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'''Yoshi!'''
'''''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''''', released on the [[SNES]] close to the end of its lifespan, is the first game in a sub-series of the ''[[Super Mario Bros.
The story is set before the original Super Mario Bros. Kamek, at the time young Bowser's caretaker, looks into the future and see the fate of his young master. To prevent it he blindsides the delivery stork as its carrying the Bros to their parents but only snags Luigi, dropping Mario over Yoshi's Island and right on the back of one of the dinosaurs. Seeing the map that was bundled with the baby Mario, the Yoshis decided to work together in a relay style fashion to rescue Luigi, all the while dodging Kamek's troops who are searching for Mario.
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Gameplay-wise, it shares much in common with its parent series and it even has many of the common Mario enemies. The game introduced Yoshi's egg-throwing ability as well as the [[Ground Pound]] attack. One difference, however, is that Yoshi doesn't have traditional [[Hit Points]]; instead, every time Yoshi is hit, Mario flies off Yoshi's back and a timer counts down. You must retrieve the screaming baby before the countdown reaches zero, otherwise he'll get kidnapped and you'll lose a life. You can increase the amount of seconds on the countdown by collecting stars.
A "2.5-D" [[Spiritual Successor]] was released on the [[Nintendo 64]] called ''[[
The original game was later remade for the [[Game Boy Advance]], exchanging its ''Super Mario World 2'' label for ''Super Mario Advance 3''. This rerelease was later one of the ten Game Boy Advance games available to participants in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] Ambassador Program, given a limited rerelease to early adopters of the Nintendo 3DS for free on its eShop in December 2011.
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* ''Tetris Attack'' -- Yet another puzzle game, featuring the grown-up Bowser. Of course, its really just a [[Dolled-Up Installment|sprite swapped-version]] of the Japanese game, ''Panel de Pon''. Also [[In Name Only|has nothing to do]] with [[Tetris]].
* ''Yoshi's Touch & Go'': First DS game to bear the title. More of a tech demo than an actual game though.
* ''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''; known by the much better name ''Yoshi's Universal Gravitation'' outside the U.S. -- A very short platformer with a tilt gimmick and ''[[
* ''Yoshi's Safari'': A light gun game. One of the few games for SNES's Super Scope.
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* [[Ground Pound]]
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: Several levels in ''Yoshi's Story''.
* [[Advancing Boss of Doom]]:
** The final battle against [[Final Boss|Baby Bowser]]. Not exactly an [[Advancing Wall of Doom]], but once you hit him three times, he [[Turns Red|gets pretty pissed off]] and tries to charge into the foreground. Failing to defeat him in time makes him destroy the terrain, making you fall to your death.
** Sluggy the Unshaven is this- he cannot damage Yoshi in any way, only slowly advancing and pushing Yoshi back. However, the end of the platform leads to a [[Bottomless Pit]]...
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]: In World 2-1 of ''Yoshi's Island DS'', you are forced to use Baby Donkey Kong to play through the entire level the first time you play it, and you could only use Mario and Peach upon replaying the level. While Baby Peach [[
* [[Ascended Extra]]:
** The Stork in ''Yoshi's Island DS'' now helps Yoshi out via the Stork Stops.
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the battle with Sluggy the Unshaven: "Just remember, this slug has no weak points!" Unless you count the big red heart in the center of its body, that is. And guess where you have you aim at to hurt him?
* [[Attack of the 50
** All of the bosses.
** Inverted with Prince Froggy: it's not 50 feet tall, ''you're'' 2 inches tall.
* [[Auto
* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: Final battle theme with Giant Baby Bowser. Blistering electric guitars, anyone?
▲* [[Auto Scrolling Level]]: Many, and they rank among the most obnoxious levels for both games. "The Very Loooooooong Cave" and "The Cave That Never Ends" are utterly ridiculous with this, having the scrolling screen go in many different directions, crossing the same part of the level more than once in more than one different direction. "Hurry and Throw!" contains a section that scrolls in an endless loop until you figure out how to reach the exit.
* [[Babies Make Everything Better]]: In the sequel, Yoshi ends up carrying babies other than Mario.
* [[Back for the Finale]]: Baby Wario and Baby Bowser return for the final level in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
* [[Background Boss]]: The original ''Yoshi's Island'' ends with this.
* [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]]:
** Except it's not the babies [[Everything Trying to Kill You|delivering the battering]]...
** There's also Kamek. When the first thing your charge does is stomp you flat, there's a reason why he panicks when Baby Bowser wakes up.
