Traits

- Short, pointed tail - Small, out of proportion arms - Bottomless stomach - Spikes on their backs - Long and Powerful Tounge - Excellent sense of smell. Good for finding hidden fruits or items.

Facts

- Yoshi was created because Nintendo's design staff wanted to have Mario to ride a dinosaur.* - He has his own golf course and tennis court - Vocabulary consists of only "Nintendo", and "Yoshi" - Yoshi had a cameo appearance as a doll in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Link gets the Yoshi doll from the Trendy game house in Koholint.* - One of yoshi's starring roles: Tetris Attack, was based on another game called Panero De Pon* - The king in World 7 of SMB3 is transformed into a Yoshi on the SNES Super Mario All-Stars version of SMB3. He is transformed into a Piranha Plant on the NES version of SMB3.* - Yoshi's Story was the first Mario game to be Rumble Pak compatible.* - Kazumi Totaka did the music for Yoshi's Story and Super Mario Land 2: The Six Golden Coins. He is the voice actor for Yoshi.* - The Yoshi in the Super Mario Show on tv was played by the same person who does the voice acting for Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons.* - Yoshi's Story was the first Mario game created that Mario didn't appear in* Many thanks to http://yoshismelon.virtualave.net/ for the * facts. Other facts are by Purple Yoshi.

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