Super Mario World Glitch has Yoshi eat peach and break the game

Yoshi has been Mario's faithful sidekick ever since the dinosaur made his first appearance more than 35 years ago in Super Mario World. Most Mario fans have loved Yoshi unconditionally ever since. However, it may have been a select few who saw Yoshi eat Princess Peach at the end of the game, forever tarnishing their opinion of him from a very young age.

Okay, it's actually very unlikely that anyone encountered the unintended ending of Super Mario World as a child, where Yoshi, seconds after Mario finally saves Peach, devours her. That's because it takes a very specific series of errors to get Yoshi into the final Bowser battle with you, and then more specific actions once he's there to experience that awkward and dark ending.

Yoshi can eat peach at the end of Super Mario World

Supper Mario Broth, an account dedicated to sharing unique and interesting glitches, bugs, and just general information about Mario games, shared images of the failed Mario World ending captured by switchpalacecorner. It shows Mario riding Yoshi as the plumber defeats Bowser, which, as fans of the game know, shouldn't be possible.

Once Bowser is defeated, Peach falls from the sky like a mushroom thanks to one of the many glitches in the game. As the mushroom is about to hit the floor, Yoshi sticks out his tongue to eat it, at which point the item briefly transforms back into Princess Peach before disappearing into the dinosaur sidekick's stomach.

Eat Peach Softlocks Super Mario World's Ending

With Bowser defeated, but Peach gone, the game isn't sure what to do next. This is why it is not recommended that you try to reach this false ending after playing through all of Super Mario World. With no way to end the game as intended, since Yoshi isn't supposed to be there, but Peach is, Mario and Yoshi just stand there awkwardly staring at each other for the rest of the time after the plumber just watched his pet eat his girlfriend.

Mario rides Yoshi in a level from Super Mario World.

Again, it's incredibly unlikely, basically impossible, that this would happen to anyone by chance. As pointed out by Supper Mario Broth in the replies to the post, most people will need to follow a detailed guide just to get Yoshi into the world's final battle with you. As for the glitch that turns Peach into a mushroom and then, very briefly, back again, which is commonly referred to as the Item Swap glitch.

Basically, if you take the mushroom out of the spare item box while Peach is spawning, it results in the error that you can see in the clip above. Another glitch that had to happen to bring about this elaborate, and let's be honest, unwanted ending to Super Mario World. Feel free to try to replicate it if you really want, but probably best to just watch and wonder how anyone ever stumbled upon this in the first place.