Character stats sit out of the way on the top screen, ready for when you want to do a bit of upgrading or battle shuffling. Give it a try and let us know your thoughts! Another game that moves the main gameplay to the bottom screen is Meteos , keeping most the action between the main buttons so you can properly hone in and get stuck into some hardcore puzzling.
Essentially, this is basically a space-age version of Columns. Asteroids fall from space i. Match blocks with the same symbols on them together. Get combos, and pull off special moves that take out other blocks that are still falling. Still, the gameplay is fantastic, and the introduction fo the new character customisation panel system went down a storm with fans of the series.
Elite Beat Agents brings rhythmical fun to the DS. Play as one of the Elite Beat agents, a taskforce designed to bring happiness to the world through the power of song and dance. Like The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, gamers use the stylus to do all of the hard work in this game.
Get rings in a certain order and hit beats in time. Bowser has finally realised that instead of capturing Peach to get to Mario, he can go straight to Mario. She can also cry to make plants grow taller…. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is up next, continuing the brilliance of the very first Advance Wars title, once of the best Game Boy Advance games of all time!
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is a strategy game where players take it in turns to fight against enemy armies. Capture territories, destroy generals, and make use of commanding officers with special abilities that can help to turn the tide of a battle.
Gameplay does look a little like a bomb has gone off in a clip art factory at times, but its a fun game to play with lots of exciting and nail-biting features. Pick up crowns as you explore the vast overworld through both the day and night, working with the flow of time and battling enemies every-which-way you turn. The characters change their looks depending on what weapons they are using or what armour they are wearing.
It might be a small cartridge, but this is one in-depth game. Play through the original cases from the Ace Attorney GBA title and get stuck into a fifth new title too. Plus, if your mic still works, you can should Objection out loud and have an effect on the gameplay. For fans of detective dramas, Ace Attorney will provide hours of fun.
Search for fingerprints, blow dust off using the mic, and check out items up close and personal using the inventory mode. The graphics look fantastic too, with most of the gameplay appearing like clips from a Manga cartoon series.
It might not be as fast and furious as the next title in our list, but this is certainly one for those gamers that like to keep their grey matter on top form. As with every GTA game, crime pays. As I mentioned above, Chinatown Wars is played from a top down perspective which feels odd compared to the usual third-person camera angle from the console games. Another weird thing that you might have noticed is the cel-shaded graphics.
Still, driving a cel-shaded car into everything and anything causing explosions and mass pandemonium is still super fun, if a little kiddy. Yes, the pastel-coloured Superstar returns with a cracking set of adventures for gamers to sink their teeth into! Well, Ultra bumps it up a notch, adding new games into the mix as well as updated versions of the old ones.
Yes, gamers can co head-to-head or team up to play through the game modes. Heck, you even hold the DS like a book to play the game…. Hotel Dusk feels a lot like Heavy Rain and other detective titles. Players control a retired New York cop called Kyle Hyde. Kyle must talk with guests to learn their pasts, interrogating NPCs while trying to maintain an air of secrecy about his presence. Solve puzzles that Link would have a hard time sorting out, search every nook and cranny, and marvel at the artistic graphics that look like a cross between Okami and Comix Zone.
It also provides fans of the series with a new adventure that steps away from the original storyline. In Order of Ecclesia, the Belmont Clan have gone into hiding, and an order to monks are taking charge. Players control a woman called Shanoa, one of the monks who boasts the best magical skill to thwart the undead minions sent forth by Dracula.
The witch drops a magic paintbrush, which unfortunately becomes a little plastic pencil in our real-life human hands. Make tracks and paths for Kirby to roll along as he bounces through each stage…. Porting the game from the PS2 to a dual-screen handheld was always going to be tough.
So much so, in fact, that many fans were worried it would flop terribly. The reality is that this is a spectacular title that plays superbly, bringing all the charm of the original game with you wherever you go! It concentrates more on NPC interaction rather than the main character completing a specific quest.
Still, the individual character stories are all intriguing and immersive, creating an RPG that is truly like no other while being a bonafide D. Q game at the same time…. The touchscreen can be used for certain actions and comes into play for solving puzzles on some levels. Another cool feature is the fact that levels move with Spidey, tilting and turning to show new angles as he runs and swings along. Camera angles also alter on occasion to give first person views while battling all of the best bad-guys from the film.
Rayman DS is another launch title that drew people into buying the DS in the early days. Ever played Rayman 2: The Great Escape? Well, Rayman DS is a direct port of the N64 version of that very game, albeit with updated sprites and touch-screen controls. Like Mega Man, Rayman is a bit of a hero and a name that appears on many consoles. This game appeared on the PS2, Dreamcast, Windows, and a host of other devices.
But, while the Dreamcast version boasts mini games to play through, the DS version poses a simplified adventure with fewer bells and whistles. This game has few different names depending on your region , though the gameplay is exactly the same. It uses the DS held in the vertical position ala Brain Training and requires players to get into the groove. Gameplay revolves around using the stylus, tapping, flicking, and sliding along the touchscreen panel to control players in WarioWare-style mini games.
Well, in Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, gamers solve a series of puzzles of increasing difficulty in order to uncover a mystery. Collect Puzzle coins to receive hints on different problems or save them up for really tough mind-ticklers.
Have a go and find out! Super Scribblenauts is one of those games where literally anything is possible. I had never played a game like this before and was amazed at the possibilities of the weird stuff I could come up with. This title is the sequel to the hugely popular Scribblenauts, expanding on the exciting game mechanic introduced in the first game.
The aim of the game is to solve puzzles by typing in any object you can think of. A mini tractor, a super-fast dinosaur, a ginormous hammer; the possibilities are endless, and the game becomes more fun the more creative you get.
