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Yoshi's Island DS

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A side-scrolling platformer in which the Yoshis help rescue babies kidnapped by Kamek. Different baby riders give Yoshi distinct abilities, and the Nintendo DS screens combine into a vertically extended view of the stages.

Art style

Yoshi's Island DS (2006, Artoon) is a 2D pixel art and hand-drawn game played from a side-scrolling view. Its look is built from black outlines and interior lines. The palette is vibrant and pastel. It draws on crayon and pastel.

Palette 12 colors

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Details

Release
Original release · Nintendo DS
Developer
Artoon
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
2006-11-13 North America, Nintendo DS
2006-11-17 Australia, Nintendo DS
2006-12-01 Europe, Nintendo DS
2007-03-08 Japan, Nintendo DS
2015-04-01 North America, Wii U
2015-05-07 Europe, Wii U
Platforms
Nintendo DS, Wii U
Also known as
Yoshi Island DS (Japan)
Yoshi's Island 2 (International; development title)
Credits
Yasuhisa Nakagawa Art Director
Hiroyuki Kawaguchi Design
Kōki Mogi Design
Ayae Hayashi Design
Shinichi Iida Design
Kou Okamoto Design
Atsushi Yamamoto Design
Hiroyuki Shimoda Design
Yoshitomo Kitamura Artwork
Masanori Sato Illustration
Yu Kitai Illustration
Wataru Tamaguchi Illustration Supervisor
Yusuke Nakano Illustration Supervisor
Yo Ohnishi Graphic Supervisor
Kanae Kobata Graphic Supervisor
Tsuyoshi Watanabe Graphic Supervisor
Hidetoshi Takeshita Director
Toyokazu Nonaka Producer
Naoto Ohshima Senior Producer
Takashi Tezuka Senior Producer
Links
official · wikipedia · mobygames

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Yoshi series 5 games

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