Green Yoshi

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This article is about green colored Yoshis in general. For Yoshi as a character, see Yoshi.

Template:Species-infobox Green Yoshis are the most common color variant of the Yoshi species. The character Yoshi is the most notable member of the species. Green Yoshis are commonly seen with a red saddle and orange boots.

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Super Mario series

Super Mario World

Yoshis debuted in Super Mario World, where they can be hatched from an egg if Mario or Luigi find them. In this game, Yoshis can eat enemies to defeat them, including enemies Mario and Luigi cannot normally defeat on their own, such as Spinies. The green Yoshi can also use this ability to spit Koopa shells at enemies as if Mario had kicked them, or receive different powers depending on which color of shell he is holding in his mouth.

These abilities are:

Green Shell Green Shell – None
Red Shell Red Shell – Spit Three Fireballs (instead of spitting the shell)
Blue_Shell Blue Shell – Flying
File:Yellow Shell.PNG Yellow Shell – Ground Pound
Flashing Shell Flashing Shell – Flying, Ground Pound and Spitting Fireballs

Yoshis can also eat Berries in this game, each of which have different effects. If a Yoshi eats ten red berries in the same level, he lays an egg which hatches into a Super Mushroom. If it eats two pink berries in the same level, it lays an egg that hatches into a coin-throwing cloud. This cloud will reward the player with a 1-Up Mushroom should they catch all the coins. Green berries will add 20 seconds to the timer.

If Mario or Luigi beats a level while riding a Yoshi, it follows them to the next level. However, Yoshis are forbidden from entering Ghost Houses and Castles, and waits for Mario and Luigi outside until they've finished the level.

In the SNES version of the game, Yellow, Red and Blue Yoshis can only be hatched from eggs in the Star World, and only the green Yoshi can be found in Dinosaur Land. However, in the Game Boy Advance remake of the game, the different colored Yoshis appear at random in Dinosaur Land after they are discovered in the Star World.

Super Mario Advance

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Green Yoshi along with other Yoshis in Super Mario Advance

Green Yoshis appear in Super Mario Advance along with some other colored Yoshis in the exclusive "Yoshi's Challenge" mode. Their eggs can be found in the first level of each world.

Super Mario Sunshine

In Super Mario Sunshine, the Yoshi eggs start out as green but change to a different color once they eat a Fruit upon hatching. They also turn green if they are about to die from not eating another Fruit for a long time, or when they drown in water. While green, Yoshis spit water instead of juice.

Super Mario All-Stars / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

A Green Yoshi appeared in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3. The Pipe Land's king was transformed into a Green Yoshi, which Ludwig von Koopa had done by stealing the king's magic wand.

Super Mario 64 DS

A Green Yoshi appeared in Super Mario 64 DS as one of the four playable characters. This Yoshi is first shown sleeping on the roof, an homage to Super Mario 64. In VS Mode, player one plays as a Green Yoshi, as other colored Yoshis take second, third, and fourth.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Green Yoshis appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are the first Yoshis to hatch out of Yoshi Eggs when playing the game solo. However, if the player reaches the Goal Pole with Yoshi, Mario or the other character riding Yoshi will dismount Yoshi, who then waves goodbye. Therefore, only certain levels (Worlds 1-3, 2-5, 3-2, 4-5, 6-4, and 7-6) can have Yoshi. They do not appear in either World 5 or World 8.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

The Green Yoshi that appears in some galaxies of Super Mario Galaxy 2 is Yoshi himself. Yoshi has a traditional moveset, but he can also use some special power-ups like the Bulb Berry. Upon eating one of these power-ups, Yoshi's color changes until it ends, reverting it back to green.

New Super Mario Bros. U

The Green Yoshis are ridable in New Super Mario Bros. U. They behave like New Super Mario Bros. Wii, though unlike the previous game, Green Yoshis is the only color available. Like in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Super Mario Galaxy 2, Green Yoshis cannot be taken out of the levels they appear in.

Super Mario Maker

Green Yoshis return in Super Mario Maker as ride-able mounts, though they are only available in the Super Mario World and New Super Mario Bros. U themes (they are replaced by Goomba's Shoes in the Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 themes); they work just as they do in the respective games. Unlike in most games, only two Yoshis can be on screen at a time. If a Yoshi Egg is given a Super Mushroom, two Yoshis come out, though they run immediately. Also, knocking on a Warp Door in the Super Mario World theme may cause Weird Mario to appear riding a Yoshi.

Yoshi franchise

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its remake, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, one is playable on every World's first level, and King Bowser's Castle in World 6, although in all other worlds, Blue Yoshi is playable on the final level. Green Yoshi is also playable in every Secret and Extra level in the game. This Yoshi seems to be the character Yoshi, though, nothing is confirmed.

In the remake, if the player manages to get 100 points in all levels, a cutscene will play which shows a Green Yoshi along with a message that says:

"What an amazing job!

