GBAtemp's Most under-rated/overlooked NDS games :yayds:
You may ask yourself now and then "what’s the BEST 10 NDS games" sure you've got Mario, Metroid, Starfox etc. All huge franchises and that’s great cause we all know these titles from young to old but what about the little guys, the little companies (some) that produce a gem title that doesn’t succeed based on a lack of attention or region issues.
Well this list is a great start getting back to some of the NDS roots and a well rounded view of what makes the NDS so different from any other console.
If you’re ever run out of big titles to play or are having an issue with your flashcart not running a new game, this list is a good place to come back to if you want something to play in the meantime.
UPDATE: I've ruled out games that have now become very popular on the essentials list. After word of mouth a lot of these games may end up off the list. eg. Jump Ultimate Stars and Phoenix Wright.
So without further ado...
-Aqua Panic
-Asphalt Urban 1 and 2
-Atari Arcade Retro Games
-Age of Empires - The Age of Kings
-Another Code/Trace Memory
-Avalon Code
-Bangai-O Spirits
-Barnyard Blast
-Big Bang Mini
-Bionicle Heroes
-Bomberman
-Bomberman Land Touch
-Boulder Dash: ROCKS!
-Brain Challenge
-Cars: Mater-National
-Chibi Robo: Park Patrol
-Chicken Little
-Chrono Twins
-Chousoujuu Mecha MG (J)
-Civilization Revolution
-Command & Destroy
-Contact
-Contra 4
-Crash Bandicoot - Mind Over Mutant
-Crash of the Titans
-Custom Robo
-Daigasso! Band-Brothers (J)
-Danny Phantom: Urban Jungle
-Deep Dungeon/Labyrinth
-Dementium : The Ward
-Densetsu No Stafi 4 (J)
-Dig Dug - Digging Strike
-Digimon World DS
-Dokapon Journey
-Dragon Quest: Joker
-Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
-Drone Tactics
-Dungeon Explorer: Warrior of the Ancient Arts
-Ecolis: Save the Forest
-Elebits: Adventures of Kai and Zero
-Electroplankton
-Eragon
-Etrian Odyessey
-Feel the Magic
-FFTA2
-Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales
-Frogger - Helmet Chaos
-From the Abyss (J)
-Front Mission
-Garfield's Nightmare
-Geometry Wars
-Glory days 2
-Great Giana Sisters DS
-Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
-Hotel Dusk
-Hoshigami
-Jackass: The Game
-Jet Impulse
-Jump Super Stars (J)
-Jump Ultimate stars (J)
-Justice League Heroes
-Ketsui Death Label
-Kim Possible: Global Gemini
-Kim Possible: Kimmunicator
-Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
-Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ
-Lock's Quest
-Lode Runner DS
-Lost in Blue
-Lost Magic
-Luminous Arc 2
-Lunar Knights
-Lux-Pain
-M-06 (J)
-Magical Starsign
-Magnetica/Actionloop
-Metroid Pinball
-Miami Law
-Miss Spider's Harvest Time Hop & Fly
-Moon
-Monster House
-Mr. Driller - Drill Spirits
-Mr. Slime Jr.
-Music Mon-stars
-My Pet Shop
-My World My Way
-N+
-Napoleon Dynamite
-Nanostray
-Naruto Path of the Ninja
-Need for Speed Carbon: Own The City
-Neves
-New Zealand Story Revolution
-Nodame Cantabile
-Orcs & Elves
-Operation: Vietnam
-Over the Hedge
-Pac-Pix
-Panzer Tactics
-Pawa Puro kun Poketto 8 (J)
-Pinky Street: Kira Kira Music Hour
-Pirates of the Caribbean 2
-Point blank
-Prey the Stars
-Princess Debut
-Prism: Light the Way
-Puyo Pop Fever
-Puzzle Series: Vol. 10: Akari (J)
-Puzzle Series Vol. 11 - Nurikabe (J)
-Puzzle Series Vol. 5: Slither Link (J)
-Race Driver: Create and Race
-Rhapsody
-Rayman DS
-Robocalypse
-Resident Evil DS
-Rondo of Swords
-Roogoo Attack
-Rune Factory 1 and 2
-Scurge: Hives
-Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
-Simcity DS
-Slingo Quest
-Soma Bringer (J)
-Soul Bubbles
-Suikoden Tierkreis
-Summon Nights: Twin Age
-Super Monkey Ball - Touch & Roll
-Super Princess Peach
-Super Robot Taisen OG
-Taiko No Tatsujin DS Touch De Dokodon!
-Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal
-Tenchu: Dark Secret
-Time Ace
-Time Hollow
-The Humans
-Theresia
-The Rub Rabbits
-The Sims 2
-Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
-Tomb Raider: Legends
-Touch Birdie Golf
-Touch Detective
-Touch Detective 2 1/2
-TouchMaster
-Touch Mechanic
-Trackmania DS
-Transformers: Autobots/Decepticons
-Trioncube
-Ultimate Spider-man
-Viewtiful Joe Double Trouble
-WordJong
-XG Blast
-Yosumin DS (J)
-Zoo Keeper
Big thanks to PanzerWF for keeping the list updated.
Some of the (J) (which means Japanese Localization) category games have community translations projects, check the Translations Index Topic to see if the game your looking for has one.
