Yoshi's Story

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This article is about the game Yoshi's Story. For the Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate stage of the same name, see Yoshi's Story (stage).

Template:Infobox Yoshi's Story is the second main platform game starring Yoshi, and the first one outside of the Yoshi's Island series, released for the Nintendo 64. It was released in 1997 in Japan and a year later in 1998 in the United States. Later, it received a port to the Virtual Console for the Wii in fall of 2007 for all regions and the Wii U Virtual Console in early 2016. The music of Yoshi's Story was composed by Kazumi Totaka, who voices Yoshi in this game, a first for the Mario franchise. The gameplay possesses similar mechanics to the Yoshi's Island series of games, but it does not include Baby Mario.

An unnamed Yoshi tech demo was unveiled at the time of the Game Boy Advance's first announcement. The title was seemingly either a port or a direct sequel to Yoshi's Story, but it is unknown if it was simply meant as a demo or was canceled. Years later, a spin-off title called Yoshi Topsy-Turvy was released, which featured the same art style and mechanics as Yoshi's Story and was perceived as a sequel. Yoshi's Story was also the first Mario/Yoshi game on the Nintendo 64 released in North America to be rated E for everyone due to the changeover by the ESRB from the previously used K–A "Kids to Adults" rating in 1998. The game sold 1.28 million copies in the Americas and 2.85 million worldwide.

Story

The Yoshis on top of the storybook

Yoshis live in harmony at Yoshi's Island, and their ultimate source of happiness is provided by the Super Happy Tree. Baby Bowser becomes jealous of their happiness and steals the Super Happy Tree, crushing their happiness, and then performs a spell to turn the entire island into a pop-up picture book.

Six Baby Yoshis hatch into the island and learn of what Baby Bowser has done, and thus, they set out to retrieve the tree. They venture through six "pages" of the island, until eventually fighting him at the end and retrieving the Super Happy Tree.

Gameplay

A gameplay screenshot from Rail Lift, one of the levels from Yoshi's Story

Yoshi's Story is played much like Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, although a few aspects were tweaked or removed, such as the timer that counted down for Baby Mario when Yoshi was hit or Yoshi's ability to morph. To complete a level, the Baby Yoshis have to eat exactly 30 fruits scattered through the level. Before starting a level, the player has to select a Baby Yoshi. Each Yoshi has different taste when it comes to fruits and Shy Guys and will recover more health (and score more points) if it eats a fruit or a Shy Guy that is of its own color. The top left corner of the screen has a flower that serves as the life bar; the flower's petals will fall off as a Yoshi loses more health, and its facial expression will also change accordingly (happy when full, sad when dying). Certain characters aid the Yoshis in various ways, including Miss Warp, who can teleport the Yoshis to different parts of the level, and Poochy, who can find hidden objects from far away.

If a Baby Yoshi is defeated within the level, that Baby Yoshi will be taken to Bowser's Castle by Baby Bowser's Toadies. If all of the Baby Yoshis are kidnapped, the game is over. However, any lost Baby Yoshi (aside from the secret, unlockable Black and White Yoshis) can be saved by finding a White Shy Guy and finishing the level with it. When the player starts a game on either Story Mode or Trial Mode, the game will randomly select a "Lucky Fruit." Said Lucky Fruit automatically heals all of the Yoshi's life, even if the Yoshi is not supposed to like the fruit.

Each world has four different levels to choose from; once a level is beaten, the player moves on to the next world without visiting the other three levels. This means to play through every single level, the player must play through the game at least four different times, going to the unvisited levels in each world. The game has four different difficulty levels: novice, easy, medium, and hard.

Yoshi's moves

The Baby Yoshis can perform various moves to complete their adventure. Most of these moves were taken from Yoshi's Island, although some were tweaked or now have a new function.

Jumping and fluttering

Pink Yoshi
Pink Yoshi flutter-jumping

By pressing A Button, the player can make a Yoshi jump; by pressing A Button again and holding it, the player can make a Yoshi flutter-jump. This helps the player get to higher places. It is possible to flutter longer by holding A Button after a Yoshi grunts.

Swallowing

To swallow an object, the Baby Yoshis have to lick with their tongues. It is possible to control the direction of the tongue with the Control Stick. Unlike in Yoshi's Island, a Yoshi automatically ingests the things he eats with his tongue.

Throwing eggs

A Red Yoshi holding a Yoshi Egg
Red Yoshi about to throw an egg

When a Yoshi eats an enemy, it can turn into an egg. By pressing Z Button or C Buttons, a Yoshi can aim the egg he made at various things, and throw it by releasing the button.

