TOP DS Games?

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:59 pm

I just acquired a DS lite awaiting for Ketsui, What are your top recommended ds games?

Note: typing DS in the search function does not work..lol

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:07 pm

Phoenix Wright series
Etrian Odyssey
Geometry Wars Galaxy
Advance Wars: Dark Conflict
Ouendan
Bangaioh Spirits

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:15 pm

Space Invaders Extreme is way up there on my playlist these days. It really is really, really good.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:16 pm

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

DBH87 · Post by **DBH87** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:16 pm

meteos
ninja gaiden dragon sword
contra 4
metal slug 7

kozo · Post by **kozo** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:32 pm

SFKhoa wrote:Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:56 pm

MX7 wrote: Bangaioh Spirits

Play it now.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:06 pm

I haven't made much use of my DS lately, but some of my recent and not-so-recent favorites:

-Meteos
-Ouendan (Elite Beat Agents is OK, but I much preferred Ouendan)
-Electroplankton (good luck finding it these days though)
-Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
-Planet Puzzle League
-Picross DS
-New Super Mario Bros
-The Castlevanias (haven't played Order of Ecclesia yet, but Dawn of Sorrow was pretty good and I also liked Portrait of Ruin, although the opinions on that one are definitely mixed.)

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:09 pm

My girlfriend really likes Trauma Center, even though she RAGES hard when playing it. She still finished it though, plucky scamp.

It was too hard for me lol

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:15 pm

picross ds - totally awesome, but if you don't like the concept, not worth it at all

castlevania series - i've enjoyed all of them so far (haven't played the order of ecclesia). favorite out on the system is Dawn of Sorrow, but portrait of ruin was still fun

legend of zelda : phantom hourglass - had a good time with it, more fun than i thought it would be.

can't remember other ds games i've played. read into that what you will.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:15 pm

Meteos oh god yes!

Cromarty · Post by **Cromarty** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:23 pm

In no particular order:
Sonic Rush
Megaman ZX
Megaman ZX Advent
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Bangai-O Spirits

Can't really recommend Sonic Rush Adventure, the main levels are still good but there's a ton of worthless shit inbetween.

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:34 pm

Nintendogs: The one with the dalmation on it. Trust me.
Animal Crossing goes hard in the streets also.

LaserGun · Post by **LaserGun** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:42 pm

The World Ends With You is my favorite DS game, I didn't like it too much at first but it really grew on me and I've spent loads of time playing and enjoying it.

Easily the best game on the DS for me.

coolix · Post by **coolix** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:11 pm

Most of the games i would recommend have been said, I'd add Rhythm Tengoku Gold to the list. If you like rhythm games it's awesome.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:15 pm

TGM DS

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:12 am

Trauma Center (I like 2 better so far, but I'm only on chapter 2)
Etrian Odyssey 2
Legend of Kage 2 (though it has been getting mixed reviews, I found it enjoyable due to the fast play style, combo system, and how it plays like classic Ninja games)
Space Invaders Extreme
Meteos
New Super Mario Bros
Contra 4
Elite Beat Agents
Ouendan
Phoenix Wright
Kirby Canvas Curse
Metroid Prime Pinball
Bangai-O Destruction Set (my nickname for Bangai-O Spirits)
Picross DS
Tetris DS (for multiplayer, Push is just too much fun)
Advance Wars Days of Ruin
Planet Puzzle League
Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits
Namco Museum DS (very little that isn't elsewhere, but the games are still nice and it has some nice options like in game hints for Druaga or Xevious and odd stuff like simulating screen burn in Xevious. Pac-Man Vs. is good stuff too)
Pac 'n Roll
Sonic Rush
Sonic Rush Adventure
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Hotel Dusk
Mario Kart DS

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:11 am

Kirby Super Star Ultimate is the only DS game I've bought this year, since it does everything right.

Most other suggestions have been made even though I wouldn't buy half of them.

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:05 am

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is awesome imo.
And i think the recently released Ketsui DS is great fun.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:49 am

http://z0r.de/?id=1445
sure thing

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:31 pm

Etrian Odyssey 1&2
Dragon Quest 4

Shocky · Post by **Shocky** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:54 pm

WarioWare Touched!
Kirby's Canvas Curse

Phoenix Wright 1-3
Apollo Justice

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Trauma Center
Life Signs: Hospital Affairs

Nanostray 1-2
Contra 4
Space Invaders Extreme
Starfox Command

Elite Beat Agents
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 1-2

Hotel Dusk
Another Code
Puzzle Quest

Dementium
Nanashi no Game (It's very interesting, but I'm stuck near the beginning.. btw there's a really creepy attraction based on this called "Nanashi no Shinai" ("the nameless dead") in Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park in Japan. You wander around a deserted hospital in a small group with one flashlight and then...)

