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Pebble
Germany326 Posts
I have to go on a long trip tomorrow and I wonder if you can recommend me some good DS games. I don't prefer anything special; it just has to be a funny experience for like 10 hours in total. :p I'm not that much into the Zelda saga but I quite like the mario and metroid games. Maybe you guys can help me out. I'm pretty much lost without entertainment on such trips... :[ thx in advance, much love | ||
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Tennet
United States1458 Posts
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EchOne
United States2906 Posts
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Earll
Norway847 Posts
Edit: how could I forget elite beat agents. | ||
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
lost magic pokemon obviously you gotta try lost magic it's basically starcraft except instead of pressing a button to cast a spell you draw a picture. | ||
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johndavis
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zer0das
United States8519 Posts
Phone Wright Trials and Tribulations Elite Beats Agents Those should probably cover you for a while. | ||
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Seronei
Sweden991 Posts
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Shockk
Germany2269 Posts
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XaCez
Sweden6991 Posts
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jimmyjingle
United States472 Posts
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Wesso
Netherlands1245 Posts
edit: spelling mistakes | ||
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Pebble
Germany326 Posts
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Eruaphadion
Canada78 Posts
Advance wars DS for strategy fans. (Days of Ruin is alright, but not as good as Dual Strike) Professor Layton series is pretty neat for logic/puzzle, although the story component can get tedious fast. Pokemon of course! Elite beat agents is so much fun. Good mario tites like New Super Mario Bros. and Mario Kart DS There are many others. The DS has a great selection for everybody's preferences. You should also try games that are out of your usual interest zone, you will usually be pleasantly surprised and find hours worth of joy! | ||
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OriginalName
Canada1140 Posts
Probably the best square RPG in the last 5 years, combat revolves around pins that you collect lots of customizability although the controls can sometimes be a teensy bit wonky Elite Beat Agents Check out the Osu! thread on TL its basically the exact same game. Pokemon If you havent played a pokemon game in god knows how long grab Heartgold or Soulsilver finish those then play Black/White (unless you never played Gold or Silver in which case just skip to B/W) Mario Games New Super Mario Bros. - Awesome platformer all around Mario 64 DS - A slightly enhanced port of Mario 64 Mario kart DS Mario + Luigi Patners in Time and Bowsers inside story are great fun if your into RPGS Professor Layton Never played myself but always gets praised | ||
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Pebble
Germany326 Posts
On April 01 2011 05:18 OriginalName wrote: The World Ends with you Probably the best square RPG in the last 5 years, combat revolves around pins that you collect lots of customizability although the controls can sometimes be a teensy bit wonky Elite Beat Agents Check out the Osu! thread on TL its basically the exact same game. Pokemon If you havent played a pokemon game in god knows how long grab Heartgold or Soulsilver finish those then play Black/White (unless you never played Gold or Silver in which case just skip to B/W) Mario Games New Super Mario Bros. - Awesome platformer all around Mario 64 DS - A slightly enhanced port of Mario 64 Mario kart DS Mario + Luigi Patners in Time and Bowsers inside story are great fun if your into RPGS Professor Layton Never played myself but always gets praised whoa thx for the work you put into that. and thx to everyone else!  | ||
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skirmisheR
Sweden451 Posts
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bumatlarge
United States4567 Posts
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Coagulation
United States9633 Posts
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Kinetik_Inferno
United States1431 Posts
LoZ Spirit Tracks/Phantom Hourglass Kirbys Canvas Curse/Squeak Squad ChronoTrigger FF3/4 | ||
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Chimon
Canada82 Posts
SMT: Devil Survivor SMT: Strange Journey 999 (Definitely play this if you're not going to play any another games) Professor Layton series (If you're into puzzles) Golden Sun DS (Some complained it was too easy though) *Jump Ultimate Stars is really fun too (Think of it as Shonen Jump meets Super Smash). It's a Japanese game, but there are translated versions out there... | ||
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Hoon
Brazil891 Posts
On April 01 2011 05:18 OriginalName wrote: The World Ends with you Probably the best square RPG in the last 5 years, combat revolves around pins that you collect lots of customizability although the controls can sometimes be a teensy bit wonky Elite Beat Agents Check out the Osu! thread on TL its basically the exact same game. Pokemon If you havent played a pokemon game in god knows how long grab Heartgold or Soulsilver finish those then play Black/White (unless you never played Gold or Silver in which case just skip to B/W) Mario Games New Super Mario Bros. - Awesome platformer all around Mario 64 DS - A slightly enhanced port of Mario 64 Mario kart DS Mario + Luigi Patners in Time and Bowsers inside story are great fun if your into RPGS Professor Layton Never played myself but always gets praised I got HeartGold in my birthday and I'm wondering why should I play it before getting Black / White. I've just played Pokémon Yellow for the GBC. Edit: Wrong quoting. :p | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
the new pokemon black and white also worth to check out due to its 3D graphic. all the mario games also good. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
GET FUCKING ADVANCE WARS, THE LATEST ONE My top 10 games hands-down. | ||
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1a2a3a[MB]
United States297 Posts
