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[[Image:Yoshikid.jpg|right|frame|The green version of the '''Yoshi Kid'''.]]
{{about|Mario's Yoshi partner in [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]|the infant Yoshis referred to as Yoshi Kids in [[Paper Mario]]|[[Fearsome 5]]|the infant Yoshis also referred to as "Mini-Yoshis" or "Mini Yoshis"|[[Baby Yoshi]]}}
The '''Yoshi Kid''' is [[Mario]]'s fourth party member in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:TTYD NS MiniYoshi.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of the green version of the Yoshi Kid from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
|full_name=Yoshi, The Great Gonzales Jr.
|species=[[Baby Yoshi]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
{{quote|Let's rock, [[Mario|Gonzales]]! I'm ready to chew [[Macho Grubba|this dude]] up and spit him out!|'''Yoshi Kid'''|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}
The '''Yoshi Kid''',<ref>{{cite|author=@Stealth40k|date=April 12, 2024|url=x.com/Stealth40k/status/1778952074090131561|title=This was the most important question they asked...|publisher=X|accessdate=May 15, 2024}}</ref> referred to as '''Mini-Yoshi''' in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', is [[Mario]]'s fourth [[party member]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. The Yoshi Kid is a spunky [[Baby Yoshi|Yoshi baby]] and the youngest of Mario's party members, being newborn. His purpose in the overworld is to allow Mario to ride him to travel around much faster and use a [[Flutter Jump]]-like ability to cross gaps.


While Mario, [[Goombella]], [[Koops]] and [[Flurrie]] are fighting in [[Glitzville]]'s [[Glitz Pit]], they find a problem - One of the fighter teams, the [[Armored Harriers]] seem to be invincible to any attack they use. When Mario goes outside, he finds a [[Yoshi Egg]] bouncing around, being chased by the owner of the Hot Dog Stand. Mario catches it. The owner says he was going to use it to make hot dogs, but he lets Mario have it. After a while, it hatches into a [[Yoshi]] kid who thanks Mario. The Yoshi Kid can defeat the Armored Harriers by eating them and spitting them at each other.
The Yoshi Kid is named by the player within the text space of eight characters, which incidentally makes "Yoshi Kid" and "Mini-Yoshi" too long to fit. The default name is simply "'''Yoshi'''," which is used in most appearances.


At the end of the adventure, he goes solo at the Glitz Pit, going under the name "The Great Gonzales Jr.", and is getting close to the title match.
==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:Mario and Yoshi Kid.png|200px|left|thumb|The Yoshi Kid hatching out of his egg]]
While Mario, [[Goombella]], [[Koops]], and [[Flurrie]] are fighting in [[Glitzville]]'s [[Glitz Pit]], they find that one of the fighting teams, [[The Iron Adonis Twins]], appears to be impervious to any attack they use. At an earlier time, Mario had found a [[Yoshi's Egg]] bouncing around, being chased by an owner of the [[Hot Dog Stand]], [[Mr. Hoggle]] (who had hopes of making a [[Southern Fried Egg Dog of Tastiness]] with it). After Mario caught the egg, it jumped onto a roof of the Hot Dog Stand, requiring Mario to [[Plane Mode|glide down]] to the roof to recover the egg; Goombella's [[Tattle]] on the egg is viewable before Mario interacts with the egg. Mr. Hoggle allowed Mario to keep the egg as most people "don't like eating stuff that jumps all over the place." Following this, the living and bouncy egg joined Mario's party.


As the Yoshi Kid's foster parent (of sorts), Mario names him when the Yoshi is born. This means the Yoshi Kid is the first character in the Mario RPG sub-series that could be named by the player. In the Mario series as a whole, there have been many namable characters, starting with the main character from ''[[Mario Golf (Game Boy)|Mario Golf]]''.  
After Mario returns from his problematic battle with The Iron Adonis Twins, the egg hatches into a newborn Yoshi baby, who thanks Mario for saving his life. He then joins Mario (whom he knows as [[History of Mario#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Gonzales]]), who proceeds to name him. The Yoshi Kid can defeat The Iron Adonis Twins by [[Gulp|eating them and spitting them at each other]], as the gulp attack ignores enemy defense. He travels with Mario for the rest of the game.


