Fruit (Yoshi food)

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Fruit
Artwork of a fruit from Super Mario Odyssey.
Artwork from Super Mario Odyssey
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)

Fruits[1][2] (also referred to as berries,[3] Apples,[4] Nuts,[5] and Yoshi Fruits[6][7]) are a type of food originally found in Dinosaur Land, but they have also made appearances elsewhere. Like various other fruits, these grow on trees and bushes. Yoshis can eat a number of them for an item, often depending on the fruit color. Some games state fruit to be Yoshi's favorite food in some way. Fruits were first seen in Super Mario World, where they are pome-like, closely resembling red apples with a yellow underside, with the colors separated by a wavy fringe; a design that would also be consistent in most games from New Super Mario Bros. Wii onward. In artwork for Super Mario World and in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition itself, Fruits are depicted as round red berries with orange spots and T-shaped stems.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]

Red Berry
Pink Berry
Green Berry

Three kinds of berries can be found in Super Mario World. Red Berries[8] (or Red Apples)[9] causes an egg to hatch a Super Mushroom by eating ten in the same stage[9] (in Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, a Red Yoshi gets a Fire Flower, a Blue Yoshi gets a Cape Feather, and a Yellow Yoshi gets a Super Star). Pink Berries[8] (or Pink Apples)[10] spawns a Yoshi Cloud that drops ten Bonus Coins, followed by a 1-Up Mushroom if all of them are collected. The rare Green Berries[8] (or Green Apples),[10] found only in Funky (and in the introductory Tourist Tips), add 20 seconds to the timer. All berries are worth one coin and can be eaten by Yoshi by either touching them or by using his tongue. In cases where the player character enters and exits a Warp Pipe into the same level, the berries are reset, and the game resets track of how many Yoshi had eaten. It is also possible to softlock the game by eating a berry and collecting a power-up at the same time.

Berries are found in nine levels:

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

The sprite of a Fruit in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Red fruits return in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Besides no longer adding to the coin count, whenever Yoshi eats a fruit, a counter appears, keeping track of how many he has eaten. Yoshi lays an egg with a power-up item upon eating five, depending on the player character's form: Small Mario or Mini Mario for a Super Mushroom, Super Mario for a Fire Flower, Fire Mario for an Ice Flower, Ice Mario for a Propeller Mushroom, and Propeller Mario or Penguin Mario for a 1-Up Mushroom. The early elements feature a Yoshi Cookie, equivalent to five fruits. Pokeys briefly take on the qualities of fruits with each "paah," and Yoshi can eat them for either coins, Super Mushrooms, Fire Flowers, or 1-Up Mushrooms, depending on how many segments he swallows at once.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

A fruit
A fruit as seen in Super Mario Galaxy 2

Fruits are more peach-colored and grow from the ground in Super Mario Galaxy 2. They can be eaten for Star Bits, with ten equaling an extra life. Mario can also Ground Pound fruits. Fruits also have a larger, golden variety that require Yoshi to pull back with his tongue for a few seconds before he can eat it, releasing not only five Star Bits but also a Launch Star. Three of the power-ups are based around fruits: Dash Pepper, Blimp Fruit, and Bulb Berry.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

A fruit being eaten and a new meter in New Super Mario Bros. U

Red-colored fruits reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their enhanced port. They are based on their appearance in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, except with a circular meter instead of a counter like before. The resulting power-up item depends on the player character's form, like before: Small Mario or Mini Mario for a Super Mushroom, Super Mario for a Fire Flower, Fire Mario for an Ice Flower, Ice Mario for a Super Acorn, and Flying Squirrel Mario, P Flying Squirrel Mario, Propeller Mario, or Penguin Mario for a 1-Up Mushroom.

Super Mario Run[edit]

Fruit Bushes, each having three fruits, can be obtained in Kingdom Builder mode of Super Mario Run as decorations and placed in the Mushroom Kingdom. The description specifies it is "Yoshi's favorite piece of greenery."

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

Yoshi, captured by Mario, is standing on a platform surrounded by pink lava and Fruits on the Dark Side.
Yoshi, surrounded by fruits in a sub-area on the Dark Side
Fruits in Super Mario Odyssey
Mario near fruits in the Mushroom Kingdom

Fruits reappear in Super Mario Odyssey. They are located at Mushroom Kingdom and in secret areas reached from the Dark Side. While capturing Yoshi, Mario can eat fruits, causing a meter to appear, up to the point of a Power Moon appearing when it is full. It is possible for Yoshi to collect more than one fruit at a time. Any previously collected fruits in an area that Mario returns to are translucent and only give a coin. There are also fruits in Warp Pipes for Yoshi to eat so that Mario can enter inside.

A Toad near two fruits that are near Peach's Castle says that they are "Yoshi's favorite food!"

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

Fruits are depicted on the trees in the background of Super Mario World style in Super Mario Maker 2, with two red ones per screen.

Super Mario World television series[edit]

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Berries appear in "Gopher Bash," but only as red circles. However, "A Little Learning" features Berries that closely resembling their in-game sprite more closely, with Yoshi eating one from a bush while he and Oogtar are fighting with Hip and Hop.

Yoshi's Safari[edit]

Sprite of a Nut from Yoshi's Safari.

