[Road Trip On] Best DS multiplayer?

xzzy

Doing a cross-country road trip and all three people in the car have a DS.

We've all got Tetris and Mario Kart, the foundation of any good time, but these games are a little long in the tooth and I'm wondering if there's something more recent that I've missed. Variety is always nice.

Prefer games that appeal to anyone and don't require a lot of skill or have a huge learning curve. But if there's something awesome enough, feel free to mention it.

Can be either single cart or multi cart play.

Cucco Leader

I'd like to recommend Metroid Prime: Hunters. Pretty straight forward FPS. Also, Kirby Super Star Ultra. Couple mini games if you like short. Couple full modes if you like long.

maximumzero

If you don't mind having to buy two copies, The Legendary Starfy has full co-op similar to Kirby Super Star.

bobmyknob

Bomberman Land Touch 2, New Super Mario Bros, Clubhouse Games, Worms Open Warfare 2 and Mario Party DS are loads of fun in multiplayer.

Ah_Pook

advance wars days of ruin
korg ds10 (if you all happen to be music nerds)
new super mario bros

edit: good call on worms

fmz65

I hear of Zelda Four Swords? I don't know if it's any good or not though...

xzzy

MPH is a terrible hand destroying game.. and not something just anyone can pick up and play.

Anyone got a feel for Space Invaders Extreme? Couldn't dig up a review that gave a solid impression of the multiplayer.

Also considering GTA:Chinatown. Just because the GF loves smashing cars.

cj iwakura

Puyo Pop Fever. Up to eight player multi, one cart. Think Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine on crack.

DeathPrawn

Seconding New Super Mario Bros, Bomberman (any one, there's like 3 different versions), and Worms Open Warfare 2.

Also, if you don't mind it only being 2-player, Contra 4. It's utterly badass, and the series was made for co-op.

Star Fox Command is a pretty mediocre single-player game, but multiplayer dogfights are pretty fun.

UncleSporky

Yeah, Worms Open Warfare 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QmSykVRz38

(Basically starts at :30...)

It has single cart multiplayer (both download and single system passing) but every 3-5 games you'll get desynced with each other which will ruin the game. Sucks but it's worth it anyway due to how fun it is!

Seriously it's amazing.

Ah_Pook

xzzy wrote: »

Anyone got a feel for Space Invaders Extreme? Couldn't dig up a review that gave a solid impression of the multiplayer.

this is an incredible game that you should get no matter what. also the multiplayer is pretty darn fun.

Zerokku

Mario Party DS. Full Multiplayer for four people off of one cart.

SLyM

Although I agree with advance wars, i would suggest dual strike instead of days of ruin. The old CO's are more fun to play with (even though poorly balanced) than the old ones

Drake

METEOS.

astronautcowboy3

What you guys should do is open up Pictochat, and then pray that if you write down enough nouns, it will morph into Scribblenauts.

PMAvers

How much do you like the other people in the vehicle?

If the answer's "not a lot", you can always bust out Dokapon Journey. Single-cart play, too.

troublebrewing

I seem to play a lot of Mario Party DS and Clubhouse Games when on road trips. Also, Scrabble.

Reynolds

http://club.nintendo.jp/present/p62/index.html

Also fun to just watch/listen to.

xzzy

I went to four stores trying to find Worms and/or Space Invaders.. no luck.

I did get Ninja Town because TRU had it for $10.. and why not?

Mario Party sounds like a grand choice given the single cart requirements. That's an enterprise I can get behind!

psyck0

I swear this exact thread came up just a few months ago.

My contribution: Advance wars. Single cart play, will kill hours.

UncleSporky

xzzy wrote: »

I went to four stores trying to find Worms and/or Space Invaders.. no luck.

I did get Ninja Town because TRU had it for $10.. and why not?

Mario Party sounds like a grand choice given the single cart requirements. That's an enterprise I can get behind!

Worms is fairly old by now, I bought it from Amazon.

Neurotika

New Super Mario Bros is great for Multiplay, only need one cart.

Jam Warrior

fmz65 wrote: »

I hear of Zelda Four Swords? I don't know if it's any good or not though...

Requires a cart and a GBA (DS doesn't do link cable play) and a link cable per player so unlikely to be scrounged together unless you're putting in a lot of effort. That said the gameplay is golden multiplay hilarity with the perfect mix of co-operation and competition.