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{{about|the Shy Guy helpers in [[Yoshi's Story]]|instances of Shy Guys wearing white|[[Shy Guy]]}}
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|image=[[File:YS White Shy Guy.png|150px]]
|image=[[File:YS White Shy Guy.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|variant_of=[[Shy Guy]]
|parent_species=[[Shy Guy]]
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'''White Shy Guys''' are white colored [[Shy Guy]]s first found in the game ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They are friends of the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]], and could be considered the antithesis of the [[Black Shy Guy]], as the White Shy Guys work against their Shy Guy brethren, while the Black Shy Guys are the elite in [[Baby Bowser]]'s Shy Guy forces. They later reappeared assisting another one of [[Bowser]]'s enemies ([[Fawful]]) in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. A White Shy Guy is also playable in the DS Download Play mode in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''. They later appear with black shoes instead of their original light blue shoes.
{{quote|The White Shy Guy follows you around. Does he want to be your friend?|Message Block|Yoshi's Story}}
[[File:Story White Shy Guy.png|frame|left]]
'''White Shy Guys''' are a [[List of species|species]] in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They are friendly [[Shy Guy]]s, unlike most, and are friends to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]]. If a [[Baby Yoshi]] finds a White Shy Guy, the White Shy Guy follows behind the Yoshi like a [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi egg]], copying the Yoshi's movements until the stage is completed. The White Shy Guy takes the place of one of the Yoshi's eggs, meaning that the Yoshi can carry only five eggs instead of the normal number of six. After the stage is completed, the White Shy Guy can be selected on the Yoshi-selection screen. There can potentially be multiple White Shy Guys on the selection screen if the player collects them throughout the game without using them. If selected, the White Shy Guy equips the helicopter backpack of the large [[Fly Guy|Flying Shy Guy]]s and travels to [[Bowser's Castle|Baby Bowser's castle]] in order to rescue any Yoshi that has been captured by the [[Toady|Toadies]]. White Shy Guys are usually hidden inside [[? Bubble]]s or [[? Block]]s in the [[level]]s they appear in. The bubbles or blocks that contain them can spawn in the respective levels only if the player has lost a Yoshi.


==History==
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Yoshi's Story''===
{{Multilang profile
If a [[Baby Yoshi]] finds a White Shy Guy in ''Yoshi's Story'', the White Shy Guy will follow behind the Yoshi like a [[Yoshi Egg]], copying the Yoshi's movements until the stage is completed. Indeed, the White Shy Guy will take the place of one the Yoshi's eggs, meaning that the Yoshi can only carry five eggs instead of the normal amount of six. After the stage is completed, the White Shy Guy can be selected in the Yoshi select screen. There can potentially be multiple White Shy Guys on the select screen if the players collects them throughout the game without using them. If selected, the White Shy Guy will equip the helicopter backpack of the [[Propeller Shy Guy]]s and travel to [[Baby Bowser's Castle]] in order to rescue any Yoshi that has been captured by the [[Toadies]]. However, the White Shy Guy cannot rescue [[Black Yoshi]] and [[White Yoshi]] if the player loses White Yoshi or Black Yoshi. White Shy Guys are usually hidden inside [[Bubble|? Bubbles]] or [[Question Block|? Block]]s in the levels they appear in. A White Shy Guy, which is [[Yoshi]]'s friend, appears in later ''Mario'' spin-offs with a red robe, rather than his traditional white robe.
|type=manual
|Eng=You have not seen too much of him before. He doesn’t seem like an enemy though. (He knows some secrets about the Yoshi Select Screen.)<ref name=YSEN>{{cite|format=PDF|url=https://fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_8/Manual_Nintendo64_YoshisStory_EN.pdf|title=''Yoshi Story'' instruction booklet|page=16|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en|date=1998}}</ref>
|Fre=Vous ne l’avez pas beaucoup vu avant. Il ne paraît pas être un ennemi. (Il connaît des secrets à propos de l’écran de sélection des Yoshis.)<ref name=YSFR/>
|FreM=You have not seen too much of him before. He doesn’t seem like an enemy though. (He knows some secrets about the Yoshi Select Screen.)
}}


