# Yoshi Yoshi is Nintendo's green anthropomorphic dinosaur who debuted alongside Mario in Super Mario World for the SNES in 1990. His appearances in dozens of spinoff titles, from Yoshi's Island to Mario Kart, turned him into a long-running source of fan jokes, GIFs, and nostalgia posts across gaming communities online. ## Origin Yoshi first appeared in Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo, which launched in Japan on November 21, 1990[1]. Series creator Shigeru Miyamoto had wanted to pair Mario with a dinosaur companion since the original NES games, but the older hardware could not render the design he had in mind[1]. Nintendo developed the character; no single fan post is credited as the start of 'Yoshi memes.' The jokes pulled from decades of fan art, game clips, and GIFs across gaming forums rather than one viral image[2]. - **Platform:** Super Mario World (SNES) / gaming forums (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 1990 ## Overview Online jokes about Yoshi lean on a short list of signature traits: the saddle Mario rides, the enemy-swallowing tongue, the pop-out eggs, and the chirpy 'Yoshi!' voice clip that follows him from title to title[1]. Fans riff on how Nintendo seemingly adds Yoshi to any Mario sports, racing, or party spinoff that ships, which itself became a running bit on gaming forums[2]. Older clips of his Super Mario World appearance still circulate as reference footage for retrospectives and remix videos[3]. The meme is less a single image macro and more a bundle of character jokes: fan art of Yoshi eating oversized food, edits of his flutter-jump, and the recurring 'word meaning' note that 'Yoshi' doubles as a Japanese expression of approval, roughly 'all right!' or 'yes!'[4]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Yoshi? Yoshi is Nintendo's green dinosaur character, introduced as Mario's rideable sidekick in Super Mario World and later given his own game series[1]. ### Where did Yoshi come from? He debuted in Super Mario World for the SNES, released in Japan on November 21, 1990, after Shigeru Miyamoto finally had hardware powerful enough to add the dinosaur sidekick he had wanted since the NES era[1]. ### What does Yoshi mean? In Japanese, 'yoshi' doubles as an expression of approval or excitement, loosely 'all right!' or 'yes!', which fans often point out when the character is brought up[4]. ### How do you use Yoshi? Yoshi jokes online typically riff on his tongue-eating mechanic, his saddle, his color variants, and the bit about Nintendo adding him to every Mario spinoff ever made[2]. ### Is Yoshi still popular? He is still a default pick on Mario Kart, Smash Bros., and Mario Party rosters, and solo entries like Yoshi's Woolly World kept the character in active rotation[2]. ## References 1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yoshi]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_S87NnO9rk]() 4. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Yoshi]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2obLclpsVJo]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBmC0ZIRaXQ]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/yoshi Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library