I'm adding games to my twins 3ds and he wants to try rpgs! He likes strategy rpgs, collectble rgps like pokemon and fun simulation games. He says nothing toooooo anime though, any suggestions? Thanks! 
Fun rpgs for DS and GBA?
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Two incredibly underrated Nintendo DS RPGs:
Mario and Luigi games on both the NDS and GBA, it's peak
Dragon Quest Ix Sentinel of the starry skies
Rune Factory 3
Avalon Code
Rune Factory 3
Avalon Code
Beat me to it
Maybe try the Medabots games. It combines the collecting aspect of Pokemon with the robot customization.
for non Anime Hero's Saga:Laevatein Tactics probably ?
and The Dark Spire
Those are the only Rpgs i know on the NDS that where not already mentioned
and The Dark Spire
Those are the only Rpgs i know on the NDS that where not already mentioned
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Off the top of my head, you've got DQ IV, V, VI and XI on the DS, FF IV, Radiant Historia, Chrono Trigger, SMT Strange Journey, 7th Dragon, the Etrian games and Infinite Space, I've played all of these, didn't finish some of them.
Solatorobo:red hunter buts its probably to Anime and very expensive i think
And it seems i was right.
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Solatorobo:red hunter buts its probably to Anime and very expensive i think
And it seems i was right.
Thanks! This one looks so good :)
Oh yes contact! These are going straight on there
these look so great, collecting creatures
Thanks for this one Doomer
This is might be way too hardcore for him but thank you! I didn't know you could collect them in SMT, (i'v only played persona 1)
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Nothing too anime as in sexual anime girls I think lol
FIRE EMBLEM SHADOW DRAGON IS MY FAVORITE !!!!!! GO PLAY FIRE EMBLEM SHADOW DRAGON AND NEW MYSTERY OF THE EMBLEM AND ALSO THE GBA FIRE EMBLEMS BUT SPECIALLY SACREDSTONES FE6 AND FE7 ARE ALITTLE STINKY BUT YOU SHOULD TRIED THEM TOO AND ALSO THERE IS THE SMT GAMES ON THE DS THE SMT1 GBA PORT GOLDENSUN AND AND AND ALSO MARIO & LUIGI !!!!! I LOVE THE DS IS SOOO GOOD
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Yes! FE on gba, he'd love!
You're truly the silliest of them all
I would like to amend this: Battle Network 2, 3 Blue, 5 Double Team DS, and either version of 6. With Star Force, any versions of 1 and 3 work. BN1 and 4 are bad, as is SF2.
As for my own recs, since I'm not sure what he means by "too anime" so...Final Fantasy V, VI, and Tactics Advance, Yggdra Union, Monster Ranvher Advance 2, and the Fire Emblem games for GBA. FF4 GBA is optional, because GBA and DS are both good. For DS, Dragon Quest V and IX, The World Ends With You, Etrian Odyssey III, and Bowser's Inside Story.
I would recommend against The Dark Spire (I love the game, but it's very much meant for people who like '80s dungeon crawlers) and Avalon Code (kids deserve better).
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If I had to suffer playing through them, so will everybody else! /j
Real talk, I enjoyed BN1 and 4 when I replayed them via the Legs Collection. It was fun, going through them for the first time in twenty years. Ultimately, I do even like BN4. But they are not good by any stretch of the imagination. 2 and 6 are the best the series has to offer.
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Cima the enemy a cross between an action rpg and lemmings(you need to help traverse a group of "survivors" an hostile environment).
Shining soul 2, A diablo clone with lots of customization.
Rebelstar tactical command, A lighter less complex X-com.
Shining soul 2, A diablo clone with lots of customization.
Rebelstar tactical command, A lighter less complex X-com.
The theme that plays as I list a lot of different games:I'm adding games to my twins 3ds and he wants to try rpgs! He likes strategy rpgs, collectble rgps like pokemon and fun simulation games. He says nothing toooooo anime though, any suggestions? Thanks!
Monster Collecting RPGs:
-Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
-Shin Megami Tensei IV
-Soul Hackers
-Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
(only assuming if your twin is the age range of M rated games cause idk, SMT and it's spinoffs tend to be rated M)
-Yo Kai Watch's entire run was on the 3DS and it was a legitimate competitor to Pokemon at one point
-Fossil Fighters 1-3, though Frontier isn't very well liked I hear
Strategy RPGs:
-Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
-Fire Emblem: Echoes
-Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
-Fire Emblem: Awakening
(don't let the Smash players influence their opinions on the franchise because they are genuinely pretty interesting to play with a really wide range of characters, stories, options, etc.)
