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'''Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks'''<ref>"'''Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks''': A variation on the Stilted Shy Guys, these units hop around the course and can jump over an ill-aimed egg toss. Yoshi can eat them, pogo stick and all."- [[Nintendo 64]] Game Secrets, 1999 Edition [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Strategy Guide. Page 109.</ref> are {{wp|pogo stick}}-using [[Shy Guy]]s that appear only in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They are first encountered in [[Surprise!!]] Most Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks merely stand in a specific spot and jump over and over, occasionally performing a flip.  
'''Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks'''<ref>{{cite|quote='''Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks''': A variation on the Stilted Shy Guys, these units hop around the course and can jump over an ill-aimed egg toss. Yoshi can eat them, pogo stick and all.|author=Prima Bath|title=''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition''|date=April 7, 1999|isbn=0-7615-2103-8|page=109|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. These {{wp|pogo stick}}-using [[Shy Guy]]s are first encountered in [[Surprise!!]] Most Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks merely stand in a specific spot and jump over and over, occasionally performing a flip. Unlike [[Stilt Guy]]s, Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks do not need to be dismounted from their rides to be attacked and thus can be defeated by throwing a [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi egg]] at the exposed Shy Guys or [[swallow]]ing them. Also, much like with normal Shy Guys, the color of the rider can be changed by [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing near it.
 
Unlike [[Stilt Guy]]s, Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks do not need to be dismounted from their rides to be attacked and thus can be defeated by throwing a [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi egg]] at the exposed Shy Guys or [[swallow]]ing them. Also, much like with normal Shy Guys, the color of the rider can be changed by [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing near it.


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=ホッピングヘイホー<ref>[[Media:Yoshi Story Shogakukan P13.jpg|「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), page 13.]]</ref>
|Jap=ホッピングヘイホー<ref>{{cite|language=ja|page={{file link|Yoshi Story Shogakukan P13.jpg|13}}|title=「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]}}</ref>
|JapR=Hoppingu Heihō
|JapR=Hoppingu Heihō
|JapM=Hopping Shy Guy
|JapM=Hopping Shy Guy

Revision as of 10:51, June 22, 2024

This article is about the pogo stick-using enemy from Yoshi's Story. For the similar bouncing Shy Guy from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, see Shymore.
Not to be confused with Pogo Guy.
Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks
Pogo Guy from Yoshi's Story
Appears in Yoshi's Story (1997)
Variant of Shy Guy

Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks[1] are enemies in Yoshi's Story. These pogo stick-using Shy Guys are first encountered in Surprise!! Most Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks merely stand in a specific spot and jump over and over, occasionally performing a flip. Unlike Stilt Guys, Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks do not need to be dismounted from their rides to be attacked and thus can be defeated by throwing a Yoshi egg at the exposed Shy Guys or swallowing them. Also, much like with normal Shy Guys, the color of the rider can be changed by ground-pounding near it.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
German Hoppel Guy[?] Hopping Guy
From hoppeln / Gehoppel.

References

  1. ^ "Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks: A variation on the Stilted Shy Guys, these units hop around the course and can jump over an ill-aimed egg toss. Yoshi can eat them, pogo stick and all." – Prima Bath (April 7, 1999). Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-2103-8. Page 109.
  2. ^ 「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 13Media:Yoshi Story Shogakukan P13.jpg.