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* [[Big Boo's Haunt]]: Bigger Boo's Fort and Hector the Reflector's Haunted House.
* [[Blackout Basement]]
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: Averted. Looking at the PAL-version of ''Yoshi's Island'', which included English, French and German, there wasn't really much actual translation. Especially the levels just seemed to have been given the most fitting name.
* [[Bottomless Pit]]
* [[Brutal Bonus Level]]: Pretty much all of the secret and extra levels from both games are this.
* [[Bubbly Clouds]]: "In the Clouds" from ''DS'' and World 5 in the original. Probably a few other secret levels too.
* [[Bullet Seed]]: After eating a watermelon, Yoshi can spit watermelon seeds at enemies to kill them.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Prior to this game, the Shy Guys' only appearance in the Mario series was as enemies held over from when ''[[Doki Doki Panic]]'' was turned into ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. It was this game that codified them as Mario characters.
* [[Cat Smile]]: One of the fire enemies. [[Raocow]] calls them "Catoboos" because of this.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Poochy, who got his own level in ''Yoshi's Island'', appeared as a selectable character in ''[[Tetris Attack]]'', had a minor role sniffing out fruit in a couple levels of Yoshi's Story, and since then has only gotten two cameo appearances in ''[[Mario Kart]]: Double Dash!!'' and ''[[Mario Party]] Advance''.
* [[Crosshair Aware]]: The final boss, and a handful of regular enemies as well.
* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: Mario is cute as a baby, but [[Most Annoying Sound|you won't like to hear him cry]].
* [[
* [[Defeat by Modesty]]: Burt the Bashful in the original and the Burt Bros. in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
* [[Degraded Boss]]: Salvo the Slime, a boss from the first game's first world, reappears in a few endgame fortress levels guarding keys as a mini-boss of sorts.
** Though in these cases, he's now a bit of a [[Puzzle Boss]], as he no longer drops little Lemon Drop slimes to replenish your egg supply. You have ricochet eggs of the walls and floor to hit him multiple times with a single egg if you don't want to run out before he's dead.
* [[Delivery Stork]]
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Poochy - see [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]] above.
* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: See [[Skippable Boss]], where the game takes into account if you exploit a bug to defeat a boss before the fight technically begins.
▲* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Not Peach, surprisingly, as she's actually a playable character in ''Yoshi's Island DS''. (She does get kidnapped by monkeys in World 2-1, however.) In both games, the damsel is actually Baby Luigi.
* [[Down the Drain]]: "Naval Piranha's Castle" and "The Impossible Maze" in the original game and "Big Bungee Piranha's Lair" in the DS game.
* [[The Dragon]]: Kamek. He is doing everything for the sake of Bowser's future as conqueror, and is the one empowering the bosses and sending Bowser's minions into the levels to try to stop Yoshi.
* [[Dragon-in-Chief]]: Bowser is not much more than a young child at this point in the timeline that not even talks coherently, so Kamek is the one actually leading the koopas and other of Bowser's minions. {{Spoiler|Even when Bowser furiously kicks him out of way and tries to forcibly ride Yoshi, Bowser is easily defeated by the hero. Is only when Kamek makes Bowser gigantic that things get serious}}.
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: Nearly every boss level in the series is this.
* [[Excited Episode Title]]: The DS game is particularly plentiful with them, especially in the secret/extra levels and World 5.
* [[Extreme Omnivore]]
* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Fuzzies.▼
* [[Galactic Conqueror]]: Bowser aims to be this is ''Yoshi's Island DS''. He would later try again in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
* [[Gang Plank Galleon]]: World 3 in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
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** ''Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy'' is called '''[[Fun with Acronyms|L]]'''[[Fun with Acronyms|ustiges]] '''[[Fun with Acronyms|S]]'''[[Fun with Acronyms|poren]] '''[[Fun with Acronyms|D]]'''[[Fun with Acronyms|rama]] in the German version.
** In one of the paths in Bowser's Castle, there is a bandit trapped in a small room with burning Shy Guys beneath his feet. Mook punishment?
** A gross way of doing this yourself in the final battle: {{spoiler|just press Y when behind Baby Bowser when you beat his first phase
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]:
** Hector the Reflector and Priscilla the Peckish in ''Yoshi's Island DS'' - enhanced monsters, like most of the other bosses, but monsters ''seen nowhere else in the game''. Similarly, Six-Faced Sal is an enchanted set of ''platforms''.
