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Yoshi!


IMG_0052.JPG, originally uploaded by dash16.

One of my favorite games for the Super Nintendo was Super Mario Kart. Yoshi wasn't my favorite racer, that would be Koopa Troopa (not to be confused with King Koopa, Bowser).

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