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okr on 05 June 2010

Strategy and puzzle:
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
Age of Empires: Age of Kings (or successor AoE: Mythologies)
Advance Wars Dual Strike (and/or Days of Ruin)
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Civilization Revolution
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (RTS)
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Meteos
Tetris
Planet Puzzle League
Professor Layton games
Scribblenauts

RPG: Dragon Quest IV/V, Chrono Trigger, Infinite Space, Final Fantasy IV, Mario & Luigi PiT/BIS, TWEWY

Action/Adventure: Zelda PH/ST, Castlevania series, Lunar Knights

Adventure: Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Director's Cut, Ace Attorney series, Hotel Dusk, Trace Memory

Platform: Kirby Canvas Curse

Building/economic sim: Anno 1701 (or successor Dawn of Discovery)



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Cheebee on 05 June 2010

Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland. Seriously, a lot of people make fun of it, but it's honestly one of the freshest, funniest, and most original games I've played in recent years. Lasts a long time, too.



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Metallicube on 06 June 2010
lestatdark said:
Metallicube said:

Well the obvious ones are: Mario Kart DS and NSMB Wii. Also check out Yoshi's Island DS if you liked the first one, or even if you like platformers.

Some other great games:

Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia - just has that old school vibe to it, and one of the few very challenging games I've played this gen. Good amount of content, even after you beat the game.
Rythm Heaven - Really fun and unique rythm game. Kinda like warioware mixed with guitar hero (the drum part)
Big Brain Academy - surprisingly fun, also very challenging, at least to earn the platnuims. Really works the brain..
Scribblenauts - Has a few flaws and akward controls at first, but I love the concept of solving puzzles by conjuring up virtually any item you want.
Animal Crossing - Really fits with the DS style of games
Clubhouse Games - lots of solid mini games
Meteos - If you like puzzle games check this one out, makes good use of the touch screen.

I hear the Dragon Quest remakes are good stuff as well if you like RPGs, but I haven't played them yet.

Underlined and bolded:

Have you tried the Hard Mode Lvl.1 cap? It's pretty much one of the hardest challenges I've ever had in my entire video-gaming life. And I've went through the classics, Ghouls and Goblins, Battletoads, Contra, you name it. 
If you want a bigger challenge though, try doing that mode, and get the boss medals at the same time XD It will drive you insane, especially the last bosses. 

Oh man, I did the hard mode for a bit, just on the first level I started to get my ass kicked. I even played as Albus, who is a beast, but I still died often. It took awhile to get used to him. I think I beat a few stages in that, but eventually just stopped playing out of frusteration and moved on to new games.



lestatdark on 06 June 2010
Metallicube said:
lestatdark said:
Metallicube said:

Well the obvious ones are: Mario Kart DS and NSMB Wii. Also check out Yoshi's Island DS if you liked the first one, or even if you like platformers.

Some other great games:

Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia - just has that old school vibe to it, and one of the few very challenging games I've played this gen. Good amount of content, even after you beat the game.
Rythm Heaven - Really fun and unique rythm game. Kinda like warioware mixed with guitar hero (the drum part)
Big Brain Academy - surprisingly fun, also very challenging, at least to earn the platnuims. Really works the brain..
Scribblenauts - Has a few flaws and akward controls at first, but I love the concept of solving puzzles by conjuring up virtually any item you want.
Animal Crossing - Really fits with the DS style of games
Clubhouse Games - lots of solid mini games
Meteos - If you like puzzle games check this one out, makes good use of the touch screen.

I hear the Dragon Quest remakes are good stuff as well if you like RPGs, but I haven't played them yet.

Underlined and bolded:

Have you tried the Hard Mode Lvl.1 cap? It's pretty much one of the hardest challenges I've ever had in my entire video-gaming life. And I've went through the classics, Ghouls and Goblins, Battletoads, Contra, you name it. 
If you want a bigger challenge though, try doing that mode, and get the boss medals at the same time XD It will drive you insane, especially the last bosses. 

Oh man, I did the hard mode for a bit, just on the first level I started to get my ass kicked. I even played as Albus, who is a beast, but I still died often. It took awhile to get used to him. I think I beat a few stages in that, but eventually just stopped playing out of frusteration and moved on to new games.

Albus is indeed a beast, especially using his shot Torpor combo. Got through most bosses with it xD 

But yeah, Hard mode is too frustrating, especially on the boss battles. Blackmore alone took me more than 2 hours of trial and error to defeat him.