Ground Pound

To utilize this move, a Baby Yoshi must jump and quickly press Down on the Control Stick. The Yoshi will pound the ground. A Ground Pound can be used to reveal a few items hidden in the ground or to defeat enemies.

Sniffing

Yoshi's Story promotional artwork: Green Yoshi sniffing
Green Yoshi sniffing

A move exclusive to this game, sniffing is helpful in finding objects hidden in the ground. To execute it, the player must press R Button. If a Baby Yoshi is near an object, a "!" will appear next to the Baby Yoshi's head. If the Baby Yoshi is standing on a hidden item, he will wave at the player. Any objects hidden in the ground can be revealed by ground-pounding them. Poochy can be found in a few levels and will sniff for the Yoshi clan.

Modes

Story Mode

Baby Yoshis in Yoshi's Story.
The main cast of Yoshi's Story, featuring the eight Yoshis that appear in the game as well as Poochy

The main portion of the game, Story Mode contains 24 levels (four per world), but only six can be played during a single playthrough (the game jumps directly to the next world after a level is completed). The player can choose which of the four levels in page one they wish to start on. However, the choice of levels in later worlds is determined by the number of Special Hearts collected in the previous level. To finish each level, the Yoshis must eat 30 different fruits scattered throughout the level. Whenever a level is completed, the Baby Yoshis start singing and a text appears to explain what happened in the level.

Trial Mode

Trial Mode select stage screen with all stages unlocked

Trial Mode is a mode that allows the player to play any stage that they have beaten in Story Mode. In order to unlock all the stages, the player must play Story Mode at least four times and get all the Special Hearts from the stage that they were playing. This mode was created to save the player's highest score of the levels. To quit a stage, the Z Button + START Button buttons should be pressed together. Also, the player cannot use Black Yoshi and White Yoshi; they are playable only in Story Mode.

Eating nothing but melons is a great method of increasing one's high score, although it can be really difficult to perform in some stages. If this is done, a marker appears at the end of the level. In order to eat all the melons from the stage, the player will need to sniff all the time to find hidden objects in the ground.

Also, if the player waits for two minutes and ten seconds, Totaka's Song is heard.

Practice Mode

Practice Mode consists of an exclusive level in which the various controls and techniques of the games are explained. This level is the only one that does not have 30 melons in it.

Characters

Playable

All the following Yoshis are playable. Their name is listed next to what their favorite fruit in the game is (since when a Yoshi eats one of its favorite food, the life bar heals more than it usually would). Eating melons will also have this effect, no matter which Yoshi color it is. They also serve as lives.

Supporting characters

Image Name Description
Sprite of a Balloon Bully from Yoshi's Story Balloon Bully A balloon-like entity that carries a log on its head, allowing the Yoshis to reach otherwise non-accessible locations.
A green Dragon from Yoshi's Story
Sprite of a red Dragon from Yoshi's Story
Dragon A serpentine dragon that acts as a lift for the Yoshis to use while in the air or over lava.
A Ghost Rider. Ride 'em! Ghost Rider A whisp-like spirit that acts as a platform for the Yoshis to use.
Sprite of a Huffin Puffin with its chicks in Yoshi's Story Huffin Puffin Wanders around with chicks following. The chicks can be used as replacements for eggs.
Sprite of the first Miss Warp from Yoshi's Story Sprite of the second Miss Warp from Yoshi's Story Sprite of the third Miss Warp from Yoshi's Story Sprite of the fourth Miss Warp from Yoshi's Story Miss Warp An egg-shaped creature that is asleep, but soon warps Yoshis to another Miss Warp when awoken.
Sprite of a red Neuron from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a blue Neuron from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a yellow Neuron from Yoshi's Story YSPurpleNeuronSprite.png Neuron A slug-like creature that makes movements depending on its color.
Sprite of Poochy from Yoshi's Story Poochy A dog that can sniff items for the Yoshis. He follows a Yoshi.
Sprite of a Power Bee from Yoshi's Story Power Bee An insect that restores health to the Yoshis when eaten. These creatures cannot harm the Yoshis if touched.
Sprite of a Green Snake from Yoshi's Story
Sprite of a red Snake from Yoshi's Story.
Snake A serpentine creature that acts similar to a dragon, except it is much smaller.

