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Green Yoshi

Green Yoshi character artwork
Mount and helper · Dinosaur Land

Yoshi is introduced as a major companion in Super Mario World. Eating enemies, carrying shells and providing a mount changes how Mario approaches many courses.

  • Story: His eggs and appearances turn exploration into repeated opportunities for a different movement and combat approach. Some areas restrict access, so he is not available in every room.
  • In the game: Learn tongue reach, shell timing and dismounting. A carried shell can provide a temporary ability, but swallowing it ends that opportunity; plan the next action before waiting too long.

Story spoilers.

Super Mario World · Super Nintendo · 1990 · Original SNES game and its emulated releases. Controls use SNES button labels. Super Mario Advance 2 differences are outside this guide. · Picture: Green Yoshi: Super Mario World original-era character artwork.

From the game

Green Yoshi
Green Yoshi
A Yoshi Egg
A Yoshi Egg
His rider, Mario
His rider, Mario

Pictures drawn from the Super Mario World (SNES) game data: sprites are assembled from their tiles the way the game draws them, in the palette of a level they appear in; blocks, coins and berries are built from their 16×16 level-tile definitions with the animated tiles in place; maps show the overworld’s terrain layer (the level tiles and paths on its other layer are not in the asset export). Animation timing is approximate.

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