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okr said:
^ I wouldn't call 1.22 million "just a few copies".

Ah you are right. I have a bad memory. I bring back what I said ^^



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freebs2 said:
okr said:
^ I wouldn't call 1.22 million "just a few copies".

Ah you are right. I have a bad memory. I bring back what I said ^^

While it sold decently, I still agree that it's underappreciated. It deserved and should have gotten a lot more sales. It's GTA for chrissakes.



 

 

Out of the games in my collection:

GTA: Chinatown Wars
AoE: Age of Kings
Elite Beat Agents
Advance Wars: Dark Conflict

Seriously - Age of Empires is one of my favourite DS games; seriously underrated. I've put countless hours into it, and I'm happy to see that other VGCers have too :)



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MontanaHatchet said:
freebs2 said:
okr said:
^ I wouldn't call 1.22 million "just a few copies".

Ah you are right. I have a bad memory. I bring back what I said ^^

While it sold decently, I still agree that it's underappreciated. It deserved and should have gotten a lot more sales. It's GTA for chrissakes.

I know what freebs meant and I know what you mean, but I still disagree with this notion ("GTA: CW should have and could have sold much better"), which is not only common among the people who played and loved this game, but also among gaming media.

Chinatown Wars sold around 2.2 million copies according to ioi's data on DS and PSP combined and I assume a few more 100.000 copies on iPhone/iPad, but I don't think that these (comparably) low sales mean it was underappreciated. We have to remember that this is a top-down GTA, not a third person one. I think the Chinatown Wars experiment showed that there's a market of 2.5 to 3 million for a top-down GTA while - as we all know - a third person GTA can sell up to 20 million if done right. CW was not underappreciated by the audience imo. It got stellar reviews and all the sales a top-down GTA can get these days imo. CW showed that the vast majority of today's GTA fans is not interested in a top-down (i.e. classic-style) GTA.



I only bought it because I'm a bit of a Nintendo fanboy who also really enjoys GTA - I couldn't not buy it. Unfortunately, there are few others who fall into the same catagory



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Picross 3D: It has it all. Puzzles, visual space, creation, logic, perception, bit art, funny animations!

It's a relaxing experience, specially when I destroy a whole row of zeros xD



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BasilZero said:

Valkyrie Profile
Radiant Historia
Children of Mana
Dragon Quest IV
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VI
Etrian Odyssey 1, 2 and 3
Luminous Arc series
Magical Star sign
Summon Night
The World Ends With You

I agree with all these bar DQ. Mainly because DQ is insanely popular in Japan and does not really constitute 'underrated'.
 I would also like to add Lunar Knights, that spiritual successor to Boktai Solar Boy Django.



Monster Tale
Orcs & Elves
Fighting Fantasy
Phantasy Star Zero



Machina said:

Clubhouse Games:


Wii Sports for the DS - the perfect first game to own for the handheld. Loads of little mini-games, most of which are very good quality and make good use of the touch screen and stylus. Great value for money and often overlooked in DS recommendation threads.

Is that similar to 42 All Time Classics? 



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