rescue a yellow egg from each [[Castle#Super Mario World|Castle]] he encounters. These eggs do not hatch until the end of the game. According to the story, Bowser trapped all the Yoshis in eggs. All of the Yoshis that hatch from the eggs collected from Castles are all different colored Yoshis, yet all of the eggs are yellow.
 
There are also multi-colored Yoshi eggs that appear outside of item boxes in the [[Star World]] levels. Approaching one of these will cause it to hatch into a baby Yoshi, its color varies on the color of the egg. In ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'', the remake for ''Super Mario World'', the bros. can find a Yoshi egg of any color in a [[Question Block]] after using that Yoshi in the Star World.
 
====''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]''====
[[File:SMBDX Yoshi Egg Challenge.PNG|thumb|left|The Yoshi egg from a hidden block in ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''.]]
[[File:Yoshi SMBDX.png|frame|Yoshi hatching.]]
Yoshi eggs also appear in the challenge mode of ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]''. Unlike [[Red Coin]]s which are five per each level, one can only find one Yoshi egg. Yoshi eggs may only be found from hidden blocks throughout the level. Collecting one egg earns the player 2,000 points. If the player collects all the eggs from each level, he will earn a reward. <br> After a player has found a Yoshi egg and brought him to the end of the level, it will hatch.
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To the left: the Challenge Mode progression indicator; a Yoshi egg in a level; if it is collected, it will add an icon next to the Red Coins indicator; the Challenge Mode progression indicator, indicating that the Yoshi egg has been collected.
 
=====Egg Finder=====
The player can use this feature in the [[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe#Toy Box|Toy Box]]. A random stage wil appear. The player can stop the Egg Finder's scrolling by pressing {{button|gba|A}}.
 
====''[[Super Mario Advance]]''====
[[File:SMA Yoshi's Challenge.png‎|thumb|right|Mario finding a Yoshi egg in ''Super Mario Advance''.]]
In the ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' version of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Yoshi eggs can be collected after the game is completed. This is known as the Yoshi challenge. Two Yoshi eggs per level can be found in [[Subspace]], in the places where Mushrooms would normally be found. Thus, only three hearts is the maximum capacity during the Yoshi Challenge. The player also must successfully beat all the levels without losing lives. Dying will cause the player to lose the eggs they collected for that level, and they have to collect the eggs again. The Yoshi eggs will hatch once all of them have been found for a world.
 
====''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''====
Yoshi eggs appear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' as well. [[Shadow Mario]] possesses one in [[Delfino Plaza]] and the player needs to stop him by spraying him with [[F.L.U.D.D.]]. Then the player needs to get the correct [[fruit]] indicated by a small thought bubble over the egg. When the correct fruit is brought to the egg, a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] will hatch from it. However, if Mario brings the wrong fruit to Yoshi's egg, the egg will turn from side to side, as if trying to say "no".
 
Yoshi eggs appear in many levels, and are sometimes needed to finish a level. When [[Pinna Park]] is invaded by a [[Snooze-A-Koopa]] colony, the Yoshis residing there flee, insulted by the appearance of creatures who resembled Yoshi eggs. Completing the episode in Pinna Park will cause the Yoshi eggs to appear all over Isle Delfino.
 
====''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''====
[[File:SM64DS-Yoshi Square Egg.png|frame|A cuboid Yoshi egg in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.]]
Yoshi eggs appear in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' as a helpful projectile for Yoshi. They can be acquired by eating enemies and swallowing them to turn into Yoshi eggs. Unlike [[Yoshi's Island]], Yoshi can only carry one egg at a time. If Yoshi wants to stick his tongue out again, he must throw his egg in order to eat again. Yoshi eggs will home enemies in screen and can bounce off enemies to hit another. If Yoshi swallows a wooden crate, the egg will take in form as a crate.
 
Eggs also appeared in both of Luigi's minigames, the [[Mario Slot]] and the Super Mario slot. Among the other slots, a Yoshi egg is in them. Getting three Yoshi eggs in a row will earn the player five coins.
 
The original ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' did not feature any Yoshi eggs, but an [[List of Super Mario 64 beta elements|unused]] Egg texture can be found in the game's coding.
 
====''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''====
[[File:Green egg.png|frame|left]]
Yoshi returns in this game, hatching from a Yoshi egg when a player hits the block. The Yoshi egg acted in a similar manner in ''Super Mario World'', which Yoshi also hatches from an egg that got spawned from a certain block. However, no Yoshi eggs could make 1-up Mushrooms. Instead, [[Mushroom]]s popped out of Yoshi eggs. Yoshi eggs also come out briefly during the opening scene of Peach's birthday. It is notable that there is a larger than usual Yoshi egg next to Mario wrapped in a bow.
 
