Best Nintendo DS games

[qw90700]

My favorites that not mentioned here:

- Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled

- Sands of Destruction

- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor series

- Trauma Center series

- Ni no Kuni (Japanese game so you may wanna play if you know Japanese or play its English patched version somehow)

- Metal Max 3 (Japanese game so you may wanna play if you know Japanese or play its English patched version somehow)

The games I would hesitate to recommend:

- Flower, Sun and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise

Not many people would appreciate crazy Japanese humor, walking simulator puzzle game that is actually part of a series of games but it can be played as it's if you don't care about the "series". Not to mention English translation is bad, and it would seem really bad even if you didn't play the PS2 version that is Japanese only.

- Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

It's an action RPG with FPS camera. I liked the way gameplay is fun enough for time waster stuff but don't expect The Elder Scrolls quality or something lol.

 

[gmaarcik]

Elite Beat Agents!

Did the DS actually have any other games?? I wouldn't know, because I was always just playing that one

I'd say most people consider Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, EBA and Ouendan 2 to be a trilogy.

if you are into hokuto no ken and rythm mechanism, i'd also recommend

Hokuto Shinken Denshousha no Michi​

 

[Rocket2049]

first and foremost the game to mention,
The World Ends with You, best game to play on a REAL DS hardware due to its need of touch control AND buttons both at once.
to be honest i like the Android version better, better visual and sound quality, but it's "different" gameplay wise.
and also on switch with a whole chapter not in any other version (can't emulate and i don't own it so idk what else it does different)

other games that i liked:
Tetris DS
Castlevania dawn of sorrow (might need to play Aria of sorrow first on GBA for story purposes)
Lost magic (another game with extensive touch inputs)
Sonic Rush and Rush adventure
Chrono trigger (BEST VERSION OF IT, MOST CONTENT! BETTER THAN STUPID "REMASTER" VERSION)
Final fantasy 3 and 4 3D
mario 64 DS (more than enough extras over the original, 4 playable characters alone makes it fun)
Kirby superstar ultra, the best kirby game out there.
Dragon quest 4,5,6 and 9,
DQ4-6 is basically better versions of those 3, a LOT better then NES/SNES
DQ9 is one of the best of the series, and has 4 player multiplayer the entire game!
(emulating on melonDS can do 4 players on one computer, it's unlikely you'll have 4 real copies of DQ9)

 

[nobitakun]

Summon Night 1 & 2

 

[sadasa]

 

[FateLanegod]

DQ9 is one of the best of the series, and has 4 player multiplayer the entire game!
(emulating on melonDS can do 4 players on one computer, it's unlikely you'll have 4 real copies of DQ9)

Wow, that’s the breaking news to me!
I’m an enthusiast of coach multiplayer on emulators. Had no idea melonDS can do that!

Do you know more multiplayer (coop RPG-like) games like this?

 

[Rocket2049]

Wow, that’s the breaking news to me!
I’m an enthusiast of coach multiplayer on emulators. Had no idea melonDS can do that!

Do you know more multiplayer (coop RPG-like) games like this?

on the emu i tried kingdom hearts 358/2, Phantasy Star zero, and zelda four swords anniversary
pokemon black/white (I ran all 4 games B1,B2,W1,W2 all at once and linked them)
but yeah the major one is Dragon quest 9, I ran with 4 players and it really pushed the emu (though i was playing all 4 myself) dq9 co-op is a bit interesting since the game is entirely playable alone, and i have completed it alone, just a minor benefits like sharing some items (not equipment) and re-looting stuff

btw note on melonDS, you might want gamepads for everyone, keyboard input only works on whatever window is active, can't control 2+ players on keyboard as far i can figure out

 

[Badseed]

You almost cannot pick a bad game. Start with the CAstlevanias

 

[Additional Damage]

 

[Evoluder]

kinda sad no one mentioned peak

 

[SpcDaicon]

Persona 3 Dual

Spoiler

But seriously, I think the Luminous Arc trilogy is a underrated gem even though the third game was never brought to the west. If you like tactics, give them a try.

 

[Zeo]

Oh boy, here we go:

Ace Attorney games
Advance Wars (Days of Ruin is a more easy to go compared to Dual Strike)
Chrono Trigger
Custom Robot Arena
Digimon games
Dragon Ball games
Dragon Quest games (even the monsters spin off will give you tons of hours of gameplay!)
Final Fantasy games
Fire Emblem games
Fossil Fighters games
Ghost Trick
Golden Sun Dark Dawn
Inazuma Eleven games
Infinite Space
Jump! games (go for ultimate stars)
Kingdom Hearts games
Luminous Arc games
Megaman (Zero, ZX, Star Force) games
Conan & Kindaichi (If you like the Ace and Layton games, give this one a try)
Monster Rancher DS
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Phantasy Star 0
Pokemon games
Professor Layton games
Radiant Historia
Rune Factory games
SaGa games
Shin Megami Tensei games
Sonic games
Super Robot Taisen (at least the ones with english patchs)
The World Ends With You
Valkyrie Profile
Yu-gi-oh games (stay away from Spirit callers, a pain of a game from start to finish)
Aaaaaand.... Mario games