RPG List for the Nintendo DS (dsrpgs) - updated 2/7/16

[PapaStu]

Magician's Quest: Mysterous Times doesn't come out till May 5th.

[Daria]

There, now Dark Spire's out.

[Daria]

Updated with a huge backlog of releases.

Dokapon Journey - Uncatagorized (I don't know if I want to make a new catagory for one game, Board Game RPG)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor - Tactical RPG (Although this is a hybrid, your units play out their battles in a first person turn based mode ala Dragon Quest)
Steal Princess - Action RPG
Super Robot Wars - Tactical RPG
Knights in the Knightmare - Tactical RPG
Black Sigil - Turn Based
Mega Man Star Force 3: Red Joker - Action RPG

[Daria]

Added upcoming games:

GoldenSun DS
Witch's Tale
Glory of Heracles
Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story
Atelier Annie
Ragnarok Online DS
Nostalgia
Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road
Sands of Destruction

Updated release dates, and changed the color of the catagory to blue so you can find the section easily.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - September 14 2009
Nostalgia - September 15 2009
Bleach 3rd Phantom - September 15 2009
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days - September 29 2009
Hero's Saga Laevatein Tactics - September 29 2009
Witch's Tale - October 6 2009
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorer's of Sky - October 15 2009
Atelier Annie - October 2009
The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road - Fall 2009

All have been released

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Upcoming releases

Nintendo DS
Ragnarok DS 02.16.2010
Dawn of Heroes 03.02.2010
Pokémon Heart Gold / Soul Silver 03.14.2010
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey 03.23.2010
Foto Showdown Q1.2010
Puzzle Quest 2 Q2.2010
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie TBA
Princess and Knight TBA
Golden Sun DS TBA TBA
WiZmans World TBA
Digimon Story: Lost Evolution TBA

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Releases since last post by me


Harvest Moon: Sunshine Island 11.10.2009
Phantasy Star Zero 11.10.2009
Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans 11.10.2009
Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain 11.25.2009
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes 12.01.2009
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 12.07.2009
Sands of Destruction 01.12.2010
Glory of Heracles 01.18.2010

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Mid quarter update

Upcoming Games
Dawn of Heroes 03.23.2010
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey 03.23.2010
Puzzle Quest 2 Q2.2010
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie TBA
Princess and Knight TBA
Golden Sun DS TBA
WiZmans World TBA
Digimon Story: Lost Evolution TBA

Released Games
Puzzle Chronicles 02.02.2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 02.09.2010
Ragnarok DS 02.16.2010
Foto Showdown 03.09.2010
Pokémon Heart Gold / Soul Silver 03.14.2010
Infinite Space 03.16.2010

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Oh Daria I've been updating for as long as I can but I cant edit the first page only you can

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

SMT Strange Journey and Dawn of Heroes are out

Daria will you edit Post #1?

[boozie]

Are there any multiplayer (Co-op progression) rpgs out on the DS that are any good?

[kupomogli]

I'm sure Papa Stu or GAC will edit the first post if you send them an updated list?


Are there any multiplayer (Co-op progression) rpgs out on the DS that are any good?

Are there any cooperative DS RPGs at all anyways? I know there are multiplayer ones, but I'm not sure if any are coop.

Maybe Children of Mana as I think it's coop, but I've heard it wasn't any good. Looks good(atleast graphically,) but I've honestly never tried it. Sword of Mana on the GBA wasn't as fun as the game it remade or any of the other ones but it wasn't as bad game. As long as Children as Mana is atleast as good as that then I'd say it's atleast a little above average.

[ScourDX]

Here is a game that slip under the radar

Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain 11/23/09

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

I got that listed in my January post

[boozie]

So can all parties involved "save" thier multiplayer children of mana game and pick it up later? (together)

[boozie]

I was wondering if someone could help explain on the multiplayer works for games like Final Fantasy CC Echoes of Time where co-op is allowed. The 2 main things I don't completely understand are how the saving works and what all is saved when the game is saved (if I'm playing with a couple friends and I'm hosting and we save it and come back and play later will we be able to continue with everything we had before we saved).

Is the game feasible to play from start to finish in sessions with friends only?

[Daria]

Okay. List edit.


Coming SOON!

Edit: Thanks to Chainsaw Charlie for keeping up with the releases.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Blue Dragon Awakened Shadow and Monster racers are out

[Daria]

Update Complete.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

DQ 9 and PQ 2 are out

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar
Dawn of Heroes
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals

Have been released

[Shingetter]

The links in the first post don't work anymore (for me anyway) now that the server moved, just an fyi.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Rune Factory 3
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

[Swamperon]

Pokemon Black and White have been confirmed for a March 6th release in NA.

And Radiant Historia has been announced for a NA release.

[Junkyrdsalesman]

This list is in dire need of resurrection, so I'm going to dig up this grave in hopes of an updated list. Here are a few things to be added...

SMT: Devil Survivor 2
Radiant Historia (Came with outerbox and soundtrack)
Pokemon Black and White 2 have been announced as well, pretty sure that will be for NA but not positive
Kingdom hearts Re:coded
Rune Factory 3
Lufia Curse of the Sinstrals

[Daria]

Wow, it's over a year out of date.

Yeeeaaah... should probably update this.

[Daria]

Bumping. Because I'm thinking of updating this thing (hah!) and it's a bitch to find old threads.

[SparTonberry]

Wasn't Lock's Quest a non-RPG strategy game? Never played it, but I watched a full Let's Play of it some time ago.

