Yoshi's Tropical Island
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| Appears in | Mario Party Mario Party Superstars | ||
| Difficulty | ★★ (Mario Party) ★☆☆☆☆ (Mario Party Superstars) | ||
| Availability | Default | ||
| Description | "Use your Star Power to reunite the two Yoshis." (Mario Party) "Explore two islands connected by bridges. Pay attention to which you want to be on!" (Mario Party Superstars) | ||
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- Not to be confused with Yoshi's Island.
- “This is where the Yoshis live..., Watermelon Island and Cantaloupe Island. The Yoshi on the middle island is surrounded by whirlpools, and can't get off the island! That Yoshi's best friend is worried, and watches from the shore. Please, do something! I have one piece of advice! Beware of Bubba! He plays tricks on the ? Space.”
- —Koopa Troopa, Mario Party
Yoshi's Tropical Island is Yoshi's board in Mario Party. It consists of Watermelon Island on the left, Cantaloupe Island on the right (both islands are shaped like two Yoshis), two adjoining bridges, and a small island in the middle. A shipwreck appears to the north of Watermelon Island, though it is not part of the actual board.
Many Yoshis are said to live here, though only two are shown on the board. A Pink Yoshi is on the small island and is surrounded by whirlpools, while a Blue Yoshi is watching from Watermelon Island, unable to do anything about it. Players need to collect Stars to get rid of the whirlpools and reunite the two Yoshis.
At the end of the game, the winner's Stars get rid of the whirlpools and form a bridge for the Blue Yoshi to cross to meet his friend on the small island. The winner quickly comes to the island as well, and the players in second and third place, Toad, Koopa, Boo, a Thwomp, and the Star follow. The player in fourth place tries to join them, but is captured and taken away by Bubba. Unlike other boards, the individual Stars do not merge into one big Star, and the whole board is not shown.
This board returns in Mario Party Superstars. In this game, the Yoshi on the central island is red, the island is surrounded by Cheep Cheeps instead of whirlpools, and Bubba is replaced by Cheep Chomp. Several Urchins can be seen floating in the water, and there is a Huckit Crab on the beach of Cantaloupe Island. There is now an Item Shop run by Yellow Toad on Watermelon Island, and a drawing of Yoshi's face can be seen in the sand in the lower-right section of the board. At the end of the game, the losing players are swallowed and taken away by Cheep Chomps while the winning player is awarded the title of Super Star. The losing player's misfortune is instead getting blocked by a Thwomp.
Layout
The board is divided into two islands with two one-way toll bridges between each one, with no other branching paths. This ensures that a player must pass either Toad (Toadette in Superstars) or Bowser every time they circle an island, and must remain on the same island if they cannot afford to pay the toll to cross.
Events
- Stepping on the Happening Spaces will cause Bubba the fish (in Mario Party) or Cheep Chomp (in Mario Party Superstars) to take Toad/Toadette to the opposite island, and Bowser will come to the spot where Toad/Toadette was.
- If a player passes Bowser, he will force them to buy a defective Bowser Tube for 30 Coins in Mario Party and a random number of coins in Mario Party Superstars. In Superstars, he may instead forcibly sell a Cursed Dice Block to the player who passes him for 11-20 coins; if that is the player in the last place, he may give them 5 coins.
- Two Thwomps block the bridges to the opposite island, and request a fee from players if they want to pass to the other island. The fee always starts at 1 Coin, but goes up by at least one Coin each time (at payers' discretion) until it reaches the limit of 50 Coins (in Mario Party) or 999 Coins (in Mario Party Superstars) to pass. In Mario Party Superstars, it is possible to halve the Thwomp's fee through a Lucky Space event.
Spaces
The following tables show how many spaces there are on the board, and how many there are of a certain type.
Mario Party
| Type of Space | Number of Spaces |
|---|---|
 Blue Spaces |
34 |
 Red Spaces |
3 |
 Happening Spaces |
7 |
 ! Spaces |
2 |
 Mini-Game Spaces |
4 |
 Mushroom Spaces |
3 |
 Bowser Spaces |
2 |
| Total | 55 |
Mario Party Superstars
| Type of Space | Number of Spaces |
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 Blue Spaces |
23 |
 Red Spaces |
5 |
 Event Spaces |
7 |
 Item Spaces |
3 |
 Chance Time Spaces |
1 |
 VS Spaces |
2 |
 Lucky Spaces |
11 |
 Bowser Spaces |
3 |
| Total | 55 |
Gallery
Mario Party
Board selection icon
Logo
The map's cast artwork
The board without spaces
The introduction's background
The introduction
Starting area
Part of the Yoshi's Tropical Island map
Mario by one of the bridges
Donkey Kong moving on the board
Peach getting the Bowser Tube
The ending's background
The ending
Mario Party Superstars
Logo
Logo (no drop shadow)
Title screen artwork, referencing Mario Party's cast artwork
A view of the board
Cantaloupe Island
Map
The ending photo for the board
Quotes
Mario Party
- "Did you see the whirlpools? You can't cross over to the middle island."
- "That Yoshi by the seashore is crying because he can't go see his friend."
- "They're torn apart, those two Yoshis. They were the best of friends."
- "As long as the whirlpools are there, that Yoshi can't see his friend. Oh, it's so sad!"
- "If only some kind of strength could make that whirlpool go away!"
- "Those poor, poor Yoshis. If only somehow, we could get them together."
- "As a toll for passing, you must pay more than X Coins. Will you pass?" -Thwomp
- "You're going to help the Yoshi in the middle, right? Here, take this. This is a mystical item, the Bowser Tube. You can use this! What happened? It broke? It must've been the wrong size. ...Have you gotten fatter? Well, that'll be 30 Coins!" -Bowser
- "You're going to help the Yoshi in the middle, right? Here, take this. Oh! You don't have enough Coins! Oh well, I'll just take them all! See ya! Wah, hah, Hah, HAH!" -Bowser
- "You're going to help the Yoshi in the middle, right? Here, take this. Oh! But you haven't got a single Coin! I'm outta here!" -Bowser
- "Due to Bubba's trick, Toad and Bowser switched places."
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ヨッシーのトロピカルアイランド[?] Yosshī no Toropikaru Airando |
Yoshi's Tropical Island | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 耀西的热带岛屿[?] Yàoxī De Rèdàidǎoyǔ |
Yoshi's Tropical Island | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 耀西的熱帶島嶼[?] Yàoxī De Rèdàidǎoyǔ |
Yoshi's Tropical Island | |
| Dutch | Yoshi's tropische eiland[?] | Yoshi's Tropical Island | |
| French | L'île tropicale de Yoshi[?] | Yoshi's Tropical Island | |
| L'île de Yoshi[1] | Yoshi's Island | ||
| German | Yoshis Tropeninsel[?] | Yoshi's Tropical Island | |
| Italian | L'Isola Tropicale di Yoshi[2] | Yoshi's Tropical Island | Mario Party |
| Isola tropicale di Yoshi[?] | Yoshi's tropical island | Mario Party Superstars | |
| Korean | 요시의 트로피컬 아일랜드[?] Yosi-ui Teuropikeol Aillaendeu |
Yoshi's Tropical Island | |
| Portuguese | Ilha Tropical do Yoshi[?] | Yoshi's Tropical Island | |
| Russian | Тропический архипелаг йоши[?] Tropicheskiy arkhipelag yoshi |
Yoshi's Tropical Archipelago | |
| Spanish | La isla tropical de Yoshi[?] | The Yoshi's Tropical Island |
References
- ^ Official Nintendo French magazine N13. Page 25.
- ^ 1999. Mario Party European instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 133.
