Morph bubble
First appearance	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance	Yoshi's Island DS (2006)
Effect	Temporarily transforms aYoshi into a different form

Morph bubbles,^[1][2] also known asmetamorphosis bubbles,^[3] are objects in theYoshi's Island series. These floatingbubbles appear onYoshi's Island inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (andits reissue) andYoshi's Island DS. When aYoshi touches a morph bubble, the Yoshi turns into a different form, usually a vehicle that resembles the Yoshi itself. Some transformations are temporary, while others last until the transformed Yoshi hits aYoshi Block. If a Yoshi is transformed into a temporary form, the Yoshi must hit a Yoshi Block to turn back to a normal Yoshi, or pop another morph bubble to stay in that transformation a little while longer. Also, if a Yoshi fails to touch another morph bubble or a Yoshi Block before the transformation time runs out, the Yoshi automatically goes back to the exact location where it first touched the bubble and it reverts to its original Yoshi form. Morph bubbles do not appear inYoshi's New Island, which replaces them withWhirly Gates instead.

The vehicles that a morph bubble can transform a Yoshi into are listed below. Vehicles marked with an asterisk do not appear inYoshi's Island DS:

• Helicopter
• Mole Tank
• Submarine
• Train*
• Car*

InSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, there are sprites for three Yoshi forms thatdo not appear in the game; these include a Yoshi plane, a Yoshi mushroom, a Yoshi tree, and what appears to be a type ofBob-omb. The latter transformation is present in a prototype build from December 6, 1994, where it is a single-use power-up that destroys all on-screen enemies.^[4]

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  PinkYoshi'sMole Tank morph bubble fromYoshi's Island DS

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References[edit]

• Bubbles
• Power-ups
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island objects
• Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
• Yoshi's Island DS objects

• Articles with unsourced foreign names