You are the Xth Yoshi to adventure on Yoshi's Island!"

The number (shown as "Xth") in the message is the amount of lives the player lost plus 1.

Yoshi's Story

A young Green Yoshi appears as one of the playable protagonists in Yoshi's Story. Its favorite fruit is Watermelon.

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Yoshi's Island DS

Green Yoshis also appear in Yoshi's Island DS. They help Baby Mario and the other babies to rescue Baby Luigi. Green Yoshis appear in the first level of each world and in the final level of World 5. In the final boss battle, a Green Yoshi carries Baby Mario.

Yoshi's New Island

Green Yoshis appear again in Yoshi's New Island. Like in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island DS, they help Baby Mario rescue Baby Luigi. Green Yoshis appear in the first level of every world and in the final level of World 6. Green Yoshi is also playable in every special level. In 2P Minigame Mode, player one plays as a Green Yoshi.

Mario & Luigi series

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Green Yoshis appeared in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga in the Yoshi Theater and the ending. Along with some other colored Yoshis, a Green Yoshi can be found hungry for a Bean Fruit. Green Yoshis also appear to be the mascot of the Yoshi Theater as a picture of its head can be found in the banner.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Green Yoshis appear in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team as NPCs.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series

In the first installment of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Yoshi is a green Yoshi who appears as a playable speed-type character. He returns in the other two sequels in both the handheld and home console versions. He also returns in Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Green Yoshis can be also seen in the background of some stages.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, a Mini-Yoshi is Mario's fourth partner, and the green one is the default. Also, a non-playable green Yoshi appears on the Excess Express. A large herd of green Yoshis appears in the Stampede attack.

Appearance

In Super Mario World, Green Yoshi has green skin, but orange gloves, brown shoes and a brown saddle. In Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Green Yoshi's gloves were removed to match its current appearance.

In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Green Yoshi looks about the same as he does in Super Mario World, but with orange shoes and a red saddle. He also doesn't wear his orange gloves, and instead he has bare green arms. In the Game Boy Advance port, Green Yoshi wears red shoes.

From Yoshi's Story to Super Smash Bros. Melee, Green Yoshi has red shoes and a red saddle. From Super Mario Sunshine and on, Green Yoshi has orange shoes and a red saddle, except for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, where they are again red.

Gallery

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

Notable Green Yoshis

List of game appearances

Note that in most of these appearances, Green Yoshi might be indistinguishable from the character Yoshi.

Title Role Release Date System
Super Mario World Supporting Character 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario All-Stars Non-Playable Character 1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Playable Character 1995 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario 64 Non-Playable Character 1996 Nintendo 64
Yoshi's Story Playable Character 1997 Nintendo 64
Super Smash Bros. Playable Character 1999 Nintendo 64
Paper Mario Non-Playable Character 2000 Nintendo 64
Super Smash Bros. Melee Playable Character 2001 Nintendo GameCube
Super Mario Advance Non-Playable Character 2001 Game Boy Advance
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Playable Character 2001 Game Boy Advance
Super Mario Sunshine Supporting Character 2002 Nintendo GameCube
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Playable Character 2002 Game Boy Advance
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Non-Playable Character 2003 Game Boy Advance
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Non-Playable Character 2003 Game Boy Advance
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Non-Playable Character 2004 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Power Tennis Playable Character 2004 Nintendo GameCube
Super Mario 64 DS Playable Character 2004 Nintendo DS
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Non-Playable Character 2005 Nintendo DS
Yoshi's Island DS Playable Character 2006 Nintendo DS
Yoshi Touch & Go Playable Character 2006 Nintendo DS
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Playable Character 2007 Nintendo DS, Wii
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Playable Character 2008 Wii
Mario Super Sluggers Playable Character 2008 Wii
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Playable Character 2009 Nintendo DS, Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Supporting Character 2009 Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Supporting Character 2010 Wii
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Playable Character 2011 Wii, Nintendo 3DS
Mario Sports Mix Playable Character 2011 Wii
Mario Tennis Open Playable Character 2012 Nintendo 3DS
New Super Mario Bros. U Supporting Character 2012 Wii U
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Playable Character 2013 Wii U
New Super Luigi U Supporting Character 2013 Wii U
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Non-Playable Character 2013 Nintendo 3DS
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U Playable Character 2014 Nintendo 3DS, Wii U
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition Non-Playable Character 2015 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Maker Supporting Character 2015 Wii U
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Non-Playable Character 2015 Nintendo 3DS
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Playable Character 2016 Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Arcade
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS Supporting Character 2016 Nintendo 3DS
Paper Mario: Color Splash Non-Playable Character 2016 Wii U
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions Non-Playable Character 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Odyssey Playable Character 2017 Nintendo Switch
Mario Party: The Top 100 Playable Character 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Party Playable Character 2018 Nintendo Switch
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Playable Character 2018 Nintendo Switch
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Supporting Character 2019 Nintendo Switch