Oowee! Detecting anomaly. We're getting a green dino in here. -Transmission 6
Welcome back to the galaxy!
The regular Star Select music returns- it's a remix of that from Galaxy. The galaxy name is unoriginal, but it's very descriptive- we get Yoshi! There is some slightly jungle themed music in this galaxy. There is also a large Dry Bones skull near where Mario lands. The spiky red plants return. A Luma tells us that Yoshi just ran around in circles when they tried to have him help them get a Star. He got himself trapped in an egg. Maybe we can make him more useful and get him to focus. There is a force field around the egg and the only way to get rid of it is to kill the Magikoopa guarding the egg. He shoots out Goombas before disappearing and reappearing elsewhere. Mario broke the egg by jumping on it and Yoshi flipped out of the egg, landing on one leg in a Ta-da position. He wants us to help him save his friends. After a while, he goes back in his egg.
When riding Yoshi, the Star Cursor turns into a red dot that performs the same function of getting Star Bits, but also functions as a guide for Yoshi's tongue- it looks like the knob at the end of his tongue. He can eat pink/yellow fruits for 1 Star Bit each. He can also eat many enemies and turn them into star bits. He also shakes his head, which can break crystal like Mario's spin. We find a flying pig that Yoshi can't eat. It sticks to Yoshi's mouth and can only be gotten rid of by shaking his head. We entered a blue disc, but I got knocked off Yoshi by a Blue Octoomba and failed to get a reward. Yoshi was left behind, but will respawn in his egg at any of the little nests lying around the planet. There is bongo music playing with the galaxy music while riding Yoshi. At the end of the planet, there is a large orange fruit that Yoshi must pull with his tongue, by walking backwards. Doing so makes a Launch Star appear. Yoshi launches with us, and Mario launches face towards the camera, with a volcano erupting star bits in the background.
We reach the midgate flag upon landing on the planet. We rolled the die and it turned up Bowser, which made a Goomba appear. In this game, Mario gets a 1-up for every 100 star bits that he collects, versus 50 in Galaxy. We get a 100 star bit 1-up. The red spiky plants will respawn infinitely, even if Yoshi eats them. He can also be hurt by stepping on them. We were hit several times by Blue Octoombas. Yoshi can pluck Piranha plants by pulling them. Swing Flowers appear on this planet. Using the Star Cursor, the cursor will circle the flower and show the (B) button, which shoots out Yoshi's tongue. Yoshi will swing under and up and can grab onto flowers in quick succession, allowing Yoshi to pick up speed and reach new heights. Yoshi pulled the wings off of a Paragoomba and pulled out a platform using its handle. We are hit by hanging spiders, which Yoshi can't eat. We get a 1up mushroom and use the Swing Flowers to pull us up to the Star trapped in crystal. With Yoshi's help, we use the Swing Flowers to reach the Star, which moved when freed. Yoshi says his name during the "You got a Star!" sequence.
I returned later when I realized that I hadn't collected the Comet Medal. It is on the grassy hill with a lot of pink/yellow fruit growing on it. I jumped off Yoshi to get it. After getting the Star, I was informed that I had a new clear time of 8:24.15. (8 minutes, 24.15 seconds)
Just beautiful. - Transmission 6
Star Get #3, 3 Comet Medals, 475 Star Bits, 133 Coins (get a 1-up for every 100 coins collected) 23 lives
Interlude
Lubba directs our attention to a Yoshi egg on the nose. He wonders if we're hatching alien eggs, but he's not judging. I use Yoshi and the Swing Flowers to reach an island above Starship Mario. There are lots of pink/yellow fruits and good views. However, there isn't much else to do with Yoshi at this point.
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