Yoshi’s Island DS is a side-scrolling platformer developed by Artoon and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS, a sequel to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island. Yoshi carries babies — Mario, Peach, DK, Wario, and Bowser — each granting different abilities, flutter-jumping and throwing eggs across levels spanning both screens. It keeps the series’ hand-drawn style, puzzle-platforming, and collectible-hunting.
How To Play Yoshi’s Island DS
Control
Action
D-Pad / Control Pad
Move Yoshi; duck
A Button
Jump (hold for a flutter jump)
B Button
Stick out the tongue (eat enemies) / make eggs
Y Button
Throw an egg (aim with the on-screen reticle)
X Button
Ground pound
L / R Buttons
Switch babies
Start
Pause / menu
About Yoshi’s Island DS
Release date
NA: November 13, 2006 · JP: March 8, 2007 · EU: December 1, 2006
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