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Info About Yoshi's Island DS (NDS)
Yoshi’s Island DS takes that classic pastel charm from the Super Nintendo era and squeezes it onto the little dual screens of the DS, complete with a fresh roster of baby sidekicks to swap in on the fly. You still roll into each level carrying Baby Mario (or sometimes Baby Luigi), but every now and then you’ll rescue Baby Peach, Baby Donkey Kong, Baby Wario or even Baby Bowser. Each one has its own cheeky ability—Peach slows your descent into a languid float, DK smashes through blocks like a tiny wrecking ball, and Bowser breathes fire to clear the nastiest foes.
The core gameplay feels familiar if you’ve ever bounced eggs off Goombas or ducked under Bullet Bills in past Yoshi outings, but the DS’s touchscreen and dual-screen layout let you peek at a map on the lower display or tap Egg Capsules to pop them open. You’ll still flutter-jump across puffy platforms, toss eggs into switches, and uncover hidden red coins and secret exits, but that extra little partner ability shakes up your strategy every few minutes. It’s the kind of game where you find yourself backtracking into earlier levels once you master Baby Peach’s glide or Baby DK’s wall-busting elbow drop.
Visually, it’s a feast of squishy backgrounds, hand-drawn landscapes and vivid characters—Nintendo’s artisans clearly had fun making the world pop, even if they had to fit it all on a tiny screen. The music follows suit with playful tunes that bounce along like a loose spring, punctuated by the familiar “waka-waka” of eggs hitting targets. There’s a gentle challenge in the puzzles and boss fights that feels just right for both younger players discovering Yoshi for the first time and veterans chasing that 100 percent completion.
By the time you’re juggling babies, eggs and tricky platforming segments, Yoshi’s Island DS manages to feel both retro and fresh. It never overstays its welcome, clocking in at a comfortable length while still inviting you to revisit levels for every last collectible. All in all, it’s a cozy pocket adventure that turns the DS into a mini-party of bouncing Yoshis and the littlest heroes the Mushroom Kingdom has ever seen.