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[Xis]

I got a few free from Club Nintendo, but the only one I enjoyed was Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again.

 

[Azriell]

Number Battle is probably my favorite dsiware game. It's a strategy board game where you take turns placing numbered tiles on a grid. You earn points by forming different types of combos, based on the number on the tile and the direction of the paths on the tiles. One easy example of the strategy involved is if you place a 3 tile which has 3+ paths (let's say the paths go E, W, and S), and then build a 4 and 5 sequence on E and W paths, when you place a 2 on the S side of the 3, you'll get a combo for 2-3-4-5 twice, as game counts 2-5 going E and W. If there are additional branching paths off of the 4, you can get even more points for one play. Then you play the 1 on the 2 and you get even more points.

There's always room for turnabout though. Some of your tiles will be rainbow colored, indicating that other players can build off of your tiles (something that's usually not allowed). Rainbow tiles leave you open to have your combo blocked, but they also give you mobility. Non-rainbow tiles can only be placed adjacent to your other tiles (regardless of whether the paths connect or not) but rainbows can be placed anywhere. This means you can also place a rainbow anywhere on the board, to block the enemy. Add in items like ones which add/delete paths, change blocks from rainbow to non, land mines, etc, and you have a ton of depth.

I never played it online. I guess the dsiware MP servers are down now, or are being taken down soon. The campaign (which I'm still playing) seems to be long enough to justify the price (so far I've played ~15 levels), plus you can also go back to get gold medals.

 

[hachi]

Pinball Pulse is great. There's only one table, but it's really well designed. Also has a daily challenge mode (no online leaderboards though).

This is still the only pinball game that I've truly enjoyed. Everything about the design and details feels fully authentic to the design and feel of real pinball tables. It's evident that the creators cared about the details and the history of these machines.

I downloaded Zen 3D and played for several hours trying to make myself like it, but never really got any enjoyment whatsoever. Felt lifeless, even with the more advanced tech.

 

[Alec]

Photo. Fucking. Dojo.

 

[NIN90]

POW block anyone?

 

[Vandole]

Art Style: Boxlife. You're given sheets of gridded paper that you have to cut into shapes to make boxes. It sounds ridiculously dull but it was the most addictive DSi game I played. Great music too.

 

[Kolma]

Dragon's Lair
BOXLIFE
Bird & Beans (on OG Wario Ware)
Paper Airplane Chase (on OG Wario Ware)
Pop+ Solo
Shantae
Electroplankton series

Car Jack Streets could be better if it wasn't for the stupid collecting of money based on real world time requirement. If you decide to take a week break and come back, you're already wanted as you missed a payment.

As for cheap pointless apps that you probably shouldn't get but I enjoyed (Summer of Pepsi RockBand)

myNotebook
myPostcards (pretty much like swapnote cept you save the images on SD and you can post them on facebook (using DSi's facebook upload))
and all the various Calcs and Clocks cause why not

 

[vagabondarts]

The only game I enjoyed and didn't feel ripped off by was Aura Aura Climber. Sharp game.

DsiWare was absolutely horrible.

 

[HyperZone<3]

Escapee GO! is a pretty dang fun stealth/maze chase game. Brief but good.

and while looking up its I-thought-was-defunct-developer it turns out they may have been the guys who ported Deadly Premonition to the PC, please don't hold that against them.

 

[Kneefoil]

Considering buying Mighty Flip Champs! since it's by WayForward and a few of you are recommending it. What about Mighty Milky Way? Any consensus on that?

Edit: lol. I thought I was on this thread, but I guess it doesn't matter.

 

[MooMilk2929]

Noones gonna mention plants vs zombies?