Yoshi's Island DS

Yoshi's Island DS is the direct sequel of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. It is also an indirect follow-up to Yoshi's Story. As it is the main sequel to the said SNES game, it is chronologically the second video game in the entire Mario series. This game has fewer levels, but has remastered graphics, new babies (in addition to Baby Mario), and a whole new adventure. The graphics still retain the trademark "pen and pencil" style of the original. Baby Donkey Kong and Baby Wario debut in this game. An upcoming sequel for Nintendo 3DS is planned for 2014.

Story
The game takes place after events of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Kamek and his army of Toadies steal all of the babies in the Mushroom Kingdom, as well as other nearby areas. The Toadies take the babies to Bowser's Castle, but the Stork comes in and attacks two Toadies, making them drop the babies they are carrying. The two babies land on Yoshi's Island, who are then revealed to be Baby Mario and Baby Peach.

The Yoshis find the babies and decide to help them. They figure out that Baby Mario, once again, wants to save Baby Luigi and the other babies from Kamek and his Toadies. The Yoshis take the babies with them and go to rescue the kidnapped babies. Later on in the adventure, sometime after the defeat of Gilbert the Gooey, a group of Grinders kidnap Baby Peach. The Yoshis and Baby Mario find another baby, Baby Donkey Kong, who was left behind when the Toadies were kidnapping all the other babies. With the help of Baby Donkey Kong, Yoshi is able to rescue Baby Peach from the Grinders. Baby Donkey Kong joins the team when the Grinders are defeated.

Promptly after defeating Bessie Bass on a battleship, the Yoshis and the babies are swept away by a tidal wave in a storm. They eventually find Baby Wario, who is also left behind. Baby Wario then decides to join the party.

When Priscilla the Peckish is defeated, Baby Wario decides to join a team of Bandits in hope of getting money. Meanwhile, after the Yoshis defeat Six-Face Sal, it is revealed that future Bowser and future Kamek are the ones kidnapping the babies and are looking for the seven Star Children. The Star Children are young children that have magical stars in them. If one collects all the stars, then the owner will rule the world. Kamek kidnaps Baby Bowser (while Kamek of the past tries to stop him), and Baby Bowser and Bowser get into a fight, ending with Bowser sending him falling out the window. Baby Bowser lands on Yoshi's back and joins their team, although they are worried that he might attack them. Baby Bowser does not stay for the rest of the adventure. When Big Guy the Stilted is defeated, he leaves with Kamek. Kamek, who then returns to Bowser's Castle, uses a Crystal Ball to check every baby they have kidnapped (with the exception of Baby Luigi, who hides from it), but finds out that none of them have the star inside of them. Bowser becomes furious, and he sends the Toadies to keep looking for more babies. The team finally arrives at Bowser's Castle where Baby Wario and Baby Bowser are arguing over who gets to keep some treasure. They then notice the Yoshis and help them travel through the castle. When they finally get to the top of the castle, however, Baby Bowser tells the Yoshis to leave. When they do not leave, Baby Bowser thinks Yoshi is there to steal his treasure. Baby Bowser fights Yoshi, but Yoshi defeats him.

Bowser then comes in the room and is angry at what Yoshi did to his younger self. He then fights Yoshi, but gets defeated just like his younger self. Kamek then uses magic to help Bowser become giant. The four babies with four Yoshis fight against the Giant Bowser using Giant Eggs and are eventually able to defeat him. Kamek escapes when Bowser is defeated, with four Toadies carrying Bowser right behind him. Baby Bowser decides to escape with Bowser and Kamek, and holds on to his broomstick.

The Yoshis save all the kidnapped babies, and the storks take all the babies back to their home, except for Baby Wario, who is homeless. Supposedly, the Stork adopts Baby Wario and takes him to a raft where Baby Bowser's treasure ends up. A flying rock hits Kamek's broomstick, and Baby Bowser lets go and falls down right in his treasure. Baby Wario and Baby Bowser start arguing about who gets to keep the treasure again.

It is then revealed that the seven Star Children are Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Peach, Baby Donkey Kong, Baby Wario, Baby Bowser, and a newborn Baby Yoshi, who had just hatched from its Yoshi Egg at the end of the game.

