Yoshi (, Yosshī?, sometimes romanized Yossy in earlier Japanese materials) (IPA: /ˈjəʊ.ʃi/) is a fictional Dinosaur and also one of Nintendo's most popular creations. His debut was in Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as Mario's accomplice, and he later established his own series with several platform and puzzle games, including Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. He has also appeared in many of the spin-off Mario games, such as the Mario Party, the Mario Kart, and the Super Smash Bros.

series, as well as in other various Mario sports titles. Yoshis come in many different colors, but his original and most common color is green. Yoshi is set to appear in the upcoming New Super Mario Bros.

Wii and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Yoshi originally was in the Yoshi story book. He also appeared in Super Mario World as a native dinosaur that Mario could ride on in order to eat enemies and otherwise navigate the island quicker.

This game spawned a prequel entitled Yoshi's Island for the Super Nintendo on which the player could control Yoshi in order to protect Baby Mario from harm's way as they advanced through the game. This led to a spin-off series of games including Yoshi's Story for the Nintendo 64, Yoshi's Universal Gravitation for the Game Boy Advance, and a number of games for the Nintendo DS, including Yoshi Touch & Go, and Yoshi's Island DS. Although he was introduced on the SNES in 1991, Yoshi was also the star of two self-titled games for the original NES released in '92 and '93: Yoshi (known as Yoshi's Egg in Japan and Mario & Yoshi in Europe) and Yoshi's Cookie, respectively.

Both of these games were released for the Game Boy as well, and Yoshi's Cookie received an update for its port to the SNES. In 1993 Yoshi was given a cameo in the SNES remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 that was part of the Super Mario All-Stars compilation.

In the original NES/Famicom version, the king of world 7 had been transformed into a piranha plant, but in the SNES remake, he is now transformed into a Yoshi. His 3D Mario platformer appearances include Super Mario 64 as a hidden, but not playable, character. Super Mario 64 DS, the port of the previously mentioned game but now as a playable character, and Super Mario Sunshine where he could be ridden on in the same fashion as in Super Mario World, but could not enter any bodies of water and could harm villains by spitting out fruit juice that he had swallowed.

Yoshi is also featured in the Mario Party game, where he is a playable character in the story and free play mode. He is a favorite to many video gamers. Yoshi has appeared in nearly all of the Mario sports and spin-off games.

He appears in every game of the Mario Kart series as a playable character, where he drives karts that are usually bright green in color. In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the kart he usually drives resembles himself. One of the tracks in Mario Kart Double Dash!!, Yoshi Circuit (brought back in Mario Kart DS), actually resembles Yoshi himself when seen from above.

He also appears in every Mario Party game to date as a playable character, as well as in Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64 (where he makes a variety of noises when the four C Buttons are pressed), and in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games alongside characters from both the Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games.

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