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So I am working on a list of the top 10 or 20 best 3DS games.  It's a long term project.  In fact, I plan to release it no sooner than when the successor to the 3DS is announced, as I want the whole generation to be covered.  So I need your help.  I need you to recommend to me games that you think should be on the list.

 

Here are the games I already have:

-Pokemon X

-Pokemon Y

-Pokemon Dream Radar

-Animal Crossing: New Leaf

-Mario Kart 7

-Bravely Default


Games I will certainly get in the future:

-Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire

-Fire Emblem: Awakening

-Super Smash Bros. for 3DS  (Irrelevant, see rule 2)


Here are some rules for the list:

1. Games must be released globally.  I can't evaluate a game if it was only released in Japan.

2. Games must be exclusive to the 3DS.  Remakes are allowed, but ports and multiplats are not.

3. No Virtual Console titles.  However, 3DS exclusive eShop titles are allowed.

4. You can't be the only one who likes it.  Games on the list must sell at least 500k copies.  I might raise this to a million when I make the actual list, but to generate more ideas, I'll keep it at 500k for now.  This includes digital, so if it is a little bit below on VGC, that's okay.  As for eShop titles, just suggest them and I'll worry about finding sales data later.

 

If you have any other ideas for guidelines, please suggest them.

Edit: Please don't just list games, but also explain why you listed them.



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- Kid Icarus: Uprising
- Shin Megami Tensei 4
- Pushmo
- Denpa Men 2
- Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (against your rules but this is one of the best Visual Novels/Adventure games on the platform.)


NoirSon said:

- Kid Icarus: Uprising
- Shin Megami Tensei 4
- Pushmo
- Denpa Men 2
- Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (against your rules but this is one of the best Visual Novels/Adventure games on the platform.)


Was Denpa Men 2 released globally?  VGC has it listed as only being released in NA and Europe.



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1) Zelda OOT.
2) Zelda ALBW
3) Bravely Default.



Kid Icarus Uprising (Retail) and Steamworld Dig (eShop) are some of the best games I've ever played.



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Kid Icarus Uprising is by far my favorite game on the system.
LoZ:ALBW



 

What?! I can't hear you over all this awsome! - Pyrrhon (Kid Icarus:Uprising)

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garretslarrity said:

-Super Smash Bros. for 3DS  (Irrelevant, see rule 2)


2. Games must be exclusive to the 3DS.  Remakes are allowed, but ports and multiplats are not.


I don't see how this disqulaifies Smash Bros. The 3DS version isn't a port or a multiplat. It doesn't have the same stages as the console version and there are 3DS exclusive modes. If they had called them "Smash Bros Tournament" and "Smash Bros Arena", and changed absolutely nothing about the content with respect to the current situation, you would probably have counted them as two separate games.



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XBoxOne: Tolu619

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The only 3 games you need on the 3DS:

Super Mario 3D Land
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon



My personal rating: Pokemon X/Y, Mario Kart 7, Ocarina of Time. However, judging by my friends and family's reactions to certain games (total game time and time spent talking about the games), Fire Emblem Awakening would be the best game on 3DS by a long shot. Zelda: A Link between Worlds would be pretty high up too.



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Wii U: FoyehBoys

Vita, PS3 and PS4: FoyehBoys

XBoxOne: Tolu619

Switch: Tolu619

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Mario and Luigi: Dream Team
Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Legend of Zelda: OoT
Kid Icarus
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Super Mario 3D Land
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Resident Evil: Revelations
Star Fox 64 3D
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Shin Megami Tensei IV

 

(In no certain order)