Yoshi's Island DS is a platforming video game developed by Artoon for the Nintendo DS. Published by Nintendo, it was released in North America and Australasia in November 2006, and was released in Europe in December 2006. Announced at Nintendo's E3 press conference in May 2006, the game was well received by critics, scoring an average of 83% on Metacritic's aggregate. DS is a direct sequel to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
The game's story focuses on the Yoshi clan as they attempt to rescue newborn children that have been kidnapped by Kamek. Yoshi's Island DS uses the updated graphical style from Yoshi Touch & Go but retains the same core gameplay as its Super NES predecessor, but whereas the Super NES game featured only Baby Mario, DS introduces Baby Peach, Baby DK, Baby Wario and Baby Bowser, who each give Yoshi a different ability. The aim of the game is to use these abilities to progress through various themed worlds.
