Yoshi’s Island 2 for DS goes online, brings lots of babies!

14 August 2006

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Posted by:Ferry

Nintendo just released the Yoshi’s Island 2 boxart showing Baby Mario, Peach, Bowser, and new babies to switch to in levels are Wario and Donkey Kong! (No Luigi Junior )

Even more surprising is a Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection logo on the box, meaning you’ll be able to go online and play some multiplayer with a friend. Maybe a race between friends who can finish a platform level first?

Yoshi’s Island 2 for DS is being developed by Artoon (under Nintendo supervision I’m assuming) who have previously made Yoshis Universal Gravitation on GBA with the tilt pack. Release date for the new game this year in the US is November 13th, and in Europe December 1st.

While we’re all hoping for online co-op for Yoshi’s Island 2 on DS, that might be too much to expect. So what can we expect in the DS online multiplayer? Here are some possible hints…

* Yoshi’s Touch & Go multiplayer on DS had a basic two-man race where you can cause spiky obstacles to appear on your opponent’s screen by clearing out enemies on your own screen.

* Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island on the SNES & GBA had a secret multiplayer mode as well. In the SNES prequel, by entering a code while at the level select screen, by holding down SELECT and type: X X Y B A. You can play any of the games you play against the Bandits against a second player in multiplayer. 1st player is Yoshi, 2nd player is Bandit. Pop the Balloons, Balloon Toss, etc.