Yoshi

Yoshi's ghost in 2021.

**Yoshi** was the most iconic member of the Yoshmen and a friend of the Mario Crew. In July 1998, Yoshi disappeared and was discreetly replaced by Josh, his evil dopplegänger; his ghost now haunts the Ghost Houses of his birthplace, Dinosaur Land.

## Physical appearance

Yoshi is a typical green Yoshman, iconic in his genericity. Because he disappeared when Nintendo was still in an era of mostly 2D art, Yoshi (at least to some people) tends to look friendlier and warmer than Josh.

Unfortunately, the same iconic genericity that made Yoshi so lovable is also what makes it so easy for Josh to impersonate him.

## Biography

### Birth

Yoshi was born around 1984M as the sixth or seventh of the Star Children, missing the events of *Yoshi's Island DS*.

*Yoshi's Island DS* was released in 2006, probably making this an elusive post-1998 appearance from the original Yoshi. This is possible because this Baby Yoshi's appearance in this game's end credits is kept somewhat ambiguous and obscure to avoid detection from Josh.

### 2010M

#### Dinosaur Wars

Yoshi first appeared in the 1990 game *Super Mario World*. The kind dinosaur lived on Yoshi's Island when Dinosaur Land was attacked by Bowser's Koopa Troop shortly after their failed invasion of the Mushroom World in *Super Mario Bros. 3*. Yoshi helped the Mario Bros. defeat the Koopas as a dinosaur steed (not a power-up). Yoshi also led a defense of the island against Bowser's follow-up attack in 1996's *Tetris Attack*.

#### Successful Cookie Business and Brand

Yoshi appeared in *Super Mario RPG* (1996), where he teamed up with Mario to defeat Yo'ster Isle's new dictator, Boshi, in the Mushroom Derby race. Due to his friendly nature, Yoshi refused to take control of the island himself, but was inspired to start a new brand of Yoshi Cookies.

Thanks to his new brand image from teaming up with Mario, Yoshi was able to start a puzzle series named after himself. Moving from Dinosaur Land to the Mushroom Kingdom, Yoshi and Mario traveled to Jewelry Land in *Yoshi's Safari* (1993), defeating the Koopa Troop once more. To help take a break from the Mario brand and give Yoshi a name for himself, Mario challenged himself by spending the entire adventure riding on his friend and using a gun called the Super Scope.

Meanwhile, Yoshi's cookie business flourished in the 1992 game *Yoshi's Cookie*.

### 2011M

#### Household Name

Although his reputation was briefly tainted by appearances in *Mario is Missing!* (1992) and *Mario's Time Machine* (1993), Yoshi continued his acts of heroism and helped defend the Mushroom Kingdom from an airborne Koopa invasion in the 1991 game *Yoshi*. The dinosaur remained popular and beloved enough to learn to play *Mario's Tennis* (1995), race in *Super Mario Kart* (1992) and *Mario Kart 64* (1996), become a classic video game hero in *Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest* (1995), and make a cameo appearance in *Super Mario 64* (1996).

#### Disappearance

"*Do not allow Josh to deceive you. Yoshi has not been seen since July of 1998.*" —CaptainToad67867[src]
In July 1998, five months before he was set to appear in the first *Mario Party* game, Yoshi mysteriously disappeared. With only a few exceptions, including an obscure cameo appearance as a newborn baby in the credits of *Yoshi's Island DS*, almost every appearance of the iconic dinosaur since July has actually been one of his evil dopplegänger Josh impersonating him.

Josh's lies were only discovered on July 1, 2021 by Captain Toad.

### 2021

Yoshi died sometime by 2021, and DGR Dave found and befriended his ghost in an SMW Ghost House on August 18. By October 20, Yoshi had become Yoshi Gami, the Grim Reaper.

## Personality

Laidback and charming, Yoshi strives to be everyone's friend. He never judges and is motivated by goodwill and philanthropy. This personality is assumed by his evil dopplegänger Josh, but unlike Yoshi, Josh is insincere in his ways.

## Relationships

	+ Yoshi's Island
		- Yoshmen
* Mario Crew - Companions and Riders
	+ Mario Bros.
		- Mario Mario
		- Luigi Mario
* Mushroom Kingdom
* Captain Toad
* DGR Dave
	+ Bowser Koopa
	+ Koopa Troop
* Josh - Dopplegänger and Impersonator

## Speculation

Because Josh appears to be the "Yoshi" of *Yoshi* prequel games (like *Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island*), which take place around when Yoshi was born, Josh might actually be Yoshi's father, helping to explain why they look so similar.

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 I'm Too Good at Competitive Mario Maker (6:00)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yoshi's birth is shown at the end of *Yoshi's Island DS*. Based on the Mario Bros.' behavior, they are likely about a year old in that game. The Bros. were probably born in 1983M, as Luigi appears to celebrate his 30th birthday in *Dr. Luigi*, a Year of Luigi game probably taking place around *Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon*. *Dark Moon*, which shows King Boo's imprisonment, likely takes place shortly before *Mario Kart 7*, set in early 2014M by convention, where King Boo is not invited.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 yossy
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Yoshi Is A GHOST In This UNO MAS Level... (20:50)
5. ↑ Yoshi is seen hatching after the other Star Children are seen, but Baby Donkey Kong appears to be Donkey Kong III's past self, which would imply that he, like Bowser and Kamek, is from the future. Very confusing.