Why does Yoshi exist?

Yoshi was originally meant to be a tame Koopa. That would mean that instead of Mario riding a dinosaur, he would be riding on a Koopa's back. The developers decided to change it to a Dinosaur because it was considered to work better with Mario's sprite.
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What is Yoshis purpose?

Throughout the mainline Super Mario series, Yoshi typically serves as Mario's trusted steed. With a gluttonous appetite, Yoshi can gobble enemies with his long tongue, and lay eggs that doubly function as projectiles.
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Is Yoshi really a dinosaur?

Yoshi, once romanized as Yossy, is a fictional anthropomorphic dinosaur (maybe either T-rex or Allosaurus) who appears in video games published by Nintendo.
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What is the rarest Yoshi color?

The rarest color in the games is probably magenta, since it's only possessed by the Balloon Baby Yoshi found in New Super Mario Bros. U. Brown is also not all that common after it got largely dropped in the mid-2000s in favor of Orange Yoshi.
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Are all Yoshis female?

Melee states that Yoshis reproduce asexually, meaning that they reproduce without a mate and are neither male nor female. This is supported by the Chef minigame in Game & Watch Galleries 2 and 4; after being fed long enough, the Yoshi produces an egg that eventually hatches into another Yoshi.
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Game Theory: Yoshi's Identity Crisis! What is a Yoshi?

Is Yoshi a male but lays eggs?

Is Yoshi, from Super Mario Brothers fame, female or male? Yoshi is a male. He can lay eggs however because all of Yoshi's race can lay eggs. Only the female Yoshi's lay eggs that can hatch into other Yoshi's, but other eggs that Yoshi's create forcefully are used as projectiles.
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Is Yoshi asexual?

Yoshi is typically referred to as Male, but appears to be asexual. All Yoshis can lay eggs and they don't need a partner to do so, as seen in Game & Watch Gallery's “Chef” where Yoshi is fed and lays an egg. A baby Yoshi then hatched from the egg, is fed until it grows into an adult Yoshi and the cycle continues.
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Is Yoshi a dinosaur or a turtle?

Described as either a dinosaur or dragon, Yoshis are four-limbed bipedal animals with a tail which have a shell-like saddle and a chameleon-like tongue. They have four digits on each hand and feet which resemble boots (which they are born with).
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Is Birdo A Boy or a girl?

The English manual for Super Mario Bros. 2 describes Birdo as a man who "thinks he is a girl" and would prefer to be called Birdetta. This led to Birdo being interpreted as transgender, which would make her the first transgender video game character.
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Is Green Yoshi a guy or a girl?

Yoshi, the beloved green (and sometimes various other colors) dinosaur from the Mario franchise, has been hopping around our screens since 1990. From the get-go, he's been pitched as a male character, his pronouns are he/him in most of the games' literature and stories.
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Does Yoshi have teeth?

Yoshi is omnivorous, meaning he can eat both plant-like items and meat, but seem to enjoy tropical fruits the most, as displayed in Yoshi's Story and Super Mario Sunshine. Yoshi's nose can detect fruit and other secrets buried underground. Yoshi also has teeth, but they are rarely seen or even used.
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Can Yoshi lay eggs?

In Egg, a Light Blue Yoshi lays an egg if he eats a baked Yoshi-shaped Yoshi Cookie after eating enough baked cookies to fill up one of the cookie meters. He can lay up to two eggs. One egg eventually hatches into a Baby Yoshi if the Light Blue Yoshi continues eating cookies without missing.
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Why does Yoshi have a shell?

The shell also serves as a makeshift saddle that people can use when riding Yoshi. In earlier designs for the character, the shell was explicitly shaped like a saddle, with a flat and inwardly curved shape. Later games redesigned Yoshi to give the shell a more rounded shape while still functioning as a saddle.
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What is Yoshis weakness?

Yoshi does have a few limitations. If he runs out of juice, he will disappear and return to his egg, so if you are taking him on a long journey, pick up some fruit along the way. Also, if Yoshi even touches water, he will disappear immediately.
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Does Yoshi ever talk?

Most of the time Yoshi only communicates by saying " Yoshi!," or some variation of that. In some of the games, Yoshi makes other gibberish noises, says colors, or (in a few games) Yoshi says the word " Nintendo". In a few games, Yoshi has actually spoken.
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Can all Yoshis fly?

Super Mario World

Here, each have a different power, as for Red Yoshis being able to shoot fireballs, Blue Yoshis being able to fly when it has a Koopa Shell in its mouth, and Yellow Yoshis being able to Ground Pound. Here they live in Dinosaur Land where the Koopalings and Bowser stole their eggs.
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Who is Mario's girlfriend?

Princess Peach is a character in Nintendo's Mario franchise. She was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and introduced in the 1985 original Super Mario Bros. installment as Princess Toadstool.
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Is Bowser a girl?

Bowser (クッパ, Kuppa, "Koopa"), also known as King Bowser or King Koopa, is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of Nintendo's Mario franchise. In Japan, his title is Daimaō (大魔王, "Great Demon King"). He is the arch-nemesis of the plumber Mario, and the leader of the turtle-like Koopa race.
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Who is Rosalina's boyfriend?

She is technically the only princess from the Mario Universe who does not have a boyfriend of her own.
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Is Toad a girl?

During an interview in 2014, Nintendo director Koichi Hayashida who produced the game Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, revealed that the appearance of a Toad does not represent his gender, explaining it has never been decided what gender could be associated with any Toad.
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What is Yoshis human name?

In addition to Yoshi's full name, the guide also reveals that Mario is not a traditional human but a person of a different species. The full paragraph states, "Yoshi, properly known as T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas, had been held captive in an egg until Mario (homo nintendonus) bopped along and rescued him.
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Who is Yoshi dating?

Birdo and Yoshi are depicted to be a couple. Birdo made an earlier appearance than Yoshi. In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, they are partners and their special items is the Yoshi Egg and Birdo Egg.
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Who is Bowser Jr's mom?

actually has no mother, as the world of the Mario series does not entirely reflect reality, and children may be produced asexually in its universe. Many other animals reproduce asexually in a similar fashion, so Bowser could potentially do so as well.
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Does Yoshi eat shy guys?

These Shy Guys first appear on Stage 3-3, Poochy and Nippy. White and Black Yoshi can eat them.
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