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That’s not a bad thing: one reason Illumination’s Mario movie satisfied die-hard fans and was the studio’s ability to capture game-like visuals but enhance them with breathtaking lighting, color, and movement. As a result, the Yoshi character design (an image of which already leaked) was never expected to stray significantly, the bigger question was always: what mix of personality traits would they give this version of the dino hero?
Check out the trailer below:
Yoshi Gets a New Origin Story (& Voice) for the Mario Galaxy Movie
Fortunately, it seems as though Illumination is on the right track with their take on Yoshi. Based on the trailer footage: he’s cute, hungry, and brave – unless he’s staring down a full-grown T. rex.
That said, as with several other characters in this franchise (and in fairness Chris Pratt wasn’t the disaster some were expecting), initial sentiment is mixed on Yoshi’s voice – which comes through slightly higher than his video game counterpart. No voice actor for Yoshi has been announced, so it’s also unclear exactly how often the reptilian sidekick will actually talk this round. Given that Nintendo has been making a large show of adding new actors into the mix (i.e. Brie Larson as Rosalina), it seems likely that Yoshi isn’t going to be voiced by a major star and, similarly, isn’t going to speak much.
At the very least, Yoshi looks like Yoshi – not this thing:
