Nintendo Characters - Yoshi

First game - Super Mario World
Yoshi is a green dragon/dinosaur that first appeared in Super Mario World. He played as the game's sidekick to Mario and Luigi, and soon became a series favorite. He added plenty joy to the games, and received plenty of fans. Soon later he got his own series, generally known as the Yoshi's Island series or just plainly the Yoshi series.

Yoshi is not just the name of a character, though is also the name of the species he is. The majority of them live on Yoshi's Island, though some have been spotted on Delfino Isle and other areas. Mario first met the species when he was just an infant - Yoshi saved Mario and his brother Luigi from death, and brought them back to their parents. Years past, and then one day many years in the future when the twins were adults, they met the species again and not only saved their species, but also the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom - Peach.

Yoshi is noted as being one of the most original Nintendo characters - His abilities are simply outstanding for being nothing more than an animal - Probably his most significant ability is to eat almost anything his size (sometimes even bigger), and transform whatever he ate into an egg, which happens be an awesome projectile that can kill most enemies. He also has a long, sticky tounge similar to what a toad has, though is much stronger in what it can take in. His flutter ability allows him to jump far in the air. Yoshi has genneraly been accepted as the first character to use the ground pound attack, which to this day is a popular ability in many games.