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DS Reccomendation Thread
TheCrumblyCracker
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Going on a family vacation where my DS will be in wide use. I need some recommendations!
Currently on my list: Elite Beat Agents, Phoenix Right, Trauma Center
Edit: May as well put what I already have.
Pokemans, MP: Hunters, Mario Kart.
Currently on my list: Elite Beat Agents, Phoenix Right, Trauma Center
Edit: May as well put what I already have.
Pokemans, MP: Hunters, Mario Kart.
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Pokemon Pearl/Diamond
Both Castlevanias.
I have to second Etrian Odyssey and Ouendan, though you can hold off on Ouendan if you're getting EBA. Meteos might be a good sharing game. People have had some success trading off NSMB life by life, but personally I didn't like NSMB much.
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Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime! It's so good.
Tetris DS
Mario Kart DS
Um... and what other people said.
I've put hours upon hours on my DS playing those games.
I'd recommend Phoenix Wright 1 & 2, since they're great games that mostly don't require any touchscreen precision. Etrian Odyssey, too, but it's geared towards a specific subset of gamers and I'm not sure if you'd like it.
Lastly, I'm going to recommend Advance Wars DS, if you can find it, because that game is guaranteed to eat up 100+ hours of your life, no problem.
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Though for a vacation, I'd be more interested in other types of games. Wright and Hotel Dusk would be great options. Depends though. If you're relaxing a lot trying to unwind, those are as good as a book.
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Sim City
There are no other DS games.
Your recommendation consists of two games that can be played on other systems, and arguably in better fashion?
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Also Lunar knights, because I love the boktai series. Though I am sure not as many other people feel the same.
meteos
actually meteos might be better to play first - now i have played puzzle quest every otehr puzzle game just seems lacking in something. puzzle quest is great for holidays though, because you can play in eitehr short or long sessions very easily.
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Castlevania, both are awesome, though somewhat short, should still be good for a trip.
EBA and Ouedan are fucking incredible.
Etrian Odyssey is great if you like dungeon crawlers.
Final Fantasy III
Both kirby games are good, but short.
Lunar Knights can be good, if you like the boktai games
Megaman ZX is awesome if you like the megaman x/zero games.
Meteos, and tetris ds both rock as puzzlers. I havent played planet puzzle league to comment on it.
Picross ds is full of awesome and win
Pokemon
Sonic Rush is probably the best sonic game since sonic cd
New Super mario brother is really good
Trauma Center may be worth getting if you like hard games
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No, not really.
I'm actually going out today to buy a black DS Lite and spend $150 on games - for my mom (for the record she's slightly over 50). I'm still not sure what I'm getting her (will depend on sales) but I know she's getting NSMB, Sonic Rush and Nervous Brickdown (she wanted Break em All, but Brickdown looks much better). She was all disappointed when the game she really wanted wasn't out yet - she really wanted Professor Layton!
Phoenix Wright 1 & 2 - Great Games.
Planet Puzzle League - Tetris Attack!... Nuff' said.
New Super Mario Bros - Long and great.
Sonic Rush - Fast paced Sonic.
Elite Beat Agents - So much fun.
Hotel Dusk - Engrossing story.
Don't
Lunar Knights - Very slow game.
Word of caution on trauma center. It is really fucking hard and frustrating. Like throw your DS at a wall and curse a blue streak frustrating. I tried it because everyone on the forums seems to love it, but I am not enjoying it thus far. Seems too hard without much of a payoff. Opinions opinions lol.
You could try Planet Puzzle League. Probably the best puzzle game I've played.
DS Lite (Black) $130
Carrying case $10ish
Hori Protectors $Free (I bought so much in one store he threw them in)
NSMB (used) $23
Sonic Rush (used) $12
Phoenix Wright (used) $16
Trace Memory (new) $10
Polarium (new) $5
Clubhouse Games (used) $21
Big Brain Academy (new) $18
Feel the Magic (used) $8
Overall a pretty good set of games, especially for the price. The used games were at a place (NOT EB) that actually requires books and cases and they are in great shape - I'd never know they were used if it weren't for the saved games already on them.
No person has yet mentioned Picross DS.
I actually just got a DS on Thursday, picked up Picross, Puzzle Quest and Pokemon Diamond (or Pearl, I can't remember which). I figure those will keep me occupied until the sun explodes.
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Just me, possibly, but I find this game amazingly tedious and bland. It could be just that I was never the hugest fan of Bejeweled in the first place, but after having to do one of these battles every single time I ever wanted to do anything, I got real sick of it. Random encounters plaguing practically every roadway for the lose, and my level 32 mount still can't "bypass" them like the manual says high-level mounts should be able to.
Just a counterpoint to provide another perspective. Apparently I'm in the minority.
Pfft, I don't play quest. I just play Instant Action. Cuts out the junk.
Yeah, get SPP. It's easy, but I had a ton of fun with it. More fun than I had with NSMB.
Good thing Herby mentioned it or I'd have forgotten.
It's sad that alot of people are close minded to it. I beat it this morning and traded it in because no one else wanted to play it (the wife said it reminded her of SMB2 which she hated!). I did manage to get Pokemon Diamond with my tradeins so I'm a happy camper - I played Yellow back in the day and about 10 minutes of Leaf Green so it's going to be a great new experience for me I think.
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It's one of those games that makes you say, out loud, and in public spaces, "Damn. this is a good game!"
And it really is. Damn.
Haven't been able to find a single cartridge of it in two different Gamestops for months, new or used. Kind of annoying since I hear it's great.
So uh yeah, it is a damn good game. I've only played the first two but I can't wait to find a copy of dual strike.
Also, I noticed no one has said anything about Animal Crossing...
I know it's a game that looks like a lame kids SIMS game... but really. It's slow, easy going, a great time waster and trust me... I have spent toooo much time fishing, just because all I could think of was, "I NEEEED a bigger house!!!! AND THAT SOFA!"
Not for everyone, but for those who are open to it, it is a nice easy escape.
Instant Action is where it's at.
Yes, Picross DS really is all kinds of rad. I have poured an obscene number of hours into that game and have hardly completed a fifth of the total number of puzzles.
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i had a friend say that to me, and i asked him to make sure and check out the monster items and spells so that he realized every creature was different and required different tactics to beat. he turned the difficulty up to 'hard' and hes now on his second time through and hasnt stopped playing since :P
if you REALLY hate bejewelled, its possible you wont like puzzle quest i guess, but the tactics involved in making a character build (especially at levels 1-20 where the game is balanced at its best) are what has kept it interesting for me long after the bejewelled-fascination wore off.
multiplayer is a little broken with some overpowered spells/items/runes, especially if you have friends who like to munchkin-ize their heroes, but im waiting for the rebalanced xbla version for some good multiplayer (thats irrelevant though, since this is a ds thread!)
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Not to run off topic but a super smash brothers game would be a pretty nice addition to the system.