[[Image:Yoshi_kids.PNG|center|frame|The color of the '''Yoshi Kid''' is determined by how long it took Mario to befriend the [[Yoshi]] after Mario finds its egg on top of the Hot Dog Stand.
At the end of the adventure, the Yoshi Kid goes solo at the Glitz Pit, going under the name "'''The Great Gonzales Jr.'''," and is stated to be getting close to the title match. In Goombella's [[letter]], the Yoshi Kid challenges the "Great Gonzales" by saying, ''"I could totally take you in the ring now, so bring it!"'' He is notable for calling Mario "Gonzales" throughout the entire course of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (in a manner similar to that of other non-player characters such as [[Goldbob]] and his family); his odd familiarity with this name is due to Mario's pseudonym, "Great Gonzales" (upon [[Grubba]] and [[Jolene]]'s insistence), while fighting in the Glitz Pit. By the end of the game, though, the Yoshi Kid appears to have slowly realized that "Gonzales's" real name is Mario, but he states that Mario will always be Gonzales to him.


== Attacks and Stats ==
====''Super Paper Mario''====
{| style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
[[File:SPM Francis 2nd Room.png|thumb|left|The Yoshis' plushies from ''Super Paper Mario]]''
|-style="background: #ABC;"
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the Yoshi Kid appears as a [[Catch Card]] won by winning the [[Duel of 100]] in the [[Sammer's Kingdom]]. [[Francis]] has a collection of seven [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] dolls, each one a different color. Lastly, the Yoshi Kid, along with all the other partners from the previous titles in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]], appears in a photograph at the [[Mario Bros.' House]] during the introduction.
{{br|left}}
 
===''Super Mario-kun''===
{{rewrite-expand|section=yes|Summary of what he does}}
[[File:Yoshi Kid SuperMarioKun.png|thumb|The Yoshi Kid in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
The Yoshi Kid appears in the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' arc of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' as an ally of Mario.
 
=== ''Super Smash Bros.'' series ===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', there is a [[sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] that names the Yoshi Kid "Yoshi," while in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', there is a [[trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] of him that names him "Mini-Yoshi," the first game to give him this name.
 
===''Super Mario Run''===
The Yoshi Kid had a minor cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' (ver. 3.2.0) on promotional artwork in the game during its celebration of the release of the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'']], though his presence on the in-game alert for the event was his only appearance in the game.
 
