Nintendo DS Game Suggestions?Follow

I bought a DS a couple months ago and finished playing through a few games, Final Fantasy III, Pokemon Pearl, Legend of Zelda, Brain Age

What are your suggestions and favorites? I'm more into RPGs on the handhelds, I never could get fully comfortable with FPS.

Are Final Fantasy XII or Crystal Chronicles on the DS any good?

All of the Phoenix Wright games.

I just wish that Phoenix Wright 3 and Apollo Justice would come out in the UK!

These games are out in Aus already...and if they are out here, they are most definitely out in the UK, just look harder!

The World Ends With You. Trust me on this.

Also, they are releasing a new version of N to the DS. N+ extreme is the name
I think and I know since N was a great indie game and N+ was awesome on XBLA this will be worthwhile.

My current collection, and recommendations from them (minus the stuff you've played already):

Consider a 5 as average, 6 as good, and a 4 as at least buyable. Anything 7 or above is exceptional and a 9 induces orgasms; a 10 would kill you from being too good.

Advance Wars Dual Strike: Turn based strategy, good characters, very well executed. This game made me get a DS. 8.5/10
Advance Wars Days of Ruin: More of the same 7.5/10
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow: Classic castlevania: direct sequel to Aria of Sorrow 8/10
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin: Original story, decent combat and such; it's a good game 7/10
Elite Beat Agents: A fantastic music game, and with good difficulty for hardcore players 7/10
FFXII: I liked this one more than the original FFXII actually; great characters and good control system. You aren't inundated with political intrigue; instead the focus is on Vann and Penelo doing their sky pirate business 8/10
Front Mission: Remake of the original front mission! A very technical SRPG 4.5/10
Luminous Arc: Typical japanese SRPG, good for fans of the genre; it plays exactly like FF tactics, but the story is pretty cliche' 5.5/10
Lunar Knights: Action RPG, made by Hideo ******* Kojima, and he lives up to his reputation. Good boss fights, good levels, nice elemental attribute system, and a decent story make this one of the better choices on the DS 7.5/10
Metroid Prime: A good fps and one of the most graphically impressive DS games, but you don't like them
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword: A FANTASTIC rendering of the Ninja Gaiden feel; what's more is that it's not as hard as the first Ninja Gaiden, but it is as hard on hard mode, meaning that casual players don't have to kill themselves, and there is challenge enough for hardcore players; is a bit short, bringing down the score slightly 8/10

Phoenix 1
Phoenix 2
Phoenix 3

These are basically interactive novels. The humor is fantastic and the cases themselves are extremely emotional and satisfying. However, there are many small technical ******* (like not being able to speed up dialogue, EVER. If you die have fun reading through the entire agonizingly slow case again) and these games can be very frustrating if you see the right logical connection, but simply do not know how to present the evidence. These are totally hit or miss; I can't score them.

Pokemon: The best handheld rpg ever 9/10
Puzzle Quest: It's a puzzle game in a fantasy world. occasionally frustrating but mostly enjoyable 6.5/10

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Crystal Chronicles is a dungeon crawling hack and slash type. I'd go with Lunar Knights instead, or Castlevania. CC is okay, but there is better stuff out right now.

Final Fantasy IV comes out in a month or so, and they've basically Playstationafied it. It will be nice.

Disgaea gets remade on the DS pretty soon. If you haven't played Hour or Afternoon of Darkness, get it. Hour of Darkness is the best SRPG that I have ever played 10/10.

Word Ends With You is good, especially if you like rpgs.

Tactics Advance 2 comes out soon also. It's going to be spectacular I think.

New Castlevania Soon

Go to any Gamestop and ask them if they have the game. They probably won't. Tell them that you would like for them to do an inter-store search on the game, and they will give you a list of the stores that do have them, in order of proximity. Then, if there is a close one, ask the guy to call the store and confirm it.

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You'll need to get the manager on duty to do this for you, by the way. Regular employees don't have access to that part of the computer.

Edited, May 19th 2008 10:02pm by Pensive

Always keep up to date with the pokemon games. So addicting even after all these years.

yea, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is a good one. I also play Super Mario Bros., Mario Party, and that zelda one.

Finally beat Ninja Gaiden DS, and I gotta say it stayed good up until the end, and the difficulty was on a level I'd expect from the Ninja Gaiden Series. Worth getting.