Baby Yoshi
- "Mini-Yoshi" redirects here. For the partner in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door also known as "Mini-Yoshi", see Yoshi Kid. For the toy based on Yoshi in Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge, see Mini Yoshi.
| Baby Yoshi | |||
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 Bubble Baby Yoshi, a blue Baby Yoshi in New Super Mario Bros. U | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World (1990) | ||
| Latest appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024) | ||
| Variant of | Yoshi | ||
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- “Yoshi! Yoshi! (Hey! I'm Baby Yoshi! You look like you know where to find food, so I guess I'll follow you!)”
- —Baby Yoshi, New Super Mario Bros. U
Baby Yoshis, sometimes known as Little Yoshis, are newborn Yoshis born from Yoshi's Eggs. They first appear in Super Mario World. Depending on the game, they may be depicted either as stout, reptilian creatures with beak-like mouths and half-shut eyes or simply as smaller versions of adult Yoshis with proportionally oversized heads. Certain titles depict them with designs sitting in-between these base templates.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]
In Super Mario World, red, yellow, and blue Baby Yoshis[1] (or Mini-Yoshis)[2] appear only in Star World, where they hatch from eggs of the same color whenever Mario (or Luigi) approaches. Feeding the Baby Yoshis five enemies or objects—such as shells, coins, or active Grab Blocks—makes them turn into adult Yoshis. However, if a Baby Yoshi eats any power-up, it will grow up instantly. Rarely, Baby Yoshi will turn into a regular Yoshi after eating fewer than five enemies; this happens because sometimes the game considers a single enemy to have been eaten twice.[3] Yoshi himself hatches directly into an adult when Mario uncovers his egg, but this is because Bowser trapped Yoshi in the egg. Unlike their adult counterparts, Baby Yoshis cannot use their tongues to eat objects, and they eat only anything that they make contact with, similar to Yoshi eating a berry. Also, the eggs Mario rescues from the Koopalings all hatch into Baby Yoshis during the ending cutscene. While green Baby Yoshis have artwork for the game, they do not appear during gameplay, aside from briefly appearing when Yoshi comes out of the egg before instantly growing; however, a single one in the ending appears as one of the rescued Baby Yoshis.
In the Game Boy Advance version, once a Baby Yoshi has been found in Star World and fed enough enemies or objects to grow to maturity, it is possible to find a Yoshi of its color in any Prize Block containing a Yoshi Egg. However, these Yoshis do not remain as babies and instead grow straight into adults like a Green Yoshi. Mario's present form determines what color egg comes out of the Prize Block upon him hitting it.
The possible outcomes are as follows; forms written in italics always spawn that particular Yoshi, assuming it has already been found and fed in Star World, whereas forms not written in italics randomly spawn a Yoshi among those that have already been unlocked:
- Green Yoshi for Small Mario, Super Mario, Fire Mario (if Red Yoshi has not been found and fed yet), and Caped Mario (if Blue Yoshi has not been found and fed yet)
- Yellow Yoshi for Small Mario, Super Mario, Fire Mario (if Red Yoshi has not been found and fed yet), and Caped Mario (if Blue Yoshi has not been found and fed yet)
- Red Yoshi for Small Mario, Super Mario, Fire Mario, and Caped Mario (if Blue Yoshi has not been found and fed yet)
- Blue Yoshi for Small Mario, Super Mario, Fire Mario (if Red Yoshi has not been found and fed yet) and Caped Mario
In a 2017 interview, it was revealed that Baby Yoshis originally had a blob-like appearance.[4]
The name "Mini-Yoshi" would later be used for a partner in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and a toy in Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (albeit unhyphenated).
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
Baby Yoshis return in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their Nintendo Switch ports. They play similarly as they do in Super Mario World but this time they have high-pitched voices and will not grow up into regular Yoshis, instead remaining as babies. Baby Yoshis also vocalize to the music when picked up.
There are three different types of Baby Yoshi, each with its own special power:
- Balloon Baby Yoshi - Can inflate like a balloon up to seven times for vertical movement.
- Bubble Baby Yoshi - Can blow out bubbles that can defeat most enemies and earn either coins, power-ups or 1-Up Mushrooms.
- Glowing Baby Yoshi - Can illuminate dark areas and stun enemies.
Balloon and Bubble Baby Yoshis can be found on the World Map periodically, with Balloon Baby Yoshis appearing in Acorn Plains and Sparkling Waters, while Bubble Baby Yoshis appear in Frosted Glacier and Rock-Candy Mines. Unlike their adult counterparts, Baby Yoshis can be taken into any level (minus Castle, Tower, and Airship stages) and can be kept until losing them, where they will start running like their adult counterparts. They will follow the player into the End-of-Level Fortress as well. If there are multiple players, all players can continue to use Baby Yoshis as long as one player finishes the level with one.