==General information==
===Physical appearance===
[[File:Yoshi Kids.png|center]]
The Yoshi Kid's coloration is determined by the amount of time that passes between the point where his egg joins Mario's party atop the Hot Dog Stand to when Mario eventually meets the newborn after [[flee]]ing from or losing to The Iron Adonis Twins. Initially, the Yoshi Kid is green, has a red mohawk, and wears orange pants with white polka dots (giving it a Yoshi's Egg-like pattern) and a pair of his species' signature boots. While the Yoshi Kid is in his egg, however, his color scheme changes every few minutes, as shown in the chart below. If more than 20 minutes pass before the Yoshi Kid hatches, the cycle restarts. Each coloration is for aesthetic purposes only, and it stays the same for the rest of the game upon the Yoshi Kid's hatching.
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;width:30%;margin:0 auto"
!width="10%"|Time
!width="10%"|Color
|-
|0–6 minutes
|[[File:BabyYoshiPMTTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Green|Green}}
|-
|6–9 minutes
|[[File:Red Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Red|Red}}
|-
|9–12 minutes
|[[File:Blue Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Blue|Blue}}
|-
|12–15 minutes
|[[File:OrangeYoshiTTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{Color|Orange|Orange}}
|-
|15–18 minutes
|[[File:Pink Yoshi PMTTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Hotpink|Pink}}
|-
|18–19 minutes
|[[File:Black Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{Color|Black|Black}}
|-
|19–20 minutes
|[[File:White Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Gray|White}}
|}
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
*'''In-game description:''' ''This newborn Yoshi baby may be small, but he's got quite an attitude. Press {{button|gcn|X}} to hop on his back and move more quickly. Press {{button|gcn|A}} when riding to float through the air.''
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''You'll name the newborn Yoshi yourself when he hatches in Chapter 3, but for the sake of clarity, we'll refer to him by the name of his species. Press X to hop on the little guy's back and he'll move more quickly. While you're riding him, you can press the A Button to float through the air for a brief time.''<ref>{{cite|author=Thomason, Steve|url=archive.org/details/papermariothethousandyeardoorplayersguide_201909/page/n13/mode/2up|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page=16|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=October 1, 2004|isbn=1-930206-51-8}}</ref>
*'''[[Tattle]]:''' "''Gosh, what a colorful egg! Must be a good one, huh? I mean, look at it jump! But jeepers creepers, I sure wouldn't want to try to eat it... I mean, EWWWWWW! I don't eat moving things. Let's hurry up, grab it, and give it back to Mr. Hoggle.''"
 
====Nintendo GameCube====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Yoshi|align=horizontal}}
 
====Nintendo Switch====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Yoshi|align=horizontal}}
 
====Attacks====
;HP
*Initial: 10 HP
*Super Rank: 20 HP
*Ultra Rank: 30 HP
 
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin:0 auto"
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Flower Points Needed
!width="10%"|[[Flower Point|FP]] Needed
!width="10%"|Effect
!width="10%"|Effect
!width="10%"|To Attack
!width="10%"|[[Action Command]]
!width="10%"|The Yoshi Kid's Hit Points
!width="10%"|Attack Power
!width="10%"|Attack Power
!width="10%"|Move Ranks
!width="10%"|Move Ranks
|-
|-
| Ground Pound
|[[Ground Pound]]
| None
| 0
| Bounces on a single enemy.
|Bounces on a single enemy.
| Repeatedly press R.
|Repeatedly press {{button|gcn|R}}.
| Level 1: 10<br>Level 2: 20<br>Level 3: 30
|This attack does 1 damage 4/5/6 times (initially and on Super and Ultra Ranks, respectively)
| This attack does 1 damage.
|Initial
*Level 1: 4 Times
*Level 2: 5 Times
*Level 3: 6 Times
| Initial
|-
|-
| Gulp
|[[Gulp]]
| 4
|4
| Swallows an enemy and spits it at another enemy.
|Swallows an enemy and spits it at another enemy.
| Press and hold R.
|Press and hold {{button|gcn|R}} until the red star lights up.
| Level 1: 10<br>Level 2: 20<br>Level 3: 30
|Initial: 4<br>Super: 5<br>Ultra: 6
| Level 1: 4<br>Level 2: 5<br>Level 3: 6
|Initial
| Initial
|-
|-
| Mini-Egg
|[[Mini-Egg]]
| 3
|3
| Throws Yoshi eggs at all the enemies and, if successful, shrinks the enemies.
|Throws eggs at all the enemies, and if successful, shrinks them.
| Press A when the red stars light up.
|Press {{button|gcn|A}} when the red stars light up.
| Level 2: 20<br>Level 3: 30
|This attack does 1 damage three or four times (on the Super or Ultra Ranks, respectively)
| The Attack does 1 damage.
|Super Rank
*Level 2: 3 Times
*Level 3: 4 Times
| Super Rank
|-
|-
| Stampede
|[[Stampede (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Stampede]]
| 6
|6
| Summons a Yoshi Herd to attack all enemies.
|Summons a Yoshi herd to attack all enemies.
| Repeatedly press L and R alternately.
|Repeatedly press {{button|gcn|L}} and {{button|gcn|R}} alternately.
| Level 3: 30
|This attacks does 1 damage six times.
| *Level 1: N/A
|Ultra Rank
*Level 2: N/A
*Level 3: 1 (6 Times)
| Ultra Rank
|}
|}