BU:

Big Brain Academy (especially multiplayer)
Drawn to Life
Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Kami Denshoumono no Michi
GeGeGe no Kitaro Youkai Daigekisen
Crayon Shin-chan Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land Gachinko Daiketsugeki! (this even has some touch-controlled shmup-stages)
New Zealand Story Revolution
Lost in Blue 1-2
Shiren the Wanderer (if you have too much time)

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:54 pm

i have to admit etrian odyssey is a bit overrated.
I never really got into it, even if its a really beautiful game with a deep dungeon and level system.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:25 pm

Mostly you'll be hearing an echo, but... It can't hurt, eh?

Meteos
Bangai-O Spirits
Professor Layton
Contra 4
Bomberman DS (if you have friends to play with... and don't have Saturn bomberman + multitaps)
Mario Kart
Puzzle Quest
Jump Ultimate Stars
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 1-2
Trauma Center
Castlevanias
Metroid Prime Pinball
Daigassou! Band Brothers 1-2
Etrian Odyssey 1-2
Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja (if you like Rogue-likes... This one got mixed reviews, but I loved it)
Sonic Rush (Adventure wasn't bad, but it's skippable. I really liked the first game though)
Sonic Chronicles: Drak Brotherhood (Surprisingly good)
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Kirby: Canvas Curse
Kirby Superstar Ultra (if you don't have the SNES version, or if you REALLY loved Superstar)

Those are the ones that I feel are worth owning (and I own a fair bit more than that).

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:29 pm

MX7 wrote:My girlfriend really likes Trauma Center, even though she RAGES hard when playing it. She still finished it though, plucky scamp.

It was too hard for me lol

This. I love Trauma Center to death, it's my favorite DS game overall (I've almost S-Ranked every operation, too! ;D

mufunyo · Post by **mufunyo** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:31 pm

I know this is a shmups forum, but the only titles I regularly play on DS are:

Tetris DS
NDS_TGM
New Super Mario Bros.
Metroid Pinball

I also played Animal Crossing with my gf at the time for a while, but the game is intensely boring on your own. Most of the fun was in posting notes on the message board and doing things to the house, things which pretty much lose their purpose if there's nobody to notice them.

New Super Mario Bros. I consider as the single best title on DS, the difficulty is a bit low compared to the console titles, but it has massive replayability and it's just plain old fun.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:48 am

Eff me, I forgot to mention Chou Soujuu Mecha MG! Anyone who hasn't tried this game, must. It's one of the funnest games I've played on the DS, and yet almost nobody knows about it.

Obviously it's an import only title, and the language barrier is moderate (you'll need a guide for part names, everything else you can figure out, and the story doesn't matter). But... I encourage everyone to check it out.

Post by **Icarus** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:26 am

LaserGun wrote:The World Ends With You is my favorite DS game, I didn't like it too much at first but it really grew on me and I've spent loads of time playing and enjoying it.

Easily the best game on the DS for me.

Same. Loving the style and the game design, easily one of my all-time favourite role-players. FFTA2 is also a good one to get for those long train journeys.
I'm kind of addicted to brain training games at the moment, and most of the regular games I like have already been mentioned in earlier posts.

TLB · Post by **TLB** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:46 am

*sigh* So much for not posting...

A good, small(ish) library of DS games that I'd recommend anyone who likes to shoot should have (somewhat in order of priority):

Bangai-O Spirits
Contra 4
Metal Slug 7
Space Invaders Extreme
Commando: Steel Disaster
(I don't know where all my DS games are, so I might be missing some)

For RPGs 'n stuff

FFTA2
Disgaea DS
FFIV
TWEWY (it makes me wanna puke, but lots of people love it)
Dragon Quest IV perhaps

Weird shit:

Elite Beat Agents (Ouendan in JP)
Feel the Magic XYXX
(I think I'm missing some here, too...)

Pure awesome

Tetris DS
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania Order of Ecclesia
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin (the weakest of the three)

However, the true potential of owning a DS (apart from perhaps the new DS STGs...they're GREAT) lies in its incredible backlog of GBA games. I'll post a list of some of the greats upon request, just please try to slim it down by genre (GREAT SRPGs in there) so I don't wreck my thumbs senselessly =) (Phone-posting/browsing sucks ^_^)

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:58 pm

Contra 4
Castlevania: DOS
Lunar Knights
Final Fantasy IV

s/m