Yoshi is incontestably one of the most beloved characters in Nintendo’s history. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigefumi Hino in 1990, Yoshi was designed to be a loyal sidekick to our favorite ...

The super Mario himself is up there with Spider-Man, Darth Vader and Mickey Mouse as some of the most recognizable characters in pop culture. The former plumber turned Nintendo mascot and adventurer’s ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. As part of Mario's 40th anniversary celebrations, Nintendo announced a new Yoshi game for Nintendo Switch 2 at the September 2025 Nintendo Direct.

The on-and-off debate over whether Yoshi has a saddle or a shell has been settled once more with a simple answer: technically, both. The saddle was meant to be a shell in its original design, but the ...

'Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island' remains the pinnacle of the platforming genre.

Hands-on | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie star becomes the Charles Darwin of the Mushroom Kingdom in Yoshi and the Mysterious ...

As Nintendo was so keen to remind us at every given opportunity, 2013 was the Year of Luigi - a period of twelve months where the lesser-known Mario sibling stepped out of the shadow of his plump ...

Time has not been kind to Yoshi. He's a mascot who flourished in his early days, with his earliest appearances coming in some of Nintendo's most classic and respected titles. There's no denying the ...

The character from Super Mario World that we've been casually referring to simply as Yoshi for the past 20-plus years has a much longer, less catchy name, it turns out. His full name is T. Yoshisaur ...

This review originally went live in 2016, and we're updating and republishing it to mark the arrival of N64 games on Nintendo Switch Online. There's a lot to love about Yoshi's Story. The presentation ...