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Takashi Tezuka has been harping on it for a while

>Tezuka: Yoshi was originally supposed to be a type of Koopa. That saddle you see on his back was actually his shell.
https://www.mariowiki.com/File:SMHAmerican_SMW_and_SMAS.jpg

>ですから、最初は恐竜だと思ってずっと絵を描いていたのですが、後になって本当はクッパなどと同じカメ一族のキャラクターだったと聞かされました。それで、だんだん時間が経つにつれてヨッシーのデザインがカメ的なものに近付いていったんですよ。みなさんお気付きでしたか?
>So, at first I kept drawing him thinking he was a dinosaur, but later I was told that he was really a character from the turtle clan, like Bowser and others. So, as time went by, Yoshi's design gradually became more and more turtle-like. Did you guys notice that?
https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/742615.html

>Even though there's a shell on his back, we actually don't know whether Yoshi's a dinosaur or a turtle!
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/kids/character/yoshi/index.html
https://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_Yoshi_profiles_and_statistics#Kids_section_of_Nintendo_Co..2C_Ltd._site

>Tezuka: That happened relatively quickly. I kind of forced the design through, saying, “It’s related to turtles.” (laughs)
>Sao: That’s why, instead of a saddle, what’s on Yoshi’s back is...
>Nogami: A shell. Even after I joined the company, Tezuka kept insisting that it was a shell. (laughs)
>Sao: (laughs) And that’s how Super Mario World, which debuted Yoshi as kin to turtles, became the top-selling title worldwide for Super NES.
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2017/October/Nintendo-Classic-Mini-SNES-developer-interview-Volume-5-Super-Mario-World-and-Super-Mario-World-2-Yoshi-s-Island-1290850.html

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