Debut: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
Hey! Get a LOAD of these guys! They’re so goddamn happy to be here.
Yeah! Alright! More of this, please! Gusties just sorta love flying around. They don’t do anything else! There’s just a bunch of them and they’re all heading somewhere! Do they need to know where? Maybe they’re just going in circles!
I mean, what even are these? Jellyfish? Ghosts? Magic napkins? They seem oddly squishy. In this artwork specifically, they look like fruit gummies!
I really just adore their smug little smiles. But you know what would be even better? An enemy with a :3 mouth. I think that’d be really great.
Well, lo and behold, it’s Cloud Drop! And they’re just equally fantastic. Rather than flying some place in a hurry, Cloud Drops take it easy and just float from side to side!
I wonder... are these some kind of larval form for Gusties? In Japanese, they’re named after tadpoles, after all! So it’s either that, or they turn into Cloud Frogs when they’re older. Either way, I’d be happy.
There are Fire Drops, too, in case you were wondering. They’re pretty much Lava Bubbles! So I guess we’ve come full circle.