| Helicopter Yoshi |
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| Used on | Yoshis |
| Item needed | Morph bubble (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island DS), Whirly Gate (Yoshi's New Island) |
| Power(s) given | Flight |
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) |
| Latest appearance | Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (Battle Card cameo) (2015) |
Helicopter Yoshi, also known simply as the Helicopter,[1] is a form the Yoshis can transform into in the Yoshi franchise, often by touching a morph bubble with its picture inside.
History[edit]
Yoshi's Island series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]
Helicopter Yoshi first appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island in the level Watch Out Below!, where the player transforms into this form by touching a morph bubble. In this form, the player can fly around the level until they reache the Yoshi Block or until there time as a helicopter runs out. As with other transformations, the latter sends him back to the position where the morph bubble was touched. The Helicopter can be controlled with the D-pad. Touching an enemy while in this form makes the Yoshi fall a short distance, unable to be controlled, which can cause the player to lose time and a life if they fall into a pit.
Yoshi's Island DS[edit]
Helicopter Yoshi reappears in Yoshi's Island DS, functioning the same as it did in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
Helicopter Yoshi reappears in Yoshi's New Island, acting the same as it did in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, although the player now transforms into this form by entering a Whirly Gate instead of a morph bubble and controls the helicopter by tilting the system.
Super Mario-Kun[edit]
The Helicopter's appearance in the Super Mario-Kun
In volume 14 of the Super Mario-Kun, Yoshi eats a morph bubble and turns into the Helicopter. He carries Mario and Luigi; Mario then makes the Helicopter eat a Watermelon. This causes the Helicopter to spit seeds at Kamek, the Toadies, and even Baby Mario who was getting carried by the Toadies in the process. Unlike in the games, the Helicopter runs on a timer and ends whenever, causing Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi to fall to the ground.
Mario Kart: Double Dash!![edit]
Helicopter Yoshi makes a cameo in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! in the tracks Yoshi Circuit and Baby Park, where it appears flying over both tracks, and it appears on Yoshi Circuit's icon in the menu. The Yoshi Circuit track in Mario Kart DS removes the helicopter altogether, while in Mario Kart 8, it is rebranded into being a Mario Kart TV themed helicopter.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]
Helicopter Yoshi reappears in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, where it appears as a LV 2 Battle Card that raises the character's Speed by 35% for a limited time when used.
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
The morph bubble in Yoshi's Island DS
Orange Yoshi after getting the morph bubble
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
A Helicopter in Yoshi's New Island
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ヘリコプター[2]
Herikoputā | Helicopter |
| German | Heliyoshi | From Helikopter (helicopter) |
| Italian | EliYoshi
Eliyoshi (Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 manual only) | Compound of elicottero (helicopter) and Yoshi. |
| Russian | Йоши-вертолет
Yoshi-vertolet | Helicopter Yoshi |
| Chinese | 直升机
Zhíshēngjī | Helicopter |
Trivia[edit]
- The Helicopter is one of the two forms of Yoshi that appear in all three Yoshi's Island games, the other being the Submarine.