Modes
For each of the three save files available, there are four modes to choose from. They are:


 * Adventure
 * Mini-games
 * Time Trial (unlockable, by completing the main game in Adventure mode)
 * Options

Adventure
Gameplay mainly revolves around adventure mode, similarly played out like the original. Throughout the five unique worlds, a different colored Yoshi takes on one out of eight levels, with a mini-boss in Level 4 and a boss in Level 8 of each world. Enemies, items, and coins litter the levels, as well as collectibles. When a Yoshi is hit by an enemy, the baby is knocked loose from his back crying, and the star power - the source of the protective bubble that keeps the Toadies from taking the baby - goes down by one star per second. If that number goes down to zero, Toadies take away the baby and a life is lost. However, Yoshi still has a small amount of time to recover the baby even after the Toadies take him. The star power starts at ten in each level. If a baby is recovered with less than ten stars, the star power automatically goes back to ten again at a slow recovery rate. The star power maxes out at 30. Groups of five stars can be found in Winged Clouds and crates. The mode also features a museum of enemies in the game, which is accessible at any time. In this museum, all the enemies the Yoshis have defeated with Yoshi Eggs will appear as exhibits.

Minigames
There are several Minigames to be unlocked in Adventure Mode:


 * Tulip Shooter - A minigame where Yoshi must eat enemies and instead of swallowing them, Yoshi must spit them out into a tulip.
 * Flutter Challenge - A minigame in which Yoshi must try to flutter-jump as far as possible.
 * Bouncy Maze - A minigame where Yoshi must maneuver his way through a simple maze of Bouncies.
 * Speed-Eater - A minigame where Yoshi must try to swallow as many enemies as possible.
 * Egg Toss - A minigame where Yoshi must hit targets with eggs.

All minigames have a set time limit. Achieving a high score in any minigame will award the player with an Extra Life. Harder versions of all the minigames can be unlocked by collecting all the Character Coins in a world.

Time Trial
Unlockable once Adventure mode has been beaten, Time Trial is just like Adventure mode, however the player is timed. The player has one hundred minutes to finish each level - even when the player presses the Start Button, the time keeps going. If the player collects Red Coins, Flowers, and Stars, time is added to the time taken to finish the level.

Controls
From the Options menu, players can change the controls of the game. The player can choose from two sets of controls: and, and two modes: Hasty and Patient, Below are the controls of the game:

Shared controls

 * Used to move the Yoshis. Pressing it down makes yoshi crouch or make eggs.
 * Pauses the game and opens the "Options" menu.
 * Used to make Yoshi throw a Yoshi Egg. In Hasty mode: Holding the button, makes Yoshi aim at his target. Letting go of the button makes Yoshi throw the egg, in Patient mode the player has to press the button again to make Yoshi throw the egg.
 * While Yoshi is aiming up and down, pressing the button makes Yoshi lock on a specific location.

First set:
In this set: the and  can be used instead of the  and  respectively.
 * Used to jump, pressing it again will make Yoshi Flutter Jump.
 * Used to Eat or spit an enemy. With Baby Mario, the player can dash by holding the button.

Second set:

 * Used to jump, pressing it again will make Yoshi Flutter Jump.
 * Used to Eat or spit an enemy. With Baby Mario, the player can dash by holding the button.

Yoshi's Moves
Yoshi and his friends have many different moves on their adventure.

Jumping and Fluttering
The player can press (or  according to the player's options) to jump. By pressing again and holding it, the player can make a Yoshi Flutter Jump. This helps the player get to higher places; this move was also in the original game, and has been in all Yoshi games.

Swallowing and Making Eggs
To make eggs, a Yoshi has to swallow an enemy and then squat to turn it into an egg or, hit an Egg Block. Not all enemies can be made into eggs as some may just be eaten or are inedible for Yoshi.

Ground Pound
To make this move a Yoshi must jump and quickly press down on the control pad. The Yoshi will pound the ground and is useful for defeating enemies and bosses and it will also let Yoshis make pillars go down and soft stone disappear.

