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Is there a more iconic video game dinosaur than Yoshi? Mario\'s faithful lizard-like steed has featured in so many of the good plumber\'s adventures, dating all the way back to 1991\'s Super Mario World. With his cute looks and terrifying tongue, it came as no great surprise when Yoshi began starring in games of his own. That tradition has carried forward for decades, but long before the unflappable dino hero turned decidedly more craft-like with modern titles such as Yoshi\'s Woolly World, he was spearheading more traditional-looking games — games that we here at MyEmulator offer you in spades.

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We begin our journey down memory lane with perhaps the most well known Yoshi game of them all, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island. Despite the name, this game really doesn’t play much like the first Super Mario World at all; for starters of course, it stars Yoshi! But while the core platforming gameplay remains, it’s not always as simple as a left-to-right side-scroller. Sometimes, the paths forward are less opaque and require players to really dig into the stages. And what colorful stages they are! There can be no questioning the fact that Yoshi’s Island is among the most gorgeous games on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, a true triumph of two-dimensional beauty in an age when early (and often gaudy) 3D was becoming all the rage. A bona fide classic, this one can’t be missed.

But there are plenty more Yoshi games where that came from. Some are far less famous, but all are worth sampling. Take Yoshi, for example; truly a sensible title for the first ever Yoshi-helmed video game. Though it was released for both NES and Game Boy, MyEmulator presently offers the comparably rarer Game Boy version with the name it was given in PAL (European) territories — Mario & Yoshi. I guess Nintendo of Europe didn’t trust the poor dinosaur to earn first billing just yet!

Regardless of what we call it, Yoshi has more in common with Tetris than any side-scroller. The difference? Rather than blocks, you’ll be facing familiar foes from the Mario franchise. Your objective is to line up Yoshi eggs while preventing your enemies from piling up to the top of the screen. A similar spin-off entitled Yoshi’s Cookie is also available here. You might not be stunned to learn that instead of Yoshi eggs, you’re dealing with… well, cookies.

Following the breakout success of Yoshi’s Island, Nintendo decided to capitalize with Yoshi’s Story for the Nintendo 64 two years later. Taking place in a pop-up storybook, Yoshi’s Story is a decidedly cutesy affair that’s more interested in compelling players to earn high scores through puzzle-solving than providing much genuine difficulty in terms of platforming. Some critics found the low difficulty disappointing, but Yoshi’s Story has at least one cool thing going for it. Composer Kazumi Totaka not only handled the soundtrack but even voiced Yoshi! Talk about establishing a presence.

Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3 is a handheld variation on the original Yoshi’s Island, trading in some of the visual splendor in favor of a chance to take the titular hero on the go with you. MyEmulator can’t simulate what it’s like to play Super Mario Advance 3 on a long train ride, of course, but we can tell you it’s worth playing on your personal computer for the addition of six GBA-only bonus levels.

We don’t currently host Yoshi’s New Island for Nintendo 3DS, but perhaps that’s for the best; it’s a middle-of-the-road platformer that’s nowhere near as sweet as the original. Much more enjoyable is Yoshi’s Island DS, which was going to be called Yoshi’s Island 2 until just a month prior to its North American release. Amazingly, Yoshi’s Island DS uses both the top and bottom screens to display the beautiful levels the Yoshi clan traverses on their way to foil the plans of the nefarious Kamek.

We’ll do our best to deliver even more great Yoshi games to your screen free of charge in the years to come!