Editing Yoshi Sphinx

{{location infobox
|image=[[File:MKT GBA Yoshi Desert Sphinx 2.jpg|250px]]<br>The Yoshi Sphinx in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
}}
'''Yoshi Sphinxes''' are recurring decorative elements in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' series.

==History==
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''====
[[File:MKSC Yoshi Desert Starting Line.png|thumb|The Yoshi Sphinx seen from the starting line of Yoshi Desert]]
A Yoshi Sphinx first appears in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' in the background of [[GBA Yoshi Desert|Yoshi Desert]], which is also used by that game's [[Battle Course 4 (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)|Battle Course 4]].

====''Mario Kart Wii''====
In ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', [[Wii Dry Dry Ruins|Dry Dry Ruins]] features two Yoshi Sphinxes, one of which is on the turn right behind the starting line.

====''Mario Kart Tour''====
Both {{classic|GBA|Yoshi Desert}} and {{classic|Wii|Dry Dry Ruins}} return in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. However, the Yoshi Sphinx only returns in {{classic|GBA|Yoshi Desert}}, where it is now a 3D model and closer to the course. The two Yoshi Sphinxes in {{classic|Wii|Dry Dry Ruins}} have been replaced with a singular [[Hammer Bros. Sphinx]].

===''Super Mario 64 DS''===
[[File:Puzzle Panel.png|thumb|Yoshi Sphinxes in Puzzle Panel]]
Yoshi Sphinxes appear flanking the bottom screen in the ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' minigames [[Puzzle Panel]] and [[Puzzle Panic]]. The one on the left has a thought bubble showing the player's current [[point|score]], while the one on the right is thinking about the player's current lives. Upon successfully completing a puzzle, the sphinxes will blast off; while making a mistake will cause them to react with alarm.

===''New Super Mario Bros.''===
Puzzle Panel reappears as a minigame in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' with its graphics intact. As such, the Yoshi Sphinxes reappear as well.
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===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
[[File:Pmssguide53.png|The Yoshi Sphinx's interior|thumb|left]]
{{level infobox
|title=Yoshi Sphinx
|image=[[File:YoshisphinxPMSS.png|250px]]<br>Mario going to the Yoshi Sphinx entrance.
|code=W2-2
|world=[[World 2 (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|World 2]]
|game=''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
|boss=[[Kamek]]
|before_alt=
|before=[[Drybake Desert|<<]]
|after=[[Sandshifter Ruins |>>]]
|secret=
}}
In its most prominent appearance, a Yoshi Sphinx appears as world 2-2 of ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''. In this game, it is located in a mysterious area near [[Drybake Desert]], from which it can be seen.

[[Mario]] starts in a remote platform with a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]] and some [[Spiny|Spinies]]. This pipe will take [[Mario]] to the main quadrant of the sphinx. To the left is a door, and to the right is two blocks guarded by a Spiny. Mario must enter the door to progress. It takes him to a room with a [[Dry Bones]] and two torches on the wall; Mario can hit the torches from below to light them. On the right of the room is a door that takes Mario to another room somewhat alike the first one, except on the middle of the wall there is a different pattern. Mario has to hit the shape in the center with his hammer to discover a slot on the wall. He must then enter it to reveal another room with four doors, a [[Pokey]] and a Spiny. One door is hidden behind a beam that leads to a dark room with a passage to the piece of the [[Sticker Comet]]. 

When Mario reaches the door, he will be attacked by three [[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]s. After defeating the three Paratroopas, Mario gains access to the piece of the Sticker Comet by peeling some [[Bowser Tape]], completing the level. If Mario goes into the archway, there is another bright area, one of which has the Lightbulb Thing. After Mario reaches the top of the sphinx and slips off onto the tongue, Kamek will be fought, but this time, he will transform all of Mario's stickers into sandals. After defeating him, Mario's Stickers are returned to normal and a tablet piece neccesary to enter [[Drybake Stadium]] is obtained, then the tongue retracts, while hearing a very deep, "Yooooshiiiiiiiiii!" swallowing Mario with it.

The [[Secret Door]] location is on the ground level of the Sphinx. The player needs to go around to the other side (right side) of the base where the outline for the sticker will be along the wall guarded by a Spiny. The door leads to the Paper Fan Thing.