{{start box}}
===''Super Paper Mario''===
{{succession box |
{|class="wikitable" align=center width=100%
  | title = Champion of the [[Glitz Pit]] (possibly)
|-
  | game = ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]
  | before = Unknown (eventually [[Mario]])
|-
  | after = Incumbent
|[[File:SPM Mini Yoshi Catch Card.png|center|70px]]
|}}
|
{{end box}}
*'''Card Type:''' Rare
*'''Card Description:''' ''It's Yoshi from the last Paper Mario adventure. This scrappy Yoshi was the only way to travel!''
|}
 
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Yoshi<!--This is the sticker's name-->
|image=[[File:Sticker Yoshi Kid.png]]
|game=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|effect=[Throwing] - Attack +5
|usable_by=Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser
}}
 
====''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''====
{{SSB4 trophy
|name=Mini-Yoshi
|image=[[File:Mini-Yoshi Trophy - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.png|100px]]
|category=Series Related
|appears_in='''GCN''' ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (10/2004)
|trophy_box=13: Paper Mario
|unlock=Random
|desc=In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, this young Yoshi first appears as just an egg. After breaking out of his shell, though, the rascal's cheek and ultra-competitive nature run rampant. He's strong for a little lad and can even carry Mario, who he calls Gonzales. There's a funny reason for that, and it's—oh, we've run out of space. Sorry.
|desc2=In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, this young Yoshi first appears as just an egg. After breaking out of his shell, though, the rascal's cheek and ultra-competitive nature run rampage. He's strong for a little lad, and can even carry Mario, who he calls "Gonzales". There's a funny reason for that, and it's...oh, we've run out of space. Sorry.
}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Yoshikid.jpg|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
Hotdogstand.png|The Yoshi Kid unhatched
Mario meets the hatched Mini-Yoshi PMTTYD.png|The Yoshi Kid hatched
Name the Yoshi! Screen PMTTYD.png|The Yoshi-naming screen
Mini-Yoshi and Mario PMTTYD.png|The Yoshi Kid and Mario
"Yoshi" Joined The Party PMTTYD.png|The Yoshi Kid joining the party
TT-YD Orange Yoshi.png|Orange Yoshi in Chapter 4
Mini-Yoshi egg TTYD sprite.png|Yoshi's egg
TTYD NS MiniYoshi.png|Artwork for [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]]
PMTTYDNS Mini Yoshi Artwork 2.png|Alternate artwork for ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
PMTTYD NS East Rogueport Rooftops.jpg|Promotional screenshot for the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
PMTTYD NS Keelhaul Key.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
PMTTYD NS Glitz Pit.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
PMTTYDNS The End.jpg|The Yoshi Kid with the rest of the cast in the end credits [[parade]]
YoshiKid8bit.jpg|The Yoshi Kid's 8-bit sprite appearance in the [[X-Naut Fortress]]
TTYDPartnersHD.png|Photo of the partners from the Nintendo Switch version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
PMTTYDNS Profile Yoshi.jpg|Character profile card
SMR TTYD Promo.png|Yoshi Kid cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
Yoshi Kid Instagram.jpg|Promotional character introduction
Nintendo Magazine Summer 2024 TTYD Relationship Chart.png|The Yoshi Kid in ''[[Nintendo Magazine 2024 summer]]'', showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
1UP Studio Welcome Candidate Staff Party 2024 Artwork.jpg|Group artwork for the candidate welcome party of [[1-UP Studio]] in 2024
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
===Yoshi / Mini-Yoshi / Yoshi Kid===
The player can, as in the English version, name this character anything under a certain space limitation. These names are the default if the field is left blank.
{{foreign names
|Jap=チビヨッシー
|JapR=Chibi Yosshī
|JapM={{wp|Chibi (slang)|Chibi}} Yoshi; same as [[Baby Yoshi#Names in other languages|Baby Yoshi]] from ''[[Super Mario World]]''.
|Chi=迷你耀西
|ChiR=Mínǐ Yàoxī
|ChiM=Mini-Yoshi
|Dut=Yoshi
|Dut2=Yoshi-jong
|Dut2M=Yoshi Kid
|Fre=PtiYoshi
|FreM="Pti" is a contraction of ''petit'' ("small")
|Ger=Mini-Yoshi
|Ita=Miniyoshi
|Kor=꼬마요시
|KorR=Kkomayosi
|KorM=Little Yoshi
|Rus=Мини-Йоши
|RusN=''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''
|RusR=Mini-Yoshi
|RusM=Mini-Yoshi
|Spa=Yoshi
|Spa2=Yoshito
|Spa2M=''-ito'' is a Spanish diminutive suffix. When attached to a name, it denotes smallness, cuteness and/or tenderness.
}}
 