UPDATED @ post#394
10/03/09 Curent List
**the red games are a must play for any DS fan.
By all means if we missed a gem, lets us know
You may ask yourself now and then "what’s the BEST 10 NDS games" sure you've got Mario, Metroid, Starfox etc. All huge franchises and that’s great cause we all know these titles from young to old but what about the little guys, the little companies (some) that produce a gem title that doesn’t succeed based on a lack of attention or region issues.
Well this list is a great start getting back to some of the NDS roots and a well rounded view of what makes the NDS so different from any other console.
If you’re ever run out of big titles to play or are having an issue with your flashcart not running a new game, this list is a good place to come back to if you want something to play in the meantime.
UPDATE: I've ruled out games that have now become very popular on the essentials list. After word of mouth a lot of these games may end up off the list. eg. Jump Ultimate Stars and Phoenix Wright.
So without further ado...
-Aqua Panic
-Asphalt Urban 1 and 2
-Atari Arcade Retro Games
-Age of Empires - The Age of Kings
-Another Code/Trace Memory
-Avalon Code
-Bangai-O Spirits
-Barnyard Blast
-Big Bang Mini
-Bionicle Heroes
-Bomberman
-Bomberman Land Touch
-Boulder Dash: ROCKS!
-Brain Challenge
-Cars: Mater-National
-Chibi Robo: Park Patrol
-Chicken Little
-Chrono Twins
-Chousoujuu Mecha MG (J)
-Civilization Revolution
-Command & Destroy
-Contact
-Contra 4
-Crash Bandicoot - Mind Over Mutant
-Crash of the Titans
-Custom Robo
-Daigasso! Band-Brothers (J)
-Danny Phantom: Urban Jungle
-Deep Dungeon/Labyrinth
-Dementium : The Ward
-Densetsu No Stafi 4 (J)
-Dig Dug - Digging Strike
-Digimon World DS
-Dokapon Journey
-Dragon Quest: Joker
-Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
-Drone Tactics
-Dungeon Explorer: Warrior of the Ancient Arts
-Ecolis: Save the Forest
-Elebits: Adventures of Kai and Zero
-Electroplankton
-Eragon
-Etrian Odyessey
-Feel the Magic
-FFTA2
-Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales
-Frogger - Helmet Chaos
-From the Abyss (J)
-Front Mission
-Garfield's Nightmare
-Geometry Wars
-Glory days 2
-Great Giana Sisters DS
-Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
-Hotel Dusk
-Hoshigami
-Jackass: The Game
-Jet Impulse
-Jump Super Stars (J)
-Jump Ultimate stars (J)
-Justice League Heroes
-Ketsui Death Label
-Kim Possible: Global Gemini
-Kim Possible: Kimmunicator
-Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
-Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ
-Lock's Quest
-Lode Runner DS
-Lost in Blue
-Lost Magic
-Luminous Arc 2
-Lunar Knights
-Lux-Pain
-M-06 (J)
-Magical Starsign
-Magnetica/Actionloop
-Metroid Pinball
-Miami Law
-Miss Spider's Harvest Time Hop & Fly
-Moon
-Monster House
-Mr. Driller - Drill Spirits
-Mr. Slime Jr.
-Music Mon-stars
-My Pet Shop
-My World My Way
-N+
-Napoleon Dynamite
-Nanostray
-Naruto Path of the Ninja
-Need for Speed Carbon: Own The City
-Neves
-New Zealand Story Revolution
-Nodame Cantabile
-Orcs & Elves
-Operation: Vietnam
-Over the Hedge
-Pac-Pix
-Panzer Tactics
-Pawa Puro kun Poketto 8 (J)
-Pinky Street: Kira Kira Music Hour
-Pirates of the Caribbean 2
-Point blank
-Prey the Stars
-Princess Debut
-Prism: Light the Way
-Puyo Pop Fever
-Puzzle Series: Vol. 10: Akari (J)
-Puzzle Series Vol. 11 - Nurikabe (J)
-Puzzle Series Vol. 5: Slither Link (J)
-Race Driver: Create and Race
-Rhapsody
-Rayman DS
-Robocalypse
-Resident Evil DS
-Rondo of Swords
-Roogoo Attack
-Rune Factory 1 and 2
-Scurge: Hives
-Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
-Simcity DS
-Slingo Quest
-Soma Bringer (J)
-Soul Bubbles
-Suikoden Tierkreis
-Summon Nights: Twin Age
-Super Monkey Ball - Touch & Roll
-Super Princess Peach
-Super Robot Taisen OG
-Taiko No Tatsujin DS Touch De Dokodon!
-Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal
-Tenchu: Dark Secret
-Time Ace
-Time Hollow
-The Humans
-Theresia
-The Rub Rabbits
-The Sims 2
-Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
-Tomb Raider: Legends
-Touch Birdie Golf
-Touch Detective
-Touch Detective 2 1/2
-TouchMaster
-Touch Mechanic
-Trackmania DS
-Transformers: Autobots/Decepticons
-Trioncube
-Ultimate Spider-man
-Viewtiful Joe Double Trouble
-WordJong
-XG Blast
-Yosumin DS (J)
-Zoo Keeper
Big thanks to PanzerWF for keeping the list updated.
Some of the (J) (which means Japanese Localization) category games have community translations projects, check the Translations Index Topic to see if the game your looking for has one.
UPDATED @ post#394
10/03/09 Curent List
**the red games are a must play for any DS fan.
By all means if we missed a gem, lets us know