The two sticker upgrade spots in this area are above the pink flower in the beginning area and under the ? Block in the dark room.

====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
[[File:PMCS Picture (Yoshi).png|thumb|left|The Yoshi Sphinx portrait]]
In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', the Yoshi Sphinx makes a cameo on a portrait on the wall of the [[Dark Bloo Inn]]'s dining room alongside a picture of [[Hither Thither Hill]].
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==''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'' statistics==
===Tattle text===
====Beginning Area====
*''There's something really big over there. Is that some kind of animal?''

====Outside the Sphinx====
*''Now that I see it up close, it IS big. It looks a lot like a dinosaur. Or maybe a dragon.''

====Inside the Sphinx====
*''I feel like I'm being digested by an animal or something. What part would this be? The gizzard?''

====On top of the Head====
*''Wow, we are SERIOUSLY high up! Hey, is this what it means to have your nose in the air...?''

====Advice====
* ''If it's a sphinx, it's got to have at least ONE treasure, right? Something flashy. It's, like, a law or something.''

===Enemies===
*[[Spiny]]
*[[Hammer Bro]]
*[[Dry Bones]]
*[[Sombrero Guy]]
*[[Maraca Guy]]
*[[Accordion Guy]]
*[[Pokey]] (yellow)
*[[Green Pokey|Pokey]] (green)
*[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]
*[[Swoop]]
*[[Kamek]] (mini-boss)

===Items===
Other items not included here are peelable Stickers and items from sticker upgrade spots.
====Blocks====
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Item
!Icon
!Location
!Image
|-
|[[Hopslipper#Paper Mario: Sticker Star|Hopslipper]]
|[[File:Hopslippersticker.png]]
|In the first scene, in the east.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Block 1.png|250px]]
|-
|[[Eekhammer#Paper Mario: Sticker Star|Eekhammer]]
|[[File:EekhammerstickerSprite.png]]
|In the second scene (the outside of sphinx one), seen after going left from the entrance warp pipe.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Block 2.png|250px]]
|-
|[[Iron Boots#Paper Mario: Sticker Star|Iron Jump]]
|[[File:Ironjumpsticker.png]]
|Same scene, on the opposite side of the sphinx.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Block 3.png|250px]]
|-
|Hopslipper<br>[[Shiny Boots#Paper Mario: Sticker Star|Shiny Jump]]
|[[File:Hopslippersticker.png]]<br>[[File:Shinyjumpsticker.png]]
|Same scene, right of the stairs in front of the sphinx.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Blocks 4-5.png|250px]]
|-
|[[Hammer#Paper Mario: Sticker Star|Hammer]], [[Slaphammer]], Eekhammer
|[[File:Hammersticker.png]][[File:Slaphammersticker.png]][[File:EekhammerstickerSprite.png]]
|In the scene accessed by a opening on the left side of the sphinx, in the middle.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Block 6.png|250px]]
|-
|[[Shiny Hammer#Paper Mario: Sticker Star|Shiny Hammer]]
|[[File:Shinyhammersticker.png]]
|In the third sphinx scene, in front of the second pillar from the left.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Block 7.png|250px]]
|-
|[[Shiny Line Jump]]
|[[File:ShinyLineJumpPMSS.png]]
|In the scene accessed by a opening in the north of the previous scene, at the top, above the block created by paperization.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Block 8.png|250px]]
|-
|Hammer
|[[File:Hammersticker.png]]
|In the second scene, in the part reached by dropping down from the middle part of the sphinx.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Block 9.png|250px]]
|-
|Jump<br>Hopslipper<br>Shiny Jump
|[[File:JumpSticker.png]]<br>[[File:Hopslippersticker.png]]<br>[[File:Shinyjumpsticker.png]]
|In the head scene (two scenes after the scene with Comet Piece., in the east part of the scene, hidden behind collapsible wall.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Blocks 10-12.png|250px]]
|-
|[[POW Block#Paper_Mario_series|POW Block]]
|[[File:PMSS POW Block sticker.png]]
|In the previous scene, in the part reached after being swallowed by the sphinx.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Block 13.png|250px]]
|-
|Hopslipper, Eekhammer, [[Fire Flower#Paper Mario: Sticker Star|Fire Flower]]
|[[File:Hopslippersticker.png]][[File:EekhammerstickerSprite.png]][[File:PMSS Fire Flower sticker.png]]
|Same scene, in the southwest of the upper part.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Block 14.png|250px]]
|}