I loved Scribblenauts so much I grabbed it for the iPhone too! With Sudoku puzzles, Stroop puzzles, and mathematical problems to solve, Brain Training provided a fun and addictive way to learn. Instead of holding the DS in the usual fashion, users turned it sideways as though holding a book. Questions appeared on the left hand side, and answers could be written in using the touchscreen on the right. There are multiple training exercises that can be completed as much or as little as you like, but the daily brain age test is the bit that keeps gamers continuously striving to improve.
Draw pictures from memory, recall things you did a month ago, and complete fun puzzles. Over million people bought this game, so it certainly deserves a place in our list! The Celestial Brush from the original title returns once more, as does the need to bring life back to a colour-parched world.
Now, some of you might be thinking that the picture above looks a little Zelda-like, what with the cell-shaded graphics and the Midna-Wolf vibe going on. The Zelda series played a big role in influencing the developers of both the original game and the DS sequel, which can only ever be a good thing! Gamers can click the shoulder buttons to access the Celestial Brush, a mystical brush used to alter the world.
By selecting this item, the main screen shifts to the bottom touchscreen, allowing players to get creative. Like Procreate on the iPad, bold movements with the stylus create bold strokes, while light movements make delicate lines. Radiant Historia follows Stocke — a soldier chosen by the gods to travel between timelines and save the world from desertification.
Both the original Trauma Center: Under the Knife and its successor offer a higher challenge. The Trauma Center Wii games are no walk in the park, so the difficulty might have kept people away.
The touch-based controls and limited scale allowed by the NDS might have been a turn-off for some, but those of us who did play it know how good it can be. The change from the limitless sea sailing to the somewhat restrictive railroads was conflicting for Zelda fans, but this unique entry deserves way more credit than it gets.
Spirit Tracks also made Zelda a much more active participant in your adventure, making me care more about the character. Advance Wars is well known for its fantastic turn-based tactics gameplay and lighthearted personality. It features a very robust multiplayer component and really sharp graphics. There are also plenty of Commanding officers with unique abilities that completely change the gameplay and add replay value.
Both games focus on anthropomorphic animals riding bad-ass mecha suits for combat and exploration. This sleuthing adventure casts you as an abducted student forced to play the Nonary Game against eight other participants. As its title suggests, Retro Game Challenge runs you through a gauntlet of classic 8-bit game genres. It forces you to engage with each game and look at it from different perspectives before moving on to the next. If you want to get your little sister into tycoon-style games without her realizing it, this is the way to go.
Clash of Heroes is a fantastic puzzle RPG that borrows a lot from Heroes of Might and Magic — including the setting and the playable classes. The game follows five different protagonists who command knights, wizards, demons, elves, and necromancers on a quest to defeat the demon lord that destroyed their lives.
When facing off against an enemy commander, players will take turns to arrange their units into same-colored columns so they can attack. The story is nothing to write home about — but the presentation is top-notch, and the gameplay is addictive.
Perhaps the coolest new feature in the game is multiplayer mode, which allows you and your friends to play as other Organization XIII members. While long-time Kingdom Hearts fans will love this addition to the franchise, new players will also get a kick out of it — it's not too difficult to learn, and while some backstory may help in the general understanding of the game, you'll still have a lot of fun without it.
While New Super Mario Bros. However it takes full advantage of the Nintendo DS' dual-screen setup and adds touch screen features and even wireless multiplayer compatibility. Who says an old plumber can't learn new tricks? The third Mario game on the list is there for good reason — it's an awesome, albeit weird, game. In Partners in Time, Mario and Luigi partner up with none other than their younger selves.
As strange as it sounds, you get to control both the adult and baby sets of Mario Bros. The game gets a little out of control but, in this case, that's a good thing. Spirit Tracks sends our hero Link on a brand-new adventure, offering a totally new story with more puzzles, and so on. While Spirit Tracks is actually the second Legend of Zelda game for Nintendo DS, it trumps the first in almost every way, offering challenging boss battles and excellent gameplay.
Link travels by train, as the name suggests, opening up new possibilities for puzzles and interesting challenges. It's a PC point-and-click classic, but bringing a new and improved version of the original Broken Sword title to the portable Nintendo DS was a stroke of genius on the part of Nintendo and Revolution software.
The dual-screen touch elements of the Nintendo DS work extremely well with the point-and-click style of play and Broken Sword is one of the best games in the genre to show this. The game follows the original story of George Stobbart as he travels across the world to unravel the Templar conspiracy.
To draw in those who had already played the game, though, the Director's Cut added new puzzles specifically suited to the DS touchscreen, animated facial expressions, and a brand new complementary storyline which follows George's fellow adventurer Nico Collard to new locations and adds more depth to the original story.
The only downside is that the DS version lacks the excellent voice acting of Rolf Saxon. Fortunately, the script is good enough to stand on its own. Chinatown Wars is an entry in the Grand Theft Auto franchise, and it carries on the tradition of a game in which players can roam the world and so whatever they want.
Of course, there are also awesome missions to complete along the way, and while there are a few things that have been left out in the handheld version of the game, plenty has also been added, making Chinatown Wars one of the best and only mature-rated Nintendo DS games out there.
While Spirit Tracks is arguably a better game, Phantom Hourglass is its enjoyable predecessor filled with familiar features and well-worn gameplay. Phantom Hourglass is a little more casual than other Legend of Zelda games and arguably a little easier too, but that doesn't make it any less of a seriously entertaining pocket adventure.
Dawn of Sorrow is set around a year after Aria of Sorrow, and follows a cult that wants to resurrect a dead Dracula.
Soma Cruz gets entangled in the plans and must now find a way to stop the resurrection from happening.
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