These boxes are shown to the right of the eighth stage and are not available initially. There are also three unlockables per world. Six of the stages are standard levels, with the other two being boss battle stages, represented in the box by a castle icon silhouetted in the back and pictures of the boss overlaying it. There are five worlds total with each world containing 8 initial levels. Yoshi’s Island DS starts you out on a map screen from which you will see several boxes, these represent the various levels in the World. You will use them to destroy enemies, activate switches (which sometimes take the form of floating clouds) and even to collect faraway coins or Flowers by throwing eggs into them. Throughout the game you will make use of egg tossing to do all kinds of stuff. You can also use the R Button to aim and shoot eggs, and pressing the down button while the aiming cursor is up will cancel it (You can’t turn around while aiming btw, but you can move around and jump).Įgg tossing is one of the main fundamentals of gameplay in Yoshi’s Island DS (it WAS the main gameplay element in the original game). This takes some skill as the cursor moves up and down automatically, requiring good timing to aim the egg where you want it to hit (Although holding the X Button will hold the cursor in that position). Depending on your control method, pressing the A Button again or letting go of the A Button will cause Yoshi to throw the egg in the direction of the cursor. Pressing the A Button will cause Yoshi to aim the egg with a cursor that moves up and down.
Once eggs are following behind Yoshi, he (forgetting for a moment that Yoshi’s are generally asexual) can throw them by pressing the A Button. Last, but definitely not least, is Yoshi’s ability to throw eggs. This move can be used to destroy certain enemies that are otherwise indestructible, as well as to pound certain objects, like stakes, into the ground or destroy parts of the floor (depending on what’s below you). Pressing the down button while Yoshi is in the air will cause him to Butt Stomp, sending him careening into the ground. this allows him to “float” for a brief period as well as pushes him up a short distance, allowing you to make it to platforms that you otherwise couldn’t reach. Pressing the B Button while in the air will cause Yoshi to flutter his feet (i.e. These eggs follow behind Yoshi (up to six of them). Pressing the down button with an enemy or object in Yoshi’s mouth will typically cause Yoshi to swallow it, which will create an egg. You can even take fire into Yoshi’s mouth and spit flames back out. This can be used to activate certain floating clouds or to destroy other enemies by spitting them out into each other. Once an enemy or object is in Yoshi’s mouth, it can be spit back out again by pressing Y once more. Most enemies in the game as well as other objects can be taken into Yoshi’s mouth via his long tongue. Pressing the Y Button will make Yoshi lash out his tongue. Like in the original Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island and all subsequent Yoshi titles in the series, Yoshi’s main abilities are his tongue, flutter jump and his ability to throw eggs. Riding on the back of Yoshi will be one of several babies whom you can swap in and out at set points in the game (easily identified by a sign-post).
Or rather, you control “a” Yoshi (You know who he is, Mario’s dinosaur-like pal) as there are several Yoshi’s of various colors, although all of them control the same. further complicating the reviewing process for someone like me.īut before I get into perspectives and then close-up with my personal opinion on the game, I’ll educate anyone that never played the original game on how this new sequel plays. And then in-between are the people who don’t care about graphics or sound and will simply play anything that they deem fun. you’ll either be coming to the game from a nostalgic perspective, if you are one of the millions of gamers who loved the original Yoshi’s Island on SNES, or you’ll be coming to the game from a brand-new perspective, if you are one of the millions of people who never played the original. However it’s difficult to review for one main reason. So is this sequel as good as the original?
#YOSHIS ISLAND DS WALKTHROUGH FULL#
I was too and thanks to the courtesy of the fine folks over at game-rental service NumbThumb, I got to check the game out myself and give it a full play-through.
#YOSHIS ISLAND DS WALKTHROUGH PORTABLE#
Nintendo finally answered gamers requests for a new Yoshi’s Island with Yoshi’s Island DS, the first proper Yoshi game for Nintendo’s uber-popular portable (I don’t count games like Yoshi’s Cookie and Yoshi’s Touch & Go as proper Yoshi titles btw).Īs a brand-new game in the Yoshi’s Island series, gamers were obviously very excited to get their hands on the dual-screened, multiple-baby-switching platformer.