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Armads on 06 June 2010

Lunar Knights-Non-canon sequel to the Boktai series, you play as dark swordsman and a solar gunslinger and switch off on the fly to hunt down vampires.  Lots of fun and you can do a lot of weapon upgrading/side questing.

Lost Magic-Draw runes on the screen to do spells, combining different runes creates new spells.  A really cool combat system.


Magical Starsign
Legend of Zelda PH/ST
NSMB
Fire emblem
Advance wars dual strike/days of ruin
Meteos
Final fantasy III/IV

Metroid Prime Hunters

Star fox command

Castevania Dawn of Sorrow

All good games.



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andremop on 06 June 2010
Metallicube said:

Well the obvious ones are: Mario Kart DS and NSMB Wii. Also check out Yoshi's Island DS if you liked the first one, or even if you like platformers.

Some other great games:

Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia - just has that old school vibe to it, and one of the few very challenging games I've played this gen. Good amount of content, even after you beat the game.

Rythm Heaven - Really fun and unique rythm game. Kinda like warioware mixed with guitar hero (the drum part)

Big Brain Academy - surprisingly fun, also very challenging, at least to earn the platnuims. Really works the brain..
Scribblenauts - Has a few flaws and akward controls at first, but I love the concept of solving puzzles by conjuring up virtually any item you want.
Animal Crossing - Really fits with the DS style of games
Clubhouse Games - lots of solid mini games
Meteos - If you like puzzle games check this one out, makes good use of the touch screen.

I hear the Dragon Quest remakes are good stuff as well if you like RPGs, but I haven't played them yet.

Beware of this game... I like it... but at least to me, not good at music, it's impossible! I mean it, impossible.

Too bad, because the game is very fun.



darthdevidem01 on 06 June 2010

In order of quality:

1. DQV Remake

2. FF4 Remake

3. The World Ends With You

4. Phoenix Wright Series

5. Professor Layton Series

6. Trauma Centre Series

7. Mario & Luigi Partners In Time & Bowsers Inside Story

8. ScribbleNauts

9. Legend Of zelda Spirit Tracks (don't Phantom Hourglass this is much better)

10. Warioware DIY

11. Suikoden Tierkrisis

12. NSMB DS

13. mario kart DS



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mysticwolf on 06 June 2010

If you like strategy/puzzle games then get Scribblenauts. It's awesome. One of my favorites. If you don't know what it is, here's a summary: You are Maxwell, a character with a notepad that you can use to spawn anything you want in order to solve a level. Like seriously, anything. If you want a chupacabra, just type it in and there it is. Magic Carpet? Check. Griffin? Check. Mattress? Check. Any noun you can think of, you can write it down in the game and it will appear. There are over 22,000 words recognized by the game. It is truly amazing.  In order to solve a level, you must obtain a Starite (a star-shaped object). There is a Puzzle mode and an Action mode. Puzzle levels involve problem solving, such as returning a tiger cub to its mother while avoiding a dinosaur. But that's easy stuff. This game can get really challenging. Anyway, the Action levels simply involve the Starite sitting somewhere in the level, and you have to use your imagination in order to get it while dealing with the obstacles in the way. For example, if a dragon is blocking your path to the Starite, you can spawn a Shrink Ray, shoot it at the dragon, and it will shrink! Then you can go merrily to your Starite. There are about 220 levels, and there are plenty of hidden achievements to unlock in the game. I'm a little over halfway through the game, and I'm having a blast. If you like Scribblenauts, then look out for Super Scribblenauts ( the sequel) this fall, which has tons of new features. Here's a link to information on  Super Scribblenauts: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=103894



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MrT-Tar on 06 June 2010

my top 10 DS games:

10. Dragon Quest V

9. Advance Wars: Dark Conflict

8. The World Ends With You

7. Metroid Prime Hunters

6. Final Fantasy IV DS

5. Zelda Spirit Tracks

4. Chrono Trigger DS

3. New Super Mario Bros

2. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver

1. Mario Kart DS

 

I've also heard GTA: Chinatown Wars and Kirby: Power Paintbrush are good, but I haven't played them yet




mysticwolf on 06 June 2010
MrT-Tar said:

my top 10 DS games:

10. Dragon Quest V

9. Advance Wars: Dark Conflict

8. The World Ends With You

7. Metroid Prime Hunters

6. Final Fantasy IV DS

5. Zelda Spirit Tracks

4. Chrono Trigger DS

3. New Super Mario Bros

2. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver

1. Mario Kart DS

 

I've also heard GTA: Chinatown Wars and Kirby: Power Paintbrush are good, but I haven't played them yet

Obviously you have not played Scribblenauts.



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