Pretty good list. I own about 6 of the games on that list.

I only own 6 games fron that list, I have to buy more DS games.

Different pins takes different input to execute.

What you need is to find the combination that best suit your style and use that primarily.

I personally like slash and tap. Easy to pull off.

All those slashing probably is what dull off my stylus :)

If you're lazy and want all taps, you can do that too. Select all pins that uses tap and you just tap away.

It's also useful to get familiar with dashing, which is part of the early tutorial but easily forgotten.

I'll be honest a lot of the top listed games I felt very Meh about.

Mario Kart DS - Okay, yeah, it was the first portable version of Mario Kart that felt good. Only problem is that Mario Kart as a series really needs to work on its balance issues, blue shells for 8th place and banana peels for 1st just make you want to not even try for 1st. Then of course are the crazy ass kart exploits that just left a bad taste in my mouth every time I played online.

NSMB - Very tight, solid game, but god, there was so much useless stuff that was given preferential treatment in terms of the items. The giant mushroom could only be used in certain areas, and if you were inside a tight area, it was just as likely that you would end up dying or just simply wasting the mushroom. The Turtle shell was cool, but so difficult to control that it made it pointless to use as a standard. The minimushroom was actually the most interesting feature to me, but they were impossible to find when you actually wanted them and of course, one hit'll kill you, so good luck getting from where you found them to where you need them, only to find out that all that effort was just to access one of the 3 gold coins, big whoopdidoo. In general, controlling mario felt much looser, yet I still felt a little disappointed by the length of the game. The ending, and pretty much all of the boss battles. just generally left me going "that's it?" I guess my biggest problem is that this game is a spiritual successor the Super Mario Bros, when I prefer Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World

Phantom Hourglass - I never did get totally sold on the controls. They weren't bad, but they still felt lacking. the ability to draw on your map felt utterly pointless, sure, i could make notes, but everything you needed to make note of was practically forced down your throat to the point that i didn't even need it. The various gimmicks could have been really neat, if they had been touched on more than just one single time for each thing. The biggest thing that hit me though was that the whole way through the game, I was utterly aware of how short it was. I think this is perhaps the shortest Zelda Game I have EVER played.

Pokemon - I've never been happy with the turn based, 4 move, collect all 5000 focused, 2d pokemon deal. I'll never be satisfied with the series unless it finally realizes itself as a full out MMORPG where pokemon battles are real time based battles and you're able to enjoy the series just as effectively with only 1 or 2 pokemon instead of having to collect every single one out there. Okay, I do like the updated graphics, I do like the touch screen interface, but the core gameplay is still ultimately the same. I might as well go back and play Leaf Green where I at least use the pokemon I knew as a kid and enjoy.

Except for elite Beat agents, which totally deserves its spot, if not higher, i haven't played the others in the top 10, so I won't try to judge those, but still, 31 games and no mention of Phoenix Wright?