As you can probably tell by my avatar, I am a huge fan of Yoshi, the
cute little dinosaur from Nintendo. I've loved him since Yoshi Story on
the nintendo 64, and have played as Yoshi in all party games such as
Mario Party and Mario Kart ever since. My boyfriend even bought me
Yoshi's Island on the DS for my anniversary present last year, because
he knew that I love it so much. My parents, however, broke the mould
last year when they got me a cuddly yoshi plush for christmas, and I
don't think I've let go of it since.
Bear in mind, I am eighteen years old and haven't been a child who
loves cuddly toys in a long time, but there's something about this
yoshi that I just love. He's about a foot tall, so fits into my arms
nicely while I sleep, and is soft enough that I can cuddle him pretty
hard without any problems. In terms of appearance, the Yoshi plush is a
very good representation of how he looks in the Nintendo games he
features in- very very cute, with wide nintendo eyes and little orange
boots. He has a red shell on his back, which is used for carrying baby
Mario in several of the games, and a small sticky out tail.
Yoshi, along with several other cuddly Mario characters, including
Mario and Wario, have until recently been available in the majority of
Game stores throughout the UK. However, I haven't seen them there in a
few weeks, so I don't know if they're getting them back in stock. You
can find Yoshi plushies in a wide variety of colours on Ebay, if you're
willing to buy things there, but probably also in some Game stores
still if you can find them. They retail for about £10, but obviously
you could probably find them cheaper on ebay.
There's not much else that I can say about Yoshi, except that ther are
no small parts to swallow so he should be fine for children (and
adults!) of all ages. I've had mine for six months and I haven't tired
of his cuteness and cuddliness, so in short, he's a perfect cuddly toy
and I would strongly recommend him to everyone.