Throwing Eggs
When a Yoshi eats an enemy, it can turn into an egg. By pressing Yoshi can aim the egg he made at various things, and throw it. If the player pressed by accident, he can cancel Yoshi from throwing an egg by pressing down on the  (or pressing ).

Babies
New to the sequel at certain spots are Stork Stops, which let Yoshis change babies, providing different unique abilities.

Forms
A Yoshi can morph into several different types of vehicle with the help of a Morph Bubble. Morph Bubbles appear many times in the game. There are three forms: To turn back into a Yoshi, the Yoshi must either touch a Yoshi Block or wait until a little while and time runs out, as the forms only last for a few seconds. However, when the Yoshi is turned back into a dinosaur, he will also return back to the Morph Bubble if he fails to reach the Yoshi block in time. Additional forms from the original game like the train and the car forms were cut out from this sequel.

Transportation
There are five types of transportation that Yoshis can utilize to progress through various levels.

Items and Objects
As the Yoshis progress through their adventure, there are many items and objects they need to collect, though not all items are necessary, such as the Character Coins.
 * Yoshi Eggs are the center of the game and Yoshi's main weapon.
 * Coins are scattered throughout the game. Every hundred coins collected gives Yoshi an extra life. There are also Red Coins which look the same as normal coins until touched.
 * Winged Clouds give items, such as keys and stars.
 * Keys unlock certain doors.
 * Hint Blocks give hints when hit to help the player past a certain point.
 * Character Coins are hidden with one in each level. Collecting them all unlocks harder version of the mini-games.
 * Super Stars are rare - only four appear in the game, on 1-7, 4-8, 5-7 and Secret 5. Grabbing one gives Baby Mario a cape and invincibility.
 * Stork Stops allow Yoshi to switch between babies. They're easy to find and usually placed where the player needs them.

Bonus Challenges
Any Flowers the player collects in a level will appear in the GOAL! Ring at the end of a level. After a Yoshi passes through the ring, the spinning will get slower. If it stops on a flower, the player will be able to play a mini-game and probably earn 1-Ups. There are five different flowers in each level-here is a list of the Mini-games that may pop up if the player is able to get a flower in the Goal Roulette. They can also be played via the World Map screen if the player obtains a total of at least 700 points in a world.


 * Flip Cards
 * Scratch and Match
 * Match Cards
 * Roulette
 * Slot Machine

Worlds and Levels
There is a total of five worlds, with each one having eight normal levels, one secret level, and one extra level. The secret levels are unlocked when all the normal levels are cleared. The extra levels are unlocked by scoring a total of 800 points for each world.

World 1
This world is a peaceful plain and serves as an introductory world.
 * Normal Levels
 * Ba-dum BUM!
 * Hit the M Blocks!
 * Mario's Fleet Feet
 * Castle of the Big Burt Bros.
 * Catch the Breeze
 * Glide Guys Take to the Skies
 * Baby Mario and Baby Peach: Dynamic Duo
 * Gilbert the Gooey's Castle
 * Secret Level
 * Welcome to Yoshi Tower!
 * Extra Level
 * Return of the Moving Chomp Rock!

World 2
This world is a wet and wild jungle. It is also, more notably, the first introduction of Baby Donkey Kong.
 * Normal Levels
 * Baby DK, the Jungle King!
 * Underground Mysteries
 * Windblown Wilderness
 * Hector the Reflector's Haunted House
 * Boing!
 * Donuts and Eggs
 * Yoshi on Stilts
 * Big Bungee Piranha's Lair
 * Secret Level
 * Yikes! Boiling Hot!
 * Extra Level
 * Moving Statues, Standing Statues

World 3
This world takes place in a tropical beach, then in a cavern-filled desert area.
 * Normal Levels
 * Up the Creek
 * The Goonie Coast Isn't Clear!
 * Island of Peril
 * Bessie Bass's Battleship
 * Heeeeeeere's Wario!
 * Use the Magnet to Get Rich Quick!
 * Tap-Tap's Sunken Cave
 * Castle of Priscilla the Peckish
 * Secret Level
 * A Light in the Dark
 * Extra Level
 * Number Ball Special

World 4
This world is located high in the sky. The first half is the sky; the second half is an icy mountain.
 * Normal Levels
 * Rock 'n' Fall
 * High-Speed Cart Race
 * In the Clouds
 * Six-Face Sal's Fort
 * Friend or Foe?
 * Slip Slidin' Away
 * Teeth-Chattering Chill Zone
 * Castle of Big Guy the Stilted
 * Secret Level
 * Hurry and Throw!
 * Extra Level
 * Let There Be Light!

