Nintendo DS Portable Favorites

[digitalpress]

OK, time to get this started for the classic discussions forum. Let's start building a list that others can use as a guide - even if your suggestions don't make the list, at least your suggestions get seen! These threads should be especially handy to people who got their systems recently and want to start out with the "A List" of games to pick from.

So let's start the "A List". What would you add to it?

NOTE: * = exclusive to this system (for now)

Advance Wars DS (series) *
Castlevania (series) *
Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass *
Mario Kart DS *
New Super Mario *
Phoenix Wright: Ace Detective (series) *
Professor Layton and the Curious Village *
Super Princess Peach *
Wario Touched *

[vgc]

Here's a couple of my favorites:

Mario Kart DS
Wario Touched
Either Castlevania Game

Games I want to play that look Hot:

Zelda : Phantom Hourglass
Contra 4
Geometry Wars: Galaxies

Mike : )

[ChronoTriggaFoo]

For me it is definitely the following:

Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Tetris DS
Meteos
Elektroplankton
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

[nate1749]

Definitely one of those brain age games and I'd tack on another vote for Mario Kart.

[WiseSalesman]

Elite Beat Agents
Meteos
Rocket Slime
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - I liked it better than Dawn of Sorrows
Mario Kart DS

Honestly, I own it and was really excited when I first got it, but I don't actually consider New Super Mario Bros. to be A-list. It's kind of like the ... the ... the "New Coke" of Super Mario. Good, but missing a big part of what made the original awesome.

[spoon]

Advance Wars DS
Bomberman land Touch
Break 'em All
Castlevania DS
Castlevania PoR
Contact
Feel the Magic xy/xx
Final Fantasy III
Hotel Dusk room 215
Kirby Canvas Curse
Lunar Knights
Metroid Prime Pinball
Nanostray
New Super Mario Bros. (Best Mario in years and years!)
Phoenis Wright Series
Sonic Rush
Tetris DS
Wario Ware Touched

[heybtbm]

A-list must haves...

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrows
Castlevania: Potrait of Ruin
New Super Mario Brothers
Mario Kart DS

[gepeto]

Resident evil
konami arcade classics
Trauma Center utk
Hotel Dusk

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Touch detective series

[rurouni318]

Front Mission
Luminous Arc*
Contra 4*
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl*
Puzzle Quest
Bleach: Blade of Fate
Trace Memory* (A very underrated DS game, a great point and click and it uses the DS in some innovative ways for puzzles.)

[Rogmeister]

Mario Party DS
New Super Mario bros.
Planet Puzzle League
Puyo Pop Fever
Super Mario 64
Zoo Keeper

I still have less than 20 DS games so this will be a thread I'll follow to get some good suggestions for future purchases.

[Gapporin]

Clubhouse Games. Quick, fun games you can pick up and play for just 10 minutes or several hours...what the DS is all about, IMO.

And I'll second the nominations of Feel The Magic XX/XY, Meteos and Phoenix Wright.

[TurboGenesis]

Some top games on the DS:

Castlevania series
Meteos*
Mario Kart DS
Tetris DS
Super Princess Peach*
New Super Mario Brothers
Kirby Canvas Curse*
Final Fantasy III
Contra 4*
Mr Driller: Drill Spirits
Trauma Center

I will also say
Electroplankton*
but this special soft will not suit everyone


Phonnix Wright games are nice but hold zero replay value :(
Once the case is solved there is no more to do…

[RockNRollJerk]

Brain Age
Picross
New Super Mario Bros.
Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits
Mario Kart
Konami Arcade Classics (Track & Field!)
Touchmaster

[Sudo]

Hotel Dusk is definitely my favorite. I'm glad to see it getting recognition from others here as well, since it tends to be rather overlooked by most. Some others I really liked:

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Contact
Final Fantasy III
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Phoenix Wright (series)
Pokemon Diamond
Trace Memory

[GnawRadar]

Castlevania: Potrait of Ruin
Tetris DS
Mariokart DS
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Series
Pokemon Diamond or Pearl
New Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario 64 DS
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

professor layton

[DigitalSpace]

Out of what I own:

Bust-a-Move DS
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Feel The Magic: XY/XX
Kirby Canvas Curse
Mario Kart DS
Metroid Prime Pinball
Need For Speed Carbon: Own The City
New Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario 64 DS

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Wow, don't believe not a single person put Touch Detective, I'm nearly done the first, and have high hopes for playing the 2nd.

So heres a quick list of games i enjoy for ds.

