What the heck IS Yoshi anyway?

garison Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

We all know that Yoshi is a dinosaur, right? I mean, even his Wikipedia article states he is a “fictional Dinosaur”, but when I think of Yoshi, I don’t think of dinosaur, I think of just - Yoshi. It’s like over time, Yoshi has lost his Dinosaur image.

No, I retract that last statement. I don’t think that he was EVER a dinosaur to me. When I was a kid playing Super Mario World, I never said in my head, “I wish that I had a Yoshi Dinosaur to ride,” I always just said “I wish I had a real life Yoshi”. Like every other being in the Super Mario universe, he is his own thing.

You don’t call a Goomba a dog, or a Shy-Guy a hamster (save the Koopas, they’re turtles), you would call Yoshi a Yoshi.

Does this shortblog really make that much sense to you guys? Is Yoshi a dinosaur in your eyes, or will he alway be considered a part of the Yoshi species?

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2 Comments

  1. nsduo says:

    yoshi the dinosaur man.

  2. Evl Chuck Norris says:

    Yoshi is an anthropomorphic dinosaur. Being mostly dinosaur, but having some of the traits of a human.

    Yoshi may lay eggs, which would indicate he is asexual in nature, but in fact this is only a variation or subspecies of Yoshi. The more dominant sect of the species is obviously male and female. I say obviously because the females have gigantic milk engorged breasts -but in attempt to keep with Nintendo’s “family friendly” policy this aspect of the Yoshi species was never explored. Game titles such as “Yoshi’s beach bikini challenge” and “Let’s milk Yoshi” were never fully realized outside of Japan even though the Wii controls would be perfect for milking Yoshi’s giant pendulous breasts. America’s loss, I guess, but I know I’d wait outside on release day!

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