Top Mario Side Characters #1- Yoshi!

If you know me then this really shouldn't come as a surprise, as I have a strange obsession with Yoshi. That's right, without Yoshi, I just wouldn't like Mario as much. It was like Mario was destined to ride on a dinosaur that could perform a cool flutter jump, and throw eggs, and just look so awesome!!! It's just  confusing that Nintendo took until Super Mario World was released on the SNES to introduce Yoshi to us all.

Yoshi was created in the midst of the development of Super Mario World by Shigeru Miyamoto, although he had been thinking of giving Mario a dinosaur companion ever since the original Super Mario Bros was released. Since Super Mario World, Yoshi has appeared incountless Mario games, including Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, praised for it's great gameplay and cute artstyle. He is often said to be one of Mario's best sidekicks, although I would go far enough to say he IS Mario's best sidekick and, without him, Mario just wouldn't be as great as he is today!

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