-Touch Detective
-Phoenix Wright(series)
-Either Castlevania game(i enjoyed POR more)
-WarioWare Touched
-New SMB
-Geometry Wars Galaxies
-Trauma Center
-Advance Wars DS

Assorted others
-SBK
-Mario and Luigi
-Point Blank DS
-True Swing Golf
-Feel the Magic and Rub Rabbits

Thats all that comes to mind at the moment.

[Kamisama]

2-Player Games only, as I dont own an DS but play regularly against my friends :)

Mario Kart DS
Tetris DS
Puyo Puyo Fever

[thetoxicone]

I don't know if this list is only for U.S. titles but the only ds game that I continually come back to since I've owned it is Diagasso Band Brothers...now I just need to get that dang expansion cart so I can get some new songs.

[GnawRadar]

I have to add Professor Layton and the Curious Village and I can't wait for the sequels to come out.

[Pantechnicon]

I've really been digging on my DS this past summer and finally have enough titles played under my belt to make a recommend list:

Advance Wars Dual Strike
Trauma Center: Under The Knife
Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass
Geometry Wars Galaxies
Big Brain Academy
Mario Kart DS
Mario vs Sonic Beijing Olympics 2008
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Phoenix Wright (series)

[SpaceHarrier]

Am I the only red-blooded man boy here that is going to say:

Nintendogs

??

Ok, I guess so. Also:

Pokemon Pearl (I think Palkia looks cooler, even if he IS a pink T-Rex)
Sonic Rush
Sonic Rush Adventure
Tetris DS (hey, this version is exclusive to the system)

[Arcade_Ness]

Puyo Pop Fever
Lunar Knights
Jump Ultimate Stars(if imports are allowed)

[eugenek]

Another vote for Professor Layton. But my absolute favorite game for the DS is Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. I can't speak a lick of Japanese and I still love it.

[namzep]

My favorites for the system:

Dragon Quest IV
Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime
Etrian Odyssey II (I assume one would be one of my favorites but I have yet to play it)
Final Fantasy III (I really like the FF & DQ 3D conversions)
LEGO Indiana Jones
New Super Mario Bros.
Picross DS(improves on Mario's Picross which, itself, was a damn good game)
Tetris DS

[Dastardly Dylan]

Well let's see, I really, really, really, REALLY love the Ace Attorney series and I've been following it ever since it has been released, so yeah I'm trying not to fanboy out on it, but it's a really great series that you should try out if you never had the chance.

Contra 4 is pretty awesome too, how could it not be awesome? following the Contra series this delivers all the hardcore gamers would need if you have been following Contra since the start. Only one major problem with it, and it's not bad but for someone like me, it's TOO DAMN HARD !

Guitar Hero on Tour is a great game to play when your wanting to listen to something on the road or somewhere where you aren't occupied. Since I'm a big fan of the Guitar Hero series, I bought it first day and my first impression was "Wow! This game is freakin' awesome!" and it still is to this day. The only major flaw for me is they could of made a wayyyyyyyy better soundtrack then the one they have in the game, plus songs that were already included in GH3 are in there as well.

Animal Crossing: Wild World is loads of fun to play too. When I first got it I was bored of it the second day, and when I came back to play it in a week or so everyone in my town hated me and moved away, so it's kind of telling you that you better play this game more often or else bad things will happen!
Overall, I love it. Who doesn't love paying off thier house debt to an animal? I started getting back into it the last month and I play it everyday and I would love to Wi-Fi with anyone that owns the game.

Other good games on DS that you should totally try out are Ware Ware: Touched! Super Mario 64 DS, Mario Kart DS, Mario & Luigi Partners in Time, Diddy Kong Racing DS, Nintendogs, Yoshi's Touch & Go!, Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Maio Hoops 3 on 3 (which should of had Wi-Fi !), Star Fox Command, Tramua Center series, and New Super Mario Bros. I'm sure there is a bunch of more games that I haven't listed that are good, but these are the ones I own. Hopefully when Sonic Chronicles releases tomorrow it'll be one of my favorite games on the DS as well, we can only wait and see !

[Sabz5150]

Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja

This game has yet to leave my DS. I have Luminous Arc, Etrian Odyssey I and II, Contact, Hoshigami: RBE Remix and Rune Factory all waiting in line for me to complete this game.

I own Izuna II as well, but I plan to check out the other titles before moving on to another video game crackrock :D

[kupomogli]

-Advance Wars Dual Strike
-Advance Wars Days of Ruin
-Dragon Quest Monsters Joker
-Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
-Feel the Magic XY/XX
-Contra 4

I would add Dragon Quest 4, but I've only played the NES and PSX versions. The DS game is nothing more than a port of the PSX version, yet I don't own it.

[otaku]

I just imported elite beat agents 2

[Richter Belmount]

Elite beat Agents , the only game I feel like I need to carry around the most. So addicting for some reason.