It's the SAME person!...er...bird. THE is equivolent to his middle name (sort of), which may or may not be included. Anyway, look at the bottom right-hand corner of his trophy. That tells the first game he's in *YOSHI'S ISLAND* (plus his description mentions something about it). Not putting *THE* in his title was probably just an error.
My point made. (BTW, I'm similar to Steve in that if you have a "WRONG" fact or something that goes against my opinion, I will argue you down to the tee. Very rarely can you sway me in something.) Oh, "you" isn't directed at you, CW, just anyone in general. :)
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