===The Great Gonzales Jr.===
{{foreign names
|Jap=グレート・ゴンザレス・ジュニア
|JapR=Gurēto Gonzaresu Junia
|JapM=Great Gonzales Jr.
|ChiS=伟大的冈萨雷兹二世
|ChiSR=Wěidà de Gāngsàléizī Èr Shì
|ChiSM=Great Gonzales II
|ChiT=偉大的岡薩雷茲二世
|ChiTR=Wěidà de Gāngsàléizī Èr Shì
|ChiTM=Great Gonzales II
|Dut=De Grote Gonzales Junior
|DutM=The Great Gonzales Junior
|Fre=Super Gonzales Junior
|Ger=Bomba Luigi Junior
|Ita=Super Gonzales Junior
|Kor=그레이트 곤살레스 주니어
|KorR=Geuleiteu Gonsalleseu Junieo
|KorM=Great Gonzales Jr.
|Spa=El pequeño Gran González
|SpaM=The little Great Gonzales
}}
 
==Trivia==
{{multiple image
|direction=vertical
|width=250
|footer=Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|image1=PMTTYD Italian Yoshi Explanation 5.png
|image2=PMTTYD Italian Yoshi Explanation 2.png
}}
*The Yoshi Kid calls [[Mario]] by his real name prior to the ending five times in the [[Nintendo GameCube]] version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', seemingly due to localization errors:
**In [[Grubba]]'s office when reading the [[Dubious Documents]] about the machine under the ring
**In [[Twilight Town]] when the [[Creepy Steeple|steeple]] bell rings and changes [[Mayor Dour]] into a [[pig]]
**At [[Keelhaul Key]] after [[Frankie]] says, ''"I love you,"'' 100 times to [[Francesca]]
**At the very end of Chapter 5 when Frankie and Francesca say they are staying on Keelhaul Key
**If Mario brings him along to the top of the [[Palace of Shadow Tower]] for the first time
*The Yoshi Kid is one of two [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] that can be seen outside battle in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''; the other is an adult seen on the [[Excess Express]] after Chapter 6.
*[[Wonky]] in the Italian version of the game refers to the Yoshi Kid specifically as a "Miniyoshi," explaining that Miniyoshis are "Yoshis just hatched from the eggs." This aligns with his Japanese name, which is identical to [[Baby Yoshi]], along with other localizations and in-game text in the English version referring to him as a "newborn Yoshi baby."
 
