1 - Final Fantasy IV: This is one of my favorite RPGs of all time. The story, characters and music are all top-notch. It's pretty difficult though. This is one to remember.
2 - The Dark Spire: Not a big fan of first person dungeon-crawlers, but I really enjoyed this one. It took me back to those Wizardry days in middle school. I had lots of fun working my way up the tower, managing the party and trying to shape their classes. This is another tough RPG, and it felt so good beating this game. The art-style and soundtrack were pretty good. Great dungeon-crawler.
3 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: I'm a big SMT fan, so I was pretty excited that a MegaTen game was hitting the DS. I spent hours and hours in the fusion system. It's the best in the series, and being able to choose your demon spells was a warm welcome. The story is pretty good, and it gets better as you progress. The events or things you do in the game affects the game's ending thus warrants multiple playthroughs. As for battles, it was an okay mix of tactical and traditional RPG elements, but there are a couple of flaws with the design. Attacking from behind doesn't give you an advantage in actual battles. I did like that actual battles were presented in a traditional RPG combat system. Had a blast with this game.
4 - Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword: Wasn't expecting much out of this game, but it turned out to be a pretty fun game. It had a nice use of the stylus, and the action is fast and intense. Great action game.
5 - Hotel Dusk: Room 215: I don't really like these types of games because they bore the hell out of me, but I gave this one a whilr and enjoyed it. This was the first DS game I tried that used the stylus, and I was pretty impressed by it. Some of the puzzle mini-games were pretty fun especially the ones from the bar. The story was great, but it took quite a while to get interesting. Characters were nice, and the drawing style designs the characters had was nice.
I'm currently playing Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, and it's awesome so far. Pretty sure it'll make the top 5. Haven't played the previous installments yet but will soon!
