White Shy Guy
- 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 | |
|---|---|
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| 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
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
- 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.))
- English:
- 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 ![3] (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
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヘイホー[4][note 1] Heihō |
Shy Guy | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 白嘿虎[?] Bái Hēihǔ |
White Shy Guy | |
| French | Maskass blanc[2][5] | White Shy Guy | |
| Fantôme blanc[3] | 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
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ 1998. Yoshi Story instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (English). Page 16.
- ^ a b 1998. Yoshi Story instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 60.
- ^ a b 1998. Nintendo Magazine : Le seul magazine officiel Nintendo 64. Issue 4. Nintendo and EMAP France (French). Page 25.
- ^ Yoshi's Story Message Block (set to Japanese)
- ^ Yoshi's Story in-game name (French localization)
- ^ 1998. Yoshi's Story instruction manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 124.
- ^ 1998. Yoshi's Story instruction manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 127.
- ^ Yoshi's Story (Virtual Console) Italian e-manual[page number needed]
