DS Games with minimal touch controls?

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I got a new handheld recently that lacks a touch screen and I'm tryna find some DS games for it that either don't use the touch controls at all or are so simple that a joystick can be used in its stead. Any suggestions?
 
Devil Survivor 1 and 2, Solatorobo, Radiant Historia, Castlevania games(there's a hack for DOS to skip magic seals), Dragon Quest Zenithia trilogy+IX and Strange Journey barely use touch screen or has it as something optional
 
Mega Man Zero Collection probably doesn't use it too much, being a bunch of GBA ports. I also don't recall having used a stylus for Mega Man ZX and assume Advent is much the same.
 
Dragon Quest IX can be played entirely without touching the screen and it's one of the best offerings on the system.
 
Almost every JRPG, particularly Final Fantasy can be played without the touch screen. That being said, avoid 'The World Ends with You' like the plague because that's really gonna flip your pancake.
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Dragon Quest IX can be played entirely without touching the screen and it's one of the best offerings on the system.
Lord, I need to buy that - I just got a 3DS for the first time and I love the fact that you're basically god and people try to kill you instead of the other way around
 
Phoenix Wright games can be played entirely without touch if I recall correctly. Except Apollo Justice I think? Also I'm not sure about the first game's bonus case.
 
Kirby Super Star Ultra, Mario Kart DS, Retro Game Challenge, Rune Factory 3 and the first Sonic Rush should all be perfectly playable without a touch screen. Also any of the mainline Pokemon games like Platinum, Heartgold/Soulsilver, Black/White, and Black2/White2. You can't use the Poketch in Platinum but I don't think that makes much of a difference.
 
I think you need touch to use Meta Knight's optional abilities. But aside from that, yeah.

Btw I found this, @FloorIsYours: https://retroachievements.org/hub/22748
Oh thank you, I wasn't sure if there was a proper list for them. Though, like I said, no problem if there are very few touch controls to deal with.


Devil Survivor 1 and 2, Solatorobo, Radiant Historia, Castlevania games(there's a hack for DOS to skip magic seals), Dragon Quest Zenithia trilogy+IX and Strange Journey barely use touch screen or has it as something optional
Never heard of Solatorobo, but I really like how it looks. I'll try this one out for sure.
 
So I assume you got an emulation handheld not a DS unit. Additional question there is does it have a good screen that can still present both screens of a DS or do the games need to also display minimal to no information on one of the screens? I say one because "Main" Screen on DS is dictated by game developers and sometimes is the lower one instead of upper one. Some games use both at the same time for he main action. Some majority uses one as main "Normal" screen and other subscreen is used for still crucial info,
It seriously is hard to go by that. DS games by larger category are "Normal controlling games with slight touchscreen controls" like minigames, drawing a sigil or some such. Now if the requirement is zero touchscreen controls, it becomes slightly challenging to name stuff. Entirely touchscreen games is a category, but surprisingly likely 10-30% of the library with my extremely loosey estimation. If I'd look at few pages of repo games sorted by popularity, and sticking to games I know.

Pokemon games
: Can be optionally controlled a lot with touchscreen, menuing is easier but can be entirely played without touching. IIRC DiamondPearlPlatinum has a touchscreen minigame or few though. Might be same for BW since they are pokemon games I been not into.
New Super Mario Bros: It is super mario. Unlike 64 it does not even have touchscreen heavy minigames, though it might have had one. Main touchscreen use is to invoke stored item drop by touching it in upper right corner of the screen (Made to be touched by thumb)
Final Fantasy games: Aside some side content playable without touchscreen. Drawing a face for the added gremlin summon in FF IV etc.
Chrono Trigger DS: It is chrono trigger, on DS. Might be easier to emulate the non DS version though.
Mario Kart DS: Mario karts fine without touchscreen. If you do not have the subscreen no map for you but stops no mario karter from getting karted.
 
dragon ball origins 2
 

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