and designer Keizo Ohta, Yoshi Touch & Go was originally planned to be designed for the GameCube as Balloon Trip. A demo of the game was first exhibited during the E3 of 2004 and gained positive responses, causing the executives of Nintendo to greenlight the project. Shigeru Miyamoto felt that the game would create a bigger impact as a DS title. Yoshi Touch & Go was produced by Takashi Tezuka and directed by Hiroyuki Kimura. The game's musical score was created by Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta, and Kazumi Totaka. Baby Mario and Baby Luigi were voiced by Charles Martinet while the voice-over of the Yoshis was done by Totaka, including the 19-note song he performed. Reception The game was generally well-received, though not as positive as earlier games of the Yoshi series, such as Yoshi's Island. It holds average ratings of 75% at GameRankings and 73/100 at Metacritic. Craig Harris of IGN said it "is one of the most original and unique games created for the system so far, and it's truly a design that's unlike anything you've played before." He especially commended the multiplayer mode and gave the game an 8.8/10. Additionally, it won the IGN Editors' Choice Award on March 11, 2005. Some reviewers criticized Yoshi Touch & Go for its lack of storyline and the simple gameplay. GameSpot's Ryan Davis found that he was "going through the same few levels over and over again" and thought the multiplayer mode was not very compelling, concluding that although "the gameplay concepts... are quite good", the overall package "simply lacks substance." Also, the game gathered negative criticism for its price, which was described as too high by some critics. Touch & Go was a moderate success, selling 197,337 copies in Japan. References External links Yoshi Touch & Go at GameSpot 2005 video games Cancelled GameCube games Nintendo DS games Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development games Yoshi video games Video game prequels Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games about children Video games developed in Japan Video games produced by Takashi Tezuka Video games scored by Toru Minegishi Video games scored by Kazumi Totaka Virtual Console games Virtual Console games for Wii U Platform games