When you think of Mario and Yoshi, what relationship would you describe these two have?
Mario is the master and Yoshi is the sidekick or tool used by him to succeed.
For example, sometimes, Mario sacrifices Yoshi only to save himself.
This is just disgusting and ridiculous.
But let me tell you something, Yoshi is NOT a TOOL, Yoshi is NOT ONLY a SIDEKICK, no,
Yoshi is a TRUE HERO!
Hey, I’m Nico and here’s 10 reasons why Yoshi is NOT A SIDEKICK!
So, if you want to be a hero, then you’re supposed to want to live for a long time to
keep saving what needs saving?
Well, that’s not what Mario does.
Mario eats lots of pasta and cake.
As for Yoshi?
Well he pretty much eats fruits most of the time.
I mean, take a good look at Yoshi’s Story for the Nintendo 64.
In this game you have to eat a bazillion different fruits.
Apples, melons, grapes, you name it!
Yoshi is super smart compared to Mario, he wants to be healthy and keep saving his friends,
he thinks about the future, not only about getting fat!
Yoshi is way more than a sidekick, he’s an inspiration to us all!
So, before Mario decided to visit Dinosaur Land, then conquer and enslave the entire
Yoshi species like a crazy mad man, the Yoshis were living the good live, on their own private
island named Dinosaur Island.
I mean, it’s a pretty swag island, there’s forests, lakes, mountains made out of actual
chocolate chips!
They were having a wonderful time, and that’s my point here!
A sidekick always needs his hero by his side, the thing is, and Yoshi’s don’t need no
one.
They can take care of each other without needing anyone else!
They are not sidekicks, they are strong and independent dinosaurs!
This next reason is pretty obvious.
When you think Dinosaur, you see them as big, slow, not really that smart.
But that’s far from being the case with Yoshi.
I mean, he drives a freakin car!
Yup, Yoshi the dinosaur joins Mario and the gang every Mario Kart games ever!
He even joins Mario in his parties, in his golf and tennis tournaments!
Yoshi is super smart, and not only for a dinosaur, he’s just super smart, period!
That makes him way more than a stupid sidekick!
Mario is always on the spotlight at all time, the thing is, it’s crazy how much help everyone
gives him!
I mean, the Toads build houses everywhere and lend him free powerups, his very own brother
Luigi finds stars for him and princess peach keep sending him 1-ups and items via mail.
As for Yoshi, well, he waits on top of Princess Peach’s castle in Super Mario 64 only to
give Mario a giant gift.
100 lives.
Yup!
One freakin hundred lives!
With that many lives, Mario can be pretty careless and do pretty much anything without
fear of ever being game over!
A sidekick is supposed to provide a little bit of help, but Yoshi goes way beyond the
little bit of help, he pretty much guarantees Mario that he is never gonna die ever!
That’s way more than a sidekick would do!
Yoshi is so much more!
You know, by definition, a sidekick will assist
the hero in his quest.
That means the sidekick is not as strong as the supposed hero himself.
But when I see Yoshi fight in Super Smash Bros., I can tell that Yoshi doesn’t need
Mario at all!
I mean, Mario has pretty basic moves, punching and kicking.
But Yoshi can ground pound, swallow his enemies and turn them into eggs, turn himself into
an egg, and even throw eggs!
That’s pretty powerful!
Yoshi’s fighting moves are way more original than Mario and also more powerful!
This obviously means that Mario could be the sidekick in that case, because Yoshi can kick
his ass anytime!
You go Yoshi!
Punch that fat fake hero!
There’s something that baffles me about Yoshi!
People say he’s only a tiny dinosaur that eats people.
He’s so much more than that!
First of all, I’m not even gonna mention his egg throwing skills, because I’m gonna
do this later in the video.
What I’m saying here is that he can transform his whole body depending on the situation.
Oh, there’s this giant gap, well, hop in a helicopter bubble and TUH DUH!
You have helicopter Yoshi!
You need to dig a hole, TADAM, Mole Yoshi, he needs to swim underwater, submarine Yoshi!
It’s that simple!
Tell me, what other game character can adapt itself for every needs!
NONE, NONE AT ALL.
Only Yoshi!
Yoshi, you are so amazing!
Tell me, how many dinosaurs that can eat pretty much anything do you know?
Only one, and it’s Yoshi!
This dinosaur can eat so many different things.
Apples, Turtles, Goombas, Peppers, you name it!
Eating different things creates different results on Yoshi.
Eating red shells will allow him to spit fire balls, eating a purple shell will allow him
to fly, eating a red pepper will make him run so fast he can climb up walls and even
more!
Seriously here, Mario is the sidekick, Mario needs Yoshi to succeeds, not the opposite.
So when people tell me that Mario is the true hero and Yoshi is only a tool he can use,
it makes me mad because Yoshi has no need for Mario at all.
Heck, I would even go as far as to say Yoshi should eat Mario whole!
Ooohhh…he did…now I feel…ashamed of myself…
The Yoshi crew is always there for one another, and this can be seen in many games, for example
in Yoshi Story, where Yoshi and his friends save the Super Duper Great Happy Tree together.
They work as a team to save their world, and that’s amazing!
In Yoshi’s Wooly World, almost all Yoshis gets turned into wool balls.
With all of his friends turned into a wool ball, you’d think that Yoshi would call
for help.
But no!
He just goes and rescue all of his friend!
This is so heroic!
A sidekick would be scared and paralyzed in such situation and would wait for the main
hero to be there, but Yoshi doesn’t have time to wait for Mario, he just acts right
now!
This is just great, Yoshi, you’re so brave!
Its common knowledge, if Yoshi eats an enemy, and remember he can pretty much eat anything,
he turns them into eggs.
What do you do with eggs?
You wait for them to hatch?
No, that would be too boring and long.
Yoshi actually takes those eggs and shoot them at enemies!
Brutal!
He takes the dead corpse of his enemies and turns them into eggs only to shoot them back
at other enemies!
Woah!
And look at those MLG Swag Skill Egg Shots!
That’s crazy!
Yoshi is a beast!
He doesn’t need Mario or Luigi or anything, he’s far from a sidekick, and he’s one
heck of a hero!
The number one reason why Yoshi is way more than a sidekick is pretty obvious.
By definition, a sidekick is someone who is regarded as a subordinate to the one he accompanies.
So, he’s weaker than the main hero.
But that’s far from being the case with Yoshi and Mario.
The thing is, without Yoshi, Mario and Luigi couldn’t have existed.
They were kidnapped and attacked as babies by Kamek and Baby Bowser.
But it was Yoshi that saved Mario.
It was Yoshi that went through many levels, full of dangerous enemies, through dungeons
and lava filled lands.
It was Yoshi that defeated many bosses, and only to reunite Baby Mario and Baby Luigi,
assuring them of a good future where they could save the princess.
It was all Yoshi’s work!
Yoshi is not the sidekick, he’s the real hero!
If anything, Mario is Yoshi’s sidekick!