Yoshi's Island DS

2006 platform video game

Yoshi's Island DS (called Yoshi's Island DS (ヨッシー アイランド DS) in Japan) is a platform video game made by Artoon, and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It is the sequel to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.[1]

Yoshi's Island DS
Developer(s)Artoon
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Hidetoshi Takeshita
Producer(s)Toyokazu Nonaka
Artist(s)Yasuhisa Nakagawa
Writer(s)Soshi Kawasaki
Composer(s)Yutaka Minobe
Masayoshi Ishi
SeriesYoshi
Platform(s)Nintendo DS, Virtual Console (Wii U)
ReleaseNintendo DS:
  • NA: November 13, 2006
  • AU: November 17, 2006
  • EU: December 1, 2006
  • JP: March 8, 2007
  • ROC: March 8, 2007
  • KOR: November 8, 2007
Virtual Console (Wii U):
  • NA: April 1, 2015
  • JP: April 8, 2015
  • EU: May 7, 2015
  • AU: May 8, 2015
Genre(s)Platforming
Mode(s)Single-player

How the game is played

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The gameplay of Yoshi's Island DS is much the same as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game, but with some small add-ons. The player moves Yoshi through many stages. Yoshi has to get through these stages by not getting hit by enemies or losing the baby he is holding.

Reception

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Yoshi's Island DS received good scores from lots of video game websites, including IGN and GameSpot who gave separate reviews of the game of 8.0 and 9.1.[2][3]

References

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  1. "Nintendo.com – Yoshi's Island DS – Game Info". Archived from the original on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  2. "Yoshi's Island DS Review - IGN". Archived from the original on 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  3. "Yoshi's Island DS Review - GameSpot.com". Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2009-03-02.