Gaming List of all DS(i) Rereleases/Ports/Remakes/etc (includes DSiWare and Homebrew)

[Indy13]

Maybe i missed it while reading your list but if it is missing i will suggest you to add cheretic the port of Heretic and the new version of DualHexen, the port of Hexen

cheretic gamebrew page

cheretic gbatemp's thread

https://github.com/elhobbs/dualHexen

DualHexen DSi gbatemp's thread

 

[Kaisaan]

Maybe i missed it while reading your list but if it is missing i will suggest you to add cheretic the port of Heretic and the new version of DualHexen, the port of Hexen

Yeah seems like I missed these. Just added them now. Thank you!

 

[Indy13]

There are also the rare point'n'click games of the nds originally published on pc, I saw that you had put some of them but we could count these:

- Captain Morgane and the Golden turtle
- Runaway 2 The Dream of the Turtle
- Runaway 3 A Twist of Fate
- The Last King of Africa
- So Blonde : Back to the Island

Oh and another FPS homebrew : Dscent the port of the DOS game Descent, there is also the port of Rise Of The Triad but it should be upgraded to really be part of the list because it is very buggy

 

[Kaisaan]

There are also the rare point'n'click games of the nds originally published on pc, I saw that you had put some of them but we could count these

I haven't been able to verify any of those games myself but I'll add them anyway, thank you! Also added DScent as you suggested. As for other homebrew ports, I agree that they should be in a good enough condition before I add them to the list. Thank you again for the suggestions!

 

[86houdini]

Jagged Alliance received a DS port. I just learned about it yesterday, it's not on the spreadsheet. There's also X-Scape, a remake of X from the GBA. DSiware.

 

[Kaisaan]

Jagged Alliance received a DS port. I just learned about it yesterday, it's not on the spreadsheet. There's also X-Scape, a remake of X from the GBA. DSiware.

Added Jagged Alliance to the list. Though for X-Scape, wikipedia says it's a sequel to X from the Gameboy, not a remake. Do you know of any other sources that mention it is a remake? Regardless, thank you for the suggestions!

 

[86houdini]

Added Jagged Alliance to the list. Though for X-Scape, wikipedia says it's a sequel to X from the Gameboy, not a remake. Do you know of any other sources that mention it is a remake? Regardless, thank you for the suggestions!

Honestly the Gameboy game is so barebones having played both it feels like a remake to m, though the two are some of my favorites on both systems so I might be biased. Also, Flower, Sun, and Rain for the notes I would add that the PS2 release has never been translated, fan or official. Additionally, there's a port of Populus, Populus DS, not sure if it's a port or a remimagining tho.

 

[Kaisaan]

Honestly the Gameboy game is so barebones having played both it feels like a remake to m, though the two are some of my favorites on both systems so I might be biased. Also, Flower, Sun, and Rain for the notes I would add that the PS2 release has never been translated, fan or official. Additionally, there's a port of Populus, Populus DS, not sure if it's a port or a remimagining tho.

Yeah sometimes it's hard to tell if a game is a remake or a sequel especially when the games tend to be really similar or really different lol. I also already have the PS2 original release of Flower, Sun, and Rain bolded to show that it was a Japanese-exclusive title. Also, Populus DS just seems to be another entry to its series rather than being a port/remake, but I'm not fully sure. Thank you again for the feedback!

 

[86houdini]

Yeah sometimes it's hard to tell if a game is a remake or a sequel especially when the games tend to be really similar or really different lol. I also already have the PS2 original release of Flower, Sun, and Rain bolded to show that it was a Japanese-exclusive title. Also, Populus DS just seems to be another entry to its series rather than being a port/remake, but I'm not fully sure. Thank you again for the feedback!

For sure, I'll see if I can find anything else to contribute to the list, it's pretty good so far!

 

[zfreeman]

The Oregon Trail was a DSiWare remake of the DOS version. It also has a remake on the Switch.

 

[86houdini]

If you count board games there's Carcassonne (PAL exclusive) and Stratego: Next Edition, there's also Desktop Tower Defense, which was a PC game. There's the Sims 2 (saw Urbz and Simcity but not Sims 2). Civilization Revolution maybe? Sokoban DS is a remake of the 1982 game, PAL exclusive.

 

[Kaisaan]

If you count board games there's Carcassonne (PAL exclusive) and Stratego: Next Edition, there's also Desktop Tower Defense, which was a PC game. There's the Sims 2 (saw Urbz and Simcity but not Sims 2). Civilization Revolution maybe? Sokoban DS is a remake of the 1982 game, PAL exclusive.

Carcassonne: This just seems like an adaptation of the board game rather than being a remake, if that makes sense.
Stratego: Next Edition: If you mean the original board game being remade for the DS then I'm also unsure if that counts. What does count is that the DS release seems to be ported as DSiWare so I'll add that.
Desktop Tower Defense: I assume this is indeed a port of the original so I'll add this.
Sims 2: From what I understand, the DS version is a completely different game from the GBA version (source: StackZ the sims 2 gba guy) and different from all other versions of Sims 2.
Civilization Revolution: Seems to be a different game from its console releases.
Sokoban DS: Unless the levels were reused from the original this just seems to be another entry of the Sokoban series. There's also a homebrew version of Sokoban for the DS but that also seems to have original designed levels.

Hopefully my comments here made sense. If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me with proof like video comparisons or other sources. Thank you once again for the suggestions!

Post automatically merged: Feb 24, 2023

The Oregon Trail was a DSiWare remake of the DOS version. It also has a remake on the Switch.

Already have that added. I didn't add the Switch remake since that doesn't seem to be based off of the DSiWare remake. Thank you regardless!

 

[Kaisaan]

Hi y'all. It's be a while since I first posted this list. I'm still updating the list as I find more info and also as more DS games get rereleases (really cool to see that the AA Investigations games and the Castlevania DS games finally have collections!)

Also, I added separate lists for 3DS and GBA, but they're pretty WIP, I'll make separate posts if people are even interested in me making these kind of lists for other games.

If there's anything else that I have missed or needs correction, please let me know.

 

[LNRC]

A few more to add based on Japanese phone games. I'm listing each of the pre-smartphone mobile game platforms: DoJa, BREW, and J2ME. It looks like most of these games were added to all three platforms, but some were exclusive to DoJa, which is technically not compatible with international J2ME (for example, Kingdom Hearts Coded).

Ported TO Nintendo DS

• Milon no Hoshizora Shabon - ported from DoJa/BREW/J2ME
• Sepas Channels - ported from DoJa/BREW/J2ME. Has also been ported to Nintendo Switch and Steam as part of the G-mode Archives collection.
• Action Puzzle Rabi x Rabi - ported from BREW

Ported FROM Nintendo DS

• 99 no Namida (DoJa)
• Professor Layton and the London Holiday (DoJa)
• Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DoJa)
• Asphalt: Urban GT and Asphalt: Urban GT 2 : Ported to DoJa/BREW/J2ME. I think this one was also available internationally.

And if we are talking mini-game features

• Aka-chan wa Doko Kara Kuru no? : One of the mini-games in here was ported to DoJa. Both DS and mobile titles are the same.
• Kimi no Tame nara Shineru : One of the mini-games in here was ported to DoJa (it's the same series as the other one) Both DS and mobile titles are the same.
• Gachapin Challenge DS: This might be a stretch. Gachapin x Bomberman was released on DoJa/BREW/J2ME. It could be related to the Gachabon mini-game.

I've gotten this information while filling in articles for Keitai Wiki. There are probably more. Will keep you updated!

Let me know if you have any questions as the Japanese mobile platforms are pretty complicated haha.