Enemies

Image Name Description
Artwork of an Air Bag fromYoshi's Story Air Bag A balloon creature that appears from an immovable Mystery Crate.
Sprite of an Attacky Sack in Yoshi's Story Attacky Sack A circular, marble-like creature that bounces around, attempting to run into a Yoshi.
Sprite of a red bamboo dancer from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a yellow bamboo dancer from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a green bamboo dancer from Yoshi's Story Bamboo Dancer (blue) Bamboo dancers Two Shy Guys that each hold a long stick across a pathway, requiring the Yoshi to jump over it.
Sprite of a bumblebee from Yoshi's Story. Bee/Bumblebee A bee that inhabits a hive and will sting any Yoshis that wander too close. The big bumblebees will fly in a straight line.
Big & Little Boo from Yoshi's Story Big & Little Boo A line of Boos that follow each other, holding a melon within the line.
Sprite of Blargg Blargg A giant blob-like creature that randomly arises from lava.
Sprite of a Blindfold Boo from Yoshi's Story Blindfold Boo A blindfolded Boo that uses sound cues such as the gathering of coins to attack a Yoshi.
Blue Blurp from Yoshi's Story Blue Blurp A giant fish that spits water up at Yoshis. If a Yoshi falls into the river the Blurp resides in, the Yoshi will be eaten by it.
Sprite of a Bob-omb from Yoshi's Story Bob-omb A sentient bomb that wanders around, eventually exploding. Any Yoshis caught in the blast take damage.
A Head of the Bone Dragon from Yoshi's Story Bone Dragon head A head of the Bone Dragon, apparently separated from the main body.
Boo in Yoshi's Story. Boo A ghost enemy that stops moving when looked at and follows a Yoshi when facing away. It can be defeated only by looking away from it and bouncing an egg off a wall to hit it.
Sprite of a Ghost Block from Yoshi's Story Boo Block A Boo disguised as a block, revealing its true form only when a Yoshi looks away from it.
Sprite of a Bullet Bill from Yoshi's Story Bullet Bill A bullet-like enemy that is emitted from a Bill Blaster and travels in a straight line.
Sprite of a Bumpty from Yoshi's Story Bumpty A penguin-like foe that can bump a Yoshi around.
Sprite of a Burner Heihō from Yoshi's Story Burner Heihō A Shy Guy that pushes around a Barbeque stand, releasing flames that trap Yoshis in between.
A centipede from Yoshi's Story. Centipede A caterpillar-like enemy that paces around with spiked segments.
CheepCheepYS.png Cheep Cheep A fish that swims around, either in a straight line or in a set pattern.
Sprite of a Chomp from Yoshi's Story Chomp A dog-like enemy that jumps nearby to where a Yoshi is, smashing any ground below it.
Sprite of a clam from Yoshi's Story. Clam An aquatic clam that bubbles up air while underwater.
Sprite of a ComBat from Yoshi's Story ComBat A strange, bat-like creature that attacks any Yoshi that gets too close.
Do-Drop Do-Drop A particle of water that drops down from a cloud.
Sprite of a Fly Guy from Yoshi's Story. Fly Guy A flying Shy Guy that appears in a group of four. If a Yoshi defeats all four with a single egg, that Yoshi is awarded a melon.
Sprite of a frog from Yoshi's Story. Frog An amphibious enemy that jumps around.
A Fuzzy Wiggler from Yoshi's Story Fuzzy Wiggler A caterpillar enemy that wanders around endlessly. It can be defeated only if a Yoshi turns all of its segments purple.
Sprite of a Gabon from Yoshi's Story Gabon A small enemy that coughs up and throws large spike balls.
Sprite of a Goonie from Yoshi's Story Goonie A bird that flies around and can be ridden on. Some of them carry bombs. These creatures cannot directly harm a Yoshi if touched.
Yoshi's Story Ick Worm A worm that floats down on a leaf. If the worm is eaten, a Yoshi will lose health.
Sprite of a jellyfish from Yoshi's Story Jellyfish A jellyfish that has multiple behaviors depending on its color. Some actively chase a Yoshi, while others stay in one place.
Jellyghost.png Jelly Ghost A Boo that resides in jelly, lashing out at any Yoshi that comes near.
Sprite of a Lakitu in Yoshi's Story. Lakitu A cloud-riding turtle enemy that chases its opponents while throwing various items.
Sprite of a Spark Spook from Yoshi's Story Lava Bubble A fireball that jumps up and down out of lava.
Sprite of a Lava Ghost in Yoshi's Story. Lava Ghost A spectral Lava Bubble that jumps out in an arced fashion.
Little Boos A swarm of miniature Boos that swoop down at Yoshis.
Artwork of a Mr. Eel from Yoshi's Story Mr. Eel An eel that swims mindlessly straight.
Sprite of a Nipper Plant from Yoshi's Story Nipper Plant An enemy that appears after a Nipper Spore has touched the ground.
File:Nipper Spore.PNG Nipper Spore A free-flying, dandelion-like enemy that becomes a Nipper Plant after it touches the ground. Eating it does not produce an egg.
Sprite of Pak E. Derm from Yoshi's Story. Pak E. Derm An elephant that holds up a stop sign in an attempt to block a Yoshi's progress. It can be temporarily stunned with a Ground Pound.
