Yoshi is a
fictional character from some
Nintendo video games. He is
Mario's dinosaur friend, first appearing in
Super Mario World for the
SNES. After that he gained popularity, starring in two more adventure games,
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and
Yoshi's Story and three puzzle games,
Yoshi,
Yoshi's Cookie, and
Tetris Attack, as well as
Mario Is Missing and a few other games. He is one of the characters in the original
N64 Super Smash Bros. and the
GameCube version,
Super Smash Bros. Melee. The Yoshi character has attained a popularity almost as great as that of Mario himself.