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'''Bio:''' 溶岩に生息。マリオを確認したあと、大きな口を開けて襲いかかる。<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario World'' section, page 54.</ref>(''Lives in lava. After checking on Mario, it opens its large mouth and attacks.'')
'''Bio:''' 溶岩に生息。マリオを確認したあと、大きな口を開けて襲いかかる。<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario World'' section, page 54.</ref>(''Lives in lava. After checking on Mario, it opens its large mouth and attacks.'')
==List of appearances==
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|''[[Super Mario World]]''||1990||[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]
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|''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' - "[[The Wheel Thing]]"||1991||TV Episode
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|''Super Mario World'' - "[[Mama Luigi]]"||1991||TV Episode
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|''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]''||1991||Book
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|''[[Super Mario-kun Volume 1]]''||1991||Manga
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|''[[Mario & Wario]]''||1993||SNES
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|''[[Wario's Woods]]'' Japanese commercial||1994||TV Advertisment
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|''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''||1994||SNES
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|''[[Mario Bowl]]''||1995||Arcade
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|''[[Super Mario Ehon|Super Mario Pocket Picture Book Number 3: Quizbook]]''||1995||Book
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|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''||1997||[[Nintendo 64]]
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|''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]''||1999||[[Nintendo 64DD]]
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|''[[Super Mario Ehon|Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 5: Wanda's Birthday]]''||1999||Book
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|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''||2001||[[Game Boy Advance]]
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|''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' (mentioned)||2005||[[Nintendo DS]]
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|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''||2008||[[Wii]]
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|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''||2018||[[Nintendo Switch]]
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Revision as of 23:38, October 29, 2023

Blargg
Artwork of a Blargg from Super Mario World
Artwork of a Blargg from Super Mario World
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (spirit cameo) (2018)
Variants
Notable members

Blarggs are large dinosaurs commonly found inhabiting pools of lava in underground caverns. They first appear in Super Mario World and resemble lazy-eyed lava dinosaurs, but Yoshi's Story depicts them as blobby beings with large mouths, small arms and beady eyes, while numerous other games involve an assortment of similarly derived blobby species.

History

Super Mario World

Blargg sprite from Super Mario World.
Super Mario World sprite

In Super Mario World, Blarggs (also named Munchers[1]) as fairly rare enemies, encountered primarily in the Vanilla Dome. When Mario or Luigi approach a Blargg on a Skull Lift, the eyes of the Blargg will be visible before they dip back into the lava, moments before lunging. Yoshi is capable of jumping on them and, with some difficulty, eating them. The player can also opt to Spin Jump if lacking a Yoshi, although this method only prevents one from taking damage if landing on a Blargg or its eyes. They are mainly seen in Vanilla Dome 3, though they make their first appearance in Vanilla Dome 1 and later reappear in Chocolate Secret. It is possible for Invincible Mario to defeat one in Vanilla Dome 1 before falling into the lava. Caped Mario can also defeat it with a Body Press attack before falling into the lava. These methods reveal a glitched sprite.

As shown by graphics in the source code of pre-release builds, Blargg went through many design iterations of varying sizes, as both a dinosaur like in the final and as a shark.[2]

Super Mario World television series

Blargg
A Blargg from the Super Mario World animated series

Blarggs, though never referred to as such onscreen, appeared in two episodes of the Super Mario World animated series.

A Blargg revealing its body

In the episode "The Wheel Thing", Mario and Luigi, having been banned to the Lava Pits, begin attempting to cook a pizza over a fire. The smell from this cooking pizza causes a Blargg to emerge from a nearby lake of lava and begin to chase Luigi, attempting to eat the plumber. Luigi is rescued from being devoured as Mario swoops down and saves his brother as Cape Mario.

In a later episode titled "Mama Luigi", a Blargg makes a brief appearance. Luigi and Yoshi, while running away from a pair of Tyrannosaurus Rex, use a Blargg's head as a stepping stone to cross a river of lava.

Nintendo Adventure Books

A Blargg, which lived in water, appears in one of the bad endings in Dinosaur Dilemma, eating Mario if he falls into a pit while fleeing from some Mega Moles.

Super Mario-kun

An extrat of Super Mario-kun, showing a Blargg in his entirety.