Nuts reappear in Yoshi's Safari. They allow Yoshi to receive half damage temporarily, causing him to flash gray while in effect. However, not using any adds 2,000 bonus points to the player's high score.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart DS[edit]

The cargo trucks on Shroom Ridge in Mario Kart DS depict fruit ads.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

The Fruit Cup Emblem
The emblem for the Fruit Cup in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Fruits are shown growing on trees in the background of N64 Yoshi Valley and GCN Yoshi Circuit in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The Booster Course Pass of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also adds a cup with a fruit symbol, titled the Fruit Cup.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Fruits return on some trees in N64 Yoshi Valley in Mario Kart Tour.

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition[edit]

Sprite of a Fruit, from Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.

Fruits appear in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition and are referred to as Fruit in the American English version and as Berries in the British English version. They are special Skill Items that raise the Skill levels of all Yoshi and Winged Yoshi colors, and all types/forms of Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Buzzy Beetles, and Para-Beetles. Fruit can be earned by opening ? Blocks or won from the minigame Lucky ? Blocks at Toad Houses, or earned from Para-Beetles and all Koopa Paratroopas with a 10+ Combo attack. A rare version of Fruit exists as Rare Fruit.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]

A different type of berry appears in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. Rather than being red with a yellow underside or apple-like, these berries are light orange with a red gradient and have white sepals. In this game, Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario must give a berry to a famished Wiggler in Gloomy Woods, allowing him to get enough energy to break through trash in the forest. The trio must then collect ten more berries spread around the area, along with a melon, after Wiggler becomes worn out after rampaging through the trash. A Paper Paratroopa tells Mario that Bowser loves berries. At the beginning of the mission titled Yoshi Rush, the Yoshi eats three berries, creating Yoshi Eggs.

Minecraft[edit]

In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, Apples are replaced by fruits from Super Mario World, and Sweet Berries by fruits from Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Dr. Mario World[edit]

In Dr. Mario World, Dr. Yoshi's skill is to cause fruit to drop on a number of objects, then eat both the fruits and the objects to eliminate the objects.[11] The main animation shows three fruits, and the skill starts off eliminating three objects. As Dr. Yoshi's skill level increases, more objects get eliminated, with the secondary animation for each object showing a fruit landing on it. Red identified these fruits as "apples" in a video for the game.[12]

WarioWare: Get It Together![edit]

Fruits are on the trees in level 2 of the Super Mario World microgame in WarioWare: Get It Together!. Fruits can be eaten by Pyoro using his tongue, but this has no gameplay effect.

Mario Golf: Super Rush[edit]

Fruits are part of Wiggler's Special Shot in Mario Golf: Super Rush, where they fall after Wiggler stomps before he proceeds to swing them away.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]

In a promotional clip for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Toad is shown fighting off a Goomba by throwing random items out of his backpack at it, one of which is a Fruit.[13] In the travel montage in the movie, as the heroes travel through Yoshi's Island, Mario is shown eating a red fruit as a Yoshi looks at them in the background.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English (British):
      Feed Yoshi enough berries, and he'll give you an egg.[14]

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese [15]
Kinomi
Tree Fruit
ヨッシーフルーツ[?]
Yosshī Furūtsu
Yoshi Fruit
Dutch Fruit[?] -
French Fruit[?] -
French (NOA) Petit fruit[16][page number needed] Small fruit
German Früchte[?] Fruit
Rote Beere[17] Red Berry Super Mario World
Rosa Beere[17] Pink Berry
Grüne Beere[17] Green Berry
Italian Frutta; Bacca[?] Fruit; Berry
Portuguese Fruta[?] Fruit
Russian Фрукты[?]
Frukty
Fruits
Spanish Fruta[?] Fruit
Baya[18][page number needed] Berry

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Yoshi's House has 10 Red Berries in Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2.
  2. ^ In localized English releases, Funky has 8 Red Berries and 9 Green Berries.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2010. Super Mario Galaxy 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 16.
  2. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U digital manual. Page 18.
  3. ^ 1991. Super Mario World instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 22.
  4. ^ Tilden, Gail, et al. (September 1991). Nintendo Power Volume 28. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 14.
  5. ^ 1993. Yoshi's Safari instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 18.
  6. ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-46907-6. Page 13.
  7. ^ Super Mario Odyssey internal filename (YoshiFruit)
  8. ^ a b c August 1991. Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 42.
  9. ^ a b "When Yoshi gulps down 10 Red Apples, he’ll lay an Egg that reveals a Super Mushroom." – Tilden, Gail, et al. (September 1991). Nintendo Power Volume 28. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 9.
  10. ^ a b "Two Pink Apples produce a Bonus Coin when eaten and a Green Apple is good for 20 extra seconds on the timer." –
  11. ^ "C'mon, do I really look that tasty?" – Yellow – Nintendo Mobile (June 4, 2019). Doctors & Assistants #1 (0.31). YouTube. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  12. ^ "Apples, yummy." – Red – Nintendo Mobile (June 17, 2019). Welcome to Dr. Mario World (3:20). YouTube. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  13. ^ Puffen (March 20, 2023). Toad fights goombas New Super Mario Movie Ad. YouTube (English). Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  14. ^ 2002. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe. Page 9.
  15. ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)
  16. ^ Super Mario World Canadian instruction booklet
  17. ^ a b c Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors (1993). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 6.
  18. ^ Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Spanish instruction booklet