This may be off the topic, but I still think that yoshis are a different specie of koopa, so the koopa genus includes
Koopa Troopa
Koopa Paratroopa
Spiny
Spike Top
Buzzy beetle
parabuzzy
S. parabuzzy
Lakitu
super koopa
magikoopa
whatever you'd call bowser
dry bones etc.
dark lakitu
sky blue spiny
Dark Koopa
Shady Koopa
Red Paratroopa :P
and Yoshi. it does look a little similar... I think its "saddle" is a shell. observe th yoshis on SMW2. They already had "saddles" but had never been ridden before. There you go. And yes, spinies and Buzzies are koopas, they just walk on all fours for one of 2 reasons: their legs are short or they want to have high defense.
If birds breathed fire everytime they posted, the forum would''ve blow''d up by now.
Edited by - Bird Person on 10/3/2005 12:06:39 AM