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Yoshi’s Story Guide

1997 · Platformer

Box art

Yoshi’s Story box art
North American Nintendo 64 box art for Yoshi’s Story.

Game guides

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GuideWhat you will find
Yoshi explores a bright craft-like landscape with fruit and an egg block.Controls and fruitLearn eggs, sniffing and health recovery before committing to a route.
A red Yoshi jumps between small platforms in a blue-walled interior.LevelsUse page tables to plan six-stage runs and fill the Trial library.
The Super Happy Tree appears on a storybook stage in the introduction.CharactersCompare the six initial colors and the two secret Yoshis.
A red Yoshi jumps between small platforms in a blue-walled interior.Secret YoshisFind the giant-egg stages and understand the Story Mode restrictions.
Yoshi crosses rounded green platforms under rows of coins.Melons and Trial ModePlan thirty-melon clears and track stages still missing from Trial.

At a glance

Three useful starting points
FocusWhat to know
Thirty fruit end the levelChoose which fruit to eat before filling the counter, especially during a melon-only attempt.
Special Hearts open next-page choicesCollect all three Hearts to make all four levels on the next page available.
One run visits six of the 24 levelsStory Mode moves to the next page after one completed stage; replay to fill Trial Mode.

Characters Character guide →

Key characters and their roles
CharacterRoleAt a glance
Green YoshiPlayable colorLikes watermelons and joins the initial group.
Red YoshiPlayable colorLikes apples and joins the initial group.
Black YoshiSecret playable colorFound through a giant egg in a Cavern stage.
White YoshiSecret playable colorFound through a giant egg in a Summit stage.
PoochyHelperPoints toward hidden objects.
Baby BowserAntagonistStole the Super Happy Tree.

Quick answers

Unlocks, routes and useful answers
TopicGo straight to
Secret YoshisBlack Yoshi has two possible egg stages →

Pictures All pictures →

Yoshi explores a bright craft-like landscape with fruit and an egg block.
Yoshi explores a bright craft-like landscape with fruit and an egg block.
A red Yoshi jumps between small platforms in a blue-walled interior.
A red Yoshi jumps between small platforms in a blue-walled interior.
The Super Happy Tree appears on a storybook stage in the introduction.
The Super Happy Tree appears on a storybook stage in the introduction.
Yoshi crosses rounded green platforms under rows of coins.
Yoshi crosses rounded green platforms under rows of coins.
References
Guide references
ReferenceWebsite
Yoshi’s Story: game and edition overviewwww.nintendo.com