==References==
<references/>


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Latest revision as of 23:44, November 16, 2024

This article is about Mario's Yoshi partner in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For the infant Yoshis referred to as Yoshi Kids in Paper Mario, see Fearsome 5. For the infant Yoshis also referred to as "Mini-Yoshis" or "Mini Yoshis", see Baby Yoshi.
Yoshi Kid
Yoshi in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch).
Artwork of the green version of the Yoshi Kid from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Full name Yoshi, The Great Gonzales Jr.
Species Baby Yoshi
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“Let's rock, Gonzales! I'm ready to chew this dude up and spit him out!”
Yoshi Kid, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Yoshi Kid,[1] referred to as Mini-Yoshi in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, is Mario's fourth party member in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. The Yoshi Kid is a spunky Yoshi baby and the youngest of Mario's party members, being newborn. His purpose in the overworld is to allow Mario to ride him to travel around much faster and use a Flutter Jump-like ability to cross gaps.

The Yoshi Kid is named by the player within the text space of eight characters, which incidentally makes "Yoshi Kid" and "Mini-Yoshi" too long to fit. The default name is simply "Yoshi," which is used in most appearances.

History[edit]

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Artwork of Mario and Yoshi from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
The Yoshi Kid hatching out of his egg

While Mario, Goombella, Koops, and Flurrie are fighting in Glitzville's Glitz Pit, they find that one of the fighting teams, The Iron Adonis Twins, appears to be impervious to any attack they use. At an earlier time, Mario had found a Yoshi's Egg bouncing around, being chased by an owner of the Hot Dog Stand, Mr. Hoggle (who had hopes of making a Southern Fried Egg Dog of Tastiness with it). After Mario caught the egg, it jumped onto a roof of the Hot Dog Stand, requiring Mario to glide down to the roof to recover the egg; Goombella's Tattle on the egg is viewable before Mario interacts with the egg. Mr. Hoggle allowed Mario to keep the egg as most people "don't like eating stuff that jumps all over the place." Following this, the living and bouncy egg joined Mario's party.

After Mario returns from his problematic battle with The Iron Adonis Twins, the egg hatches into a newborn Yoshi baby, who thanks Mario for saving his life. He then joins Mario (whom he knows as Gonzales), who proceeds to name him. The Yoshi Kid can defeat The Iron Adonis Twins by eating them and spitting them at each other, as the gulp attack ignores enemy defense. He travels with Mario for the rest of the game.

At the end of the adventure, the Yoshi Kid goes solo at the Glitz Pit, going under the name "The Great Gonzales Jr.," and is stated to be getting close to the title match. In Goombella's letter, the Yoshi Kid challenges the "Great Gonzales" by saying, "I could totally take you in the ring now, so bring it!" He is notable for calling Mario "Gonzales" throughout the entire course of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (in a manner similar to that of other non-player characters such as Goldbob and his family); his odd familiarity with this name is due to Mario's pseudonym, "Great Gonzales" (upon Grubba and Jolene's insistence), while fighting in the Glitz Pit. By the end of the game, though, the Yoshi Kid appears to have slowly realized that "Gonzales's" real name is Mario, but he states that Mario will always be Gonzales to him.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

The Yoshis' plushies from Super Paper Mario

In Super Paper Mario, the Yoshi Kid appears as a Catch Card won by winning the Duel of 100 in the Sammer's Kingdom. Francis has a collection of seven Yoshi dolls, each one a different color. Lastly, the Yoshi Kid, along with all the other partners from the previous titles in the Paper Mario series, appears in a photograph at the Mario Bros.' House during the introduction.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

It has been requested that this section be rewritten and expanded to include more information. Reason: Summary of what he does

Yoshi Kid in Super Mario-kun
The Yoshi Kid in Super Mario-kun

The Yoshi Kid appears in the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door arc of Super Mario-kun as an ally of Mario.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, there is a sticker that names the Yoshi Kid "Yoshi," while in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, there is a trophy of him that names him "Mini-Yoshi," the first game to give him this name.

Super Mario Run[edit]

The Yoshi Kid had a minor cameo in Super Mario Run (ver. 3.2.0) on promotional artwork in the game during its celebration of the release of the remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, though his presence on the in-game alert for the event was his only appearance in the game.

