Yoshi is a recurring character and ally of the Mario franchise, and the protagonist of his own series.
Tied with Peach, he is by far the strongest character in the game outside of Battle Mode thanks to his overall stronger speed, acceleration and drifting potential which more than makes up for his lower weight and weaker speed retention from regular handling.
Gameplay
Stats
Top Speed
Acceleration
Turn Speed
Turn Speed Reduction
Size
Weight
50cc
100cc
150cc
Battle
Weight Class
Triple Tap A
294
314
324
245
Light (High)
3 (Strong)
1.28
0.002
5.5
0.9
Overview
Yoshi is one of three lightweights that benefits from overall stronger attributes thanks to his higher speed and recovery potential, thus making him meta for VS formats.
Strengths
Weaknesses
Increased Speed: Outside of Battle Mode, Yoshi passively has an internal increase of +4 to his speed value, which makes him not only naturally faster, but also viable for Time Trials
Good Triple Tap: His Triple Tapping capabilities paired with a stronger base acceleration than any non-lightweight gives Yoshi better recovery potential overall.
Sharp Handling: Akin to the other lightweights, Yoshi's sharper turning angle means he can take driftless corners better than heavies and middleweights alike.
Better Off-Road: While boost items should still even the playing field to some extent, having access to stronger off-road capabilities means shroomless cuts becomes a much more viable strategy as a result of it.
Low Weight: His durability, while being on-par with Peach, still only outdoes one character in Toad, and will make him struggle against half of the cast, which is especially significant in Battle Mode, where he will have to rely that much more on his sharp steering and Triple Tapping to stand a chance.
Handling Speed Loss: Yoshi loses more speed from turning without drifting than any middleweight or heavyweight would have, which means he'll have to rely more on pure drifting to maintain his velocity.
Movelist
Accelerate
● Higher top speed. Equal to Peach and Toad. ● Better off-road. Beats any non-lightweight. ● Highest base acceleration in the game by far. Equal to the other lightweights.
A
Triple Tap A
● Fastest Triple Tap thanks to a higher TTA modifier and base acceleration. ● Again, it is equalised with the other lightweights.
AAA
Spin-Turn Mode
● Powerful swerving, but is notably difficult to control.
[AB]
Steer
● Marginally higher turn angle when compared to the Mario Brothers. ● Speed retention while steering is weaker than average.
4-6 / 🢀🢂
Drift
● Higher drift speed thanks to a slightly increased base speed attribute. ● Otherwise equalised in core attributes, like the rest of the cast.
