Black Yoshi

Template:Species-infobox Black Yoshis are Yoshi variants that first appear in Yoshi's Story and have made recurring appearances in the Mario franchise since, alongside other colored variants of Yoshis. In Yoshi's Story, they and White Yoshis are rarer than the other Yoshi colors but have bonus abilities to compensate for their rarity. In later installments, they are found either as color options for Yoshi with identical abilities or have slightly different stats than Yoshis in some of the Mario sports games, but do not have any additional bonuses attached to them.

Black Yoshi's color scheme has been consistent with a few exceptions. Black Yoshis typically wear white shoes, though the Black Yoshi in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door wears yellow shoes and the Black Yoshi depicted in a pre-release screenshot for Yoshi's Story originally had light-blue shoes.

History

Yoshi franchise

Yoshi's Story

Black Yoshis in Yoshi's Story can be found in large, hidden eggs on pages 2-1 or 2-4. Black Yoshis and White Yoshis are the only Yoshis in Yoshi's Story that enjoy all the fruit, even the red Peppers. In addition, Black Yoshis can eat other things that the rest can't, such as Black Shy Guys. Another special power he possess in Yoshi's Story is that whenever the Smile Meter is full, his eggs explode in gigantic explosions, destroying more than one enemy at a time. Additionally, whenever a Black Yoshi is a Super Happy Yoshi, his mobility while using the Flutter Jump is increased drastically until the invincibility wears off. Black Yoshi has the lowest voice of any Yoshi in the game. If the player loses Black Yoshi, the White Shy Guy cannot retrieve him unless the game has been beaten at least once with Black Yoshi in the party.

If one of the Blurps in Jungle Puddle eats a Black Yoshi, they display an upset emotion bubble, suggesting that one of the "extra powers" Black Yoshis have is to taste bad to enemies.

Diet

• Apples
• Bananas
• Black Shy Guys
• Durians
• Grapes
• Melons
• Peppers
• Power Bees
• Watermelons

Yoshi's Island DS

Black Yoshis reappear in Yoshi's Island DS and are playable in the secret levels of each world.

Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World

A Black Yoshi is playable in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World. After the player beats Baby Bowser, seven basic-colored Yoshis are freed, including a Black Yoshi.

Mario Tennis series

Mario Power Tennis / New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis

In Mario Power Tennis, Yoshi can change colors every time he performs a Rolling Egg Return, provided the player has completed the Flower Cup with any character. One of the colors that Yoshi can turn into is black.

Mario Tennis Open

Black Yoshi's art from Mario Tennis Open

QR Codes.

Black Yoshi appears in Mario Tennis Open as a downloadable QR code character. Like Mario and Luigi, he is an All-Around type character.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The black Mini-Yoshi in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door's third chapter, Black is one of the possible colors the player's Mini-Yoshi can come out as. The Black Mini-Yoshi has red hair and grey pants.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Black Yoshi appears once, during the battle with Sunnycide (this Black Yoshi is only present in the North American version of the game, with a Yellow Yoshi taking his place in the others). Like the other Yoshis, he can be freed from his egg, where he runs to push a Chomp Rock. He is the second to hatch when opening the Yoob egg.

Mario Kart series

In Mario Kart 8, Black Yoshi appears as one of the alternate skins for Yoshi. It is available through buying both the The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8 and Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8 DLC packs. In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Black Yoshi is included as an alternate color for Yoshi within the base game.

A Red Yoshi and Black Yoshi are included as a selectable palette swap for Yoshi in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U

Black Yoshi is included as a new palette swap option for Yoshi in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. This is the only alternate costume of Yoshi in this game that does not return in the next game, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate due to it being removed in order to make room for a new costume based on Yoshi's appearance in the upcoming game Yoshi's Crafted World, which it replaced.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Black Yoshi.

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  Yoshi Touch & Go

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  Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

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  Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

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  Yoshi's Woolly World

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  A Black Yoshi plush made by San-ei Co., Ltd.

List of game appearances

Title	Role	Release Date	System
Yoshi's Story	Unlockable Playable Character	1997	Nintendo 64
Mario Power Tennis	Playable Character (Alternate color for Yoshi)	2004	Nintendo GameCube
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	Playable Character	2004	Nintendo GameCube
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time	Non-Playable Character	2005	Nintendo DS
Yoshi Touch & Go	Playable Character	2006	Nintendo DS
Yoshi's Island DS	Playable Character	2006	Nintendo DS
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis	Playable Character (Alternate color for Yoshi)	2009	Wii
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games	Non-Playable Character	2011	Wii
Mario Tennis Open	Downloadable QR Code Character	2012	Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8	Downloadable Playable Character (Alternate color for Yoshi)	2014	Wii U
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX	Playable Character	2014	Arcade
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U	Playable Character (Palette swap of Yoshi)	2014	Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
Yoshi's Woolly World	Unlockable Playable Character	2015	Wii U
Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World	Unlockable Playable Character	2017	Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Playable Character (Alternate color for Yoshi)	2017	Nintendo Switch

Name in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ブラックヨッシー Burakku Yosshī 黒ヨッシー Kuro Yosshī[?]	Black Yoshi; Burakku is from the English "black" while 「黒」 kuro is the native Japanese word for "black".
Dutch	Zwarte Yoshi[?]	Black Yoshi
German	Schwarzer Yoshi[?]	Black Yoshi
Italian	Yoshi Nero[?]	Black Yoshi
Korean	검정색 요시[?] Geomjeongsaek Yoshi	?
Portuguese	Yoshi Preto[?]	Black Yoshi
Russian	Черный Йоши[?] Chernyy Yoshi	From Russian "Черный", meaning black color. "Йоши" is transliteration of "Yoshi".
Spanish	Yoshi negro[?]	Black Yoshi