I played Yoshi, well... a couple of times before as I'm a huge Mario fan and Yoshi is one of my favorite characters. I definetly was looking forward to this game... because I was very interested in the SNES system and heard that this, a sequel to a SNES game I wanted for a long time, so I thought if I can't get the game (though there is a port for the Gameboy Advance, I hope I'll get that)... I might as well get the awesome sequel. And the sequel... overally... is... well... AWESOME! Gameplay: Very, Very fun. If you're familiar with Yoshi, you expect him to swallow up enemies and throw Eggs at enemies. And it is addicting. You can do the stomp on enemies thing from Mario platformers which is fun but in Yoshi's case... I like swallowing and throwing eggs at stuff better when playing as Yoshi. When you get hit, the baby you're carrying (Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby DK, Baby Wario, of Baby Bowser) will fall off and you will have a time limit to get the baby back. Each baby can do different for example... as Baby Mario you can use a Super Star and hop off of Yoshi and run at super speed, run on walls, and when hitting a block with a 'M' more red blocks appear for limited amount of time. One of Baby Peach's unique abilities are... when making Yoshi flutter in a area that has wind rising up with leaves coming out... Peach uses her umbrella to go higher. Baby DK can do a tackle dash that can break breakable objects faster than a egg could and he can climp on vines or ropes OR swing on ropes. Baby Wario can use his Magnet to attract objects and Baby Bowser can spit fireballs. Baby Mario is my favorite. The difficulty is hard... level after level they get harder and harder. Still, I like a challenge. So, overall.... SUPERB gameplay. Graphics- Pretty good for a DS game... I have no problem with them. Sound- The music is good... but the baby's crying... is annoying. Still nice sound. VALUE- Reply Value is great. It keeps you busy for a long time. OVERALL- If you are a Mario/Yoshi fan and loved the original Yoshi Island on SNES or the port of GBA... you're gonna love this. One of the best DS games ever. It's in my top 3 ya know. Great game, excellent job Nintendo and Artoon.
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