History VideoGame / YoshisStory

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* UnderTheSea: "Lots O' Fish" and "Lots O' Jellyfish," from Page 5. The Page itself is known as "Ocean," but the other two levels in it are aboveground PalmTreePanic areas.
* UnendingEndCard: With the many different paths one can take and the amount of replay value, you wouldn't expect this trope to come into play here. It does though as you have to reset upon beating any of the possible final levels through story mode. Good thing the game will AutoSave.

* UndergroundLevel: The Bone Dragon Cave. All of Page 2 is known as the "Cavern," but only the first level is truly cave-themed.

* VariableMix: Every song has a rock remix that briefly replaces the main level's theme when the playable Yoshi is Super Happy.

* PressXToDie: The game contains a code that will cause you to instantly lose a Yoshi when executed. Triggering it requires the Z, L, A and B buttons to be pressed simultaneously, and, if done correctly, will result in the instant loss of the Yoshi you were playing as. Watch a video demonstration of this code [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzmEavctFJs here]].

%%* LethalLavaLand: "Blargg's Boiler" on page two and "Magma Castle" on page six.
%%* LevelInTheClouds: "Cloud Cruising," level 1 on page 3.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: "Poochy and Nippy" and "Frustration", two of the stages on the third page. The other two feature a cloud theme.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Several stages, including "Jelly Pipe" and "Torrential Maze".

* ExpressiveHealthBar: The player's health bar is represented with by a smiling flower, which loses its petals and becomes less and less happy as the player loses health. If the player manages to eat a Heart Fruit and become temporarily invincible (which also fully restores their health), the flower instead breaks out into a wide grin and starts pulsating.

* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: "Tower Climb" and "The Tall Tower." It's right there in the names!
* JungleJapes: The entirety of page 4, which is even called "Jungle."

* LevelsTakeFlight: A good portion of one level takes place on a flying dragon.

* PowerupLetdown: It's a good idea to avoid the umbrella if possible. Getting this item makes you unable to do the flutter-jump, and instead gives you the ability to fall in directions you did not intend to at various speeds. Also, upon getting it, the player is stuck with it until they die, use a Miss Warp or somehow leave the room.

* AbnormalAmmo: Eggs and small boomerang birds.

* ADayInTheLimelight: As in ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'', Yoshi steals the spotlight from Mario, who doesn't even make an appearance here.

%%* BigBoosHaunt: "Ghost Castle," level 3 on page 6.

** Another problem is that the Melon Quest's very nature leaves zero room for error--one slip up means having to replay the entire level or, in worst case scenario, restart the entire playthrough. And some of the melons, like the race or 5 coin melons, [[PermanentlyMissableContent only give you one chance at getting them]], or levels have lots of pits for them to fall into (i.e. Shy Guys Ship).

%%* GreenHillZone: "Treasure Hunt" and "Surprise!" on page one.

** The beehives seen in later levels are also invincible, and trying to knock the hive down with an egg will result in the bees forming a fist and hitting the Yoshi responsible for it.

* DevelopersForesight: When you eat all thirty melons in a level it will show Yoshi dancing in front of a giant melon. If you go out of your way to eat thirty Lucky Fruit by being very careful and ground pounding near lots of Shy Guys while you're invincible, Yoshi will dance in front of whatever fruit you ate thirty of.

* HardLevelsEasyBosses: Becomes this trope when you're doing the fanmade "Melon Quest" challenge. The levels become exponentially harder for various reasons, but the bosses remain as easy as ever.

* HappyFunBall: One enemy is named "Spiked Fun Guy." Does he sound fun to ''you?''

%%* PressXToDie: The suicide code that many young players might discover by accident.

* SuddenlyVoiced: This game is the debut of Yoshi's current voice clips (courtesy of Nintendo mainstay Kazumi Totaka, but pitched up), which have been infamously recycled for literally ''every'' subsequent game Yoshi has appeared in since.

* RhymesOnADime: The introduction and ending are presented this way.

* PressXToDie: The suicide code that many young players might discover by accident.

** There's also the 30 Melons in each level, which is enough to complete the level, and one can beat the game collecting only Melons - Compared to the rest of the game, it's [[NintendoHard surprisingly difficult]], and there's absolutely no reward for doing so beyond a [[ScoringPoints higher score]] and bragging rights, though it's become a rather popular SelfImposedChallenge to do so.

* HardLevelsEasyBosses: Becomes this trope when you're doing [[SelfImposedChallenge the "Melon Quest" challenge]]. The levels become exponentially harder for various reasons, but the bosses remain as easy as ever.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Or dragons. Whatever Yoshi is this time.

