Yoshi is incontestably one of the most beloved characters in Nintendo’s history. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigefumi Hino in 1990, Yoshi was designed to be a loyal sidekick to our favorite ...

Nintendo's Yoshi series has had some incredible games over the years, but not every single one has hit the mark.

The super Mario himself is up there with Spider-Man, Darth Vader and Mickey Mouse as some of the most recognizable characters in pop culture. The former plumber turned Nintendo mascot and adventurer’s ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. As part of Mario's 40th anniversary celebrations, Nintendo announced a new Yoshi game for Nintendo Switch 2 at the September 2025 Nintendo Direct.

The on-and-off debate over whether Yoshi has a saddle or a shell has been settled once more with a simple answer: technically, both. The saddle was meant to be a shell in its original design, but the ...

It's been 20 years since Mario's Koopa-chomping steed Yoshi was given the solo adventure he deserved in Super Nintendo classic Yoshi's Island, an endearing prequel to the much-loved Super Mario World.

As Nintendo was so keen to remind us at every given opportunity, 2013 was the Year of Luigi - a period of twelve months where the lesser-known Mario sibling stepped out of the shadow of his plump ...

We were once told by Nintendo that Yoshi is not a dinosaur, as we'd stated in a feature, but that he was simply a Yoshi. Once we'd dusted ourselves down from the polite but firm telling off, we felt ...

This review originally went live in 2016, and we're updating and republishing it to mark the arrival of N64 games on Nintendo Switch Online. There's a lot to love about Yoshi's Story. The presentation ...