Yoshi's Island (2017 Film)

Yoshi's Island is a 2017 film loosely based upon Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and the Yoshi series of video games. It is the first entry in the Nintendo Cinematic Universe and released to mostly positive reviews. It released on June 10th 2017 in Japan, July 7th 2017 in America and the UK and July 21st worldwide. The film uses CGI animation with minor traditional animation. Its backgrounds are a mix of live action and CGI.
==Main Cast==
*Dave Foley as Yoshi
*Charles Martinet as Baby Mario, Baby Luigi
*Kristen Schaal as Pink Yoshi
*Bill Hader as Blue Yoshi
*Kazumi Totaka as Yoshis (noises)
*Makiko Ohmoto as Kirby
*Tom Kenny as Prince Bowser
*Michael Cera as Kamek
*Kevin Hart as Goombas
*Alex Hirsch as King Bowser
*Michael Haigney as Charmanders
*Eric Stuart as Charmeleons
*Shinichiro Miki as Charizards
==​Development==
Universal Pictures knew there was going to be a Nintendo Cinematic Universe where they gained the rights to make Nintendo films with Nintendo Cinematic and Hoi Station Films in 2014. The first movie was going to be Animal Crossing but people noted it didn't really feel like a 'start' to the series so the studios decided to make a film about Nintendo's main man's origins. Yoshi's Island would be loosely based upon the Yoshi series, but mainly Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island DS.
== Plot ==
Prince Bowser calls a 'minion meeting', a meeting of his minions who are simply his father's trainees, where he tells the magikoopas, who conveniently have the ability to fly, to find the five star children that each possess a star which contains an 'extraordinary amount of power'. These children are the Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Donkey Kong and two new-borns who have yet to be identified. His minions set off to find the five (who can be easily found by the stars they carry) and Bowser smirks easily as he knows he will obtain the power need to gain access back to the Mushroom Kingdom, where he was banished with his father, King Bowser, by King and Queen Toadstool to Yoshi's Island.
Meanwhile, a stork is carrying two babies, Mario and Luigi, to their home. Kamek, a magikoopa trainee and Prince Bowser's 'top minion', recognises these as two of the five star children and attempts to kidnap them but, as he is still a trainee, fails with Mario plummeting towards the Yoshi Plains but he still manages to kidnap Luigi. Assuming Prince Bowser only really wanted one, he heads back to 'Bowser's Tree-Castle'. Meanwhile, Mario safely lands on the back of a yoshi who simply refers to himself as Yoshi. He tries to explain to Mario that he is the leader of the Yoshi clan and will gladly raise him as his own but Mario doesn't understand as he is still a baby and can't speak what is referred to as 'Yoshi-language'. Mario, however, manages to communicate through non-verbal actions to Yoshi that his brother has been stolen by Kamek and needs help finding him, as well as showing him a map of where his parents live Yoshi agrees to help him and rounds up Blue Yoshi and Pink Yoshi to help them on their adventure.
After an encounter with a Nep-Enut, the group come across a spaceship which has crash-landed onto the island. An alien, who is also a baby at this time, comes out of it which startles the Yoshis but learn its friendly once Mario befriends it. The alien joins the group on their journey but Blue Yoshi stays behind to try and fix the spaceship. On their journey they encounter lots more of King Bowser and Prince Bowser's minions and even come across a few Charmanders, Charmeleons and Charizards who make Mario want fire powers. He eventually does gain them when they later comes across three fire flowers, one he uses instantly, much to Yoshi and Pink Yoshi's dismay, one he keeps to defeat Burt the Bashful and one he saves for later. Eventually they make it to the Tree-Castle where Mario senses his brother Luigi. Inside, Prince Bowser is disappointed in his 'minions' for bringing back children who are not the star children and is the most angry at Kamek for letting Mario get away. Nonetheless, he takes the star of Luigi which makes him cry so the minions try to calm him down. The Yoshi group take this as a diversion so they sneak in and successfully take the star of Prince Bowser but end up battling him to gain Luigi back. Prince Bowser and his 'minions' are eventually defeated but the Yoshi group are soon almost killed by King Bowser but Mario manages to use his fire powers and 'star power' to harm King Bowser who is then inhaled and spat out into the ocean by the alien. This is when Blue Yoshi conveniently returns with the alien's spaceship, though he almost kills them as he barely knows how to pilot one, and they take Mario and Luigi home to Brooklyn. The babies reunite with their parents, whose faces aren't actually seen, and the alien takes the Yoshis back to Yoshi's Island before whizzing back off to Planet Popstar.
In a post-credits scene, the stork seen at the beginning gets fired from his job.
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