Purple Yoshi

Template:Species-infobox Purple Yoshis are a variety of Yoshi that first appeared in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

History

Yoshi series

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, the Purple Yoshi is playable on the fifth stage of each eight-stage world.

Yoshi's Story

Purple Yoshi, with Brown Yoshi, were originally intended to be in Yoshi's Story, but both were removed in the final version. A Purple Yoshi still appears in the intro of Yoshi's Story. Artwork for the Purple Yoshi was also released alongside the game leading people to believe that they were an unlockable character that could be unlocked by collecting every coin in the game and was covered by numerous websites but this rumor was eventually debunked.

Yoshi's Island DS

They reappear 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 Yoshis, with Baby Wario on the back, help defeat Bowser.

Yoshi's New Island

In Yoshi's New Island, Purple Yoshis are again playable on the fifth level of each world. Also, if a Grim Leecher touches any Yoshi color, the Yoshi will turn purple, and the controls will be reversed.

Super Mario series

Super Mario Sunshine

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Purple Yoshi in Super Mario Sunshine.

Purple Yoshis appeared in Super Mario Sunshine. Yoshis can turn purple by eating a Durian or a Pepper. While purple, they can spit juice, turning enemies into Yoshi Platforms that move horizontally.

Super Mario Run

Purple Yoshi was made available as a playable character in Super Mario Run following the release of the version 2.0.0 update on March 22, 2017. It can be unlocked after purchasing Purple Yoshi's House from the Kingdom Builder shop, which only becomes available if the player has collected 150 Blue Toads, 150 Green Toads, and 100 Purple Toads.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U

Purple Yoshi makes their Super Smash Bros. debut in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U as an alternate color for Yoshi. Like in Super Mario Sunshine, they wear orange shoes.

Physical appearance

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

Although Purple Yoshi has artwork for the game Yoshi's Story, and is even in the intro sequence, they are absent. Their artwork depict them with dark pink shoes and a red saddle, which would remain their design from then on, except for Super Mario Sunshine, where it wore orange shoes as the other Yoshis in that game.

In Yoshi's Island DS, Purple Yoshi wears dark red shoes; in Yoshi's New Island, they are hot red.

In Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition and Super Mario Run, Purple Yoshi wears brown shoes.

List of game appearances

Title	Description	Release Date	System/Format
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island	Playable Character	1995	SNES
Yoshi's Story	Cameo	1998	Nintendo 64
Paper Mario	Non-Playable Character	2001	Nintendo 64
Super Mario Sunshine	Playable Character	2002	Nintendo GameCube
Yoshi Touch & Go	Playable Character	2005	Nintendo DS
Yoshi's Island DS	Playable Character	2006	Nintendo DS
Yoshi's New Island	Playable Character	2014	Nintendo 3DS
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U	Playable Character	2014	Nintendo 3DS, Wii U
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition	Helper teammate	2015	Nintendo 3DS
Yoshi's Woolly World	Playable Character	2015	Wii U
Paper Mario: Color Splash	Non-Playable Character	2016	Wii U
Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World	Playable Character	2017	Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Run	Playable Character (version 2.0.0)	2017	iOS, Android