Editing Yoshi (section)

===In ''Yoshi'' series===
[[File:Yoshi emblem.svg|left|thumb|112x112px|The Yoshi egg used to represent the character|alt=A green-spotted dinosaur egg.]]
Yoshi's initial appearance in the [[List of Yoshi video games|''Yoshi'']] series was in the puzzle game [[Yoshi (video game)|named after him]], where he counted the number of eggs hatched on the side of the screen.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/07/17/yoshi-review|access-date=May 4, 2022 |title=IGN: Yoshi (Virtual Console) Review|date=August 9, 2007|archive-date=August 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809191532/http://wii.ign.com/articles/805/805744p1.html}}</ref> In another puzzle game, ''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]'', Yoshi appears as a character in V.S. mode. Yoshi has to make horizontal and vertical rows of the same kind of cookie to proceed to the next level. In the Nintendo Puzzle Collection version, there is now a story mode in the game, where Mario and Yoshi are making cookies but get exhausted from the many cookie deliveries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Review: Yoshi's Cookie (Wii Virtual Console / NES)|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/vc/yoshis_cookie_nes|date=April 5, 2008|website=Nintendo Life|access-date=October 10, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010065135/https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/vc/yoshis_cookie_nes|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bowser conquers Jewelry Land during the events of ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'' (It is the only ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise game to feature [[first-person shooter]] gameplay and requires the SNES's [[Super Scope]] [[light gun]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|title=Remembering the First and Only Mario FPS|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/13/mario-fps-yoshis-safari|first=Ben|last=Bertoli|date=13 March 2019|work=IGN|access-date=10 October 2021|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019012443/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/13/mario-fps-yoshis-safari|url-status=live}}</ref>), kidnapping its rulers, King Fret and Prince Pine, and removing the twelve mystical jewels that gave the kingdom its name and stability, forcing it to split into two realms: the Dark Realm and the Light Realm. Princess Peach then summons Mario and Yoshi to restore order. To help the two, Peach provides Mario a new weapon, the Super Scope, an energy pistol. Mario and Yoshi enter a Warp Pipe with this new weapon, which transports them to Jewelry Land.<ref name="auto1"/>

The Magikoopa sorcerer Kamek foresees that two newborn brothers will bring ruin to the Koopas and attempts to capture them as the stork carries them to their mother and father in the Mushroom Kingdom one morning years before the events of most Mario games, during the events of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. While Kamek captures Baby Luigi, his twin brother, Baby Mario, escapes to Yoshi's Island unseen. Fortunately, Yoshi is out walking in the woods that day, and Baby Mario lands unharmed on his saddle, along with a map to Bowser's Castle, where Kamek has stolen Baby Luigi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/07/super_mario_world_2_yoshis_island_retro|title=Review: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Super Nintendo)|date=July 23, 2009|website=Nintendo Life|access-date=October 10, 2021|archive-date=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413200401/http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/07/super_mario_world_2_yoshis_island_retro|url-status=live}}</ref>

Baby Mario was entirely absent in the next ''Yoshi'' game, ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', in which Baby Bowser steals a tree that is the source of the Yoshis' happiness, and turns their world into a picture book. Six eggs survive, and hatch into baby Yoshis, the protagonists.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/03/10/yoshis-here|title=Yoshi's Here|work=[[IGN]]|date=2012-06-21|orig-date=1998-03-10|access-date=2023-01-11|archive-date=2023-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101110645/https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/03/10/yoshis-here|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kamek and Bowser travel back in time in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' to try to capture the famous star children (Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Donkey Kong), who had special energy in their bodies that, once in Bowser's hands, would let him to take over the world. Without knowing who the star children were, Kamek and Bowser went out to kidnap all of the Mushroom Kingdom's youngsters, only to have their prey escape their hands and join Yoshi in a journey to save the other kids.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/yoshis-island-ds-review/1900-6161583/|title=Yoshi's Island DS Review|work= GameSpot|date=September 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907003151/http://www.gamespot.com/yoshis-island-ds/reviews/yoshis-island-ds-review-6161583/|archive-date=September 7, 2013|access-date=May 4, 2022}}</ref>

In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', Yoshi reappears alongside Baby Mario and Baby Luigi. The game takes place between ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' and ''Yoshi's Island DS''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/yoshi-s-new-island-review/1900-633/|title=Yoshi's New Island Review|website=Giant Bomb|date=13 March 2014|access-date=10 October 2021|archive-date=28 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128163852/https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/yoshi-s-new-island-review/1900-633/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', Kamek tries to transform all of the Yoshis on Craft Island into Wonder Wools in order to assist Baby Bowser in building a new castle, but he misses Yoshi and Red Yoshi. After that, the two embarked on a quest to restore Craft Island to its former splendor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-poochy-yoshis-woolly-world/|title=Review: Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|date=February 1, 2017|access-date=October 10, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010072539/https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-poochy-yoshis-woolly-world/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Yoshi and the rest of his kind are gathered around the Sundream Stone in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'', which is claimed to make anyone's dream come true. Kamek and Baby Bowser try to get their hands on the stone. The Sundream Stone breaks into five diamonds, which spread around the island for the Yoshis to collect.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-yoshis-crafted-world/|title=Review: Yoshi's Crafted World|date=March 30, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010072539/https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-yoshis-crafted-world/|url-status=live}}</ref>