Sprite of a Peeper from Yoshi's Story Peeper A bird that flies around. If a Yoshi shoots one with an egg, it will lose its feathers and fall down.
Sprite of a Piranha Plant from Yoshi's Story Piranha Plant A plant enemy that grows on a vine, attempting to ensnare a Yoshi by wrapping around it.
Sprite of a Piranha Pest from Yoshi's Story Piranha Pest A Piranha Plant sprout that attempts to swallow a Yoshi with its long tongue. A swallowed Yoshi will temporarily shrink.
Piranha Sprout from Yoshi's Story Piranha Sprout A small Piranha Plant that jumps from the ground in an attempt to eat a Yoshi.
Sprite of a Shy Guy Galleon from Yoshi's Story Pirate Guy An enemy that remains in the background, shooting various items at Yoshis.
Sprite of a Flying Shy Guy from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a yellow Flying Shy Guy from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a green Flying Shy Guy from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a blue Flying Shy Guy from Yoshi's Story Propeller Shy Guy An airborne Shy Guy that carries a fruit. If a Yoshi eats the fruit, the enemy will fly away.
Puffer.png Puffer An elephant-like creature that releases balls of energy.
Sprite of a Raven from Yoshi's Story Raven A black, bird-like enemy that is found wandering around platforms.
Red Blurp from Yoshi's Story Red Blurp A giant Cheep Cheep that jumps out of the water in an attempt to eat a Yoshi.
Artwork of a Sea Anemone from Yoshi's Story Sea Anemone A sea creature that reaches out towards a Yoshi with its long arms.
A dark blue sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. A blue sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. A cyan sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. A blue sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. A purple sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. A magenta sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. A light pink sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. A green sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. A green sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. A green sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. An orange sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. A yellow sea cactus from Yoshi's Story. Sea cactus A spiked Neuron of varying sizes that can be found spinning from side to side near or under water.
Sprite of a Sensuikan Heihō from Yoshi's Story Sensuikan Heihō A Shy Guy that pilots a submarine, shooting torpedoes at any intruders.
Sprite of a Shy Guy from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a Yellow Shy Guy from Yoshi's Story. A Green Shy Guy from Yoshi's Story. Sprite of a Blue Shy Guy from Yoshi's Story. Shy Guy A mask-wearing enemy that is the ubiquitous enemy in the game. They wander about, come in different colors, and can be defeated in any manner.
Shy Guys On Stilts Shy Guys that walk around on stilts.
Pogo Guy.png Sprite of a yellow Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a green Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a blue Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks from Yoshi's Story Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks Shy Guys that bounce around on pogo sticks.
Sprite of a Snorkel Snake from Yoshi's Story Snorkel Snake A gigantic eel that attempts to encircle a Yoshi.
Snowguy.png Sprite of a yellow Snow Guy from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a green Snow Guy from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a blue Snow Guy from Yoshi's Story Snow Guy A Shy Guy dressed in winter attire, throwing snowballs at any Yoshi it sees.
Sprite of a Spider from Yoshi's Story Spider An arachnid enemy that attacks a Yoshi by dangling from a string.
Spike.png Spike A metallic enemy that jumps around or straight up in the air.
Sprite of a Spiked Fun Guy from Yoshi's Story Spiked Fun Guy An enemy that jumps from the background, before suddenly rolling down any slopes it lands on.
Sprite of a Spiny Fish from Yoshi's Story. Spiny Fish A spined Cheep Cheep that causes a Yoshi to take damage if eaten.
Sprite of a pink Tehee Butterfly from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a pastel Tehee Butterfly from Yoshi's Story Sprite of a blue Tehee Butterfly from Yoshi's Story Tehee Butterfly A butterfly that flashes between pink and blue. If a Yoshi eats a blue one, the Yoshi will lose all of its health.
Sprite of a Toady from Yoshi's Story Toady Toadies appear when a Yoshi faints, carrying them off to Baby Bowser's Castle.
Sprite of a black Shy Guy carrying a spiked stone in Yoshi's Story Togetoge Iwa A giant Thwomp-like object dropped by a Black Shy Guy.
Sprite of a Vine Slime from Yoshi's Story. Vine Slime A slug-like enemy that climbs up and down a vine.