General information[edit]

Physical appearance[edit]

Variants of the Yoshi in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Yoshi Kid's coloration is determined by the amount of time that passes between the point where his egg joins Mario's party atop the Hot Dog Stand to when Mario eventually meets the newborn after fleeing from or losing to The Iron Adonis Twins. Initially, the Yoshi Kid is green, has a red mohawk, and wears orange pants with white polka dots (giving it a Yoshi's Egg-like pattern) and a pair of his species' signature boots. While the Yoshi Kid is in his egg, however, his color scheme changes every few minutes, as shown in the chart below. If more than 20 minutes pass before the Yoshi Kid hatches, the cycle restarts. Each coloration is for aesthetic purposes only, and it stays the same for the rest of the game upon the Yoshi Kid's hatching.

Time Color
0–6 minutes BabyYoshiPMTTYD.png
Green
6–9 minutes Red Yoshi TTYD.png
Red
9–12 minutes Blue Yoshi TTYD.png
Blue
12–15 minutes OrangeYoshiTTYD.png
Orange
15–18 minutes Pink Yoshi PMTTYD.png
Pink
18–19 minutes Black Yoshi TTYD.png
Black
19–20 minutes White Yoshi TTYD.png
White

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

  • In-game description: This newborn Yoshi baby may be small, but he's got quite an attitude. Press X Button to hop on his back and move more quickly. Press A Button when riding to float through the air.
  • Player's Guide: You'll name the newborn Yoshi yourself when he hatches in Chapter 3, but for the sake of clarity, we'll refer to him by the name of his species. Press X to hop on the little guy's back and he'll move more quickly. While you're riding him, you can press the A Button to float through the air for a brief time.[2]
  • Tattle: "Gosh, what a colorful egg! Must be a good one, huh? I mean, look at it jump! But jeepers creepers, I sure wouldn't want to try to eat it... I mean, EWWWWWW! I don't eat moving things. Let's hurry up, grab it, and give it back to Mr. Hoggle."

Nintendo GameCube[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Yoshi
BabyYoshiPMTTYD.png Max HP 10-20 Attack 1 Defense 0
Location(s) Creepy Steeple Role Support Level 0
Sleep? N/A Dizzy? N/A Confuse? N/A
Tiny? N/A Stop? N/A Soft? N/A
Burn? N/A Freeze? N/A Fright? N/A
Gale Force? N/A KO? N/A Moves Ground Pound (1, hits up to 4 or 5 times)
Exp. points 0 Coins N/A Items none
Tattle Log #:
N/A
Log N/A
Tattle N/A

Nintendo Switch[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Yoshi
Yoshi in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Max HP 10-20 Attack 1 Defense 0
Location(s) Creepy Steeple Role Support Level 0
Sleep? N/A Dizzy? N/A Confuse? N/A
Tiny? N/A Stop? N/A Soft? N/A
Burn? N/A Freeze? N/A Fright? N/A
Gale Force? N/A KO? N/A Moves Ground Pound (1, hits up to 4 or 5 times)
Exp. points 0 Coins N/A Items none
Tattle Log #:
N/A
Log N/A
Tattle N/A

Attacks[edit]

HP
  • Initial: 10 HP
  • Super Rank: 20 HP
  • Ultra Rank: 30 HP
Attack FP Needed Effect Action Command Attack Power Move Ranks
Ground Pound 0 Bounces on a single enemy. Repeatedly press R Button. This attack does 1 damage 4/5/6 times (initially and on Super and Ultra Ranks, respectively) Initial
Gulp 4 Swallows an enemy and spits it at another enemy. Press and hold R Button until the red star lights up. Initial: 4
Super: 5
Ultra: 6
Initial
Mini-Egg 3 Throws eggs at all the enemies, and if successful, shrinks them. Press A Button when the red stars light up. This attack does 1 damage three or four times (on the Super or Ultra Ranks, respectively) Super Rank
Stampede 6 Summons a Yoshi herd to attack all enemies. Repeatedly press L Button and R Button alternately. This attacks does 1 damage six times. Ultra Rank

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Catch Card
Yoshi (kid)
  • Card Type: Rare
  • Card Description: It's Yoshi from the last Paper Mario adventure. This scrappy Yoshi was the only way to travel!

