[Recommend On] GBA & DS

SmokeScreen

So I just recently got a DS Lite after my old DS got lost by an ex-girlfriend (bitch). Needless to say I've been out of the loop on the DS for quite some time and I'm curious as to what the best games to pick up would be? The games I do have, however are as follows:

-Animal Crossing: Wild World
-Rune Factory
-Puzzle Quest
-Cooking Mama
-Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
-Brain Age 2
And I just ordered Elite Beat Agents, Advanced Wars: Days of Ruin, and Trauma Center.

So have I missed anything? What can you recommend based on my list so far? I'm looking for unique games that I can only play on the DS. Also, I completely missed the GBA so throw in some recommendations for that as well. I figured I can get GBA games pretty cheaply now. Thanks!

LewieP

New Super Mario Bros is really good and everyone should have it.

Daxon

LewieP wrote: »

New Super Mario Bros is really good and everyone should have it.

Also EBA is awesome. Probably the best DS game out there.

Also if you haven't played Golden Sun 1 (and 2) for GBA you are insane. INSANE, I say.

GoodOmens

As with every other DS thread, I say...Picross DS. Best value out there, if you can find it.

eelektrik

My most recent DS purchase have been Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer. Both of which I would recommend if you like your RPGs fantastically difficult.

JihadJesus

Also, Etrian Odyssey. If you have any love for old school dungeon crawlers it will posses your soul and devour countless hours of your life - and you'll be grateful for it.

Xtarath

Hmm, deja vu. Anyway, Pokemon Pearl/Diamond, LoZ: Phantom hourglass, and Kirby Canvas Curse.

HoberShort

I'll poke my head in and stump for Professor Layton and the Curious Village. It's a bunch of wacky puzzles connected by your standard JRPG scrolling dialogue and some fun anime full motion video segments, that actually serve to bring the story to a relative crescendo, ending happily with a promised (and delivered) stream of downloadable content.

I also loved Days of Ruin, but since I bought my DS so I could get Dual Strike, I'm pretty much the core demographic on that one.

Daedalus

Wario Ware Twisted is both the best game on the GBA and the best game in the WarioWare series.

Feonis

These were mentioned in another thread, all of the GBA Fire Emblem games are great, if a bit frustrating.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced for GBA is good too, and one for DS comes out around May. (Not for everybody though, it's simplistic at times.)

artoo

Daedalus wrote: »

Wario Ware Twisted is both the best game on the GBA and the best game in the WarioWare series.

YES.

BEST GBA GAME EVAR.

ASimPerson

Do you like Final Fantasy? If so, FF6 Advance is a must-have.

slash000

Taken from the other thread,

my personal DS recommendations are...


Contra 4
Geometry Wars Galaxies
Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits
Mario Kart DS
Contra 4
Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass
Advance Wars Days of Ruin
Advance Wars Dual Strike
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
New Super Mario Bros
Meteos
Contra 4
Elite beat agents
Kirb Canvas curse
Mario and Luigi Partners in Time
Planet Puzzle League
Animal Crossing WW
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin
Tetris DS
Contra 4
Bleach DS Blade of Fate
Professor Layton
Picross DS
Clubhouse Games
Lunar Knights
Sonic Rush
Contra 4
Sonic Rush Adventure
Puzzle Quest
Trauma Center Under the Knife
Phoenix Wright series
Yoshi's Island DS
Metroid Prime Pinball
Apollo Justice
Contra 4
Megaman ZX
Megaman ZX Advent
Brain Age
Call of Duty 4
Contra 4

Also looking very much forward to Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword in a couple of days..


Those are the main ones I'd recommend, but I don't know much about RPGs or the like.


Contra 4 and GeoWars Galaxies and Konami Arcade are three incredibly good, pick up and play, fantastic portable on-the-go type games.

Dr Mario Kart

For GBA:

Gunstar Super Heroes
Drill Dozer
All of the Castlevanias
The 2 Fire Emblem games
The 2 Advance Wars Games

elevature

Second one of these today, on top of the ones we've gotten every single week. If only we had some sort of thread where all of these recommendations could be kept...a sort of mega-thread, if you will.

Anyway, I will second/third/whatever the recommendations for Etrian Odyssey and Shiren the Wanderer. The two best, and most overlooked, RPGs on the DS. They will take over your life.

slash000

For GBA:


Ninja Five-O
Gradius Galaxies
Doom
Doom II
Duke Nukem Advance
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow, and Circle of the Moon
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Zero Mission
Astro Boy Omega Factor
King of Fighters EX2 Howling Blood
Street Fighter Alpha 3
the Super Mario Advances
Iridion II
Gunstar Super Heroes
Warioware Twisted
Megaman Zero Series