List of Yoshi video games

Yoshi
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] JP: August 5, 1995 NA: October 4, 1995 EU: October 6, 1995	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] JP: December 21, 1997 NA: March 10, 1998 PAL: May 10, 1998	Release years by system: 1997 - Nintendo 64[11] 2007 - Wii Virtual Console[12]
	Notes: The title was developed by Nintendo.[13] It was re-released for Wii Virtual Console in 2007.[12]
Yoshi's Universal Gravitation Original release date(s):[14] JP: December 9, 2004 NA: June 13, 2005 EU: April 22, 2005	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] JP: January 27, 2005 NA: March 14, 2005 EU: May 6, 2005	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] JP: March 8, 2007 NA: November 13, 2006 EU: December 1, 2006 AUS: November 17, 2006	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): JP: July 24, 2014 NA: March 14, 2014 EU: March 14, 2014	Release years by system: 2014 - Nintendo 3DS[21]
	Notes: The title was developed by Arzest.[22]
Yoshi's Woolly World Original release date(s): JP: July 16, 2015 NA: October 16, 2015 EU: June 26, 2015	Release years by system: 2015 - Wii U[23] 2017 - Nintendo 3DS
	Notes: The title was developed by Good-Feel, who previously developed Kirby's Epic Yarn.[24] The game is being re-released on Nintendo 3DS as "Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World" in early 2017.

Other games

Title	Details
Yoshi Original release date(s):[4][25] JP: December 14, 1991 NA: June 1, 1992 EU: December 10, 1992	Release years by system: 1991 - Nintendo Entertainment System[4] 1991 - Game Boy[25] 2007 - Virtual Console[26]
	Notes: Known as Yoshi's Egg in Japan and Mario & Yoshi in Europe and Australia. It was developed by Game Freak.[4] It was re-released for Wii, 3DS, and Wii U Virtual Console.[26]
Yoshi's Cookie Original release date(s):[27][28] JP: November 21, 1992 NA: April 1993 EU: April 28, 1993	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] JP: July 14, 1993 NA: September 1993 EU: 1993	Release years by system: 1993 - Super Nintendo Entertainment System[34]
	Notes: It was developed by Nintendo.[5] It is a Light gun shooter.[5]
Tetris Attack Original release date(s):[35][36] JP: October 26, 1996 NA: August 1996 EU: November 28, 1996	Release years by system: 1996 - Super Nintendo Entertainment System[35] 1996 - Game Boy[36]
	Notes: A direct port of the Japanese game Panel de Pon, rebranded to use characters and settings from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. A Japanese version of this rebranded title, Yoshi no Panepon (ヨッシーのパネポン lit. "Yoshi's Panepon"), was released in Japan for the Satellaview satellite modem service. It was developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo.[37]

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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