====''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''====
[[File:YoshieggSMG2.png|thumb|130px|right|A Yoshi egg in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.]]
Yoshi eggs appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', in nest-like holes located in several galaxies, waiting for Mario to break them. If Yoshi is hurt or lost, he will retreat into his egg and must be freed again. Yoshi's egg also resides on [[Starship Mario]].
 
The original ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' did not feature Yoshi eggs as actual interactive objects, but there was a planet in the [[Good Egg Galaxy]] which resembled a Yoshi egg.
 
====''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''====
[[File:BlueyoshieggNSMBU.png|thumb|100px|A Bubble Baby Yoshi egg from ''New Super Mario Bros. U''.]]
Yoshi eggs reappear in the [[Wii U]] game ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. Green, blue, magenta and yellow colored Yoshi eggs appear, which hatch adult [[Green Yoshi]]s, [[Bubble Baby Yoshi]]s, [[Balloon Baby Yoshi]]s and [[Glowing Baby Yoshi]]s, respectively. The eggs from which the [[Baby Yoshi]]s hatch appear to have the color palettes and the spots of the eggs switched.
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===''[[Wario]]'' series===
====''[[Mario & Wario]]''====
In [[Yosu Ko|LEVEL2: Yosu Ko]], the thing that Wario puts on Mario's head is half of a cracked Yoshi egg.
 
====''[[Wario Land II]]''====
The treasure for the [[Defeat the Giant Spear Man (2-3)|third story]] of the "[[Invade Wario Castle]]" chapter in ''[[Wario Land II]]'' resembles a Yoshi egg.
 
===''[[Yoshi]]'' series===
====''Yoshi'' (game)====
[[File:Yoshi-Egg Shell Artwork.JPG|frame|left|The bottom and top halves of the Yoshi egg.]]
[[File:ScreenYoshi.png|thumb|[[Yoshi (game)|''Yoshi'' (game)]] gameplay, with the bottom half of a Yoshi egg seen in one of the rows.]]
In the puzzle game [[Yoshi (game)|''Yoshi'']], top and bottom halves of a Yoshi egg appear on several occasions during gameplay. Stacking the two halves together will hatch a [[Baby Yoshi]], earning 50 points for the player. If a top half of the egg is by itself on the gameplay board, it will dissipate. But if a bottom piece is by itself, it will remain until a upper piece is found, or another falls on top of it. If other objects are stacked on top of the egg piece and a top piece falls on top of the pile, it will plow through the entire stack until it reaches its other half. This results in a different kind of Yoshi hatching from the egg, depending on how many enemies were caught between the two pieces. The kinds of Yoshis which can be hatched is seen below.
 
*[[Baby Yoshi]]: No enemies in the egg.
*{{Conjecturaltext|Tall Yoshi}}: One to four enemies in the egg.
*[[Winged Yoshi]]: Five or six enemies in the egg.
*[[Star Yoshi]]: Seven enemies in the egg.
 
Additionally, each enemy caught between the egg totals up into an extra 50 points when the egg is hatched.
 
====''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''====
[[File:Yoshi Egg Bounce.gif|frame|left]]
Unlike games that preceded it, Yoshi eggs in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and its [[Game Boy Advance]] remake, ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', are used as projectile weapons that are used by aiming and firing. Yoshis can lay eggs by swallowing enemies. Yoshis can also obtain these eggs by hitting an [[Egg Block]] that contains an unlimited supply of Yoshi eggs. The Yoshi can only carry 6 eggs at any time. Eggs can also fall into [[Tulip]]s in this game, resulting in the Tulip spitting out stars. There is the standard green egg, [[Yellow Egg]]s, [[Red Egg]]s, and [[Flashing Egg]]s. Each of the eggs, except the green egg, has a different effect.
 
====''[[Yoshi's Story]]''====
[[File:YS-Six Yoshi Eggs.PNG|thumb|300px|Six Yoshi eggs in ''[[Yoshi's Story]].]]
Yoshi eggs are laid automatically in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', but are still used as projectile weapons. Unlike in ''[[Super Mario World 2]]'', the eggs hold no special effects; although eggs thrown by the White and Black Yoshi have more of an explosive impact. In the tech demo, the Health eggs have light green smiley faces on them.
 
====''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]''====
In ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', Yoshi lays eggs when he collects fruit. The eggs can be used to collect items and defeat enemies.
 