World 5
The last world is located on the gloomy island floating above Yoshi's Island. It has lots of lava and dying forests.
 * Normal Levels
 * Rompin', Stompin' Chomps
 * Goonie Heights
 * Spear Guys' Village Found!
 * The Fort of Moltz the Very Goonie
 * The Cave That Never Ends
 * Find the Number Ball!
 * Superhard Acrobatics
 * At Last, Bowser's Castle!
 * Secret Level
 * Yoshi's Island Easter Eggs
 * Extra Level
 * Quit it Already, Tap-Tap!

Enemies
These enemies can also be seen in the Island Museum after they are encountered in the actual levels. Enemies marked with an asterisk are returning enemies from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

Bosses
Like in the original game, each world has two castles, with a boss battle taking place in each. Kamek once again uses his magic to enlarge common enemies.


 * World 1
 * Big Burt Bros.
 * Gilbert the Gooey
 * World 2
 * Hector the Reflector and the Invisighouls
 * Big Bungee Piranha
 * World 3
 * Bessie Bass
 * Priscilla the Peckish
 * World 4
 * Six-Face Sal
 * Big Guy the Stilted
 * World 5
 * Moltz the Very Goonie
 * Baby Bowser (saved)
 * Bowser

Similarities with Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Because Yoshi's Island DS is a sequel to the original Yoshi's Island, it has many similarities to it.


 * The first piece of the first level of World 1 is same as the one from its prequel.
 * The first mid-boss battle contains a Burt.
 * The first world boss is a blob-like creature.
 * Parts of the both first world bosses can be eaten by Yoshi.
 * The second mid-boss is a ghost whose size changes throughout the battle.
 * The third mid-boss is an aquatic enemy.
 * A world boss is a Piranha Plant and Nipper Plants are present during the battle.
 * The fourth mid-boss is round.
 * The fourth World Boss is an enemy that appeared in earlier levels.
 * In the fifth world, there's a boss that is a bird enemy.
 * There is a giant golden Tap-Tap in a possible path in Bowser's Castle.
 * The first final battle is against Baby Bowser.
 * The final normal level is not explored by a Blue Yoshi but Green Yoshi.

References to Other Games

 * Donkey Kong Country: Donkey Kong's treehouse appears as it does in that game.
 * Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: The game is the sequel to this game, and also takes place on the same titular island.
 * Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time: M Blocks appear again. Baby Peach originates from this game, too.

References in Later Games

 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl: The game's "above ground" theme has been remastered and included in this game, and has been given the title "Wildlands". The Yoshi's Island stage is based on Yoshi's Island DS's graphics.
 * Mario Super Sluggers: Baby Donkey Kong returns.

Beta Elements

 * Yoshi's Island DS, initially titled Yoshi's Island 2, was originally going to be compatible with Nintendo Wi-Fi. This was scrapped from the game for unknown reasons.
 * Early screenshots showcasing a battle with Big Guy the Stilted seemed to suggest that Big Guy was once going to be organic, as he had no patches on him in that picture (although one patch is visible near his right foot, which may mean his graphics were slightly incomplete).

Trivia

 * All the music in the levels are the same as the main theme except with different speeds and sounds.
 * Despite some of them being babies, this is the first time Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, and Bowser appear in a main adventure together as opposed to spin-off games.
 * The box art shows Baby Bowser riding Yellow Yoshi, and Baby Wario riding Light Blue Yoshi; however, they do not ride these Yoshis in the game (excluding when Baby Wario is in the final boss fight). This is because the babies are only playable in the last four levels on the world map, as opposed to the Yoshis they ride, which are in the first four.