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Zaxro
United States261 Posts
My Personal Best DS games list as of this post 1. The World Ends with You-Has been recommended in this thread several times, and I could not agree more. Personally I think it is possibly the best RPG Square has released since the SNES (And I don't make that statement lightly, I love Square Enix even if their RPG quality has dipped a bit in recent years) 2. Pokemon Black & White-The Best New Pokemon Games since Gold and Silver imo, just great. 3. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks-Its a really fun and charming game like everything in the Zelda series. I'm personally a big fan of the Windwaker-esque graphics. The other Zelda on this DS, Phantom Hourglass, is basically the same (and also quite good) but has a couple of big flaws that they got rid of in Spirit Tracks. 4. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow-I'm a big fan of Metroidvania games in general, and this is one of the best games of that style. In my opinion it is the second best Castlevania game (after Symphony of the Night on Playstation). Its only real problem is it has a couple of pointless-tacked on touchscreen stuff that they put in since it came out within the first year of the DS's release, but they are only very minor annoyances. Also having a second screen for the map is so incredibly nice in this style of game 5. Kirby: Canvas Curse-Really the first game that made me think that the DS was really a brilliant concept that could add really fun and innovative gameplay elements. Any summary of its mechanics in this short a post would be doing it a disservice, but essentially it is a 2d platformer that you control by drawing paths on the touchscreen. I could go on past 5, but for my personal favorites I'll just leave it at that many. And those are just the games that I have played, there are tons of other great games on the system that I have yet to play (I personally have like 10 games for it up on my shelf that I really want to play and I think would have a decent chance of making that top 5 when I do get around to playing them, and there are plenty of others that I have yet to obtain). Also it has a number of re-releases, but the only one that I can personally vouch for the quality of the remake/port is Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver which is great. It also has a number of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy remakes that I have heard good things about. Also, it has Chrono Trigger (which is basically just a port from what I've heard) which is arguably THE best JRPG ever, and one of the best games ever of any Genre (I've played the SNES version). | ||
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DerNebel
Denmark648 Posts
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HuskyBear
United States44 Posts
sigh they also released a sequel in japan but nobody has bought it over here...fking altus. | ||
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pastrami
United States12 Posts
999 Ace Attorney Series (Start with Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney) | ||
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Eruaphadion
Canada78 Posts
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MeteorRise
Canada611 Posts
Also professer layton games are sooo fucking good. Good story, fun puzzles, epic badass characters. AMAZING MUSIC. But yeah... play the world ends with you. it's great. | ||
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vek
Australia936 Posts
Can't go wrong with Pokemon either. The FF4 remake for DS is great if you love JRPGs too. They did an amazing job modernising it while keeping true to the original SNES version. | ||
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MintBerryCrunch
United States73 Posts
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shin ken
Germany612 Posts
Castlevania: Dawn Of Sorrow Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin Castlevania: Order Of Ecclesia Chrono Trigger Dragon Quest remakes Dragon Quest 9 Elite Beat Agents Final Fantasy remakes Final Fantasy Tactics Ghost Trick Golden Sun GTA: Chinatown Wars Henry Hatsworth: A Puzzling Adventure Hotel Dusk Inazuma Eleven Infinite Space Kirby Power Paintbrush Lunar Knights Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Mario Kart DS Megaman ZX Advent Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes New Super Mario Bros. Phoenix Wright Picross DS Pokemon Professor Layton Puzzle Quest Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Space Invaders Extreme Suikoden Tierkreis Tetris DS The World Ends With You Trauma Center: Under the knife Viewtiful Joe - Double Trouble All Games/Series of Games which are well worth their money. The DS libary is just awesome and there should be a game for everyone (and especially: there should be an rpg for everyone ^^) | ||
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Saturnize
United States2473 Posts
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MichaelJLowell
United States610 Posts
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Lunchador
United States776 Posts
It's Capcom's "Legend of Zelda"-ish adventure featuring the awesome and cute son of Amaterasu, Chibiterasu. Soundtrack and art style stand out notoriously there. Check it out for sure! | ||
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theBlues
El Salvador638 Posts
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Arnstein
Norway3381 Posts
http://backloggery.com/games.php?user=arnstein&console=NDS | ||
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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
It's an amazing story adventure/puzzle game. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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HenL