Well, good thing is that after it was last updated in 2010, that was pretty near the end of the DS' main lifespan anyways.
Once the 3DS launched in 2011, that became Nintendo's main focus.

So we can probably almost just list all the games since:
Etrian Odyssey III, Fossil Fighters Champions, Okamiden(?), Pokemon Black/White/Black 2/White 2, Pokemon Conquest (spinoff, strategy RPG), Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2, Professor Layton and the Last Spector (I think. Was that the one with the extra RPG included in the US version but cut from the EU version?), Solatorobo, Kingdom Hearts RE:Coded(?), Lufia: Curse of the Gods (action-RPG?).
(the remainder of games being Japanese, but obviously this list is English release only)

[Daria]

Only took a few years but finally updated this. Now for revisions. :P

[Daria]

Wasn't Lock's Quest a non-RPG strategy game? Never played it, but I watched a full Let's Play of it some time ago.

Well, good thing is that after it was last updated in 2010, that was pretty near the end of the DS' main lifespan anyways.
Once the 3DS launched in 2011, that became Nintendo's main focus.

So we can probably almost just list all the games since:
Etrian Odyssey III, Fossil Fighters Champions, Okamiden(?), Pokemon Black/White/Black 2/White 2, Pokemon Conquest (spinoff, strategy RPG), Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2, Professor Layton and the Last Spector (I think. Was that the one with the extra RPG included in the US version but cut from the EU version?), Solatorobo, Kingdom Hearts RE:Coded(?), Lufia: Curse of the Gods (action-RPG?).
(the remainder of games being Japanese, but obviously this list is English release only)

Your list was very helpful BTW, I would have missed Professor layton

[lendelin]

Great list, I'm glad you updated it. I like to look at it although I don't play handhelds. But damn, these Dragon Quests look so tempting. In don't want starting buying for handhelds too, on the other hand the kind of RPGs I like the most are in the last couple of years on handhelds.

I find these lists incredibly helpful. I used Press_Starts Wii RPG-List a couple of months ago to list the Wii RPGs I still have to buy. Unfortunately he didn't update it, but this is also understandable. It is time-consuming. The more info there is, the more time-consuming is it to confirm all the little details. That's why I didn't pursue my started threads about the 360 and PS3 RPGS, it would be a hell of work to update them.

[Daria]

Great list, I'm glad you updated it. I like to look at it although I don't play handhelds. But damn, these Dragon Quests look so tempting. In don't want starting buying for handhelds too, on the other hand the kind of RPGs I like the most are in the last couple of years on handhelds.

I find these lists incredibly helpful. I used Press_Starts Wii RPG-List a couple of months ago to list the Wii RPGs I still have to buy. Unfortunately he didn't update it, but this is also understandable. It is time-consuming. The more info there is, the more time-consuming is it to confirm all the little details. That's why I didn't pursue my started threads about the 360 and PS3 RPGS, it would be a hell of work to update them.

It's okay to have a few good games, you don't have to buy up the entire library. :P

[lendelin]

It's okay to have a few good games, you don't have to buy up the entire library. :P

Well said. :)

Here comes a noob question because I'm not at all well informed about handhelds: is there a way to play DS games on a regular TV screen? (I know there is for the PSP), and which system has the best traditional RPGs, the DS or the PSP? In other words, if I'd go for a couple of great handheld RPGs which system would you recommend?

[SparTonberry]

Nothing official. Not unless the game you want to play happens to be one of the few offered on Wii U Virtual Console (and I don't think of the available games are RPGs).

[Daria]

Well said. :)

Here comes a noob question because I'm not at all well informed about handhelds: is there a way to play DS games on a regular TV screen? (I know there is for the PSP), and which system has the best traditional RPGs, the DS or the PSP? In other words, if I'd go for a couple of great handheld RPGs which system would you recommend?

As much as I loved a few great DS games - you might be happier with the PSP. Like you said you can game on the TV and it really feels like having another PS1.

Crimson Gem Saga
PoPoLocrois
Legend of Heroes
ZHP
Ys
Jeanne D'arc

all great games/series.

Plus Soooo much cheaper to buy for.

[lendelin]

As much as I loved a few great DS games - you might be happier with the PSP. Like you said you can game on the TV and it really feels like having another PS1.

Crimson Gem Saga
PoPoLocrois
Legend of Heroes
ZHP
Ys
Jeanne D'arc

all great games/series.

Plus Soooo much cheaper to buy for.

Thanks so much. That helps a lot. I think I might go for a very small but exquisite game library for the PSP (like my ten game library für the GBA). This would be my first handheld I buy, but the kind of traditional RPGs are just too tempting. And then there might be others like Castlevania games I love so much. I have to look in more detail into the PSP library.

[Daria]

Thanks so much. That helps a lot. I think I might go for a very small but exquisite game library for the PSP (like my ten game library für the GBA). This would be my first handheld I buy, but the kind of traditional RPGs are just too tempting. And then there might be others like Castlevania games I love so much. I have to look in more detail into the PSP library.

I need to buy a PSP that can do TV out - there's a few games I wouldn't mind covering for the channel.

[lendelin]

I need to buy a PSP that can do TV out - there's a few games I wouldn't mind covering for the channel.

Some great RPGs deserve to be reviewed, would be very good if you do that.

Reminds me that indeed the first version of the PSP couldn't be played on a regular TV, this was introduced in later versions. I have to be careful wehn I buy one to get one which has the TV out capability.