Purple Yoshi

A confused Purple Yoshi with Baby Mario

A Purple Yoshi Sprite.

Purple Yoshis are a variety of Yoshi that first appeared in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. The Purple Yoshi of this game is playable on the fifth stage of each eight-stage world.

One appears in the intro of Yoshi's Story, and an ongoing rumor stated that it could be unlocked as a playable character by collecting all the Heart Coins in each stage. This, however, has been proven false.

Purple Yoshis also appeared in Super Mario Sunshine. Yoshis can turn purple by eating a Durian or a Pepper. While purple, their juice would turn enemies into platforms that moved in one direction horizontally.

They reappeared in Yoshi's Island DS, with an identical role to that of Yoshi's Island. At the end of the game, Purple Yoshi, along the other Yoshies, help defeat Bowser with Baby Wario on his back.

Appearance

A sad Purple Yoshi in Paper Mario.

In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Purple Yoshi debuted with purple skin and orange shoes with an orange saddle. However in the Game Boy Advance port, Purple Yoshi wore pink shoes.

Yoshi's Story artwork

Although Purple Yoshi had artwork for the game Yoshi's Story, and was even in the intro sequence, it was absent. However, in its artwork it had dark pink shoes, and a red saddle, which would remain its design from then on, except for Super Mario Sunshine, where it wore orange shoes like the other Yoshis in that game. In Yoshi's Island DS Purple Yoshi wears dark red shoes.

It was once thought that Purple Yoshi had wings, but this too has been proven as false.

Games

• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
• Yoshi's Story (Beta)
• Paper Mario
• Super Mario Sunshine
• Yoshi Touch & Go
• Yoshi's Island DS

Trivia

• Purple Yoshi, along with Brown Yoshi were going to be in Yoshi's Story, but were removed in the final version.