Game Theory: Bowser's LOST Child...Yoshi!

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Theorists, I have something to tell you. I may have been WRONG in one of my previous theories. I know, I know! That is SHOCKING, very unexpected news but it merits revisiting a certain green companion. Yoshi. What IS Yoshi? Well, I think I figured out where I went wrong...

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[ryuuronin]

Fun fact: in Japanese, the word "dinosaur" (kyoryu) directly translates to "terrifying dragon". In Japanese, dinosaurs are basically called dragons, like how the English call the Komodo Dragon. So maybe it's both in their eyes.

[leaveyetstillthere]

“So are you a dinosaur or dragon or turtle?”
Yoshi: *yes.*

[MacCraeToons]

Yoshi’s nor a dragon, dinosaur, or turtle. He’s unpaid labor.

[TyrantObserver]

Considering there’s a eastern creature literally called the DragonTurtle I’m pretty sure that’s what yoshi was originally meant to be, cause eastern dragons are snake like, with antlers, a mane, and four stubby arms and there’s also a black tortoise which is like a legendary creature there too

[GunlessSnake]

Given the connection between turtles, dinosaurs, and dragons in the Mario series, it could be that the various species are all of the above. They're dragon-turtle-dinosaurs, with a dominance of 1/2 of these traits compared to the other 1/2 depending on the species.

[theannilators]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but since dragons aren’t real and there isn’t an official classification for dragons and it varies from culture to culture, couldn’t dinosaurs be considered dragons?

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This is the most outlandish theory he has about Yoshi, yet it somehow makes enough sense and seems plausible. Huge W for MatPat if this theory is proven canon in the future.

[crypticcorgi]

Yoshi's ability to spit fire(with the right diet.) Might even point to the idea that he is more closely related to the Bowser line.

[QuizMasterEntertainment]

To be completely honest, dinosaur and dragons are not really different creatures in Japan.

The Japanese word for dinousaur is Kyōryū, with the latter half Ryū being the word meaning dragon.

[andydandy]

even more terrifying possibility: dragons, dinosaurs, and koopas descended from Yoshi. Yoshi has the least amount of genetic variation (pretty much only color, ) so maybe something happened that caused a lot of genetic deviation separating the dinosaurs and the dragons and the koopas having the most deviation are muts?

[abderianagelast]

I think there's a very obvious solution that hasn't been discussed yet: Yoshi doesn't fit neatly into the Plessie, Dorrie, Bahamut, or Koopa lineages because Yoshi is the common ancestor for them all. Or rather, a species very similar to Yoshis was the common ancestor for them all, and modern Yoshis evolved in a climate that favored remaining similar to their ancestor's form. Granted, this would require knowing when in the Mario timeline each species originated, or some sort of fossil record, but it makes more sense to me than Yoshi somehow being a hybrid of three or more species at once.

[schlumpfsohn]

Sadly we won’t see theory’s like this in 2024 from matpat anymore😢
You are the best!

[AntysonDK]

In Denmark, our past civilisation actually referred to dinosaurs and dragons as the same thing. I think they might be just a little closer than one might think.

[TheAdvertisement]

Everyone asks "What is Yoshi?", but not "HOW is Yoshi?"
He's burning alive by the way, in eternal pain from Mario's betrayal, thanks for asking.

[GalarianGuy]

Yoshi being a Koopa even works with his final smash in Brawl as rather than gaining dragon like wings, he gets feathered ones like Para-Koopas

[stny]

The 'munchikoopa' in his name doesn't mean that he is a koopa, but that he has the characteristic of eating koopas. Like when a plant has the byname grandiflora and it has big blossoms

[jafie]

MatPat talking about the safety of seatbelts brings me a strange kind of relief. I was in a crash last September and almost caused major brain damage, and only got out with whiplash and a concussion because my seatbelt kept me from hitting the dashboard full force. Thank you MatPat!

[socks-on-YT]

Yoshi is literally older than bowser, and everyone else too. He was literally fully grown in the game Yoshi’s Island, where everyone ELSE was a baby.

[frankkawaitran]

Fun trivia: In Japanese (and by extension, Chinese) the way you say “dinosaur” is 恐竜 (kyōryū). The second character, 竜, literally means “dragon”. Since the word for dragon entered the Chinese/Japanese lexicon first, dinosaurs are essentially “scary dragons”. Perhaps this is another reason why the translation is a bit more fuzzy.

[xxx-yoft]

4:00 I was thinking to myself, "Nintendo stop trying to be as complicated as FNAF", but then he practically said it himself a few seconds after 😂😂😂