References[edit]
- ^Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Yoshi's Island DS, and official website of Yoshi's New Island
- ^Super Mario: Yossy Island instruction booklet, pg. 18
| Yoshi's transformations |
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| Ball Yoshi • Blimp Yoshi • Boat Yoshi • Bobsled Yoshi • Bulb Yoshi • Car Yoshi • Dash Yoshi • Helicopter Yoshi • Hot-Air Balloon Yoshi • Jackhammer Yoshi • Mega Yoshi • Mermaid Yoshi • Mine-Cart Yoshi • Mole Tank • Mole Yoshi • Moto Yoshi • Mushroom* • Plane* • Ship Yoshi • Ski Yoshi • Sky Pop Yoshi • Snowball Yoshi • Star Yoshi • Submarine Yoshi • Super Happy Yoshi • Super Yoshi • Train • Tree* • Umbrella Yoshi • Winged Yoshi |
| * Unused transformations |
[Edit] Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 |
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| Characters | Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Bowser • Kamek • Stork • Poochy • Huffin Puffin • Melon Bug • Muddy Buddy • Roger Lift • Support Ghost |
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| Worlds | Welcome To Yoshi's Island • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 |
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| Items | Regular items | Blue watermelon • Coin • Flower • Green watermelon • Key • Red Coin • Red watermelon • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's egg (Flashing Egg · Giant Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg) |
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| Special Items | 10-Point Star • 20-Point Star • Anytime Egg • Anywhere POW • Magnifying Glass • Super Blue Watermelon • Super Green Watermelon • Super Red Watermelon • Winged Cloud Maker |
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| Objects | ! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Cloud • Arrow Lift • Balloon • Beanstalk • Bubble • Bucket • Chomp Rock • Donut Lift • Dotted-Line Block • Egg Block • Egg-Plant • Expansion Block • Falling Rock • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Goal roulette • Green Shell • Ice Block • Icicle • Message Block • Middle Ring • Number Platform • Paddle wheel • Post • Pot • POW Block • Red Balloon • Red Shell • Rock Block • Snowball • Spinning Log • Spring ball • Squishy block • Tulip • Warp Pipe • Winged Cloud • Yoshi Block |
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| Bosses | Burt the Bashful • Salvo the Slime • Bigger Boo • Roger the Potted Ghost • Prince Froggy • Naval Piranha • Marching Milde • Hookbill the Koopa • Sluggy the Unshaven • Raphael the Raven • Tap-Tap the Red Nose • Baby Bowser / Big Baby Bowser |
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| Enemy classes | Edibilis Boringus • Harrassimentia Phlyoverus • Projectilia Ritebakatchia • Ucantia Defeatus • Dudim Phreykunoutonthis • Mostosti Vomitonus |
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| Enemies | Aqua Lakitu • Bandit • Baron von Zeppelin • Baseball Boy • Barney Bubble • Beach Koopa • Big Boo • Blow Hard • Boo Balloon • Boo Blah • Boo • Boo Guy • Boo Man Bluff • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Burt • Cactus Jack • Caged Ghost • Chain Chomp • Chain Gate • Chomp Shark • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Dizzy Dandy • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fishin' Lakitu • Flamer Guy • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Flying Wiggler • Frog Pirate • Fuzzy • Gargantua Blargg • Georgette Jelly • Goomba • Goonie • Green Glove • Grim Leecher • Grinder • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Kamek • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Bubble • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mace Penguin • Milde • Missile Bill* • Mock Up • Mufti Guy • Naval Bud • Needlenose • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Piranha Plant • Piro Dangle • Piscatory Pete • Pokey • Potted Spiked Fun Guy • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Raven • Raven (chick) • Red Blargg • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Seedy Sally • Short Fuse • Shy-Guy • Shy-Guy on Stilts • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Slugger • Sluggy • Solo Toady • Spear Guy • Spiked Fun Guy • Spooky • Spray Fish • Stretch • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Thunder Lakitu • Toady • Train Bandit • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy |
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| Obstacles | Ball 'N' Chain • Cannonball • Fire-Bar • Lava • Spike • Tekkyū Dosun • Thorn • Turtle Cannon |
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| Mini Battles | Gather Coins • Popping Balloons • Throwing Balloons • Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest |
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| Bonus Challenges | Flip Cards • Scratch and Match • Drawing Lots • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine |
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| Miscellaneous | Yoshi's Island |
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| Further info | Gallery (SNES · GBA) • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SNES · GBA) • Super Mario: Yoshi Island Original Sound Version |
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| *Only in Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 |
| Yoshi's Island DS |
