Why is this week Yoshi? He is in a lot of games and is usually a playable character. Yes, that is true but I believe the people at Nintendo have what we call "dinosaur discrimination!" This is because in every game that Yoshi is in, what is he usually? He is hardly ever the star or the hero. He actually is portrayed usually as Mario's pet, Mario's lackey, Mario's slave. See a trend here?
Yoshi's first appearance was in the game Super Mario World (1990). Since then, Yoshi has been Mario's side kick. Mario would usually hatch a Yoshi egg and ride on his back like Yoshi is a horse.
Yoshi finally came to his fifteen minutes of fame when Nintendo gave him his own game. In fact, he starred in a few games, such as Yoshi's Story, Yoshi's Safari, Yoshi's Cookie and more. Sadly, this isn't enough. If Nintendo wants him to star in his own games, why do they always have him be Mario's "horse" when he is sharing a game? It just doesn't make sense!
Mario is known for stealing the spot light from other characters *cough...Luigi...cough* but Mario doesn't steal the spot light from any one else more deserving than this guy that we all know and love.
By: Shawn
shawn@cullination.net
Everyone loves Yoshi!
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