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In a very interesting development it seems as though everyone’s favourite green dinosaur Yoshi was actually named after Yoshi’s Island and not the other way around. This was spotted in the Super Mario World manual by Twitter user Mike Drucker. It’s all a bit hard to get your head around.
But then… What was yoshi’s island named after?
A Japanese surname… Can’t expect the Brothers to be the only ones from our world to go to Dinosaur Land… But then again, That’s just a theory. A gam- That’s too overused.
“Yoshi” is actually a first name, not a surname.
That’s right, I forgot they say it backwards.
I always assumed this was a commom sense thing?
During the 80’s and 90’s, to read the live manuals used to be part of gaming. Everyone who lived in that day and age is aware of that.
Why do people love to make a case out of such obvious facts?
Its a good thing games these days no longer have manuals. Can’t wait for the day controllers don’t have buttons and games are just movies.
Its happening Casio.
I see your point, and like your sense of humor.
Indeed, everything is going straight to the rock bottom.
Shows how narrow minded you are
yup
It is not that weird at all, the komodo dragon was named after the island and not the other way around.
WTF?! How is this NEWs? Next they will say mario really gets his fire power from a flower!
WHO GIVES A CRAP. In the Super Mario Bros 3 manual, the Koopalings are supposed to be Bowser’s kids, but Miyamoto now say they aren’t. IT DOESNT MATTER ANYMORE. MIYAMOTO CRAPPED ON NINTENDO HISTORY!
To be fair, the Mario games aren’t supposed to be canon in the first place.
Miyamoto only said they weren’t his biological children, obviously he had an adoption spree in an attempt to distract the Mario Brothers while he nabs Peach.
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I thought his name was T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas ?!?!?!
Yeah, and the instruction manual for SMB2 roughly states that Birdo is a guy that pretends to be female.
I think that’s only the name of the main green “Yoshi” that had been a regular Mario character for ages.
It’s a big mind fuck lol
This is what this website has come to, huh? Wow
Chunky Kong sighted eating from a garbage bin.
I wasn’t named after my Father. I was named by a musical group who happened to have the same name as my father. I hate having to keep reminding people about this!
No one cares, sgt.
That’s the joke.
Inb4 Bowser was named after the castle that he lives in.
Luigi was named after Mario.
Man its like people didn’t read manuals back then.
Everyone already knew this.
Just like how Duck Hunt has a 2 player mode.
Its just the younger generation rediscovering what we knew.
Nostalgia blind huh
Damn, you sound like a huge fucking snob
People may be disappointed with this story, but I suppose they get some points for naming a source this time instead of a random Twitter user like last time.
And it took almost 25 years for this to click???
“discovered”… because no one has ever read that manual before….
NOW is when people uncovered this?
The game was released before I was even born (’95), so I didn’t know this :O
It was one of the first games I played, along with Super Mario All-Stars, pretty much one of my earliest memories with video games :D
All I can think about is the fact that Splinter’s Master Yoshi apparently lived in the Super Mario universe!
Haha weird but makes sense I guess. I’m sure the island was around before Yoshi was ,’D
I’m just waiting for Wooly World. Too bad you 10 million Wii U Owners ain’t going to buy it but me though. It’s like after smash Bros came out you wii u owners ain’t buying software anymore.
I was named after a sandwich I ate that had “nomad’s sandwich” written on it. I figured if it says it’s nomad’s sandwich, I must be nomad! Nom nom nom.