List of Yoshi video games

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Yoshi
File:Yoshi.jpg
Yoshi and Baby Mario, as seen in Yoshi's Island DS
Genres Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Developers Nintendo, Game Freak, Intelligent Systems, Artoon, Arzest, Good-Feel
Publishers Nintendo
Platforms NES, Game Boy, SNES, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U

The Yoshi video game series is a franchise of platform games and puzzle games that is a spin-off of the Mario series published and produced by Nintendo. The games have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo, Game Freak, Intelligent Systems, Artoon, Arzest, and Good-Feel. Yoshi games have been released for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles. Some of the original Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System games have been ported to Game Boy Advance or the Virtual Console (both, in the case of Super Mario World).[1][2]

The series revolves around Yoshi, a green dinosaur-like character. He was first introduced in the 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System game, Super Mario World, where Mario and Luigi ride on him.[3] The antagonists of the series are Baby Bowser, the young king of Koopas, and Kamek, a Magikoopa who was Bowser's caretaker as a child. The first Yoshi game was the 1991 Nintendo Entertainment System puzzle game, Yoshi,[3] which was developed by Game Freak.[4] The first game in what is considered the main series, as well as the first to feature Yoshi in a playable main-character role, is the 1995 game, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, which introduces the universe staples which are used in many following games. These staples include colorful storybook graphics, and several gameplay elements. One of the earlier games in the series, Yoshi's Safari, differs heavily from the rest, as it is a Light gun shooter game.[5] The latest game in the series is the 2015 Wii U game Yoshi's Woolly World.

Video games

Main series

Title Details
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Original release date(s):[6]
    		 Release years by system:
    1995 - Super Nintendo Entertainment System[6]
    2002 - Game Boy Advance[7]
    2014 - Wii U Virtual Console[8]
    Notes:
    • Known as in Japan as Super Mario: Yossy Island (スーパーマリオ　ヨッシーアイランド Sūpā Mario: Yosshī Airando?).[9]
    • The title was developed by Nintendo.[10]
    • It is the first game in the Yoshi series.
    • It was ported to the Game Boy Advance in 2002.[7]
    • The Game Boy Advance port was re-released for Wii U Virtual Console in 2014.[8]
    Yoshi's Story

    Original release date(s):[11]
      		 Release years by system:
      1997 - Nintendo 64[11]
      2007 - Wii Virtual Console[12]
      Notes:


      Yoshi's Universal Gravitation

      Original release date(s):[14]
        		 Release years by system:
        2004 - Game Boy Advance[14]
        Notes:
        • It is called Yoshi Topsy-Turvy in North America.[15]
        • The title was developed by Artoon.[15]
        Yoshi Touch & Go

        Original release date(s):[16]
          		 Release years by system:
          2005 - Nintendo DS[16]
          2015 - Wii U Virtual Console[17]
          Notes:
          • It is called Catch! Touch! Yoshi! in Japan.[16]
          • The title was developed by Nintendo.[18]
          • It was re-released for Wii U Virtual Console in 2015.[17]
          Yoshi's Island DS

          Original release date(s):[19]
            		 Release years by system:
            2006 - Nintendo DS[19]
            2015 - Wii U Virtual Console[17]
            Notes:
            • The title was developed by Artoon.[20]
            • It was re-released for Wii U Virtual Console in 2015.[17]
            Yoshi's New Island

            Original release date(s):
              		 Release years by system:
              2014 - Nintendo 3DS[21]
              Notes:


              Yoshi's Woolly World

              Original release date(s):
                		 Release years by system:
                2015 - Wii U[23]
                Notes:


                Other games

                Title Details
                Yoshi

                Original release date(s):[4][25]
                  		 Release years by system:
                  1991 - Nintendo Entertainment System[4]
                  1991 - Game Boy[25]
                  2007 - Virtual Console[26]
                  Notes:


                  Yoshi's Cookie

                  Original release date(s):[27][28]
                    		 Release years by system:
                    1992 - Nintendo Entertainment System[27]
                    1992 - Game Boy[28]
                    1993 - Super Nintendo Entertainment System[29]
                    2008 - Wii Virtual Console[30]
                    Notes:
                    • Known in Japan as Yosshī no Kukkī (ヨッシーのクッキー?)[31]
                    • It was developed by Nintendo.[27]
                    • Was included in the GameCube compilation Nintendo Puzzle Collection.[32]
                    • It was re-released on Wii Virtual Console in 2008 and was available until 2013.[33]
                    Yoshi's Safari

                    Original release date(s):[34]
                      		 Release years by system:
                      1993 - Super Nintendo Entertainment System[34]
                      Notes:


                      Tetris Attack

                      Original release date(s):[35][36]
                        		 Release years by system:
                        1996 - Super Nintendo Entertainment System[35]
                        1996 - Game Boy[36]
                        Notes:


                        Cancelled games

                        Title Details
                        Yoshi 3D

                        Original release date(s):[38]
                        Cancelled                        		 Release years by system:
                        Cancelled - Nintendo 64[38]
                        Notes:
                        • In 1996, Argonaut Games approached Nintendo with a tech demo of a proposed 3D Yoshi game for Nintendo 64. Nintendo however, rejected the pitch, ending all future business relations between the two companies. The game was then eventually developed into a similar but unrelated game, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos for the Playstation, Sega Saturn and Microsoft Windows, and eventually released a sequel in 1999 titled Croc 2.
                        Yoshi's Story GBA

                        Original release date(s):[39]
                        Cancelled                        		 Release years by system:
                        Cancelled - Game Boy Advance[39]
                        Notes:
                        • The demo was shown off when Nintendo first unveiled the Game Boy Advance to U.S. game developers. It was a tech demo that was mainly derived from Yoshi's Story. The gameplay drastically differed from the original game. For instance, Yoshi couldn't throw eggs or use his tongue. The demo was meant to show off the graphical capabilities of the Game Boy Advance and it was never released as a completed game.

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