Glowing Baby Yoshis only appear in a small number of levels, and hatch out of a color-swapped Yoshi egg. They are only allowed to be used at their respective levels, like with their adult counterparts, and will give an extra life if the level is completed with them. In early builds of the game, it was intended that Balloon and Bubble Baby Yoshis would have functioned the same as the Glowing counterpart as they appeared in eggs as well, while in the final game, they never do so.
While a player swims with a Baby Yoshi, the player's swimming style resembles that of someone wearing a Frog Suit or Penguin Suit, and the Baby Yoshi's normal abilities are replaced by an underwater spin maneuver that gives the player a speed boost.
Baby Yoshis also appear in Red Toad House minigames. In this minigame, they swallow icons that give the player a chance to win or lose the minigame. Balloon Baby Yoshis have the item icons that determine what power-up the player obtains, Bubble Baby Yoshis hold multiplier icons that determine how many power-ups the player obtains, and Glowing Baby Yoshis hold a Toad icon or a Bowser icon. The former allows the player to get the power-up, and the latter automatically marks a loss. The player must fit the Baby Yoshis in their respective color spots.
Luigi and a Balloon Baby Yoshi
Mario and a Glowing Baby Yoshi
Super Mario World television series[edit]
- Main article: History of Yoshi § Super Mario World television series
A younger version of Yoshi appears in the Super Mario World television series episode "Mama Luigi". He differs from the Mini-Yoshis from the Super Mario World game, as Yoshi is shown to be able to move on his own and use his tongue as a baby, is able to eat many enemies without growing, and does not possess any shoes on his feet either. He knows how to talk right from birth, but mistakes the first person he sees for his mother, which happens to be Luigi.
Yoshi[edit]
Little Yoshis[5][6] appear in the game Yoshi, where one can be seen on the title screen. A Little Yoshi will appear if the player sandwiches two egg shells together with no enemies, or at least one enemy on the Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System versions, rewarding the player 50 points.
Mario Paint[edit]
Green Little Yoshis are used as a stamp for the Art Mode and an instrument for the music mode in Mario Paint. Their sprites are reused from Super Mario World. Their sound effect in music mode is the same sound effect as the Yoshi sound effect from Super Mario World.
Mario's FUNdamentals[edit]
In Mario's FUNdamentals, Little Yoshis are used as the player's pieces in Checkers. Mario controls Koopa Troopa pieces, and the Little Yoshis eat the Koopa Troopas when capturing them.
Mario's Picross[edit]
A Little Yoshi makes an appearance as a puzzle in Mario's Picross, under the name "Mini Yoshi".
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]
- Main article: Baby Fat
In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, a pudgy Mini Yoshi, named Baby Fat, appears as an inhabitant of Yo'ster Isle that hatches after Mario defeats the cake in Marrymore. Being a baby, his voice is higher than the older Yoshis. If Mario has Yoshi Cookies, he can feed Baby Fat with them. After Mario feeds him 30 Yoshi Cookies in total, he will become fat and exit the nest which is hinted at by another Yoshi. His voice becomes deeper, but not as deep as Boshi's voice. By continuing to feed him more cookies at the same time, he may give Mario various items by hatching them out from eggs. His fat appearance may be a reference to the Fat Chocobo from Square's own Final Fantasy franchise.
Tetris Attack[edit]
- “Hey you Koopa! I can beat you- bring it on!”
- —Little Yoshi, Tetris Attack
A yellow Little Yoshi appears in the game Tetris Attack. He appears to be Yoshi's friend and accompaniment, although their relationship is not clarified.
Little Yoshi also makes an appearance in the Vs. mode ending, eager to defeat Bowser, only to realize Yoshi and his friends already defeated Bowser seconds ago. Little Yoshi is disappointed, wanting to show how cool he is, but is quickly uplifted from compliments by Yoshi's friends.
Yoshi's Story[edit]
In Yoshi's Story, eight Baby Yoshis are playable. Unlike in Super Mario World, Baby Yoshis in this game look and act similarly to their adult counterparts, possessing abilities such as the Flutter Jump, the Ground Pound, the ability to extend their tongues to eat Fruits and enemies, and the ability to lay eggs. Additionally, during the story sequences at the beginning and ending of the game, they were shown to have smaller and less developed bodies in contrast to the Yoshis seen only on the very first page in the intro.
