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50 free Yoshi trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Shigeru Miyamoto wanted Mario to ride a dinosaur from the very first Super Mario Bros., but the NES could not handle it. Yoshi finally hatched in Super Mario World in 1990, drawn by Shigefumi Hino, and within five years he was starring in his own masterpiece, Yoshi's Island, with a brand-new Flutter Jump and a marker-drawn art style that Nintendo's marketing department hated. These 50 questions cover the whole Yoshi shelf: the Devil World dragon he descends from, the Excitebike connection, the Game Freak puzzle game, the Super FX2 chip and Morphmation, the Super Donkey prototype, Yoshi's Story and its Lizard Lick launch, Kazumi Totaka's hidden melody, the yarn and cardboard worlds from Good-Feel, the Sundream Stone, the 2026 Mysterious Book game and Donald Glover's casting for the Galaxy movie. There are cameos too: Super Mario 64's roof, Tetris Attack and the 1993 film's nine-puppeteer animatronic. Easy questions stick to the basics; the expert tier asks about Tamagon, Hisashi Nogami and Jewelry Land. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a Nintendo night.
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Q 01In which 1990 game did Yoshi make his debut?
Super Mario World
It was the SNES launch game; earlier hardware could not handle a rideable dinosaur.
Q 02Which designer drew Yoshi?
Shigefumi Hino
His first draft was judged too reptilian, so Tezuka asked for something cuter.
Q 03Who had wanted Mario to have a dinosaur companion since the first Super Mario Bros.?
Shigeru Miyamoto
NES hardware limits kept the idea on his desk for years.
Q 04Yoshi's lineage traces back to Tamagon, a green dragon in which 1984 game?
Devil World
Both hatch from eggs, eat enemies with a big mouth and make the same hatching noise.
Q 05The idea of Mario riding a creature also came from which NES game featuring motorcycles?
Excitebike
Miyamoto's love of horse riding and western themes is also credited.
Q 06How was Yoshi's tongue attack originally conceived, according to his designer?
Surprise at a hit on the head
It was later explained away as Mario pointing forward to signal Yoshi.
Q 07Which signature move did Yoshi gain in Yoshi's Island?
Flutter Jump
Holding the jump button gives a secondary boost, making him easier to control in the air than Mario.
Q 08How many Power Stars unlock Yoshi on the castle roof in Super Mario 64?
120
Yoshi delivers a message from the developers and hands over 100 extra lives.
Q 09In Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Yoshi is unlocked after defeating which boss?
Mecha Jr.
The fight takes place in the Lava Pit.
Q 10In Super Mario Odyssey, Yoshi can be captured on top of which building?
Peach's Castle
Capturing him gives the player his Flutter Jump and eating abilities.
Q 11In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, playable Yoshis can do what for other players?
Carry them as riders
Red, yellow and blue Yoshis join the green one as playable characters.
Q 12Which studio, later famous for Pokémon, developed the 1991 Yoshi puzzle title?
Game Freak
It was Game Freak's first collaboration with Nintendo and was finished in six months.
Q 13Who directed the 1991 Yoshi puzzle title?
Satoshi Tajiri
He said the project taught him the "wave" approach of putting an easy stage after a hard one.
Q 21Marketing staff rejected an early Yoshi's Island for lacking punch next to which game?
Donkey Kong Country
The artists responded by pushing the hand-drawn look even further.
Q 22A prototype resembling Yoshi's Island, found in 2020, starred a pilot under what title?
Super Donkey
It may have begun life as a Donkey Kong game before being repurposed for Yoshi.
Q 23Yoshi's Island's 2002 GBA port carried which subtitle?
Super Mario Advance 3
The port added six new levels and Kazumi Totaka's voice for Yoshi.
Q 14Under what name was the 1991 puzzle title released in PAL regions?
Mario & Yoshi
It launched on both NES and Game Boy on the same day in Japan.
Q 15In Yoshi's Safari, Mario and Yoshi must defeat Bowser to save what?
Jewelry Land
It was a Super Scope light-gun game for the SNES.
Q 16Which wizard kidnaps Baby Luigi at the start of Yoshi's Island?
Kamek
He serves the young Bowser, who foresaw the brothers foiling his plans.
Q 17How many levels does Yoshi's Island contain across its six worlds?
48
Every fourth level is a boss fight against a giant version of an earlier foe.
Q 18Yoshi's Island was the first game to use which Argonaut enhancement chip?
Super FX2
It powered rotating walls and the dizzy effect in "Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy".
Q 19Which newly hired artist created Yoshi's Island's marker-drawn art style?
Hisashi Nogami
Drawings were scanned and then approximated pixel by pixel.
Q 20What term did advertising use for Yoshi's Island's chip-powered effects?
Morphmation
The SNES was near the end of its life, with the Nintendo 64 due the following year.
Q 24Roughly how many copies did Yoshi's Island sell on the SNES?
4 million
Over 1.77 million of those were sold in Japan.
Q 25In which year was Yoshi's Island released?
1995
It was the last 2D Super Mario platformer for over a decade.
Q 26Yoshi's Story was released for which console?
Nintendo 64
Nintendo marketed its pre-rendered 2D look as "2.5D".
Q 27Yoshi's Story was first planned for which add-on before moving to cartridge?
64DD disk drive
It was then called Yoshi's Island 64 and was shown at Space World in November 1996.
Q 28Who composed Yoshi's Story and recorded Yoshi's voice for it?
Kazumi Totaka
Those vocal samples became Yoshi's official voice in later games.
Q 29How many pieces of fruit must Yoshi eat to fill the Fruit Frame in Yoshi's Story?
30
Melons score most, and each level hides exactly 30 of them.
Q 30What does Baby Bowser steal from the Yoshis in Yoshi's Story?
The Super Happy Tree
He also turns the island into a pop-up storybook.