Mini-Bosses

Image Name Description
Sprite of the Bone Dragon from Yoshi's Story Bone Dragon A three-headed skeletal dragon that shoots flames. The Yoshis must defeat each head either by throwing two eggs at each head or by ground-pounding each head two times.
Sprite of a Slug from Yoshi's Story Slug A giant colorful slug that can be defeated only by shooting its eyes, which stuns it, then pelting it with eggs.

Bosses

Image Name Description
Sprite of Cloud N. Candy from Yoshi's Story Cloud N. Candy A Cloud boss that can be gradually eaten by a Yoshi. The boss is defeated when she is entirely eaten.
Sprite of Inviso from Yoshi's Story Inviso A ghost that remains invisible while releasing Peepers to attack. A Yoshi must hit him with three eggs to defeat him.
Sprite of Cloudjin from Yoshi's Story Cloudjin A giant, wind-bending genie that floats around. Three eggs in the stomach (while tangible) will defeat him.
Sprite of Don Bongo from Yoshi's Story Don Bongo A giant Gabon-like creature that creates earthquakes with each step. A Yoshi must shoot three eggs at his lips to defeat him.
Sprite of Baby Bowser from Yoshi's Story Baby Bowser The final boss, Baby Bowser first rides around on his pet while throwing bombs. Said bombs must be sent back to damage him. Afterwards, the remainder of the battle is on foot.

Items and objects

Various items are found by the Baby Yoshis in their adventure. These are the following:

Worlds and levels

Pre-release and unused content

Main article: List of Yoshi's Story pre-release and unused content

Its working title was Yoshi's Island 64. The early logo looks similar to the SNES game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island logo, implying that Yoshi's Story was originally planned as a sequel to said game and would have been a title in the Yoshi's Island series. However, after the health meter was chosen, the game was considered the first miscellaneous title in the Yoshi series of platformers.[citation needed]

Reception

Reviews
Release Reviewer, Publication Score Comment
N64 Peer Schneider, IGN 7/10 "Story will most definitely sell many many copies based on the reputation of its predecessor. But there will be a lot of unhappy gamers once they discover that Nintendo's mantra seems to have changed to Quality over Quantity of Levels. Trust us: You'll love it when you rent the game, but don't buy it. You'll finish it in a weekend -- but don't quit playing until you have seen the fourth level on each page"
N64 Joe Fielder, GameSpot 5.3/10 "Yoshi's Story doesn't provide lots of motivation to make you want to pull this off or really even play the game for more than 20 minutes. After a while, you realize it's the same trick over and over: find a piece of fruit, find a heart, find a piece of fruit, find a heart. Altogether, it's just not a lot of fun. The slight changes that Nintendo made to the game from the Japanese version (such as an unnoticeable increase in difficulty and the addition of letters that you must collect for the best ending) didn't really seem to improve the title at all. In the end, Yoshi's Story is good for a rental at best."
Aggregators
Compiler Platform / Score
Metacritic 65
GameRankings 59.91%

Staff

Main article: List of Yoshi's Story staff

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Yoshi's Story.

Music

Main article: Yoshi's Story (music)

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Appearances in other media

Yoshi's Story was the subject of volumes 19 and 20 of Super Mario-Kun.

Yoshi's Story was also featured in Club Nintendo's comics. These were later collected in a comic book titled Yoshi's Story Comic.

References to other games

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandYoshi's Story was originally to be called Yoshi's Island 64. Many of the elements from this game return in Yoshi's Story, and the two games share very similar gameplay. Also, a small portion of the "Flower Garden" track can be heard 43 seconds into "Games of Happiness."
  • Mario Kart 64 – Yoshi's design sprites for Yoshi's Story use Yoshi's same design from this game.

References in later games

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ヨッシーストーリー[1]
Yosshī Sutōrī
Yoshi Story

Chinese 耀西故事 (iQue, Simplified Chinese)[2]
Yàoxī Gùshì
Yoshi Story

References

  1. ^ Nintendo. ヨッシーストーリー. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  2. ^ iQue. 耀西故事. Retrieved December 3, 2016.

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