“Chaaaarge! I'm Salvo, duelist extraordinaire! Let's have us a little battle!”

—Salvo the Slime, Mario Party Advance

Salvo the Slime is the boss of World 1 in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its remake. Salvo is a Slime Drop that was enlarged by Kamek. Salvo jumps at the player, trying to push them into a lava pit below his arena, though unlike most enemies, the player is not hurt by Salvo's touch. Instead, Yoshi is hurt by the Slime Drops that Salvo summons. Because Salvo was a Slime Drop prior to his transformation, Slime Drops break off of Salvo when he is hit by an egg. The more Salvo is hit, the smaller he gets, until he disappears altogether.

Yoshi's island 1-6 red coins value. An alternate variant of him appears later as a non-boss enemy in the game, known in English simply as Slime. It can disguise itself as a block, and is defeated the same way. Slimes appear again in Yoshi's New Island.

Four different Salvo the Slimes appears in Mario Party 4 under his Japanese name, Big Slime^[1]. During the minigame Slime Time, the four versions of him appear, in yellow, pink, purple, and green.

Going only by his first name, Salvo makes an appearance as the boss of the second floor of the Duel Tower in Mario Party Advance. This game shows that he is capable of speech. Salvo challenges the player to a game of Volleybomb and rewards the player with the minigame upon defeat.

He also makes a brief cameo alongside other Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island bosses in the opening to Yoshi's Island DS.

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Mario Party Advance[edit]

• 'Don't underestimate me because I'm beefy! I've got skills you've never even heard of!'
• 'If you beat me, you can have the Duel game. Lose, and you get nothing!'
• 'Let's begin!'
• 'My skills were no match for your own! Time for you to head to the third floor.'
• 'You did it! And that means you can go on to level 3! There, the fiercest duelist awaits you!'

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• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

• Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

• Mario Party 4

• Mario Party Advance

• Yoshi's Island DS

Trivia[edit]

• Although Salvo is indeed a name (actually a surname), its use in this character's name is a pun on 'saliva,' referencing his slimy texture. It may also refer to how it discharges multiple Slime Drops (i.e. a 'salvo') when hit by an egg.
• In his artwork for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Salvo is beige, while in-game, he is green.

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The Yoshi's Island series^[1] is a video-game sub-series of the Yoshi franchise. It is a series of 2D side-scrolling platformers starring Yoshi, who has the unique ability to throw eggs to defeat enemies. The games generally feature a colorful, storybook-like art style. The games function as prequels to the present era of the Mario franchise, as they are set in the infancy of Mario and Luigi, where the Yoshis must work to save Baby Mario and others, including Baby Luigi, from the machinations of Kamek and Baby Bowser. Indeed, the defining trait of the series is that the controlled Yoshi carries a baby character, who ends in a bubble when the former is hurt. When this happens, Yoshi has a set number of seconds to rescue Mario, which can be increased in various ways.^[1] The series is primarily developed by Nintendo EAD, with some games being developed by Artoon or other companies. The series began with a console title, but switched to a focus on handheld entries with Yoshi's Island DS.

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The following games are part of the Yoshi's Island series:^[1]

Spin-off games[edit]

These games are inspired by the Yoshi's Island series, but are not part of it.^[1]

Destroy the box on the right to find a key for the blue doors.Now in an underground area, run around the spiked area to find two Red Coins. Destroy the sturdy block on the right with two eggs, then use an egg made from the Lantern Guy to bring down the Winged Cloud with five Stars above. Use the to bounce up to the next level. Yoshi's island level 2-5. There are two Red Coins on either side, so destroy the blocks and flutter jump to grab them! Ground pound the blocks under the door to have everything fall to a lower level.

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The basic gameplay of the Yoshi's Island series is that of a 2D side-scrolling platformer. In addition to the basic run and jump actions, the Yoshi being played as is able to use their tongue to manipulate objects and to eat enemies in most of the games. Once an enemy is eaten, it can be ejected or swallowed. If swallowed, the Yoshi will be able to lay an egg which can be thrown at objects or at enemies. The Yoshi can obtain various power-ups to help complete the level, many of which involve transforming into various vehicles. The baby that the Yoshi carries on his back (usually Baby Mario) can also give the Yoshi various abilities to aid it. The defning feature of the series is the fact that, when the Yoshi is hit by an obstacle that does not make him lose immediately a life, the baby he is carrying ends in a bubble and a timer starts to decrease. If the Yoshi does not manage to pop the bubble before the timer reaches 0, some enemies, typically Toadies, kidnap the baby and the Yoshi loses a life.

The spin-offs in the series feature somewhat different gameplay. In Yoshi Touch & Go, the player must draw lines of clouds with the Nintendo DS Touch Screen, guiding Yoshi and Baby Mario away from enemies as they float down. Enemies can be defeated by drawing bubbles around them or by throwing eggs obtained from eating fruit at them.

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