===''Mario Kart DS''===
*'''Message Block information for White Shy Guy (set to French):''' Hein? Il a l'air gentil. Allez petit... Suis-moi! Je crois qu'il sert à quelques chose mais il faut d'abord le faire sortir.<ref name=YSINFR/> (''What? He seem kind. Come on little... Follow me! I think he serves a purpose, but first we have to get him out.'')
A White Shy Guy also appears as a playable character in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', although it only appears as a playable character in the [[Mario Kart DS#Download Play|DS Download Play]] mode.
*'''Nintendo Magazine : Le seul magazine officiel Nintendo 64:''' Les fantômes blancs sont des alliés précieux. Si un des Yoshi se retrouve enfermé dans le château de Baby Koopa, le fantôme blanc vient le délivrer. Drôlement sympa !<ref name=NMFR/> (''The whites ghosts are precious allies. If one Yoshi finds himself blocked in the Baby Koopa's Castle, the white ghost come to rescue him. Really fun !'')


===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''===
==Names in other languages==
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', white Shy Guys appeared in Bowser's Castle, but this time, they are working for Fawful. [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and Bowser never get to fight them on their own, but when the [[Sniffle Thwomp]] faints at the start, three White Shy Guys come in, pick it up and carry it to Bowser.
{{foreign names
 
|Jap=ヘイホー<ref>''Yoshi's Story'' [[Message Block]] (set to Japanese)</ref><ref group=note>Specifically, it is referred to as しろい ヘイホー (''Shiroi Heihō'', meaning "White Shy Guy"), though due to the space, "''shiroi''" does not seem to be part of the name itself.</ref>
===''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''===
|JapR=Heihō
A White Shy Guy also appears in the [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS)|DS version of ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'']]. Here, it appears in the Adventure Tours mode in [[Frostown]], where it acts like a Super Guide. If the player fails a certain number of times in a mission, White Shy Guy will offer a rainbow ticket, which can then be used to skip the mission.
|JapM=Shy Guy
|ChiS=白嘿虎
|ChiSR=Bái Hēihǔ
|ChiSM=White Shy Guy
|Fre=Maskass blanc<ref name=YSFR>{{cite|format=PDF|url=fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_8/Manual_Nintendo64_YoshisStory_FR.pdf|title=''Yoshi Story'' instruction booklet|page=60|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=fr|date=1998}}</ref><ref name=YSINFR>''Yoshi's Story'' [https://youtu.be/875KF7cDqZ0?si=MvE92CFn0ONRLGOO&t=273 in-game name] (French localization)</ref>
|Fre2=Fantôme blanc<ref name=NMFR>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine : Le seul magazine officiel Nintendo 64''. Issue 4|date=1998|publisher=Nintendo and {{wp|Arnoldo Mondadori Editore|EMAP France}}|language=fr|page=[https://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Nintendo%20magazine/nintendomagazine_numero04/Le%20Magazine%20Officiel%20Nintendo%20N%C2%B004%20-%20Page%20025%20%281998%20Mars-Avril%29.jpg 25]}}</ref>
|FreM=White Shy Guy
|Fre2M=White ghost
|Ita=Timido ragazzo bianco<ref>{{cite|title=''Yoshi's Story'' instruction manual|page=124|language=it|date=1998|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ita2=Ragazzo bianco timido<ref>{{cite|title=''Yoshi's Story'' instruction manual|page=127|language=it|date=1998|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ita3=Tipo Timido Bianco<ref>''Yoshi's Story'' ([[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual{{page needed}}</ref>
|ItaM=White shy boy
|Ita2M=Shy white boy
|Ita3M=White Shy Guy
}}


===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
==Notes and references==
A White Shy Guy is available as a downloadable character in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''. The player can unlock it by buying the [[The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8|''The Legend of Zelda'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']] and [[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|''Animal Crossing'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']] downloadable content packs.
===Notes===
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In ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', White Shy Guy is included as an alternate color for [[Shy Guy]] within the base game.
===References===
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=しろヘイホー
|JapR=Shiro Heihō
|JapM=White Shy Guy
|Fra=Maskass blanc
|FraM=White Maskass
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Latest revision as of 15:17, November 9, 2024

