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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - GamrConnect DS Recommendation Thread

Hey there folks, and welcome to The DS Recommendation Thread. This is a thread made for the DS Community by the DS Community. Pretty much, it's a time saver for anyone looking for that next great DS game to play and enjoy. The users here are some of the most dedicated and sprited gamers I know, so of course the best way to find DS's best game was through the community's experiences and playtime.

Every week I'll be doing my best to go through and update this thread, whether that be adding new games or adding a new feature. What you can do is, well... recommend the games (I can't be scouring the internet for great DS games all the time)! If there's a game you don't see on the post that you love, give me a holler and I'll do my best to make sure it has the chance to be loved by someone else.

You'll see that there are no lists here or countdown's here. The DS Reccomendtion Thread doesn't think that a game's score has the final say on how much fan one can have with a game, so every game is placed alphabetically (Although I do believe that a score of 73 is a good cutoff for what games make it on this thread). Now, MetaCritic and GameRankings are still great resources, so we have them right below the games, ready to take you to that specific game's page.

Have fun, and happy gaming!

-Smeags


Aliens: Infestation

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Batman: The Brave and the Bold

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Bomberman

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Bomberman Land Touch!

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Bomberland Land Touch! 2

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Contra 4

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Custom Robo Arena

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Elebits: The Adventures of Kai & Zero

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Final Fantasty Fables: Chocobo Tales

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Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits

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Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors

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Pac-Pix

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Pac'n Roll

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Pang: Magical Michael

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Phineas & Ferb

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Retro Game Challenge

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Scribblenauts

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Super Scribblenauts

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Spider-Man 3

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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

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Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

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Ultimate Spider-Man

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Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble!

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Yoshi Touch & Go

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Alice in Wonderland

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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

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Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

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Chibi Robo! Park Patrol

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Dragon Ball: Origins

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Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

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The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

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Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4

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Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

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Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga

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Mega Man Zero Collection

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Mega Man ZX

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Mega Man ZX Advent

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Monster Tale

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Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword

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Okamiden

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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth

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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

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Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut

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Hotel Dusk: Room 215

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Last Window: The Secret of Cape West

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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

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Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials & Tribulations

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Professor Layton & the Curious Village

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Professor Layton & the Diabolical Box

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Professor Layton & the Unwound Future

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Professor Layton & the Last Specter

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The Secret Files: Tunguska

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Bleach: The Blade of Fate

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Bleach: Dark Souls

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Ultimate Mortal Kombat

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WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010

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100 Classic Books

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America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking

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Art Academy

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ClubHouse Games

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Feel the Magic: XY/XX

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Metroid Prime Pinball

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My Spanish Coach

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Personal Trainer: Cooking

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TouchMaster 2

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WarioWare: D.I.Y.

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WarioWare: Touched!

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Boing! Docomodake DS

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de Blob 2

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DK Jungle Climber

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Giana Sisters DS

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Kirby: Canvas Curse

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Kirby: Mass Attack

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Kirby Super Star Ultra

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The Legendary Starfy

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N+

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New Super Mario Bros.

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Sonic Colors

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Sonic Rush

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Sonic Rush Adventure

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Super Mario 64 DS

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Super Princess Peach

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Yoshi's Island DS

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Bejeweled 3

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Bejeweled Twist

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Big Brain Academy

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Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!

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Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!

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Bust-A-Move DS

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Chessmaster: The Art of Learning

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Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure

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Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis

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Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem

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Mechanic Master

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Meteos

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Meteos: Disney Magic

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The New York Times Crosswords

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Peggle: Dual Shot

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Picross 3D

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Picross DS

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Planet Puzzle League

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Pokemon Trozei!

