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|location    = [[Yoshi's Island]]

|name         = Yoshi's Island

|image       = [[File:YoshisStorySSB.png|250px|Yoshi's Island]]

|caption     = [[Image:YoshiSymbol(preBrawl).svg|50px]]

|universe     = ''{{uv|Yoshi}}''

|games       = ''[[SSB]]''<br/>''[[Melee]]''

|availability = [[Starter stage|Starter]] (''SSB'')<br/>[[Unlockable stage|Unlockable]] (''Melee'')

|unlockcriteria = Hit the Sandbag 1,312.4 ft (400m) in the Home Run Contest.

|music = In ''SSB'':<br>[[Music (SSB)|Track #9]]<br>In ''Melee'':<br>''{{MeleeMusic|Yoshi's Island N64}}''

|interwiki   = supermariowiki

|interwikiname= Super Mario Wiki

|interwikipage= Yoshi's Island (place)

{{for|other stages with this name|Yoshi's Island (SSBM)|Yoshi's Island (SSBB)}}

'''Yoshi's Island''' ({{ja|ヨッシーアイランド|Yosshīairando}}, ''Yoshi Island'') is a stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.

==Stage layout==

Visually, the stage looks like it's made of cardboard. The main platform is an open book, and as such it has a V shape instead of being completely flat. Over the main platform hover three [[soft platform]]s: the bottom two slightly slope inwards, while the top one is flat.

In the sky surrounding the main stage float three clouds, one on the left side and two on the right. After standing on a cloud for about four seconds it will disappear: this can be prevented by repeatedly jumping instead of standing continuously on it. Disappeared clouds reappear after seven more seconds. {{iw|mariowiki|Message Block}}s hover in the background above the clouds, but they have no gameplay effect.

The version of this stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''' [[1P Game]] is slightly smaller and lacks the clouds.

==Tournament legality==

In both ''Smash 64'' and ''Melee'' Yoshi's Island is banned, primarily because the clouds can promote [[camping]]. Additionally, some characters such as {{SSB|Link}} in ''Smash 64'' and {{SSBM|Falco}} in ''Melee'' are unable to recover if they are lured onto some of the clouds.

[[File:SuperHappyTreeYS.png|thumb|left|200px|The Super Happy Tree in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.]]

This stage and its aesthetics are inspired by ''{{iw|mariowiki|Yoshi's Story}}''. In that game, {{iw|mariowiki|Baby Bowser}} has turned {{iw|mariowiki|Yoshi's Island}} in a storybook and stolen the {{iw|mariowiki|Super Happy Tree}}, the magical tree which also appears in this stage's background.

''Yoshi's Story'' features clouds that can be used as platforms, some of which have to be activated by pressing a switch and disappear when the switch's timer runs out. However, their design is different from the ones in this stage.

{{iw|mariowiki|Message Block}}s appear in some {{uv|Mario}} and {{uv|Yoshi}} games, and give hints when hit. Their design in this stage is the one from the ''Yoshi'' series.

{{iw|mariowiki|Goonie}}s and [[Fly Guy]]s are enemies from the {{uv|Yoshi}} series, which appear in this stage with their ''Yoshi's Story'' design.

*In ''Smash 64'' the background with the sun, clouds, and ocean remains still no matter which direction the camera faced, giving the appearance of a [[wikipedia: Green screen|green screen]], but in ''Melee'' the background is rendered in 3D.

*This is the only stage in ''Smash 64'' to have an orange background in [[Training mode]].  

**Interestingly, the game's Stage Select screen is arranged in a checkerboard fashion regarding stage background colors, with all other stages featuring sky blue (with a lighter blue smash logo) or black (with a red smash logo) backgrounds. The Yoshi's Island icon lines up symmetrically with the Random Stage button, presumably for aesthetic purposes.

*This is the only ''Smash 64'' stage in ''Melee'' that's not in ''Smash 4''.