Super Mario-kun[edit]
- Main article: Team Chibi Yoshis
Six Baby Yoshis are the main characters in volumes 19 and 20 of the CoroCoro Comics manga Super Mario-kun, which cover the events of Yoshi's Story. They each have unique personalities and appearances, and accompany Mario and Poochy on a quest to retrieve the Super Happy Tree from the clutches of Baby Bowser. Throughout the story they are referred to as T.C.Y., or "Team Chibi Yoshis". Each of them has a page dedicated to their introduction with a four-panel comic that displays an outstanding aspect of their personality.
Volume 19 of Super Mario-kun
Volume 20 of Super Mario-kun
Game & Watch Gallery series[edit]
In the Game & Watch Gallery series, Baby Yoshis mainly appear in the Modern version of Chef included in Game & Watch Gallery 2 and Game & Watch Gallery 4 (named Little Yoshis in the former game),[7] where Princess Peach has to feed Yoshi, but if she feeds him overcooked food, he reverts into a Little Yoshi. If she feeds Yoshi enough cooked food in a row, though, he releases an egg, which contains a Little Yoshi that replaces his parent. In Game & Watch Gallery 3, Baby Yoshis are in the Modern version of Egg. If the Yoshi eats enough cookies, he lays an egg, which eventually hatches into a Baby Yoshi. The Baby Yoshi assists the Yoshi by temporarily eating cookies at a random angle. A Baby Yoshi also appears during the credits, from an egg thrown by an adult Yoshi.
Paper Mario series[edit]
Paper Mario[edit]
In Paper Mario, Baby Yoshis are known as Yoshi Kids and are specifically a group calling themselves the Fearsome 5. When they were first encountered on Lavalava Island, they were being watched over by Sushie, though they were thinking up plans of their own. When Mario later returned to the village after he discovers that the path to Mt. Lavalava is inaccessible, the older Yoshis are going berserk over the Yoshi Kids' sudden disappearances. Mario helped Sushie down from the tree that they trapped her in and found all five Yoshi Kids.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]
- Main article: Yoshi Kid
A Yoshi Kid appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door as well, joining Mario's party after hatching out of an egg he had previously obtained. While in the English version he is referred to as a "Yoshi", the Italian version more specifically refers to him as a "Miniyoshi",[8] further explaining that Miniyoshis are "Yoshis just hatched from the eggs"[9] (his Japanese name is チビヨッシー, which is the Japanese term for Baby Yoshi).[10]
Despite being a newborn Yoshi, he is already able to talk,[10] to lay eggs (with his Mini-Egg move), to carry Mario on his back and to flutter while carrying him. He is, however, able to jump only without Mario on his back, as seen in his Ground Pound move.
Yoshi's Island DS[edit]
A green Baby Yoshi makes an appearance in Yoshi's Island DS. After six of the star children are shown during the credits, a Baby Yoshi is revealed as the seventh and final star child upon hatching. Similarly to the Yoshis in Yoshi's Story, this Baby Yoshi looks strikingly similar to an adult Yoshi despite being a newborn.
WarioWare: D.I.Y.[edit]
A Baby Yoshi in WarioWare: D.I.Y. is a sprite for the Yoshi instrument when making records in the game.
Super Mario Party[edit]
In the Toad's Rec Room minigame Puzzle Hustle, one of the puzzles is a sprite of Mario holding a Baby Yoshi from Super Mario World.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| チビヨッシー (JP) / Little Yoshi (EN) | |||
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| Tribe | Dinosaur clan | ||
| くいしんぼう | Disposition | Glutton | |
| ワールド | Game appearances | World | |
| Yoshi, a child in the peak of his eating years There are three types of Little Yoshi living in Dinosaur Land: Red, Blue, and Yellow. When you grab one, it is a child and of little use to you, but if you feed it five enemies or items, it will grow up to be a great Yoshi. | |||
New Super Mario Bros. U[edit]
- Electronic manual bio: "If you run into certain enemies while holding Baby Yoshi, he will gobble them up. Pressing
(
) / shaking 
will activate Baby Yoshi's special power."
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
- Play Nintendo: "If you find a Baby Yoshi on the World Map, it will follow you into the next course you select (except for towers and castles). Baby Yoshis have special skills to help reach tough places, light up passages, and more."[12]
Gallery[edit]
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Baby Yoshi.