A Blargg appears from the 9th chapter of the first volume as the chapter's main baddie.

After a friendly Mega Mole leads Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi towards the underground exit, they travel on a Lava Lift where they are immediately attacked by the Blargg, who was given the order to kill the Mega Mole as well due to his betrayal. The Blargg attacks the protagonists by spitting fire. Mario tries to hurt it with a fireball, but ends up making it stronger due to its fire affinity. Mega Mole, meanwhile, cowers in fear and uses Mario as a shield and, when Mario asks him what a Blargg's weakness is, he reads the Super Mario World manual and finds out that Blarggs cannot be defeated. When the Blargg is about to kill Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi, Mega Mole jumps on the Blargg, attacking it and landing right in its mouth, clogging it. The Blargg falls back into the lava, and while Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi mourn the death of their friend, they meet Mega Mole on shore, where he managed to survive from the lava and with Blargg's mouth still stuck on his forehead, pleading to be put back into the lava. In this shot, the Blargg's body is show: the neck is the entire body, and it has little arms and legs.

Super Mario Adventures

Several Blarggs make a minor appearance in Nintendo Power's Super Mario Adventures comic, appearing in the lava flooded basement of Bowser's Castle. These Blarggs are used as stepping stones by Mario to reach a Warp Pipe leading to another part of the castle.

Mario & Wario

Level 5-4 map in the game Mario & Wario.
Blargg in LEVEL 5-4

A Blargg appears in Honō no Dōkutsu, the fifth stage of Mario & Wario. It is nearly identical to its appearance in Super Mario World, but unlike its previous appearance, it is docile and merely part of the scenery.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

While no Blarggs appear in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Czar Dragon, the lava-dwelling boss of Barrel Volcano, resembles their Super Mario World design.

Yoshi's Story

Blargg
A Blargg in Yoshi's Story

In Yoshi's Story, Blarggs are altered, being larger, and given small arms with a blobby appearance. They appear in only one level, Stage 2-2: Blargg's Boiler. In this game, Blarggs do not harm Yoshi when touched, although Yoshi gets a forceful push from them. While they cannot be harmed, Yoshi can throw an egg at one to force it back into the lava. There is also one Blargg unaffected by eggs which will briefly pursue Yoshi.

Due to their large size and blobby appearance, these Blarggs appear to be visually based off of the Gargantua Blarggs in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. However, they lack eyebrows and have a pair of small reptilian nostrils.

Their artwork from Yoshi's Story is reused as a stamp in Mario Artist: Paint Studio.

Paper Mario series

In Super Paper Mario, a Sammer Guy named Raging Blargg can be fought. Additionally, in the Japanese versions of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Super Paper Mario, the "-tail" dragon bosses Hooktail, Gloomtail, Bonetail, Fracktail, and Wracktail instead have names that are based off Blargg's Japanese name, Unbaba.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

Blarggs are referenced in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, where they are mentioned by Kylie Koopa using "in a Blargg's age" as a figure of speech.

Super Smash Bros. series

A Blargg sticker can be collected in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and a Blargg spirit appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Both use their Yoshi's Story artwork.

Unused appearances

Super Mario 64

Blargg
A Blargg with unfinished textures in Super Mario 64

Blarggs, with their appearance resembling how they appeared in Super Mario World, were originally going to appear in Super Mario 64 as enemies in Lethal Lava Land, Bowser in the Fire Sea, and even Wing Mario Over the Rainbow as they were found in the game's coding. With GameShark codes, the player can make them appear on the level, being fully functional and with a complete model (aside from a lack of eyes).

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario World

  • Shogakukan guide: 火の海に生きるワニに似た敵。ガイコツいかだの近くに潜み、海面から目だけを出してマリオを待ち伏せ。タイミング良く、ジャンプでかわせ。[3] (An enemy resembling a crocodile that lives in a sea of fire. It lurks near the raft and ambushes Mario with only its eyes above the surface of the sea. Dodge them with a well-timed jump.)
  • Mario Mania: Blargg gets hot under the collar when intruders enter his cavern. He pops out of the molten lava and tries to snatch you off your skull raft.[4]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

