Yoshi Doll

The Yoshi Doll is an item in Link's Awakening.^[2]

Location and uses

Link's Awakening Manual Description

Yoshi Doll
This small doll is a miniature image of the most popular character on Koholint Island. Everyone wants a Yoshi Doll! Where on earth are you going to get hold of this doll?! And once you have one, what can you do with it?

The Yoshi Doll is the first item in the game's Trading Quest. It is a toy created in the likeness of Yoshi from the Mario franchise. The Yoshi Doll is won as a prize from the Trendy Game in Mabe Village,^[1] wherein Link must operate the game's claw and grab the doll. Unlike the other item prizes in the Trendy Game Shop, the Yoshi Doll sits in the middle of the platform off of the conveyor belt.

The Yoshi Doll can be given to Mamasha in Mabe Village, who asks if she can give it to her baby.^[3]^[4] In exchange, Link is given the Ribbon, the next item in the Trading Sequence.^[1]

In Link's Awakening and Link's Awakening DX, the text for obtaining the Yoshi Doll is "Recently, he seems to be showing up in many games!", reflecting how Yoshi had begun to appear in several Mario games since debuting in Super Mario World. Several years later, with the release of the Nintendo Switch remake, the text reads, "You can't count how many games you've seen him in now!" since Yoshi had appeared in a very large variety of Mario and Yoshi games by that point.

Nomenclature

Names in other regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	ヨッシー (Yosshī) ^(LANS)	Yosshī is the Japanese name for Yoshi.
	German	Yoshi-Puppe ^{(LA \| LANS)}^[5]	Same as English.
	Italian	Pupazzo di Yoshi ^(LANS)
	Portuguese^EU	Peluche do Yoshi ^(LANS)
This table was generated using translation pages.

Gallery

Textual icon of the Yoshi Doll from Link's Awakening
Textual icon of the Yoshi Doll from Link's Awakening DX
Link receiving the Yoshi Doll from Link's Awakening DX
Textual icon of the Yoshi Doll from Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch
Link obtaining the Yoshi Doll in Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 143 ^(LA)
↑ "You got a Yoshi doll! You can't count how many games you've seen him in now!" — N/A (Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch)
↑ "Because they all look alike, even I am sometimes confused. . . By the way, my baby wants a Yoshi Doll. I saw one at the Trendy Game, but I couldn't get it." — Quadruplets' Mother (Link's Awakening DX)
↑ "Oh! Will you give that doll to my baby?!" — Quadruplets' Mother (Link's Awakening DX)
↑ "Oh! Du hast eine Yoshi-Puppe bekommen. Endlich! Du LIEBST Yoshi!" — N/A (Link's Awakening, German version)

[E_143-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 143 ^(LA)

[2] "You got a Yoshi doll! You can't count how many games you've seen him in now!" — N/A (Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch)

[3] "Because they all look alike, even I am sometimes confused. . . By the way, my baby wants a Yoshi Doll. I saw one at the Trendy Game, but I couldn't get it." — Quadruplets' Mother (Link's Awakening DX)

[4] "Oh! Will you give that doll to my baby?!" — Quadruplets' Mother (Link's Awakening DX)

[5] "Oh! Du hast eine Yoshi-Puppe bekommen. Endlich! Du LIEBST Yoshi!" — N/A (Link's Awakening, German version)

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