-Stella Glow
-Knights in the Nightmare
-Pokemon Conquest (this is literally Pokemon Fire Emblem, so try it)
-Drone Tactics
-Final Fantasy Tactics A2
-Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume
-Devil Survivor Overclocked and Record Breaker (these are SMT spinoffs, BUT are rated T)
-Advance Wars Dual Strike and Days of Ruin
(add the original and 2 to the list if GBA is possible)
Simulation games:
-Rune Factory 1-5 are all playable on DS/3DS. They're a mix of farming sim and rpg
-Atelier is the same but it isn't so lucky, with it only having Atelier Annie for DS and two other games that went completely unlocalized
-Nora to Toki no Koubou (fan translated, the forgotten Atlus competitor to Atelier)
None of the stated:
-7th Dragon
-7th Dragon 2020 III (the previous 2 are PSP exclusive and unlocalised, but you don't need them to play this)
-Etrian Odyssey 1-5 and Nexus for the last to try. The Untold games are optional, but Untold 1 spoils a pretty big plot twist in the original game pretty early in
-The Dark Spire
(these up here are all games that rely on you creating your own builds, skills, and classes, sorta like D & D. They don't have massive sprawling plots or anything, but this level of freedom in an RPG is very rare)
-Custom Robo Arena
(this is sorta like the category above, but its more so the ability to customise your robot and change the play style, movement, and other stuff)
-Fantasy Life
(more limited than the categories above, still has some freedom)
-The World Ends With You
(TWEWY is built DIFFERENT. It's so unique of a game that the best way to play it is on actual hardware.)
-Tales of Innocence
-Tales of the Abyss
(Tales is a franchise of action RPGs mostly for the consoles. There are very few for DS/3DS except the localisation of Abyss on 3DS, Hearts (unlocalised), Tempest (don't play Tales of the Tempest, it's the worst in the franchise), and Tales of Innocence)
-Okamiden
(forgotten sequel to the action RPG that's getting another sequel sometime this or next year, Okami. I don't THINK it requires any knowledge of the original but I've never played it nor have I finished the original)
-Phantasy Star Zero
-Mega Man Star Force trilogy
(If you can play GBA games, play all 6 Battle Network games too, a list of GBA games specifically will take me a while to do if needed)
-Metal Max 2: Reloaded and Metal Max 3
-Lunar Knights
(spinoff of Boktai which once again, GBA exclusives)
-Luminous Arc 1-3, 3 has to be fan translated
-Golden Sun in general if GBA is possible, as 2/3 of the games are locked to it
-You can play Dragon Quest 4 all the way to 9 on DS/3DS, how neat
-Dinosaur King
-Deep Labyrinth
-Chrono Trigger DS (considered the best way to play it)
-All GBA/DS Castlevania games are considered half Action RPG
-both Blue Dragon games
-Avalon Code
-Radiant Historia (I don't know if the DS or 3DS version is better, so both)
-Bravely Default and Bravely Second
-The Alliance Alive
-The Legend of Legacy
-Ever Oasis
-Miitopia
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I don't care about the categorisation anymore
-Beyond the Labyrinth
-Final Fantasy Explorers
-999/Zero Time Dilemma/Virtue's Last Reward (same franchise)
-every Kingdom Hearts for DS or 3DS, and GBA if possible
-Solatarobo
-Project X Zone
-all Mario & Luigi games, yes all, play Paper Jam too
-RPGMaker FES (would you believe me if I told you RPGMaker has an exclusive 3DS version?)
-Puyo Puyo Chronicle (I hear some people can play it even though it's untranslated and not localized but I wouldn't know)
-Dragon Quest Monsters games (It's the monster collecting aspect of Dragon Quest 5 and 6 but an entire game I hear)
-From the Abyss
-Infinite Space
-Disgaea DS
-A Witch's Tale
-Final Fantasy 3
-Final Fantasy 4
-Final Fantasy 12: Revenant Wings
-Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light
-the many Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles games on DS if you're both feeling in a multiplayer mood
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