What's better than one Yoshi? Two Yoshis? What about...get ready...three Yoshis? » 7/15/14 11:00am 7/15/14 11:00am

We haven't been too impressed with how the Ninja Turtles look in the upcoming Michael Bay-produced movie. We aren't the only ones, either — illustrator Shmorky tried to imagine what Yoshi would look like if Michael Bay redesigned him. » 5/01/14 7:00pm 5/01/14 7:00pm

That's not a dog in a Nintendo sweater. You are looking at groomed, dyed, and trimmed dog hair. Let's call this pooch "Yoshi Dog." » 4/09/14 4:00am 4/09/14 4:00am

Some fans were worried that Mario's green lizard buddy wouldn't be back for the newest Smash Bros.—out for 3DS this summer and Wii U this winter—but don't fret: Nintendo just announced that Yoshi is indeed back, and he'll stand upright this time. Game-changer. » 4/08/14 6:23pm 4/08/14 6:23pm

I posted this week's special Brawl in the Family video comic in today's edition of Sunday Comics, but I felt it needed a place of its own. As a friend put it, this is the tragedy of pet ownership spoken in the vernacular of video games. » 3/16/14 5:30pm 3/16/14 5:30pm

The 3DS XL Yoshi fans have been waiting for. Already announced for Europe, the limited edition Yoshi Edition 3DS XL will be available in North America on March 14 for $199.99, just in time for the release of Yoshi's New Island, sold separately. » 3/03/14 8:22am 3/03/14 8:22am

Just in case you were worried the country had lost its ability to sculpt amazing snow art, rest easy. It hasn't. » 2/05/14 7:00am 2/05/14 7:00am

As of today, Sonic can run around in an all-new Yoshi-themed zone available for the Wii U version of Sonic: Lost World. It's almost like Nintendo and Sega were never bitter rivals or something. The DLC is free. » 12/18/13 9:25am 12/18/13 9:25am

Drawing a realistic 3D Yoshi from Mario Kart with chalk is one thing, but the way the fine folks at the AweMeChannel animated and put him into a real-life street scene is quite spectacular. » 9/04/13 9:20am 9/04/13 9:20am

In February I speculated that perhaps a sex and name change would be enough to throw Nintendo's legal team off the scent of Era's Adventures, an Android game starring a female dinosaur that bore a striking resemblance to — okay, it was Yoshi. I was being silly. Nothing throws off Nintendo's legal team, and so Era… » 4/24/13 3:45pm 4/24/13 3:45pm

If you're a Hungarian Android developer looking to cut game design corners by co-opting an existing character, you might want to go a little more obscure than one of Nintendo's most beloved characters. » 2/28/13 9:55am 2/28/13 9:55am

Just look at that adorable twine Yoshi. This new Yoshi game, made by the folks who made Kirby's Epic Yarn was announced for Wii U this morning. » 1/23/13 9:27am 1/23/13 9:27am

Just as Mario looks strange clean shaven » 12/11/12 4:30am 12/11/12 4:30am

While Nintendo's making sure to have at least one big first-party title available for the launch of their new console in the form of New Super Mario Bros U, some of the company's other heavy hitters are quite as lucky. Metroid Blast—part of the themed mini-game collection Nintendo Land—isn't quite a full Samus Aran… » 10/29/12 1:23pm 10/29/12 1:23pm

When Kyoto resident Clifford Brown was in Kagoshima on vacation this spring, he noticed something familiar in the swirl of volcanic ash in the sky. He noticed Yoshi.

On his Flickr page, Brown recently uploaded the photo and titled it, "Yoshi Volcano", adding that it depicts a "Yoshi shaped eruption from Sakurajima". » 10/23/12 5:30am 10/23/12 5:30am

In Japan, parents make bento lunches for their kindergarten kids. To make a healthy lunch look as appetizing (or rather, "fun") as possible, many parents make them as cute as possible. As a parent of two boys, I've tried to make cute bento lunches, with the key word being "tried". » 6/19/12 7:20am 6/19/12 7:20am

Spotted near the Mongolian border, this Chinese yogurt drink features characters that look like Mario and Yoshi. It's like Super Mario World » 6/01/12 5:00am 6/01/12 5:00am