Legendary Nintendo games designer Shigeru Miyamoto may have created Mario, but he brought in extra reinforcements to create the original concept design for the green dinosaur Yoshi. Shigefumi Hino was brought in to design Super Mario World where Yoshi made his first appearance in Yoshis Island 2, and was said to have been fashioned from Devil Worlds protagonist Tamagon, a small green dragon with considerable spunk to take on the Devil. However, during the creation of our famed dinosaur, it was stated by Miyamotos colleague Takashi Tezuka in a historical Mario booklet from the Wii game Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition that Yoshi was intended to live his video game life as a Koopa. Interestingly enough, you can still see this concept design by noting the red shell on his back, which acts as a saddle enabling Mario to ride him.