How was Yoshi created? 

Is it possible that nearly every invention from Nintendo started as a weird idea by Miyamoto? Then he gets disappointed because his weird idea doesn't go up as planned just to be realized in the end and be really good?

Fun Fact: Miyamoto once said that Yoshi isn’t a dragon or dinosaur. He’s a Yoshi.

"It could be hiding in a cellar in the Nintendo HQ..." Nintendarea 51 Raid, they can't throw fireballs at all of us.

I feel like toad is much weirder than yoshi, not to say yoshi isn't weird

Me: hey look clouds Tesuka: EYES EYES EYES EYES

Dude it’s great you used original footage of the team. Great documenting brotha

i love how there is only like one clip of footage from inside nintendos walls and its used in every video.

"no character as weird looking as Yoshi" *Birdie has entered the chat*

The thumbnail: Cereal when no haves milk -> Cereal when haves milk

And now Miyamoto had his dream of Mario riding a horse realized at Mario&Sonic in the Olympic Games

Yoshi's Cookie came out for original NES back in 1992.

When Thomas publishes a new video: *Yoshi Islands Theme kicks in*

How was Yoshi made? Well, you see Thomas, when a Paisano puts his spaghetti noodle in a Mamma Mia's.... Wait a minute...

I couldn't stop smiling throughout the whole video,I just love Yoshi so much!!

You know what I love about your show? the quality and the research is fantastic BUT what I love more is this childlike feel, not in a negative way, but in a VERY positive way (as if a kid is describing the game he/she wants for christmass and why said kid LOVES that game!). I can feel as if we were trasnported back to our childhood again! The way and the love for the games that come through the way you talk, I see the kid inside of you speaking out to us about your most cherished game. Makes me wanna cry with a feeling of nostalgia! Hot summer afternoons sitting in front of the TV playing my games without one single worry in my head(I personally can almost feel as if i was THERE!!!!). keep up the good work! you are the best!

5:25 That's probably why the bricks in SMW have eyes! I always wondered that.

Ever since I played Super Mario World as a little kid Yoshi has been to this day my all time favourite video game character.

Everyone: Oh it just looks like he's hitting yoshi, but he's just pointing. Hino: naw man you were right before lol.

8:19 So basically Yoshi's cousin is a Koopa Troopa

This is awesome I just recently named my crested gecko Yoshi so this was perfectly timed!

No one: Miyamoto: “I WANT MARIO TO RIDE A HORSE”

Yoshi: it devours it's preys and turns them in to it's offspring. It throws most of the eggs as an projectile weapon. That's pretty messed up when you think about it...

Naturally, because a van would be too much logic to handle for this former plumber.

6:15 well, the actual Yoshi prototype sprites were leaked yesterday so...yeah.

2:20 he wants mario to ride something. Peach?

There was a game for the NES I remember from when I was a kid, "Adventure Island II", where the player character can find 4 different dinosaurs -- in eggs, no less -- that he can ride on and give him different abilities. The argument that Yoshi couldn't be implemented on the NES always falls flat, IMO, because of that game. Either way, he was the most memorable thing about Super Mario World, and I'm glad Yoshi has become a mainstay in the Mario universe ever since.

0:08 Birdo: *sweats profusely*

I love history, I love video games. This Channel is the best.

Tamagon does look like Yoshi's early baby sprite.

You're saying they couldn't program Yoshi on the NES but what makes him different from the shoe Goomba from Mario 3?

*No please don't show me Beta Yoshi ever again*

6:18 Anyone else think they kinda look like baby Yoshis?

9:17 Idk man, those stubby legs look adorable asf

Since you actually mentioned Tamagon, I'm surprised you didn't mention that when he spawns on Devil World, he's "born" from some kind of egg thing, and it makes the exact sound Yoshi's egg makes when it hatches in Super Mario World, but in 8-bit. Also, that Yoshi sketch looks like a weird Chocobo thing (the lower head at least).

Man, you have a gift for telling stories and summarising facts in a compelling way. I think I already knew 80% of this story, yet it felt like the first time I heard it when watching your video. Great work!

The thing from Devil World looks a bit like the Bubble Bobble Dragons. So the roots of Yoshi’s design could come from there if he is indeed based on the Devil World creature.

The sketch you showed was planned for the first game before the platforming concept was a thing

the first yoshi in the thumbnail is yoshi after years of inbreeding

3:08 Thats the best version of the world map from that game i've ever seen for some reason 😂😅

Devil World is definitely not a PacMan clone, similar premise maybe, but definitely not a PacMan clone.

How was yoshi created? Well, you see...

2:38 would’ve been funny if the video just ended on this fade out

5:27 if mytamoto didn't put a stop for that then super mario bros 3 would be a weird game Edit: Wow! 60 likes? That's the most I have ever got in a comment. Thanks for the likes! :D

You can see traces of that thumbnail Yoshi in baby Yoshi on the SNES version, or when Yoshi first pops out of his shell on the SNES.

hoo boy after these leaks this video is due for a remake

Yoshi is made in the form of a frog ( or a turtle, depends how you see it ) who has modeled after a dinosaur ( or a dragon ). I was always thinking this but i can say Yoshi is a invented creature who can be seen in more ways. Mario riding him as a horse can give us many aspects to learn and appropiate details to show everyone the imagination of creators to combine dinosaurs, dragons, turtles and make them as horses ( or pets ) Edit: This is what i'm thinking and i appreciate the video games.

