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[Magni]

Pokémon, either Platinum now or HeartGold/SoulSilver in five weeks. Or both/all three

 

[beelzebozo]

Have you tried Chibi-Robo: Welcome Home?

i don't speak japanese :/

 

[mr_chun]

Any of the Castlevania games. All three of them are in my top ten favorite DS games.

Also, if you can find it, Kirby Canvas Curse is the absolute perfect showcase of the stylus controls. And it's beautiful to boot.

 

[Takao]

A swell traditional RPG that's been overlooked:

A swell Zelda-esque action-adventure game that's been overlooked:

 

[red shoe paul]

Space Invaders Extreme 2.

 

[Scythesurge]

The World Ends With You and Dragon Quest V!

 

[Gilgamesh]

 

[Vexidus]

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

Why the HELL has no one mentioned Devil Survivor?!

Devil Survivor!

 

[Wizpig]

Spirit Tracks.

 

[depward]

Gotta go with the first reply you got: N+. While I liked the PSP release a little better, the DS one is still quite awesome.

Would also suggest Animal Crossing, any of the Castlevania games and, if you're into Phantasy Star at all, PS0.

 

[soldat7]

$13.12 on Amazon right now. It's excellent.

 

[Oyashiro]

I say Rhythm Heaven. It's one of my top 5 games on the system.

Also, a word of advice. Elite Beat Agents will rape your touch screen.

 

[ULTROS!]

Cooking Mama and Phoenix Wright

 

[Azure Phoenix]

Elite Beat Agents, it's very addictive and ridiculously cheap everywhere (Gamestation/Game were selling it for £1.99 used a few weeks ago).

 

[Crumpet Trumpet]

Elite Beat Agents is the best "on a whim" game you'll ever play.

 

[Willectro]

If you like Pokemon at all, you cant go wrong with Pokemon Platinum.

 

[Nayishiki]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.

 

[NinMicroSega]

Our job is done.

Now, move out!

 

[Cromulent_Word]

this is accurate.

 

[DisenLedZep]

Castlevania Order Of Ecclesia (then, the other 2)

Advance Wars Dual Strike + Advance Wars Days Of Ruin

Hotel Dusk

Phoenix Wright (all of them, including Apollo Justice)

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

Zelda The Phantom Hourglass

The World Ends With You (if you like japanese rpgs)

You can't go wrong with this list...

 

[Oli]

If you like strategy games then buy Advance Wars Dual Strike or Days of Ruin.

 

[LethaL ImpuLse]

Play this shit, NOW! One of my personal favorites on the DS.

 

[Telosfortelos]

Why the HELL has no one mentioned Devil Survivor?!

Devil Survivor!

Devil Survivor doesn't get enough attention. I've just finished it for the first time, and despite my gnawing backlog, I'll likely go through a couple more times before playing anything else (via new game+). If you can tolerate game stories that want you to think about the value of religion, you'll love this story. This one doesn't even force you to reject Christianity out of hand. It lets you choose what you think is right, and it isn't limited to God-is-good or humans-don't-need-God; you can even reject the question and focus instead on well...I don't want to say too much. It's not perfectly thoughtful, but it's a breath of fresh air to have a game let you make the value choices.

Spoiler

(Even if I just chose the traditional reject-God approach)

Even if you don't care for that stuff, the story of a Tokyo lockdown and people discovering demons is impressively delivered. The game conveys tension and fear really impressively; people should be talking about this. There are a few other big interesting elements I wouldn't want to spoil. It's not perfect (the translation - which I loved for the first half - seems to fall apart in the second), but it's pretty damned original!

And that's without discussing the gameplay, which is excellent. A strategy-rpg that turns into a traditional turn-based rpg when you attack an opponent (though only for a round of attacks), plus dozens and dozens of demons with weakness and strengths that you must exploit. Megaten games are always rewarding for demon collecting, and this one has the best implementation of demon fusion, allowing you to easily see which demons you can create via a search feature, and making it very easy to see what skills you'll get on your new demon. It makes it really fun to plan out uber-demons with exactly the right abilities.

There's a fair bit of challenge, but it doesn't require much grinding. You'll only want to grind to feed your demon-collecting obsession, really. But the fights do require some thought, and you will die a couple of times to some of the bosses as you puzzle out a good strategy (and you're not just limited to one working strategy - the game allows for creativity as well).

So yes, I love this game.

 

[Telosfortelos]

Bah! Double post. Sorry!

 

[faridmon]

The World Ends With You

this.

 

[hypostatic]

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales

One of the secret best games on the system.

And for what it's worth, EBA is hugely overrated.

 

[Rocky_Balboa]

Picross
Rittai Picross
Platinum Sudoku

 

[Spwn]

I really enjoy The World Ends With You, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia and the Phoenix Wright -games.

But this thread just needs more hats:

 

[someguyinahat]

For those of you recommending things like Phoenix Wright or Japanese import titles, please keep the OP in mind when he says:

I am just about to go to the shop to buy myself a DS treat.

I am just about to go to the shop

the shop

I don't know where you guys live that you can get Phoenix Wright in any old shop, because I couldn't find it used or new at any store in a city of 2.5 million people. I'm sure the same can be said for Japanese games that people will likely import from Japan and not trade it in at the shop when they're done.

 

[Count Dookkake]

If you like boobs, robots and jrpgs you can't go wrong with Super Robot Taisen: Endless Frontier.