Super Mario World
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | チビヨッシー[13] Chibi Yosshī |
Chibi Yoshi; Romanized as "Chibi-Yossy" in the Super Mario World Shogakukan guide | |
| ちびヨッシー[?] Chibi Yosshī |
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| Chinese | 小耀西[?] Xiǎo Yàoxī |
Little Yoshi | |
| Dutch | Baby Yoshi[?] | - | |
| French | Bébé Yoshi[15][16][17] | Baby Yoshi | |
| German | Baby Yoshi[?] | - | |
| Italian | Baby Yoshi[?] | - | |
| Korean | 꼬마요시[?] Kkoma Yosi |
Little Yoshi | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Yoshi Bebé[14] | Baby Yoshi | |
| Russian | Малыш Йоши[?] Malysh Yoshi |
Baby Yoshi | |
| Spanish | Bebé Yoshi[?] | Baby Yoshi |
References[edit]
- ^ "When you find a find a Red, Yellow, or Blue Yoshi Egg in a Star World, approach it to hatch a Baby Yoshi of that color. Pick up the Yoshi by holding
and carry it to an enemy. The Baby Yoshi automatically eats the enemy. When it has eaten five enemies, it grows into an adult Yoshi and you can ride it like a normal Green Yoshi. Furthermore, when you discover a Yoshi Egg from now on, you have a chance of randomly getting a Yoshi of that color." – Stratton, Bryan (February 26, 2002). Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3913-1. Page 92.
- ^ 1992. Super NES Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 14.
- ^ July 16, 2023. Baby Yoshi Eating Glitch - Super Mario World (Switch Virtual Console). YouTube (English). Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ Wawro, Alex (September 28, 2017). Have a look at Nintendo's early prototype for Yoshi. Gamasutra. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^ 1991. Yoshi (NES) instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 14.
- ^ 1991. Yoshi (Game Boy) instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 13.
- ^ 1998. Game & Watch Gallery 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 21.
- ^ Fifth part of Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
- ^ Second part of Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
- ^ a b kaomoji7952 (July 12, 2009). ペーパーマリオＲＰＧ 縛りプレイpart38. YouTube (Japanese). Retrieved October 4, 2015.
- ^ 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 110.
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Tips & Tricks. Play Nintendo (American English). Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ Kagawa, Ryo (APE/Shigesato Itoi), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors (1991). "UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオワールド』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-104117-5. Page 27.
- ^ Nintendo Portugal (January 18, 2019). New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - Trailer de apresentação (Nintendo Switch). YouTube (European Portuguese). Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ^ Yoshi's Story European instruction booklet, French section page 50
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. U European instruction booklet, French section page 7
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. U French Canadian instruction booklet, section 20
| Yoshis |
|---|
| Yoshi characters |
| Baby Fat • Boshi • Fearsome 5 • "It" • Mini Yoshi • Rabbid Yoshi • Ura Yoshi • Village Leader • Yokkī • Yoob • Yoshi • Yoshi Kid |
| Yoshi types |
| Baby Yoshi • Balloon Baby Yoshi • Bubble Baby Yoshi • Glowing Baby Yoshi • Star Yoshi • Winged Yoshi • Yoshi |
| Yoshi relatives |
| Bahamutt • Dorrie • Noshi • Plessie • Rex |
| Yoshi egg types |
| Egg (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time) • Flashing Egg • Giant Egg • Mega Eggdozer • Metal Eggdozer • Yoshi's Egg |
| Yoshi-inspired vehicles |
| Coconut 1 • Dreamy Egg • Egg 1 • Egg Rider • Go-Go Yoshi • Gold Egg • Turbo Yoshi (Black, Blue, Red, White) • Yoshi Bike |
| Yoshi | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Mario • Yoshi • Luigi | |
| Enemies | Puzzle pieces | Bloober • Boo Buddy • Little Goomba • Piranha Plant |
| Other | Bob-omb • Cheep Cheep | |
| Yoshi types | Little Yoshi • Yoshi • Winged Yoshi • Star Yoshi | |
| Items | Apple • Cherry • Coin • Fire Flower • Grape • Key • Melon • P Switch • Pineapple • Peach • Red Shell • Strawberry • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Yoshi's egg | |
| Miscellaneous | Gallery | |
| Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters / Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers / Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Toad • Yoshi • Baby Yoshi | |
| Enemies | Piranha Plant • Goomba • Bowser • Larry Koopa • Iggy Koopa | |
| Worlds | Fun with Letters | First Letter World • Vowel World • Alphabet World • Sentence World • Blending Worlda • Building Worldb • Sound World • Last Letter World • Sing Song Worldb • Story Worldb |
| Fun with Numbers | Number World • Counting World • Comparing World • How Many World • Shape World • Same and Different World • Sorting World • Sing Song Worldb | |
| Preschool Fun | Shape World • Counting World • Body World • Listening World • Opposite World • Color World • Sing Song Worldb • Time Worldb | |
| Other | Warp Pipe • Gallery (Preschool Fun) | |
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