** Moltz the Very Goonie from ''DS''. Very Goonies (
* [[The Goomba]]:
** Oddly enough, not ''the'' Goomba, but rather the Shy Guys from ''[[
** Also Crayzee Dayzees, which appear later in ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]''.
* [[Goomba Stomp]]: Well it ''is'' a Mario series, although here, it won't be your primary means of attack.
▲* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Fuzzies.
* [[Green Hill Zone]]: Much of the first world in all of the games in the series.
* [[Ground Pound]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: In ''DS'', Baby Wario and Baby Bowser are only usable for very specific sets of levels, after which they leave the 'party' until the [[Back for the Finale|final level]].
* [[Heel Face Turn]]:
** {{spoiler|Baby Bowser in ''Yoshi's Island DS''. And he [[Face Heel Turn|Face Heel Turns]] ''[[Heel Face Revolving Door|RIGHT BACK]]'' when you reach the [[Final Boss]]}}.
** Also some of the bosses and enemies in ''Tetris Attack''.
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* [[Implacable Man]]: Tap-Tap the Golden, encountered in the cave behind Door 3 in Baby Bowser's Castle. He will steadily chase you across the cave and cannot be damaged or defeated by any means; even if he falls into one of the [[Bottomless Pits]] he will somehow manage to jump back out. Your only option is to knock him backwards with eggs and flee.
* [[Interchangeable Antimatter Keys]] : In castle levels, it is apparent.
* [[Interface Screw]]: Four words: "Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy
** There is also the "Grim Leecher", which thankfully is encountered only in a bonus level in ''Yoshi's Island''.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Mario in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
* [[Jungle Japes]]: World 3 in the original Yoshi's Island, and world 2 in Yoshi's Island DS.
* [[Kangaroo Pouch Ride]]: In the DS version.
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* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Many levels, but Yikes! Boiling Hot! is the most obvious example of this, as the naming suggests.
* [[Living MacGuffin]]: The seven star children ({{spoiler|Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Peach, Baby Donkey Kong, Baby Wario, Baby Bowser, and Baby Yoshi}}) in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
* [[Mama Bear]]
* [[Make My Monster Grow]]:
** Just about every boss fight. It's almost a [[Running Gag]] for the final Bowser fight in the series now, after a basic fight against Baby Bowser/Bowser, he gets made 20/200 times bigger by Kamek's magic and ends up trying to crush Yoshi and the final castle level flat.
** {{spoiler|Inverted one time when Kamek shrinks Yoshi and he gets eaten by the boss
* [[Maniac Monkeys]]: Aw, look at the cute little monkey... wait, did it just steal Baby Mario from me? And why are the other monkeys throwing cactuses and bombs at me?
* [[Marathon Level]]: The Very Looong Cave and The Cave That Never Ends from the original and DS games accordingly, along with A Light in the Dark and Yoshi's Island Easter Eggs from the DS game.
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* [[Monster Compendium]]: ''DS'' has a ''museum'' of every enemy defeated with an egg.
* [[Mordor]]: The last level of every game.
* [[Mushroom Samba]]: The Fuzzies, which cause Yoshi to stumble around as if drunk for a little while, [[Interface Screw|screwing up his movements.]]
* [[Musical Nod]]: The end credits play a slowed-down remix of the [[Super Mario Bros.]] Course Clear fanfare.
* [[Nerf]]: In ''Yoshi's Island DS'', red eggs will not bounce off surfaces. Though it nerfs the egg projectile in general, the primary effect is that it makes exploiting the fact that eggs change colour as they bounce to gain red eggs harder than in the original.
** ''DS'' nerfed the entire game in general by ''completely removing the inventory system''. Now, not only can you not make the game easier by refilling your egg supply at the touch of a button or whipping out a melon to spit seeds at enemies, but you are now forced to guard your health bar with your very life, since you can no longer max out your star count at the goal ring simply by using a +10 or +20 star card.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]:
** ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
** As well as Crazy Maze Days/Endless World of Yoshis and Kamek's Revenge in either the original game or the ''Super Mario Advance 3'' remake of the original game.
** Getting all of the [[Cosmetic Award|totally useless stars on the opening screen]] in the original game and the DS sequel, which involved finding twenty red coins, five flowers, and having a completely full health meter on every level.
* [[Nostalgia Level]]: Most of World 4, but especially 4-1, consists largely of classic Mario enemies including Goomba, Koopas, Piranha Plants and Wigglers, featured in higher abundance than other levels.
** In the DS game, World 1-1 is a recreation of 1-1 from the original game, while 4-1, "Rock 'N' Fall", is more or less a combination of "Visit Koopa and Para-Koopa" and "Lakitu's Wall" from the original game.