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Sticker
Yoshi
Sticker of Yoshi from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Artwork from: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Throwing] - Attack +5
Usable by: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Trophy
Mini-Yoshi
Mini-Yoshi trophy from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Category: Series Related
(Applies only to the Wii U version) Appears in:
GCN Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (10/2004)
(Applies only to the Wii U version) Trophy Box: 13: Paper Mario
How to unlock:
Random
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, this young Yoshi first appears as just an egg. After breaking out of his shell, though, the rascal's cheek and ultra-competitive nature run rampant. He's strong for a little lad and can even carry Mario, who he calls Gonzales. There's a funny reason for that, and it's—oh, we've run out of space. Sorry. (American English)
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, this young Yoshi first appears as just an egg. After breaking out of his shell, though, the rascal's cheek and ultra-competitive nature run rampage. He's strong for a little lad, and can even carry Mario, who he calls "Gonzales". There's a funny reason for that, and it's...oh, we've run out of space. Sorry. (British English)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Yoshi / Mini-Yoshi / Yoshi Kid[edit]

The player can, as in the English version, name this character anything under a certain space limitation. These names are the default if the field is left blank.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese チビヨッシー[?]
Chibi Yosshī
Chibi Yoshi; same as Baby Yoshi from Super Mario World.
Chinese 迷你耀西[?]
Mínǐ Yàoxī
Mini-Yoshi
Dutch Yoshi[?] -
Yoshi-jong[?] Yoshi Kid
French PtiYoshi[?] "Pti" is a contraction of petit ("small")
German Mini-Yoshi[?] -
Italian Miniyoshi[?] -
Korean 꼬마요시[?]
Kkomayosi
Little Yoshi
Russian Мини-Йоши[?]
Mini-Yoshi
Mini-Yoshi Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Spanish Yoshi[?] -
Yoshito[?] -ito is a Spanish diminutive suffix. When attached to a name, it denotes smallness, cuteness and/or tenderness.

The Great Gonzales Jr.[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese グレート・ゴンザレス・ジュニア[?]
Gurēto Gonzaresu Junia
Great Gonzales Jr.
Chinese (simplified) 伟大的冈萨雷兹二世[?]
Wěidà de Gāngsàléizī Èr Shì
Great Gonzales II
Chinese (traditional) 偉大的岡薩雷茲二世[?]
Wěidà de Gāngsàléizī Èr Shì
Great Gonzales II
Dutch De Grote Gonzales Junior[?] The Great Gonzales Junior
French Super Gonzales Junior[?] -
German Bomba Luigi Junior[?] -
Italian Super Gonzales Junior[?] -
Korean 그레이트 곤살레스 주니어[?]
Geuleiteu Gonsalleseu Junieo
Great Gonzales Jr.
Spanish El pequeño Gran González[?] The little Great Gonzales

Trivia[edit]

Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
  • The Yoshi Kid calls Mario by his real name prior to the ending five times in the Nintendo GameCube version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, seemingly due to localization errors:
  • The Yoshi Kid is one of two Yoshis that can be seen outside battle in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door; the other is an adult seen on the Excess Express after Chapter 6.
  • Wonky in the Italian version of the game refers to the Yoshi Kid specifically as a "Miniyoshi," explaining that Miniyoshis are "Yoshis just hatched from the eggs." This aligns with his Japanese name, which is identical to Baby Yoshi, along with other localizations and in-game text in the English version referring to him as a "newborn Yoshi baby."

References[edit]

  1. ^ @Stealth40k (April 12, 2024). This was the most important question they asked.... X. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  2. ^ Thomason, Steve (October 1, 2004). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Nintendo Player's Guide. Nintendo of America. ISBN 1-930206-51-8. Page 16.