DS Game recommendations

[smeghead25]

Wow, I'm really proud of you guys!

So far, no one's gone "BUY A 3DS INSTEAD". Nice to know even the fanboys understand that the 3DS games available so far are pretty sub-par and it's better to wait. Me personally, I'm an NGP supporter, but I'm keeping an eye on the 3DS, if enough games make use of the AR ability in interesting ways I might even get both...

Erm, I didn't mean to go so off topic...

OT: If you like action games, go for GTA Chinatown Wars, if you like puzzle games I highly suggest one of the Scribblenauts or Professor Layton. Other than that, I know not much about DS games...

 

[MostlyHarmless]

BUY A 3DS INSTEAD.

I kid, I kid.

Animal Crossing: Wild World wastes time a lot and is quite addictive.
Any Pokemon will do.
Final Fantasy IV
Professor Layton


I could say more, but those are the main ones I enjoyed the most.

 

[Justanothergamer300]

Any DS pokemon will do( P.S you need friends to have a pokemon game too to reap the full benefits of pokemon)

The DS sonic games are awesome too (Sonic Rush,Sonic Rush adventure, Sonic colors)

Plus the New super mario bros is a win.

Also if you never played Super Mario 64 get the DS version too.

Mario kart

And final fantasy tactics A2

Elite Beat Agents is the wackiest game ever

 

[kibbitz2000]

I would recommend Devil Survivor, Strange Journey and Infinite Space, because I don't own a DS and am envious of people who have played these games.

I just had to comment because I have a love-hate relationship with all three of these.

Devil Survivor, first run was mostly fun. Didn't try to get the other endings. The tactical battle feels very slow to me for some reason, making the EXP grind feeling longer than it actually is, and I stopped because of this. The demon variety was also a tad lacking.

Strange Journey is mostly a good game. My only problem with it is that I feel that there's very, very little difference in the personal experience between all three paths, since we will end up doing more or less the same things each time through the game, even if you decide to stick to an alignment early.

Infinite Space, sigh. I really liked this when I started playing, and I still think of it fondly, but IMO, this is a very flawed game. There's probably more, but from what I can immediately remember:
* I liked the characters and to some extent, the story, but I feel that most of the characters were never developed.
* Unless I missed something, the best way to earn money at that point is to have lots of ships with as much cargo space as you can afford and fly a long route. That is horribly dull. Worse, you'll need to do a lot of this if you want some of the nicer toys later in the game.
* Instant death dungeons where you just lose if you decide to take the wrong turn.

Some personal favourites of mine:
1) Castlevania series. I enjoyed Order of Ecclessia the most, and I hated Dawn of Sorrow. Portrait of Ruin was enjoyable.

2) World Ends With You. Something different and refreshing and mostly fun. I hated the minigame stuff, but meh, I always hate minigame stuff in my RPGs =P

3) Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. Mostly fun, and I never thought I'd actually enjoy a Bejeweled clone in any form.

4) Glory of Heracles. If you can find this cheap, probably. I'm not sure exactly why I liked this so much, but I did.

5) Super Robot Taisen Original Generation Saga Endless Frontier. As per an earlier poster, it's mostly simple fun. The sequel is by far more fantastic, but sadly, it hasn't been translated into English.

6) Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey. Discussed above.

 

[subtlefuge]

In addition to Pokemon and Phoenix Wright, I'd recommend Dragon Quest IX. It's really fun.

 

[Nouw]

Lock's Quest and Scribblenauts.

Can't miss out Phoenix Wright and Mario Kart either.

 

[ten.to.ten]

Anything in the Ace Attorney series
Anything in the Professor Layton series
Anything in the Advance Wars series, but particularly Dual Strike
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, HeartGold/SoulSilver and/or Black/White
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks
FF3 and FF4
Dragon Quest IX
SimCity DS
Space Invaders Extreme
Chrono Trigger
Front Mission
Disgaea DS
The World Ends With You