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Message: [QUOTE="Skunkobot, post: 179434, member: 6922"] The DS was certainly a great platform for those like you and me who love their point anc click games, or adjacent puzzle + story games. The touch controls instictively made it ideal for a small revival of the genre and I had a lot of fun with many games on it, [B]999[/B] and[B] Hotel Dusk[/B] definitely being stand outs. As others have pointed out, those games had sequels that you should try. [B]Last Window[/B] : [B]The Secret of Cape West[/B] is the sequel to Hotel Dusk and is as good if not better. [B]999[/B] had 2 sequels, [B]Virtue's Last Reward [/B]and [B]Zero Time Dilemma[/B] that are both available on 3DS and PS VITA. A collection of the 3 games called [B]The Nonary Games[/B] is available on Steam, VITA and PS4. The [B]Danganronpa[/B] series of games from the same developper are their spiritual successors but I couldn't really get into them. I like the Zero Escape series a lot more. I will also re-iterate on both [B]Ghost Trick[/B], which is a fantastic tile and a very original take on the genre with unique gameplay mechanics, great art style and animation and fun characters, and[B] Another Code : Two Memories ([/B]aka[B] Trace Memory[/B] in North America[B]).[/B] The latter has seen a recent remake on Switch along with its Wii sequel that I havent played ([B]Another Code : R[/B]), but from what I gathered it lost some of its charm in the conversion process, and also I remember some of the puzzle were really designed around the DS's features, specially one that blew my mind back in the day and can't be reproduced on switch, so I'd recommend playing the OG version on DS. Beside those, the 2 big DS franchises of [B]Ace Attorney[/B] and [B]Professor Layton[/B] are well known and regarded, and definitely scratch that P&C itch. The series have ups and downs but overall are all quality games and will alone provide 100s of hours of entertainment. [B]AA[/B] is a bit more visual novel oriented while [B]Prof Layton[/B] is more puzzle focused but both are great, and they even joined forces on a crossover game on 3DS I really recommend. Note that in the [B]AA[/B] series, the[B] Miles Edgeworth : Investigation[/B] games are the ones that are the closest to a classic P&C feel as the navigation is from the third person POV, but unfortunately are not the best in the series (in my humble opinion) All the [B]AA [/B]games have been remasterd and re-released on pretty much every modern platform. The [B]Prof Laytons[/B] are all stuck on DS/3DS still. Other DS games worth mentioning : - the [B]Touch Detective[/B] game series (or [B]Touch Mystery[/B] in some European countries) are some very japanese and quirky games. Unique art style but weird pacing and vibes. Not for everyone but worth a try. - [B]Broken Sword : Knights of The Templars - Director's Cut[/B] The classic PC game ported to the DS. Still a great adventure title but the visuals have suffered a bit from the down sizing. - [B]Runaway 2 : Dream Of the Turtle[/B] Another PC game port. Decent game from Pendulo studios, but didnt quite re-capture the magic of the first one. - [B]Exit DS[/B] - A lot more puzzle than story but still satisfied my P&C craving. - [B]Myst DS[/B] - It's the original Myst, on DS. - [B]Flower, Sun and Rain[/B] : a UFO of a game, from the unconventional mind of Suda 51. The game is cryptic and trying to figure out what is going on or what you're supposed to do is challenging, even for seasoned puzzle adventure players. The Wii had a few fun Point and click games too, mostly ports of PC games of the time, like the Telltale game series of [B]Sam and Max[/B], [B]Tales Of[/B] [B]Monkey Island[/B] and [B]Back To The Future[/B], and playing them with the wiinote made them quite enjoyable on console. One Wii exclusive that really is worth playing is Capcom's [B]Zack and Wiki, [/B]which is an early Wii title focused on environemental puzzles that are very reminiscent of classic 90s point ans click. The story is minimal, as the game is presented in stages, but all the puzzles make extensive use of the Wiimote and all of its features, and really showcased the variety of what could be achieved with it. Plus the presentation is amazing. Dont get foold by its childish looks though, the game is smart and can be really challenging. I had a blast with it, a real hidden gem. Fianlly, I would be remiss if I didnt mention that, if you have or can mod a Wii or DS/3DS, you can run [B]ScummVM[/B] on them, which allows you to play all the classic Sierra and Lucas Arts games of the 90s. You can (re)experience Day Of Tentacle with a Wiimote or Space Quest with a stylus, if that sounds appealing to you ;) [/QUOTE]

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