Yoshi’s Island DS may be best known as the sequel to the SNES masterwork Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, but the Artoon-developed title’s ravenous, soul-smothering difficulty soon earned it a reputation of its own. Safeguarding the biggest mascots in video gaming is not for the faint-hearted–it’s a million baby-killers to one baby-sitter. Including levels engineered to abet your demise, there’s a deceptive duality about this killer bedtime story, so don’t be fooled.

Anyway, after your inevitable, repeated ego-maimings, you’re going to need soft and cuddly–or, when the animal side gets the better of you, light and launchable–consolation. As a rare treat from me to you, here’s a link to one of the brave Yoshis willing to share your burdens.