This article is about the Shy Guy helpers in Yoshi's Story. For instances of Shy Guys wearing white, see Shy Guy.
White Shy Guy
A White Shy Guy
First appearance Yoshi's Story (1997)
Variant of Shy Guy
“The White Shy Guy follows you around. Does he want to be your friend?”
Message Block, Yoshi's Story
Sprite of a White Shy Guy in Yoshi's Story

White Shy Guys are a species in Yoshi's Story. They are friendly Shy Guys, unlike most, and are friends to the Yoshis. If a Baby Yoshi finds a White Shy Guy, the White Shy Guy follows behind the Yoshi like a Yoshi egg, copying the Yoshi's movements until the stage is completed. The White Shy Guy takes the place of one of the Yoshi's eggs, meaning that the Yoshi can carry only five eggs instead of the normal number of six. After the stage is completed, the White Shy Guy can be selected on the Yoshi-selection screen. There can potentially be multiple White Shy Guys on the selection screen if the player collects them throughout the game without using them. If selected, the White Shy Guy equips the helicopter backpack of the large Flying Shy Guys and travels to Baby Bowser's castle in order to rescue any Yoshi that has been captured by the Toadies. White Shy Guys are usually hidden inside ? Bubbles or ? Blocks in the levels they appear in. The bubbles or blocks that contain them can spawn in the respective levels only if the player has lost a Yoshi.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      You have not seen too much of him before. He doesn’t seem like an enemy though. (He knows some secrets about the Yoshi Select Screen.)[1]
    • French:
      Vous ne l’avez pas beaucoup vu avant. Il ne paraît pas être un ennemi. (Il connaît des secrets à propos de l’écran de sélection des Yoshis.)[2]
      (Translation: You have not seen too much of him before. He doesn’t seem like an enemy though. (He knows some secrets about the Yoshi Select Screen.))
  • Message Block information for White Shy Guy (set to French): Hein? Il a l'air gentil. Allez petit... Suis-moi! Je crois qu'il sert à quelques chose mais il faut d'abord le faire sortir.[3] (What? He seem kind. Come on little... Follow me! I think he serves a purpose, but first we have to get him out.)
  • Nintendo Magazine : Le seul magazine officiel Nintendo 64: Les fantômes blancs sont des alliés précieux. Si un des Yoshi se retrouve enfermé dans le château de Baby Koopa, le fantôme blanc vient le délivrer. Drôlement sympa ![4] (The whites ghosts are precious allies. If one Yoshi finds himself blocked in the Baby Koopa's Castle, the white ghost come to rescue him. Really fun !)

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ヘイホー[5][note 1]
Heihō
Shy Guy
Chinese (simplified) 白嘿虎[?]
Bái Hēihǔ
White Shy Guy
French Maskass blanc[2][3] White Shy Guy
Fantôme blanc[4] White ghost
Italian Timido ragazzo bianco[6] White shy boy
Ragazzo bianco timido[7] Shy white boy
Tipo Timido Bianco[8] White Shy Guy

Notes and references[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Specifically, it is referred to as しろい ヘイホー (Shiroi Heihō, meaning "White Shy Guy"), though due to the space, "shiroi" does not seem to be part of the name itself.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1998. Yoshi Story instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (English). Page 16.
  2. ^ a b 1998. Yoshi Story instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 60.
  3. ^ a b Yoshi's Story in-game name (French localization)
  4. ^ a b 1998. Nintendo Magazine : Le seul magazine officiel Nintendo 64. Issue 4. Nintendo and EMAP France (French). Page 25.
  5. ^ Yoshi's Story Message Block (set to Japanese)
  6. ^ 1998. Yoshi's Story instruction manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 124.
  7. ^ 1998. Yoshi's Story instruction manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 127.
  8. ^ Yoshi's Story (Virtual Console) Italian e-manual[page number needed]