ウンババ
種族しゅぞく 恐竜族きょうりゅうぞく
性格せいかく いたずら好き
登場とうじょうゲーム ワールド
マグマのしぶきに注意ちゅうい
マグマの海うみにいる、火炎恐竜かえんきょうりゅう。普段ふだんは隠かくれ ているが、近ちかづくと顔かおを出だしておそつてくる。どんな攻撃こうげきも通つうじない無敵むてきキャラだ。出現前しゅつげんまえにしぶきが上あがるので、それを目印めじるしにしよう。[5]

Blargg
Tribe: Dinosaur clan
Disposition: Mischievous
Game appearances: World
Watch out for magma spray
A flaming dinosaur in the sea of magma. It is usually hidden, but when you approach it, it will show its face and attack you. It is an invincible enemy that cannot be defeated by any attack. Before it appears, it makes a splash, so use that as a warning sign.

Yoshi's Story

  • Shogakukan guide: バブルの親玉、溶岩オバケに立ちおうじょう。しばらく待って、ようすを見よう。[6] (The master of the Spark Spooks, this lava monster stalls. Let's wait for a while to see what happens.)
  • Nintendo 64 Spieleberater: Der rote Lavasack findet sich todkomisch, deswegen lacht er immer und streckt mir die Zunge raus! [7] (The red lava bag thinks he's hilarious, that's why he's always laughing and sticking his tongue out at me!)

Super Smash Bros. Brawl sticker

Image Game Effect
Blargg Sticker Yoshi's Story [Specials: Direct] - Attack +13

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit

Name Image Game Type Class Effect How to obtain Spirit battle
Opponents Battle conditions Stage Song
Blargg A Blargg Yoshi Series Support (2) Advanced Mouthful of Curry Spirit Board Curry Bowser
  • The enemy breathes fire
 Castle Siege (volcanic area) Melty Monster

Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.

Bio: 溶岩に生息。マリオを確認したあと、大きな口を開けて襲いかかる。[8](Lives in lava. After checking on Mario, it opens its large mouth and attacks.)

List of appearances

Title Year Format
Super Mario World 1990 SNES
Super Mario World - "The Wheel Thing" 1991 TV Episode
Super Mario World - "Mama Luigi" 1991 TV Episode
Dinosaur Dilemma 1991 Book
Super Mario-kun Volume 1 1991 Manga
Mario & Wario 1993 SNES
Wario's Woods Japanese commercial 1994 TV Advertisment
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World 1994 SNES
Mario Bowl 1995 Arcade
Super Mario Pocket Picture Book Number 3: Quizbook 1995 Book
Yoshi's Story 1997 Nintendo 64
Mario Artist: Paint Studio 1999 Nintendo 64DD
Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 5: Wanda's Birthday 1999 Book
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 2001 Game Boy Advance
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (mentioned) 2005 Nintendo DS
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2008 Wii
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2018 Nintendo Switch

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ウンババ[3][6]
Unbaba 		Possibly from「ウンウン」(un'un, onomatopoeia for groaning sound) and「婆」(baba, hag), referencing their teeth gaps, bulging eyes, and large nose resembling a wicked witch, or possibly an allusion to「バブル」(Baburu, Lava Bubble) or the ancient mythological monster Humbaba
Chinese 乌巴巴[9]
Wūbābā 		From the Japanese name
German Feuerdrache
Dudel Sprudel[7]
Blargg (newer games) 		Fire dragon
Fizzy doodle
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Italian Blargg[?] -
Korean 짜자잔[?]
Jjajajan 		A Korean exclamation equivalent to "ta-da!"
Russian Студнезавр[?]
Studnezavr 		From "cтудень" (studen, jelly) and "-завр" (-zavr, suffix for dinosaurs)
Spanish Blargg[?] -

