Hey Folks, (Dear god, i didnt post in the Ninty section for a looong time... it about time!)

i am going to buy a 3DS early next Month, and i need - obviously - Software. Since i sold my DS back in the Day to afford games on stationary Consoles, i never had the chance to play much of the DS' Games. (except for this Castlevania game with Soma or how he was called, which was BRILLIANT.)

So yeah, recommend me 3DS aswell as DS titles, i appreciate it if you tell/recommend your personal favourites. (I dont care about review score's, as long as the games do have some cool elements, or a great story.)

Oh, and i am a huge fan of RPG's, so if you can also recommend me some of this genre, i'd be very grateful, since i still have to look up what the library has to offer.

so far, definite picks are Phantasy Star Zero, pretty much everything Final Fantasy/KH related, aswell as Golden Sun, and maybe even Infinite Space, which looks strange, but also interresting to say the least. (i may also be tepmted to buy Pokemon White, a franchise i didnt touch since pokemon silver on.. game boy color, or what was it?)

Um idk but about. what you want, but if you want a puzzle game, get pushmo. The best puzzle game Ive played in years

Ryan meant Solatorobo (edit: and I agree with him, it's recommendable)

My recommendations (besides the two most obvious ones - Chrono Trigger and FF IV):
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Dragon Quest IV, V, VI, IX
Nostalgia
Inazuma Eleven
Radiant Historia
The World Ends With You
Knights in the Nightmare
Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard
Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals
Suikoden Tierkeis

In addition to the titles okr and others have already listed:

• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)
• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS)
• Tales of the Abyss (3DS)
• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS)
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)

I'm sure there are more other good RPG style games that I haven't played that could be recommended to you.

Oh, and make sure to check this thread: http://neogaf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=222049

It's probably my most favorite thread ever created anywhere.


Some more DS recommendations from me (non-RPG this time):
Okamiden
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Scribblenauts (or Super Scribblenauts)
Alice in Wonderland (I'm not kidding)
Kirby Canvas Curse
Meteos
Soul Bubbles
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Age of Empires: Age of Kings
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery (or Anno: Create a New World)
999 - Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Director's Cut
Ace Attorney series
Profesor Layton series
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
Time Hollow

sissy games for the weak willed(aka everything but contra), hey you said I could be a fanboy
hmm many of the good ones have been listed
so really I'll name some more off beat products you might enjoy Touch Detective 1+2, probably the most bizarre adventure game I've played,
Theresia, probably one of the most unpleasant games ever created but for the right reasons, Korg ds10, not a game but a music tool,
now to more mainstream stuff not mentioned
Pinball Pulse the ancients beckon, unlike zen pinball this actually has everything a great pinball table needs,
The Great Giana sisters, the brothers are history with this excellent 2d platformer
Nanostray, Nanostray 2, and Nano Assault pure gold action and visuals, all the personality of a toothpick
Monster's tale, well crafted and endearing metroid clone
Scourge Hive isometric metroid clone with even more metroid clone like properties
Space invaders extreme, space invaderst, to the X-TREME
Strange Journey, lives up to the title, oh wait this is an rpg, unless some one posted while I was typing I can't believe it was missed
and for the macho, the only game that actually matters
CONTRA 4, and to a lesser extent shinobi

Was the DS version of Final Fantasy III released anywhere else (barring iOS?)

3DS:
MarioKart 7
Super Mario 3D Land

DS:
RADIANT HISTORIA
GOLDEN SUN: DARK DAWN
Suikoden Tiekries
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
The World Ends With You
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days

In no particular order:

LoZ:OoT3D (3DS)
Pushmo (3DS eshop)
999 (DS)
The World Ends with You (DS)
Chronotrigger (DS)
Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
Tales of the Abyss (3DS)
Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (3DS)
Nano Assault (3DS) (but only if you don't mind DIFFICULT)
Professor Layton series (DS so far)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS)
Cave Story 3D (3DS)
Shin Megami tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked (3DS)
Tetris Axis (3DS)

That's just the tip of the iceberg though for the DS, and for the 3DS there are lots of good things coming on the horizon.