Yoshi

The Yoshi franchise is a spin-off of the Mario franchise created by Nintendo. Yoshi made his first appearance in the game Super Mario World for the SNES in 1990. The Yoshi franchise consist of two main branches, the platformer series, and the short lived puzzle series. The plot generally consists of the Yoshis protecting their island or relics from a looming evil threat, often Kamek or a form of Bowser. As of December 2022, the Yoshi franchise has sold over 29.34 million copies worldwide.

Games

Main games

Year	Platform	Title	Sales (millions)	Ref
1995	SNES	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island	4.12
1997	N64	Yoshi's Story	2.85
2002	GBA	Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island	2.83
2004	GBA	Yoshi Topsy-Turvy	0.611*
2005	DS	Yoshi Touch & Go	0.526*
2006	DS	Yoshi's Island DS	3.36
2014	3DS	Yoshi's New Island	2.06
2015	Wii U	Yoshi's Woolly World	1.57
2017	3DS	Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World	0.55*
2019	Switch	Yoshi's Crafted World	3.35
Total sales			21.827

Other games

Year	Platform	Title	Sales (millions)	Ref
1991	NES	Yoshi	1.75
	GB	Yoshi	3.12
1992	NES	Yoshi's Cookie	1.12
	GB	Yoshi's Cookie	1.53
1993	SNES	Yoshi's Cookie	Unknown
	SNES	Yoshi's Safari	Unknown
1996	SNES	Tetris Attack	Unknown
Total sales			7.52

Notes

• * include VGChartz numbers
  • Yoshi Topsy-Turvy | 0.261 (JPN) [Famitsu] + 0.35 (NA/EU) [VGChartz]
  • Yoshi Touch & Go | 0.197 (JPN) [Famitsu] + 0.279 (NA) [NPD] + 0.05 (EU/Other) [VGChartz]
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island DS both sold over a million in Japan alone.
• Both versions of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island are also classified as Mario games.
• Yoshi's Cookie got a Japan-only edition for the SNES called Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie in 1994. It was developed by National Human Electronics to promote their new Kuruppon oven. Only 500 copies of the game were ever produced.
• Tetris Attack is only branded as part of the Yoshi franchise in the west. In Japan, it is known as Panel de Pon.