The SMW Yoshi Sound is a common sound effect that is usually associated with Yoshi in most Mario games. It was created by using a Sweetwater library for the E-mu Emax II, which was released in 1989.
The origin of this sound is two orchestral hits sped up. These were from Koji Kondo's orchestral hits. The first hit had its pitch raised in quick succession, and the second hit had its pitch lowered in a similar way as the first. A video explaining and revealing the secret behind the Yoshi sound can be found here.
Used In
Video Games
3DS:
DS:
GBA:
- Mario Pinball Land
- Super Mariomon (Used as Baby Yoshi's cry.)
N64:
- Mario Kart 64
- Mario Party
- Mario Party 2
- Mario Party 3
- Paper Mario (Used for the Attack FX E badge.)
- Mario Golf
- Super Mario 64
Nintendo Switch:
PC:
SNES:
- Mario Paint
- Super Mario All-Stars ("Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World" ver. only)
- Super Mario World
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- Tetris Attack
Wii:
Wii U:
- New Super Luigi U
- New Super Mario Bros. U
- Nintendo Land
- Super Mario 3D World (Can be heard when attacking/interacting with the wreckage of Bowser's car in the "The Great Tower of Bowser Land" level. The audio clip is in very low and compressed quality, as if it is coming from the car itself.)
- Super Mario Maker
TV Shows
Music
- TheFatRat - Time Lapse (No Copyright Music)
Websites
YouTube Videos
- Angry Video Game Nerd (Heard once in "Darkman".)
- Brentalfloss
- Brooklynn The Cartoon Girl (Heard once in "Chicken Run X Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: Bucketful of Nuggets".)
- Dorkly
- DoujinPixation
- Joey Quintal
- Karyll Aguilar (Used for Yusei Fudo or Jack Atlas whenever they shocked.)
- Mario & Luigi: The Mask
- Mario & Sonic 3: A New World
- Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom
- SMG4 Videos
- Super Mario Bloopers 2
- Super Mario Bloopers 3
- Thomas Game Docs (Heard 10 times in "Why doesn't Yoshi sound like he used to?".)
- WhitneyGoLucky (Used as a running gag for Yoshi eggs, Yoshi toys, and other Yoshi merchandise.)
Image Gallery
Angry Video Game Nerd Ep. 189: Darkman SMW Yoshi Sound
Mario Kart 64 Super Mario World Yoshi Sound
Super Mario 64 Super Mario World Yoshi Sound
Tetris Attack Super Mario World Yoshi Sound
Tetris Attack Super Mario World Yoshi Sound
Audio Samples