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Polarium

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Prism: Light the Way

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Puyo Pop Fever

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Puzzle Quest 2

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Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

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Puzzle Quest: Galactrix

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Soul Bubbles

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Space Bust-A-Move

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Tetris DS

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Tetris Party Deluxe

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WordJong

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Zoo Keeper

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GRID

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Mario Kart DS

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Moto Racer DS

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Need for Speed: ProStreet

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Race Driver: Create and Race

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Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

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Speed Racer: The Video Game

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TrackMania DS

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TrackMania Turbo

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ElectroPlankton

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Elite Beat Agents

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Jam With the Band

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KORG DS-10 Synthesizer

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KORG DS-10 PLUS

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Lego Rock Band

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Rhythm Heaven

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Rock Band 3

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Zubo

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Avalon Code

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Chrono Trigger

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Contact

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Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans

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Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

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Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

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Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

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Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

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Etrian Odyssey

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Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard

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Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City

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Final Fantasy III

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Final Fantasy IV

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates

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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

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Infinite Space

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Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days

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Lufia: Curse of the Sinestrals

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Lunar Knights

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Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

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Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

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Monster Lab

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Nostalgia

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Pokemon Black/White

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Pokemon Black/White 2

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Pokemon Diamond/Pearl

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Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver

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Pokemon Platinum

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Radiant Historia

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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

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Solatorobo: Red the Hunter

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Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

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Suikoden Tierkreis

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Summon Night: Twin Age

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Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier

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The World Ends With You

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour

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Bangai-O Spirits

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Big Bang Mini

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Bionicle Heroes

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

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Call of Duty: World at War

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Mobilized

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Call of Duty: Black Ops

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Dementium 2

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Geometry Wars: Galaxies

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Glory Days 2

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Metroid Prime: Hunters

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Nanostray 2

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Space Invaders Extreme

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Space Invaders Extreme 2

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StarFox: Command

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Animal Crossing: Wild World

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Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery

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Dawn of Discovery

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Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming

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Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands

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Nintendogs

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The Sims 3

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Trauma Center: Under the Knife

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Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2

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Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise

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FIFA Soccer 08

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FIFA Soccer 09

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Inazuma Eleven

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Inazuma Eleven 2: FireStorm/Blizzard

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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

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New International Track & Field

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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08

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Tony Hawk's American Sk8land

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Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam

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Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

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Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

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Advance Wars: Dual Strike

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Age of Empires: The Age of Kings

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Age of Empires: Mythologies

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Disgaea DS

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Drone Tactics

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Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

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Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

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Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

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Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness

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Knights in the Nightmare

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Lock's Quest

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Luminous Arc 2

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NinjaTown

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Plants vs. Zombies

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Pokemon Conquest

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Robocalypse

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Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon

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Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon

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Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon

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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2

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Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

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Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume

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Worms: Open Warfare 2

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AlphaBounce

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Bird & Beans

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Dark Void Zero

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Go! Go! Kokopolo

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Pop Island

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Pop Island: Paperfield

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Soul of Darkness

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Spotto!

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Surfacer+

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X-Scape

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Cave Story

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The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition

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Photo Dojo

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Flipnote Studio

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Inchworm Animation

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Antipole

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Shantae: Risky's Revenge

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Zoonies: Escape from Makatu

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Art Style: Aquia

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Art Style: Base 10

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Art Style: BoxLife

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Art Style: DigiDrive

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Art Style: PictoBits

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BookWorm

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DodoGo!

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Dr. Mario Express

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Flametail

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Link 'n Launch

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Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini's March Again!

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Mighty Flip Champs

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Mighty Milky Way

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Number Battle

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Trajectile

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Zuma's Revenge

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Asphalt 4: Elite Racing

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Maestro! Green Groove

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99Bullets

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AiRace

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Real Soccer 2009

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Dragon Quest Wars

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Plants vs. Zombies

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Starship Defense

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Recently I bought Radiant Historia (again) and DQM Joker 2. TWEWY isn't on the list? I haven't played it yet, but I've heard its very good.



 Been away for a bit, but sneaking back in.

Gaming on: PS4, PC, 3DS. Got a Switch! Mainly to play Smash

mysticwolf said:
Recently I bought Radiant Historia (again) and DQM Joker 2. TWEWY isn't on the list? I haven't played it yet, but I've heard its very good.

Heh, I knew TWEWY's absence would be noticed (Surprised Soriku hasn't sent his assassins after me yet!).

But rest assured it's coming! Along with a couple other games I forgot (there's a lot of games...)



And halfway done with banners...

*wipes sweat off brow*

Back to work!



Meteos was such a great puzzle game. Got it for $5 bucks 6 years ago on ebay :D.

Is this thread to point out the good DS games?