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During the gameplay presentation for the upcoming Yoshi game for the Switch, a number of barcodes could be seen on background elements in the stages. Looking up the barcodes reveals that they are real barcodes for products that have seemingly no connection to Nintendo, such as a home fragrance by an unrelated company. This is almost certainly a coincidence, as the barcode seems to have been chosen by inputting mostly sequential digits, but it raises the question of why Nintendo would risk accidentally inserting the barcode of a product they would not wish to promote when they could instead choose to use barcodes of existing Nintendo products.
The Yoshi’s Island boss Burt the Bashful (top left) wears pants that greatly resemble the pants of the Asterix comic book character Obelix (top right). This has been noted by two separate European localization teams, who decided to give Burt the Bashful names that are anagrams of “Obelix”. He is called “Bélixo” in the French version (bottom left) and “Xilebo” in the German version of the game (bottom right). (Screenshots taken by me in a SNES emulator.)
In Yoshi’s Story, it’s possible to pop a bubble containing a fruit without using an egg, simply by bumping into it a number of times. (Footage recorded by me from a N64 emulator.)
The Yoshi’s Island DS title screen without the logo overlay. (Footage recorded by me with a DS emulator.)
Yoshi’s Story banner animation from the official website for the iQue, the version of the Nintendo 64 licensed for production in China. (Source)
Rotating Yoshi’s Island from the “Yoshi Demo” tech demo for the Game Boy Advance. (Footage recorded by me from a GBA emulator.)
Fan-submitted artwork of Yoshi from the German 64 Power magazine.
Stickers from the Japanese official soundtrack CD for Yoshi’s Story.
Design of the Japanese Yoshi’s Island original soundtrack CD.
From the Japanese commercial for Yoshi on the NES.
