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Red Yoshi

Red Yoshi, walking, from its sprite in Super Mario World
Fire shell specialist · Star World

Red Yoshi is a coloured mount variant found through Star World exploration. Its special behaviour changes what happens when a held shell is spat out.

  • Story: Raising and preserving a coloured Yoshi gives optional exploration a practical reward beyond simply adding another exit to the map.
  • In the game: Red Yoshi turns spat shells into fireballs. Test the effect in a safe place and remember that some enemies or obstacles still resist fire-based attacks.

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: Red Yoshi’s sprite from the game.

From the game

Red Yoshi
Red Yoshi
A red shell: fireballs
A red shell: fireballs

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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