Norway111 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/xAtsF.jpg) It's not the greatest game ever, but it's new and needs the attention. It's a niche game to begin with, releasing it a few days before the 3DS really isn't helping(no release outside NA either). The lead designer and lead programmer of Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure(one of the best DS games) founded a new company called Dreamrift, this is their first game. It's basically metroidvania with a pet companion that can either fight alonside you or be on the bottom screen, consuming items enemies drop which increases its stats, grants it new abilities and different monster forms that can learn new abilities. There's great sprite work and music. Ellie's moveset is varied and flexible, controls perfectly and is beautifully animated. It's too bad they listened to the terrible feedback the gaming press gave them after Henry Hatsworth; the game is so easy that you're never forced to make use of the great game mechanics available to you. It's not quite NSMB\Kirby\etc. level easy, but not too far off. The game also has excessive backtracking, and unlike Metroid there are very few secrets to uncover in the old areas. After you beat it, there's nothing else to it unlike the DS Castlevania games. Despite all this I recommend it, and I fear it will end up like Shantae. | ||
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EscPlan9
United States2777 Posts
GET IT! Great story, and thank god, since that is the majority of the game! That might sound negative, but it is so good, you will love it the whole way through! | ||
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NukeTheStars
United States277 Posts
And might I add.... ROCKET SLIME! | ||
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Tatari
United States1179 Posts
I'm sorry, did I say something? Other than that... Megaman Starforce (the whole goddamn series) Final Fantasy III/IV Final Fantasy Revenant Wings Trauma Center (Must get) Phoenix Wright (Must get) Lunar Knights Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (SMT series is awesome) | ||
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rwrzr
United States1980 Posts
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where
144 Posts
The World Ends With You + the other Square games Altus games Phoenix Wright Professor Layton Advance Wars + Fire Emblem 999 | ||
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Neb1000
United States183 Posts
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DerNebel
Denmark648 Posts
also, can't go wrong with Chrono Trigger or any of the old FF games. | ||
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MichaelJLowell
United States610 Posts
On April 09 2011 13:39 HenL wrote: It's not the greatest game ever, but it's new and needs the attention. It's a niche game to begin with, releasing it a few days before the 3DS really isn't helping(no release outside NA either). The lead designer and lead programmer of Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure(one of the best DS games) founded a new company called Dreamrift, this is their first game. It's basically metroidvania with a pet companion that can either fight alonside you or be on the bottom screen, consuming items enemies drop which increases its stats, grants it new abilities and different monster forms that can learn new abilities. There's great sprite work and music. Ellie's moveset is varied and flexible, controls perfectly and is beautifully animated. It's too bad they listened to the terrible feedback the gaming press gave them after Henry Hatsworth; the game is so easy that you're never forced to make use of the great game mechanics available to you. It's not quite NSMB\Kirby\etc. level easy, but not too far off. The game also has excessive backtracking, and unlike Metroid there are very few secrets to uncover in the old areas. After you beat it, there's nothing else to it unlike the DS Castlevania games. Despite all this I recommend it, and I fear it will end up like Shantae. Already finished it up. This would have been an excellent game under two circumstances: 1) Chomp is simply broken in his current incarnation. He completely breaks any chance the game had at a solid difficulty curve. The final battles towards the end of the game (the ones reminiscent of the Hatsworth death chambers) are absolutely intense if you forego Chomp's special abilities and require you to dish out every ability in Ellie's arsenal. Instead, you spam a couple of Torpedoes and the nightmare is solved. 2) As you mentioned, the Metroidvania formula is wretched. It's the worst use of the Metroidvania formula I have ever seen in a game. It's precisely what you're not supposed to do with the Metroidvania formula. And it's a shame, because everything else checked out well. Control scheme (sans configuring the dash ability to the direction pad) panned out fine, story is what it is. Not going to say I regret the purchase, but it could have been a lot better. Hatsworth stands to me as a gold standard for game design (requiring players to master two completely different genres at the same time), so that's where most of my discouragement arises from. | ||
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AWakefield
Canada420 Posts
There's a mystery game called Hotel Dusk that was brilliantly made but not well known. | ||
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PepperoniPiZZa
Sierra Leone1660 Posts
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mr_tolkien
France8631 Posts
On April 01 2011 04:52 Tennet wrote: The world ends with you This man says the truth. Other than that : Mario Kart DS Daigasso Band Brother Tetris DS (I'm serious) Ouendan (and EBA... But more Ouendan) Picross Custom Robo Arena (probably the most underrated DS game, incredibly fun in VS) Ketsui Death Label The Sonic games | ||
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synapse
China13814 Posts
Pokemon B/W are decent (also a fanboy) Everyone always recommends Layton and 999, though I haven't played them myself. | ||
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KMARTRULES
Australia474 Posts
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Bond(i2)
Canada926 Posts
Dragon Ball: Origins If you like Dragon ball and RPGs I highly recommend these | ||
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Kralle333
Denmark301 Posts
If you like RPGs check out the Etrian Odyssey series Adventure Games: Ghost Trick Phoenix Wright series Hotel Dusk Room 215 Last window There is lots of other great ds games | ||
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kane]deth[
Canada368 Posts
Otherwise I'd have to say The World Ends with You or Advance Wars. | ||
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popdeollie
United States33 Posts
On April 07 2011 13:07 Torte de Lini wrote: GET FUCKING ADVANCE WARS, THE LATEST ONE This. | ||
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FMGustave
United States81 Posts
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