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: The final boss battle with Bowser. You fight him at the sunset, so the ground and most of the background are dark, as is the dragon's belly. You do not know where most things are, except the ground and the monster, giving the player the sensation of helplessness.
* [[Obstacle Ski Course]]: Two of the snow levels are this, one is regular, the other bonus. The latter also happens to be the most difficult of the 6 bonus levels... while being the 5th.
* [[Ominous Floating Castle]]: Bowser's Castle in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: ''All'' of the bosses do this.
* [[Only Fatal to Adults]]: All of the inhabitants of Yoshi's Island become zombie-like except for a couple of Yoshi eggs in ''Yoshi's Story''.
* [[Platform Hell]]:
** It would not be surprising if Endless World of Yoshis/Crazy Maze Days inspired or was inspired by various ROM hacks and Kaizo type games. And the secret levels in ''Yoshi's Island DS'' fit this trope to a T, with the whole point of Yoshi's Island Easter Eggs being ludicrously over the top and somewhat unfair platform challenges.
** Ultimate castle challenge is even worse, with a ridiculously hard obstacle course of one hit kill spikes. However this area can be avoided entirely by stocking up on green watermelons and simply blasting your way through.
* [[Plot Tailored to the Party]]: The DS game is structured so that you have to use all of the babies at some point or another by setting up obstacles which require a particular baby's unique ability to get past.
* [[Prequel]]: All of the games take place before the main ''Mario'' series.
* [[Raymanian Limbs]]: This might not be the case in official art, but in-game? Legs do not exist. There is only disembodied feet.
* [[Ring Out Boss]]: Roger the Potted Ghost is probably the UR example, and there's also Big Guy the Stilted in Yoshi's Island DS.
* [[Rise to the Challenge]]: "Welcome to Yoshi Tower!" in the DS game.
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* [[Shout-Out]]: The final chamber in the final stage of the first game is a long side-scrolling area full of blocks. Kamek randomly appears in the room and tosses out spells that turn the blocks into enemies, identical to how Magikoopas attacked in ''Super Mario World''.
* [[Skippable Boss]]: Naval Piranha in the original game. If you position yourself on the far left end of the boss room ledge such that Kamek doesn't appear, you can throw an egg at the Piranha Plant to finish it off, skipping the entire fight against it.
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* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]: World 5 in ''Yoshi's Island'', the second half of World 4 in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
* [[Space Zone]]: Raphael the Raven fought Yoshi on the moon, and ''Yoshi's Island DS'' has space rocket piloting sections.
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* [[Underground Level]]: The Very Loooooong Cave and The Cave That Never Ends, along with many more.
* [[The Unfought]]: Kamek much prefers mutating enemies into bosses than directly confronting Yoshi. The closest he's come to a boss battle is when he attacks you throughout the final hallway in Bowser's Castle in the first game. Even then, he's more of an obstacle than a real enemy, and can't be defeated. When you get into the boss room, it looks as though you're finally going into a real battle against him, but unfortunately he turns out to be a [[Bait and Switch Boss]].
** Though not technically the same series as the Yoshi games, Kamek is the third-to-last boss in ''[[
** Kamek can also be directly fought in ''[[
* [[Unique Enemy]]: Smaller versions of Burt the Bashful only appear in Burt's Fort. Later, orange, bouncing Bullet Bills turn up in just one level of the GBA edition.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: One jungle level in ''Yoshi's Island DS'' is filled with happy, smiling, helpful, delicious monkeys.
** Think about how the monkeys treat you.▼
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: In the DS version, Baby Bowser throws a tantrum {{spoiler|when he finds out his future self is still a loser trying to take over the world
* [[Warmup Boss]]: Burt the Bashful in the first game, and the Big Burt Bros. in the second.
* [[When All Else Fails Go Right]]: Subverted at the beginning of both "Hop! Hop! Donut Lifts" and "Shifting Platforms Ahead". Yoshi even turns around automatically if you don't move the moment you gain control of him.
* [[Womb Level]]: {{spoiler|The fight against Prince Froggy, where, instead of the boss being giant, you get turned tiny, and Froggy immediately eats you up
▲* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: One jungle level in ''Yoshi's Island DS'' is filled with happy, smiling, helpful, delicious monkeys.
▲** Think about how the monkeys treat you.
▲* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: In the DS version, Baby Bowser throws a tantrum {{spoiler|when he finds out his future self is still a loser trying to take over the world.}}
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