====''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''====
[[File:YIDS-Bowser Holding Yoshi Egg.png|frame|left|[[Bowser]] holding a Yoshi egg.]]
Yoshi eggs act the same way in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. Flashing eggs make a cameo in Secret 5 as a tracker for which Easter Egg the player is on but are not usable in the game (in the original ''Yoshi's Island'', they provide a red coin). Large Yoshi eggs appear in the two final battles against [[Bowser]]. During the battle, they float in from either side, attached to balloons. During the first battle, only one egg is supplied at a time. Yoshi can pick it up and throw it at Bowser to turn him on his back. If Bowser manages to reach the egg before Yoshi, he'll pick it up and throw it at Yoshi instead. During the second battle, when Bowser grows large, several Yoshis are seen on the screen at one time. Likewise, the balloon supplies several eggs, which can be thrown simultaneously at Bowser to inflict damage.
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===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series===
Throughout the series, one of Yoshi's special moves lets him swallow opponents and turn them into eggs, temporarily stunning them. Also, his defensive move makes him encase himself into an egg.
 
Eggs are a throwable weapon in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''. A single Yoshi egg appears in one of the events of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. In it, Yoshi must keep the Yoshi egg from breaking. If it is broken, the player fails. If time runs out and the Yoshi egg isn't broken, the player wins. In the twelfth event "Sleeping in the Eggs" in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Yoshi must simultaneously capture [[Kirby]] and [[Pikachu]] inside Yoshi eggs.
 
In the first three games, the eggs are always green, no matter the palette swap. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'', the egg matches the palette swap.
 
Additionally, throughout the entire [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]], Yoshi enters stages at the beginning of every match by hatching from a Yoshi egg.
 
===''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series===
====''[[Super Mario Kart]]''====
[[File:Yoshi Egg Super Mario Kart.png|frame|right]]
An egg is a projectile used by [[Yoshi]] in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. Only the computer may use eggs, and Yoshi has an unlimited supply of them. The egg is a "special" item, but all special items in the game are exclusive to CPU controlled drivers.
 
====''[[Mario Kart 64]]''====
[[File:Giant Yoshi Egg.png|thumb|left|The giant Yoshi egg from [[Yoshi Valley]] in ''Mario Kart 64''.]]
Only one egg makes an appearance in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''. It is located in [[Yoshi Valley]], near the last stretch before the grassy area and the finish line. The Egg moves about in a circular pattern. When a player runs into it, the Egg will smash the player, similar to when a player gets smashed when they are tiny. Maneuvering around this particular egg is difficult due to its tremendous size.
 
====''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''====
[[File:Egg.PNG|thumb|right|100px|A Yoshi egg in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''.]]
In ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', the Yoshi egg is a special item, exclusive to [[Yoshi]] and similar to [[Birdo Egg]]. When thrown, the Egg will home on the next place racer. If a player uses it while first, the egg will just follow down the track and break. Unlike the Red Shell, there is a certain amount of distance an egg needs before it cracks, and the red shell is continuous until it either goes off the course, goes into a wall, or hits the player. When it breaks, three random items will get thrown out, which can be [[Green Shell]]s, [[Mushroom]]s, [[Banana]]s, [[Fake Item Box]]es, [[Star]]s, or [[Bob-omb]]s.
 
====''[[Mario Kart DS]]''====
[[File:MKDS Egg1.PNG|thumb|left|Yoshi's Egg 1 kart in ''Mario Kart DS''.]]
In ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', the only appearance of an egg is in one of Yoshi's vehicles, called the [[Egg 1]]. It is a very simple [[kart]], consisting of an egg, wheels, and tail pipes sticking up. It has very high acceleration and handling, but low weight and speed, much like the other lightweight vehicles. It was also one of the two vehicles that was most commonly used online, by snakers (the other was the [[Dry Bomber]]).
 
In the [[Yoshi Falls]] course, the setting is in a road circling around a lake. In the middle of the lake contains a giant Yoshi egg. However, it is just for looks and doesn't serve any purpose whatsoever, unlike the egg in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''.
 
====''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''====
The Yoshi egg appears only as an emblem in the karts and [[bike]]s when Yoshi's chosen. There is also a giant Yoshi egg that appears in the retro course [[Yoshi Falls]], taken from ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''.
 
====''[[Mario Kart 7]]''====
The Yoshi egg is once again Yoshi's emblem and it also makes small appearances throughout courses. The Egg 1 also comes back from ''Mario Kart DS''.
 