====Field/Objects====
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Item
!Icon
!Location
!Image
|-
|[[Coin#Paper Mario: Sticker Star|Coin]]
|[[File:PMSS UI Coin.png]]
|
*In the first scene, in the first tree.
*In the first scene, in the cactus after hitting it 3 times.
*In the fifth scene, on the secret slope found in the back of the scene. Seen through the hole in the wall.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx (Coin 1).png|250px]][[File:Yoshi Sphinx (Coin 2).png|250px]][[File:Yoshi Sphinx (Coin 3).png|250px]]
|-
|Coin, [[Hammer#Paper Mario: Sticker Star|Hammer]]
|[[File:PMSS UI Coin.png]] [[File:Hammersticker.png]]
|In the first scene, in the second tree after hitting it 2 times.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx (Coin and Hammer Sticker).png|250px]]
|-
|[[MAX UP Heart#Paper Mario: Sticker Star|HP-Up Heart]]
|[[File:PMSS-HP Up Heart Sprite.png|50px]]
|At the top of the Yoshi Sphinx where the piece of the Sticker Comet rests, Mario must move north despite the lack of a path. Mario falls off the sphinx and onto a platform down below containing it.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx (HP-Up Heart).png|250px]]
|-
|[[Lightbulb#Paper_Mario:_Sticker_Star|Lightbulb]]
|[[File:PMSS Lightbulb Icon.png]]
|In the scene after the scene with the Comet Piece, in the lower part, near the stairs.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx (Lightbulb).png|250px]]
|-
|[[Paper Fan]]
|[[File:PMSS Paper Fan Icon.png|50px]]
|In the scene behind the Secret Door.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx (Paper Fan).png|250px]]
|-
|[[Tablet Piece]]
|[[File:Tablet Piece 2.png]]
|In the treasure chest found on the tongue of the sphinx. To open it, Kamek must be defeated first.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx (Tablet Piece).png|250px]]
|}

====Hidden Blocks====
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Item
!Icon
!Location
!Image (Unrevealed)
!Image (Revealed)
|-
|[[Slaphammer]]
|[[File:Slaphammersticker.png]]
|In the second scene, above the flower near the entrance warp pipe.
|[[File:PMSS Hidden Block 22A.png|250px]]
|[[File:PMSS Hidden Block 22B.png|250px]]
|-
|[[Coin#Paper Mario: Sticker Star|Coin]]
|[[File:PMSS UI Coin.png]]
|In the scene reached by a north opening in the third sphinx scene, at the top, left of the ? Block floating in the air.
|[[File:PMSS Hidden Block 23A.png|250px]]
|[[File:PMSS Hidden Block 23B.png|250px]]
|}

===Paperization Spots===
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Scrap/Sticker
!Icon
!Location
!Image
|-
|Random 1x1 [[Sticker]]
|N/A
|In the first scene, in the north, above the flower.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Paperization Spot 1.png|250px]]
|-
|Random 1x1 Sticker
|N/A
|In the scene reached by a north opening in the third sphinx scene, at the top, under the ? Block.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Paperization Spot 2.png|250px]]
|-
|[[Secret Door]]
|[[File:SecretDoorPMSS.png]]
|In the second scene, at the left side of the sphinx. Available only after getting access to Outlook Point and getting Secret Door sticker from there.
|[[File:Yoshi Sphinx Paperization Spot 3.png|250px]]
|}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ヨッシースフィンクス
|JpnR=Yosshī Sufinkusu
|JpnM=Yoshi Sphinx
|SpaA=Esfinge Yoshi
|SpaAM=Yoshi Sphinx
|SpaE=Esfinge de Yoshi
|SpaEM=Sphinx of Yoshi
|Ger=Yoshi-Sphinx
|GerM=Yoshi Sphinx
|Fre=Sphinx Yoshi
|FreM=Yoshi Sphinx
|Ita=Sfinge di Yoshi
|ItaM=Sphinx of Yoshi
|Chi=耀西斯芬克斯
|ChiR=Yàoxī Sīfēnkèsī
|ChiM=Yoshi Sphinx
}}

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