** Some of the minigames are very difficult to ace, in ''very'' stark contrast with the general ease of the rest of the game Two of the more notoriously difficult minigames include Broad Jump[[note]]where the Yoshis must flutter jump across an area to win melons while also using any means necessary to stay in the air for as long as possible[[/note]] and Melon Stack[[note]]where the Yoshis must balance a stack of up to seven Melon Crates and get them to the end while keeping the stack balanced and avoiding enemies[[/note]]. This, combined with the fact that you only have one chance to obtain all seven melons from the minigames, is part of what makes the game's optional "Melon Quest" side challenge so difficult.

** Some of the minigames are very difficult to ace, in ''very'' stark contrast with the general ease of the rest of the game Two of the more notoriously difficult minigames include Broad Jump[[note]]where the Yoshis must flutter jump across an area to win melons while also using any means necessary to stay in the air for as long as possible[[/note]] and Melon Stack[[note]]where the Yoshis must balance a stack of up to seven Melon Crates and get them to the end while keeping the stack balanced and avoiding enemies[[/note]]. This, combined with the fact that you only have one chance to obtain all seven melons from the minigames, is part of what makes the game's optional ''[[ThatOneSidequest "Melon Quest"]] side challenge so difficult.

* MoodWhiplash: When a Yoshi is near death the music is distorted and slow in a disturbing way and when he dies, he's taken to a castle by Toadies and cries while depressing music plays, and when all the Yoshis die, an even more depressing song plays as if all hope is lost for them. Also, the mood of Page 6 is unhappy-like compared to the other pages. And of course - Page 2 is practically {{Hell}} right after a lighthearted, GreenHillZone prologue.

** Some of the melon puzzles are very difficult, in ''very'' stark contrast with the general ease of the rest of the game. The absolute worst of these are the ''[[ThatOneSidequest damn long jump minigames]]''. Also, anything that involves you catching melon stacks one crate at a time or jumping while carrying them. This is part of what makes the game's optional "Melon Quest" side challenge so difficult.

* AbsenteeActor:
** Baby Bowser is not aided by Kamek this time.
** Baby Mario makes no appearance either, though Baby Bowser mentions him in the final battle.

* BigEater: The Yoshis, as usual. However, toxic or bad-tasting things are actually harmful to him in this game. [[spoiler:The unlockable Black and White Yoshis can eat the hot peppers without taking damage, though.]]

* BigBoosHaunt: "Ghost Castle," level 3 on page 6.

* AsideGlance: Yoshi will sometimes give one to the camera.
* BeeAfraid: The beehive enemies that impede your progress and, eventually, attack you if you don't sneak by them.
* BigEater: Yoshi, as usual. However, toxic or bad-tasting things are actually harmful to him in this game. [[spoiler:The unlockable Black and White Yoshis can eat the hot peppers without taking damage, though.]]

* DemBones: The Bone Dragons.

* TheGoomba: Not Goombas, but Shy Guys in this game.
* GreenHillZone: "Treasure Hunt" and "Surprise!" on page one.

* InvincibleMinorMinion: Pak E. Derm.

* LethalLavaLand: "Blargg's Boiler" on page two and "Magma Castle" on page six.

* PunnyName: Pak E. Derm, an elephant that occasionally pops up to halt your progress.

* ScoringPoints: In the form of "happiness".

* VariableMix: Every song has a Super Happy mix that briefly replaces the main level's theme when the playable Yoshi is invincible.

* SixthRangerTraitor: The White Shy Guy, who is willing to work with the Baby Yoshis after they bring him with them on their journeys. His main purpose is to run covert operations to Bowser's Castle and reclaim one of the Baby Yoshis that the Toadies may have collected. (He can't normally collect the Black and White Yoshis, but he can once the player has beaten the game with them).

** Some of the melon puzzles are very difficult, in ''very'' stark contrast with the general ease of the rest of the game. The absolute worst of these are the ''[[ThatOneSidequest damn long jump minigames]]''. Also, anything that involves you catching melon stacks one crate at a time or jumping while carrying them. This is part of what makes the games optional "Melon Quest" side challenge so difficult.

** Another problem is that the Melon Quests very nature leaves zero room for error--one slip up means having to replay the entire level or, in worst case scenario, restart the entire playthrough. And some of the melons, like the race or 5 coin melons, [[PermanentlyMissableContent only give you one chance at getting them]], or levels have lots of pits for them to fall into (i.e. Shy Guys Ship).