====''[[Mario Kart 8]]''====
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[[File:Yoshi Valley N64.PNG|thumb|left|The giant Yoshi egg from [[Yoshi Valley|<small>N64</small> Yoshi Valley]] in ''Mario Kart 8''.]]
The Yoshi egg is once again Yoshi's emblem in ''Mario Kart 8''. Yoshi eggs can also be seen throughout [[Yoshi Valley|N64 Yoshi Valley]], as well as the giant one that appears on the track itself. The first DLC pack, released in November 2014<ref>[http://mariokart8.nintendo.com/dlc/]</ref>, also has a cup with a Yoshi Egg as an emblem.
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===''[[Mario Party]]'' series===
[[File:ICONYOSHI.png|thumb|right|The Yoshi egg emblem as seen in ''[[Mario Party 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Party 8]]''.]]
In most ''Mario Party'' games, the Yoshi egg appeared as one of the objects in various minigames. Yoshi and Birdo's signature orb in ''[[Mario Party 7]]'' is the [[Egg Orb]], which transforms any [[Character Space]] (excluding [[Koopa Kid Space]]s) into a Yoshi egg.
 
===''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''===
[[File:Pirahna PanicMSBar.PNG|thumb|left]]
Yoshi eggs are shown prominently in the minigame [[Piranha Panic]] in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''. Players must throw eggs with the corresponding color (red, blue, green, or yellow) to a Piranha Plant to earn coins. Otherwise, the Piranha Plant throws fire toward the player. Purple Piranha Plants shoot fire at all four players, but they are vulnerable to all colors of the eggs.
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===''[[Mario Pinball Land]]''===
In the [[Game Boy Advance]] video game ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]'', a Yoshi egg acts as a pinball that Mario could buy at the shop.
 
===''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''===
Yoshi eggs serve as the objectives of the [[Dream Equestrian]] in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''. In the event, players must race to the finish line, carrying a wagon full of seven colored Yoshis while avoiding obstacles. If a egg falls off the wagon, a 10 second penalty will added to the player's time upon completing the event.
 
===Appearances in other media===
In the [[Club Nintendo]] comic "[[Ostern im Schwammerlland]]", the Easter bunny dropped a Yoshi egg, out of which Yoshi emerged.
 
A Yoshi egg played an important role in the comic "[[Mario in Mariozilla]]", published in the same magazine. In this story, some fog coming out of [[Kamek]]'s broom shrinks the [[Magikoopa]] and Mario to ant-size. When they sit on a blade of grass waiting for help, Yoshi swallows them. All attempts to get the two out of Yoshi's mouth fail, but ultimately [[Dr. Light]] gets the idea that Yoshi laying an egg could be the solution to the problem. Yoshi obviously has difficulties doing so, but two hours later, he finally lays an egg. Light breaks it up and indeed Mario and Kamek come out of it.
 
In the 3DS and Wii U eShops, there was a challenge where shoppers had to find many Yoshi eggs scattered around the shop. This went on from April 17, 2014 to April 24, 2014.
 
==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
File:Yoshi Egg Tilted Artwork.png|Artwork of a Yoshi egg on a tilt
File:YIDS YoshiEgg.jpg| A green Yoshi egg (''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'')
File:YIDS YellowEgg.jpg|A yellow Yoshi egg (''Yoshi's Island DS'')
File:YIDS RedEgg.jpg|A red Yoshi egg (''Yoshi's Island DS'')
File:PinkYoshiEggNSMBW.png|A pink Yoshi egg (''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'')
File:YellowYoshiEggNSMBW.png|A yellow Yoshi egg (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
File:BlueYoshiEggNSMBW.png|A light blue Yoshi egg (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
File:MagentayoshieggNSMBU.png|A Balloon Baby Yoshi egg (''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'')
File:BlueyoshieggNSMBU.png|A Bubble Baby Yoshi egg (''New Super Mario Bros. U'')
File:YellowyoshieggNSMBU.png|A Bulb Baby Yoshi egg (''New Super Mario Bros. U'')
File:Yoshi Egg Green Artwork - Yoshi's New Island.png|A green Yoshi egg<br>(''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'')
File:Yoshi Egg Yellow Artwork - Yoshi's New Island.png|A yellow Yoshi egg<br>(''Yoshi's New Island'')
File:Yoshi Egg Red Artwork - Yoshi's New Island.png|A red Yoshi egg<br>(''Yoshi's New Island'')
File:Yoshi Egg Purple Artwork - Yoshi%27s New Island.png| A purple Yoshi egg<br> (''Yoshi's New Island'')
</gallery></center>
 
==Names in other languages==
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|FraM=Yoshi's Egg}}
 
==Trivia==
*In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', the [[Fawful Guy]]s have an attack in which a [[Fawfulized]] Yoshi throws them in a yellow Yoshi egg.
*A Yoshi egg can be received in ''[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing: City Folk|Animal Crossing: City Folk]]'' for 1,000 shop points and in ''[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing: New Leaf|Animal Crossing: New Leaf]]'' a Yoshi egg is one of the 50 prizes from Fortune cookies.
 
==See Also==
*[[Egg]]
*[[Birdo Egg]]
*[[Mystic Egg]]
*[[Smash Egg]]
 
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