Yoshi's Island DS
Yoshi's Island DS is a 2D platformer for the Nintendo DS in the Yoshi's Island series. It is the sequel to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, where Kamek and the Toadies have kidnapped all the babies in the…
Yoshi's Island DS is an adventure developed by Artoon, released 13 November 2006 on Wii U and Nintendo DS. The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.
What Yoshi's Island DS is
Yoshi's Island DS is an adventure game developed by Artoon and released in 2006. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Nintendo DS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A mysterious floating island has suddenly appeared over peaceful Yoshi's Island. Soon after its arrival, a gaggle of kids vanishes from the island school. Thankfully, Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Donkey Kong and Baby Wario manage to avoid being kidnapped. Now, Yoshi and the four young superstars must set out on a wild and colorful quest to rescue the kids and investigate the ominous island hovering overhead.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Yoshi's Island DS is the 419th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Superstar Shootout in 2006. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Yoshi's Island DS holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9 hrs.
What it launched against
Yoshi's Island DS launched on 13 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Yoshi's Island DS yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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