References

  1. ^ Nintendo Power Volume 28, page 16.
  2. ^ Twitter post showing early SMW tiles. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  3. ^ a b 「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario World), page 29.
  4. ^ Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide, pg. 51
  5. ^ Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten, page 46.
  6. ^ a b 「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 7.
  7. ^ a b Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story Spieleberater, Template:Media link.
  8. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario World section, page 54.
  9. ^ 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译. Baidu Tieba. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
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Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Blue Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Baby Yoshi • Dolphin
Bosses Koopalings (Iggy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa · Roy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Larry Koopa) • Bowser • Reznor • Big Boo
Items 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Berry • Bonus Coin • Cape Feather • Coin • Control Coin • Dragon Coin • Yoshi's Egg • Fire Flower • Gray Coin • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Power Balloon • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Yoshi's Wings
Objects ! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Sign • Beanstalk • Blue Door • Bonus block • Bridge • Bubble • Cloud Block • Coin Block • Coin countera • Count-Lift • Diagonal platform • Dotted-Line Block • Empty Block • Fence • Flimsy Lift • Flying Platform • Flying Prize Block • Grab Block • Gray Block • Gray P Switch • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Note Block • Jumping Board • Key • Lift • Message Block • ON/OFF Switch • Piston Lift • Prize Block • Revolving Door • Rope • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Platform • Single Swing Lift • Skull Raft • Snake platform • Spring platform • Star Road • Stretch Block • Switch Block • Triangular Block • Triple Swing Lift • Yellow Door • Yoshi Cloud
Worlds of Dinosaur Land Yoshi's Island • Donut Plains • Vanilla Dome • Twin Bridges • Forest of Illusion • Chocolate Island • Valley of Bowser • Star World • Special Zone
Moves Crouch • Dash • Fly • Jump • Shell Toss • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim
Enemies and obstacles Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill • Big Boo • Big Bubble • Big Steely • Blargg • Blurp • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo Buddy • Boo Buddy Block • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Crew • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chainsaw • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Circling Boo Buddies • Climbing Koopa • Decoy • Dino-Rhino • Dino-Torch • Disappearing Boo Buddy • Dry Bones • Eerie • Falling spike • Fire Snake • Fishbone • Fishin' Boo • Fishin' Lakitu • Floating Mine • Flying Goomba • Fuzzy • Goomba • Grinder • Hothead • Jumping Fire Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu in a Pipe • Lava • Lava Bubble • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mega Mole • Monty Mole • Muncher • Ninji • Para-bomb • Para-Goomba • Pillar • Piranha Plant • Pit • Pokey • Porcu-Puffer • Rex • Rip Van Fish • Shell (flashing) • Skewer • Spike • Spike (Super Mario World) • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sumo Brother • Super Koopa • Swooper • Thwimp • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo tube • Turtle Cannon • Unshelled Koopa • Urchin • Volcano Lotus • Wiggler
Other 1-Up Chamber • Bonus game • Bonus Star • Fall • Giant Gate • Item Stock • Keyhole • Midway Gate • Sand cloud • Timer • Tourist Tips
Miscellaneous Glitches • Mario Bros.a • Pre-release and unused content • Super Mario World (soundtrack album) • Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World • SNES Staff • GBA Staff
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Characters Protagonists Luigi • Mario • Oogtar • Princess Toadstool • Yoshi
Koopa family Big Mouth Koopa • Bully Koopa • Cheatsy Koopa • Hip Koopa • Hop Koopa • King Bowser Koopa • Kooky von Koopa • Kootie Pie Koopa