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| Characters | Yoshis • Star children (Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Donkey Kong • Baby Wario • Baby Bowser • Baby Yoshi) • Kamek • Kangaroo • Stork |
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| Worlds | World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 |
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| Items | Character Coin • Coin • Flower • Giant Egg • Key • Red Coin • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's Egg |
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| Objects | Mine Cart • Egg-Plant • GOAL! Ring • Message Block • Middle Ring • Number Ball • Number Platform • Spring ball • Stilts • Stork Stop • Tulip • Winged Cloud |
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| Bosses | Big Burt Bros. • Gilbert the Gooey • Hector the Reflector • Big Bungee Piranha • Bessie Bass • Priscilla the Peckish • Six-Face Sal • Big Guy the Stilted • Moltz the Very Goonie • Baby Bowser • Bowser • Giant Bowser |
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| Enemies and obstacles | Bandit • Bill Blaster • Big Boo • Blooper • Blow Hard • Boo • Boss Bass • Bouncie • Bound Wanwan • Boo Guy • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Bungee Bud • Bungee Piranha • Burt Brother • Chomp Shark • Cloud Drop • Crabble • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Debull • Dizzy Dandy • Drool Hard • Egg-enut • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fleeper • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Gargantua Blargg • Gargantua Blargg (tall) • Glide Guy • Gobblin • Gooey Goon • Goonie • Green Glove • Gusty • Hanging Blow Hard • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Invisighoul • Item Balloon • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Bubble • Lunge Fish • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Dandelion • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Petal Guy • Piranha Plant • Pirate Guy • Piscatory Pete • Pointey • Polterpiranha • Potted Ghost • Red Blargg • Rocket Guy • Sanbo Flower • Scorchit • Shy Guy • Shy Guy on Stilts • Shy Stack • Skeleton Goonie • Slugger • Snap Jaw • Spear Guy • Spray Fish • Super Big Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap • Toober Guy • Ukiki • Wall Lakitu • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Windbag • Woozy Guy |
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| Minigames | Tulip Shooter • Flutter Challenge • Bouncy Maze • Speed-Eater • Egg Toss |
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[Edit] Yoshi's New Island |
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| Protagonists | Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Stork |
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| Supporting Characters | Mario • Poochy |
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| Worlds | World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 |
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| Items and objects | ! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Lift • Blarggwich • Blue watermelon • Bucket • Checkpoint Ring • Chomp Rock • Coin • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Donut Block • Egg Block • Egg Medal • Egg-Plant • Expansion Block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Flutter Wings • Goal Ring • Green watermelon • Hidden Coin • Item Balloon • Key • Mega Eggdozer • Message Block • Metal Eggdozer • Number Platform • Paddle wheel • Post • Red Coin • Red watermelon • Red Yoshi Star • Smiley Flower • Spring Ball • Star • Tulip • Warp Pipe • Whirly Gate • Winged Cloud • Yoshi egg • Yoshi Star |
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| Bosses | Kamek • Big Beanie • Count Fang • King Clawdaddy • Furious Fred de Fillet • Punkey the Pokey Prince • Baby Bowser / Mega Baby Bowser • Bowser / Mega Bowser |
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| Enemies | Bandit • Bill Blaster • Blooper • Blow Hard • Boo • Boo Blah • Boo Guy • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Caged Ghost • Cheep Cheep • Chomp Shark • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Deep Cheep • Dizzy Dandy • Door Heihō • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fake Yoshi • Fang • Fire Wanwan Dosun • Fishin' Lakitu • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flutter • Fly Guy • Gargantua Blargg • Goomba • Goonie • Grim Leecher • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mame-san • Mega Guy • Mega Kantera • Metal Guy • Milde • Needlenose • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Petal Guy • Piranha Plant • Piro Dangle • Pokey • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Pyro Guy • Raphael the Raven • Raven • Raven (chick) • Red Blargg • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Seedy Sally • Short Fuse • Shy Guy • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Solo Toady • Snifit • Spear Guy • Spray Fish • Stilt Guy • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Tetu Kantera • Thunder Lakitu • Toady • Tree Heihō • Ukiki • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy |
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| Minigames | Ground-Pound Pop • Tulip Toss • Flutter Fortune • Enemy Eat-Off • Eggy Pop • Flutter Finish |
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