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[mstevens]

Short backstory: I skipped most of the Wii and DS generation because I was too busy with MMOs. In January 2013 I bought a 3DS to play OOT, which led me back to console gaming where I am overloaded with things to play on 3DS/WiiU/Vita/PS4.

I've decided that I should go back and pick up all the essential games that I'll want to play down the road for Wii / DS while they're still semi-available.

Here is what I have collected so far... (many of these are thanks to your suggestions)

Wii:
Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2
Xenoblade Chronicles
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Pikmin 1 and 2
Zelda TP and SS
Rayman Origins
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Little King's Story
Rhythm Heaven Fever
The Last Story
Punch Out
Trauma Center New Blood
Sonic Colors
Wario Land Shake It
Zack and Wiki
Wii Sports
Pandora's Tower
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
A Boy and his Blob
Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
Okami
Klonoa
Resident Evil 4
Kirby's Return to Dreamland
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Mad World
Samba De Amigo
Epic Mickey
(played Super Paper Mario)
(have DKC:R for 3DS)

DS:
999
The World Ends With You
Chrono Trigger
Advance Wars Dual Strike
Pokemon HeartGold / Black / Diamond
Final Fantasy 3 and 4
Sonic Collection
Rhythm Heaven
Elite Beat Agents
Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise
Radiant Historia
Hotel Dusk
Last Window
Devil's Survivor
Radiant Historia
Kirby: Canvas Curse
Diddy Kong Racing
Mario and Luigi Partners in Time
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Final Fantasy Tactics A2
Mega Man Battle Network 5
Dragon Ball Z Attack of the Saiyans
Dragon Ball Origins
(played Bowser's Inside Story)

On my radar: (going to add to this as people post games that I will probably get)
Wii:
Kirby's Return to Dreamland
Trauma Center

DS
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow

What *must have* DS/Wii games am I missing?

 

[Captainbojanglesiii]

Dragon Quest IV/ V / VI / IX on DS

 

[Qblivion]

Radiant Historia on DS. A time travel RPG by Atlus with wonderful music.

 

[batbeg]

For Wii:
Disaster Day of Crisis
A Boy and his Blob
Boom Blox
Little Kings Story

Edit: whoops you already have LKS

 

[James Scott]

I remember really liking Solatorobo (DS)

 

[gngf123]

You are missing every DS Atlus game for starters. Those are some of the best games on the system.

Radiant Historia
Etrian Odyssey 1-3
Strange Journey
Devil Survivor 1-2 (1 has a 3DS remake, 2 will do soon)

Also missing the Dragon Quest games, Infinite Space, and a load of other stuff that I'm not thinking of right now.

 

[Vylash]

every Trauma Center game on the Wii, Trauma Center 2 and Ghost Trick on the DS

 

[Persona7]

NO MORE HEROES series

Mad World

House Of The Dead Overkill

 

[D-Man]

*Ctrl + f: Ace Attorney*
"0 results found"

This was your first mistake, OP. Get all the Ace Attorney games on DS, you'll thank me later. Or you can get the Ace Attorney Trilogy on 3DS and then buy Apollo Justice and Ace Attorney Investigations separately. Also get Ghost Trick and Hotel Dusk since those two games are great as well.

 

[Majestad]

For DS you are missing all the Shin Megami Tensei games.

 

[Cbajd5]

If you're at all interested in importing you should get Ouendan 1&2 and Jump Super/Ultimate Stars. (All for DS.)

 

[BrokenIcarus]

Wario Ware Touched!
Phantom Hourglass is also really good imo.

 

[MikeDip]

I'm gonna need time to think about this and look over my collection. You're looking to like triple your games though, you are missing so many must haves

For starters, like many said, you are missing all the Atlus games on both systems.

 

[Prelude.]

CiNG games and the Trauma Centers. May they all rip in peace.

 

[redhood56]

Mad World is great and is really cheap now.

 

[Bricky]

*Ctrl + f: Ace Attorney*
"0 results found"

This was your first mistake, OP. Get all the Ace Attorney games on DS, you'll thank me later.

He has a 3DS though, I don't know if the new ports are any good but that might be the better (and cheaper) platform for them.

 

[Alfredo]

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on the Wii

The other Castlevania DS games are also pretty good, Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia.

He has a 3DS though, I don't know if the new ports are any good but that might be the better (and cheaper) platform for them.

Either way, he'd still have to get Ace Attorney 4 on the DS.

 

[mstevens]

Appreciate the posts so far.. I'll try to update my list of "on my radar" of suggestions that I will follow up on.

 

[D-Man]

He has a 3DS though, I don't know how decent the new ports are but that might be the better (and cheaper) platform for them.

I actually realized that a few moments ago, so I edited my post. He would still need to get AJ and AAI on DS though.