Bowser's Minions & obstacles Ball 'N' Chain • Big Boo • Big Steely • Blargg • Blurp • Bob-omb • Boo Buddy • Caterpillar • Dino-Rhino • Dino-Torch • Fire Plant • Fire Sumo • Flying Goomba • Goomba • Gopher • Koopa Football Player • Koopa Skeleton • Koopa Statue • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Wizard • Magnum Bill • Mechkoopa • Ninji • Piranha Plant • Porcupinefish • Rex • Rip Van Fish • Smell Bob-omb • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Unshelled Koopa • Urchin
Other Cave People • Chickadactyl • Dino Riders • Dolphin • Evil dinosaur • Mama Fireplant • Tyrannosaurus Twins • Wizenheimer
Locations Regions Dinosaur World • Dome City • Enchanted Forest • Ice Land • Lava Pits • Star Road
Landmarks Dome Castle • Ghost House • Tar Pit Milk Bar • Neon Castle
Items, objects, vehicles, and misc. ? Block • Cape Feather • Egg Scoopa Koopa • Fire Flower • Fireball • Fishbone • Gold Coin • Goomba Quiche • Jumping Board • Key • Keyhole • Koopasonic Rock TV • Koopa Clown Car • Magic Balloon • Magic Wings • Mega Mechanasaur • Revolving Door • Roulette Block • Skull Raft • Starman • Triangle Block • Warp Pipe
Episodes Episode 1: "Fire Sale" • Episode 2: "The Wheel Thing" • Episode 3: "Send in the Clown" • Episode 4: "Ghosts 'R' Us" • Episode 5: "The Night Before Cave Christmas" • Episode 6: "King Scoopa Koopa" • Episode 7: "Born to Ride" • Episode 8: "Party Line" • Episode 9: "Gopher Bash" • Episode 10: "Rock TV" • Episode 11: "The Yoshi Shuffle" • Episode 12: "A Little Learning" • Episode 13: "Mama Luigi"
Miscellaneous Quotes • Songs • Staff
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Yoshi's Story
Playable characters Yoshis
Bosses Cloud N. Candy • Inviso • Cloudjin • Don Bongo • Baby Bowser
Mini-bosses Bone Dragon • Snorkel Snake • Slug
Allies Balloon Bully • Dragon • Ghost Rider • Ghost Stream • Huffin Puffin • Miss Warp • Neuron • Poochy • Power Bee • Snake • White Shy Guy
Items Bob-bomb • Bumber 'Chute • Coin • Coin (hopping) • Giant Egg • Key • Power Flower • Special Heart • Tulip • Yoshi egg
Objects ? Bubble • ? Switch • Arrow Sign • Bubble • Cloud Puffer • Delay Switch • Egg Block • Falling spike • Flatbed Ferry • Locked door • Message Block • Mystery Crate • Pipe • Post • Propeller Lift • Rock block • Seesaw • Spring • Super Happy Tree • Surprise Ball • Swing • Vase • Vine*
Fruits Apple • Bananas • Bomb Berry • Favorite Fruit • Grapes • Heart Fruit • Lucky Fruit • Melon • Pepper • Watermelon
Obstacles Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Beehive • Blaster • Bocci Ball • Bumper Ball • Buzz saw • Chain Gate • Direction Switch • Flaming urn • Jelly • Piston • Pit • Rail Lift • Shy Guy Galleon • Spike • Spiked ball • Sprocket • Sword
Moves Crouch • Dash • Egg Throw • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Sniff • Swallow • Swim
Enemies Air Bag • Attacky Sack • Bamboo dancers • Bee • Big & Little Boo • Black Shy Guy • Blargg • Blindfold Boo • Block Boo • Blurp • Bob-bomb • Bone Dragon • Boo • Bullet Bill • Bumblebee • Bumpty • Burner Heihō • Clam • Centipede • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • ComBat • Do-Drop • Flying Shy Guy • Frog • Fuzzy Wiggler • Gabon • Ghost • Goonie • Ick Worm • Jelly Ghost • Jellyfish • Lava Ghost • Little Boo • Mr. Eel • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Pak E. Derm • Para-bomb • Peeper • Piranha Pest • Piranha Plant • Piranha Sprout • Puffer • Raven • Sea Anemone • Sea cactus • Sensuikan Heihō • Shy Guy • Shy Guy On Stilts • Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks • Snow Guy • Spark Spook • Spider • Spike • Spiked Fun Guy • Spiny Fish • Spiked stone • Tehee Butterfly • Toady • Vine Slime*
Levels P. 1-Beginning Treasure Hunt • Surprise!! • Rail Lift • Tower Climb
P. 2-Cavern Bone Dragon Pit • Blargg's Boiler • Jelly Pipe • Torrential Maze
P. 3-Summit Cloud Cruising • The Tall Tower • Poochy & Nippy • Frustration
P. 4-Jungle Jungle Hut • Jungle Puddle • Piranha Grove • Neuron Jungle
P. 5-Ocean Lots O'Jelly Fish • Lots O'Fish • Shy Guy Limbo • Shy Guy's Ship
P. 6-Finale Mecha Castle • Lift Castle • Ghost Castle • Magma Castle
Miscellaneous Practice
Minigames Broad Jump • Catch the Coins • Melon Race • Special Delivery
Further info ♥ • Fruit Frame • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Smile Meter • Staff • Super Happy • Yoshi's mood
Albums Music to Pound the Ground to: Yoshi's Story Game Soundtrack • Love, Peace & Happiness: The Original Yoshi's Story Soundtrack • Yoshi Story Original Soundtrack
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