Yoshi's Island DS
Yoshi's Island DS, known in Japan as Yoshi Island DS, is a 2006 platform game developed by Artoon and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was released in North America and Australia in November 2006, in Europe in December 2006, and in Japan in March 2007. It is a sequel to the 1995 SNES game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. It was announced at Nintendo's E3 press conference in May 2006, and was originally to be titled Yoshi's Island 2, though its name was changed one month before its North American release. In April and May 2015, the game was made available for the Wii U via the Virtual Console service, shortly after a Nintendo Direct presentation.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2006
- Developer
- Artoon
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 13 November 2006 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Artoon |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo DS |
| Genres | platformer |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q1193556, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Yoshi's Island DS? How long to beat it
Total play time for Yoshi's Island DS is about 28.6 hours to do everything, and around 9.1 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 9.1h | 60 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 14.5h | 29 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 28.6h | 8 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Yoshi's Island DS sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Yoshi's Island DS lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 69ahead of 21% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 32ahead of 74% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Yoshi's Island DS
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Yoshi's Island DS
What platforms is Yoshi's Island DS on?
Yoshi's Island DS is available on Nintendo DS. It first released in 2006.
Who made Yoshi's Island DS?
Yoshi's Island DS was developed by Artoon and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Yoshi's Island DS?
about 9.1 hours for the main story, 14.5 hours with the main extras, 28.6 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.