Make a video about gba mp3 player

Yoshi is and has always been my favorite character alongside Mario and Luigi

He was meant to be a crocodile but Nintendo stole his likeness

Awe the ending was so wholesome :)

I remember Nintendo saying they wanted a Yoshi in the first game but couldn't get it to work but Little Nemo the Dream Master had rideable characters like a gorilla and a lizard.

It all started when one small green dino wanted to break the law and commit tax fraud...

7:02 These children are scary...

Personally, I always wondered if Yoshi's design was influenced by Bub and Bob from Bubble Bobble. I doubt it, but the game was released on the NES.

0:55 “All hard at work” *shows people sitting down doing nothing*

Interesting video of the history of Yoshi's design. I did find it funny that Yoshi started off looking allot like a strange turtle dinosaur hybrid but after a few years the design of Yoshi improved to the love-able character that he became. Yoshi from Super Mario 64 original looks completely different to the Super Mario 64 DS version where he is playable.

You can really tell how much effort and research he puts into his videos. Awesome video!

Mario punching Yoshi shouldn't be too surprising considering how abusive he was to his pet gorilla Donkey Kong... Mario's always been an animal abuser. He must be stopped!

Yoshi’s always looked like a spiny frog with a really long neck to me (and the koopas as “turtle yoshis” lol)

1:35 i see mario all stars on that screen

2:31 they knew their onions when it came to game development?

Am I the only one who notices the similarity between Tamagon and the Bubble Bobble dragons???

A weird looking mount is perfect for what was at the time a very unconventional main character in a weird world

8:30 *What if he's also a turtle than does that mean Yoshi is on top of the chain in the Circle of Koopas?*

Thomas has learned how to not hold the camera two feet above him. love this character development :)

Very interesting look forward to your Yoshi Island video

I was looking forward to your upload and you didn't let me down :D! very cool facts, after playing games for 20+ years I never knew this. Thanks for the upload dude, much apreciated.

Wow wasn’t expecting to tear up at that music near the end :’( Thomas SAD docs HAHAHAH

Yoshi is my favorite character!

Dude you need a time machine so you can go back to nintendo's offices at the time and get some more background footage! Anyway, good video! Didn't know he was originally gonna be a horse!

Thomas I am so proud of how far you have come! You have the perfect formula for Nintendo trivia videos. I honestly wish I could meet you one day and lose at smash 😂

4:28 if you pause the video here and read the interview, it actually says some pretty interesting stuff.

"The technology of the NES just wasn't up to the task" and yet Adventure Island 2 on the NES managed it in 1991.

I love yoshi Island (snes Version) so much❤️

Got a Sega genesis mini ad before a video about yoshi origin on SNES

Hey Thomas, Im really impressed by the maturity and breadth of your videos. Great content that keeps me coming back.

Actually, Yoshi was created on October 17, 1969, after the jury found Al Capone guilty of several counts of tax evasion. The criminal energy that was taken out of circulation had to go somewhere, and thus manifested itself in the mind of Miyamoto at Nintendo Headquarters just a few years later.

Yoshi is the best fictional character ever hands down

Yoshi, literally only says one thing - its name and people still say it wrong. The rest of it was great.

What’s with the lullaby music? Anyway! Good video, very informative and well edited as always. You’re my favorite youtuber.

I fucking love your voice, so cute and soothing.

Trust me mostly watching 1 about splatoon, I was mostly daydreaming about making a book named The omie squad. I’m weird ok for a 6th grader that’s creative!

Your content is great Thomas, keep going!

thank you, thomas. your videos are amazing, and you always tell stories i didnt know.

RU-vid, you've recommended this to me for the past day... time to learn my dino history!

Was Yoshi named after yoshiaki koizumi?

I watched the whole ad for you! It was an amazing video!

These videos are way more entertaining than they should be

Yoshi is just....lovely. ❤️🥰

Seriously, everyone calls Yoshi a ♂. But since Yoshi lays eggs, that must mean that Yoshi is really a ♀!

0:18 Well, I love Yoshi 8-bits

You are an amazing researcher! Well done ! Just subscribed

Yes! Guessed it right! Noice video once again. Also, I loved your 'To the Translators' song a lot!

0:28 did Mario just Naruto run?

Last time I checked your channel only 3 months ago you had 2,000 subscribers. You’re gonna be big and famous very soon.

I can’t get the image of ‘Miyamoto sighing wistfully at his pinned up drawing of horseback Mario while his coworkers look on in concern’ out of my head

What about Yoshi’s cookie? How does that game fit into his creation and timeline?

This is supposed to be "The history of a tax fraud criminal who came to life"

Yoshi legit is my fav character from been a kid

Yoshi has been my favorite video game character since I was like two