Yoshi made his first appearance in Super Mario World, released in 1990. He appeared alongside Koopalings who received names based on musicians during localization for an American release.

Yep, Yoshi’s real name is T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas, and Mario isn’t even homo sapiens. No wonder he was able to inhumanely drop his buddy Yoshi to his death in order to jump a little bit higher.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie dominated the box office again this past weekend and some fans of the hit film based on the Nintendo video game series can't help but wonder: Why isn't Yoshi in the ...

In the old games, Mario would effectively get up to three hit points: one when he was little Mario, another when he gets the mushroom, and a third if he managed to get a power-up.