 

[Fredescu]

Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime
Excite Truck

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

DS
Etrian Odyssey 3

 

[rjc571]

For Wii:

A Boy and His Blob
De Blob and De Blob 2
Donkey Kong Country Returns
House of the Dead: Overkill
Ivy the Kiwi
Kororinpa and Marble Saga Kororinpa
Klonoa remake
Kirby's Return to Dreamland
Metroid Other M
Monster Hunter 3
Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands
Red Steel 2
Sin & Punishment 2
Tatsunoko vs Capcom

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Okami on Wii

 

[ryseing]

Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn- whoops, in OP. Buy this though.

Red Steel 2- one of the best last gen FPS period.

 

[18-Volt]

Wii:
Trauma Team
House of the Dead Overkill
Resident Evil 4 Wii edition and all other RE games on Wii
Madworld
Tatsunoko vs Capcom
Dead Space Extraction
FFCC Crystal Bearers
Chocobo's Dungeon
Excitebots
Batallion Wars 2
Super Mario Sluggers
Sin & Punishment 2
Project Zero 2
The Last Story

 

[Vanillalite]

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[Captainbojanglesiii]

The Professor Layton games also.

 

[Bricky]

I just noticed the OP doesn't have Donkey Kong Country Returns. That one is essential if you want to play the greatest games on the Wii.

 

[SegaShack]

Punch Out
Sin and Punishment
Contra 4

 

[fhqwhgads]

If you're up for some challenging platforming, Donkey Kong Country Returns is a must have. Game will chew you up and spit you out with no remorse.
Edit: Oh yeah, Punch Out!! too. Next Level Games knocked it out of the park.

 

[MemoryHumanity]

Wii

de Blob
Resi 4
Resi Darkside Chronicles
Battalion Wars 2
Sin & Punishment 2
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Okami
House of the Dead: Overkill
Dead Space: Extraction
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Punch-Out!!
Excite Truck
Mario Strikers Charged
Fluidity/Hydroventure
World of Goo
Lostwinds
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Wii Sports Resort
Lost in Shadow
No More Heroes 1&2
MadWorld
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
WarioWare Smooth Moves

 

[Htown]

^Good list.

One game that hasn't been mentioned yet is the Goldeneye 007 remake/reboot.

Great game.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Wii:
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Sin and Punishment 2
No More Heroes 1+2
Red Steel 2
Boom Blox/Boom Blox: Bash Party
Goldeneye remake

DS:
Contra 4
Henry Hatsworth
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Aliens: Infestation
Professor Layton & The Curious Village

 

[Hindl]

No Bowser's Inside Story? Anyone? Get that OP.

Also kinda related but I'm going on a trip with my 3DS, and I have both Chrono Trigger DS and Radiant Historia to play for the first time. Which should I tackle first? Feel like the answer will be Chrono Trigger but just curious

 

[Producer]

DS
Rune Factory 3
Strange Journey

Wii
Sin & Punishment Star Successor
Trauma Team

 

[AwShucks]

Kirby: Canvas Curse

 

[UncleCross]

Hotel Dusk for the DS. And the sequel, Last Window, if you can get ahold of it.

 

[Balb]

It's not a big name but Klonoa for Wii is a great remake of one of the best platformers ever made.

 

[orborborb]

DS:
Yoshi Touch and Go
Pac n Roll
Metroid Prime Hunters
Star Fox Command
Lost in Blue
Mario vs Donkey Kong March of the Minis
Mario vs Donkey Kong Mini-land Mayhem
Space Invaders Extreme

Wii:
Kororinpa
Punch Out
Pandora's Tower
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn

 

[rjc571]

Just saw the OP's edit. Even if he has DKC Returns on the 3DS, he still owes it to himself to get the Wii version so he can play it at a flawless 60 fps framerate.

 

[Rran]

YMMV, but I really enjoyed Monster Tale on the DS

 

[Platy]

Kirby Canvas Course is my favorite DS game ever made.

 

[D-Man]

Hotel Dusk for the DS. And the sequel, Last Window, if you can get ahold of it.

Oh yes, these two for sure. If you live in North America, OP, you can easily import Last Window from the UK since DS games a region-free. They're a great set of visual novels and the game where the dude in my avatar comes from.

 

[Brianâ˜]

Every Professor Layton and Ace Attorney game.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Wii:
Sin & Punishment 2
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
Punch Out

DS:
Kirby Canvas Curse
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesis
Meteos

 

[Jotamide]

All the DS Castlevanias, Pokemon SoulSilver, and the Mega Man Zero Collection.

 

[Wichu]

If you have any interest in Pokémon/dungeon crawlers/roguelikes, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky is pretty good.

And on the topic of Pokémon, Black 2/White 2 are worth a look. Skip Diamond for Platinum - Platinum fixes the crappy battle system delays from Diamond/Pearl and has additional content too.

 

[Crayolan]

Wii:
No More Heroes 1 and 2
Okami

DS:
Pokemon Black 2

 

[Mephala]

DS

Castlevania Order of Ecclesia
Megaman XZ
Rune Factory
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume
Dragon Quest series

 

[Coffee Dog]

Punch-Out!! Wii is the best sequel the NES game could have gotten, and that's why it's very underrated.