Got a DS.........no games

[Discoalucard]

As much as I love Phoenix Wright, it definitely lacks any real replay value.

Still, the first one is at least 10-15 hours worth of gameplay for $20, and it's definitely worth it.

[The bag of sand]

I only got two games...
Diddy Kong Racing is fun, its worth it for the online.

Metroid is fun but when you first play you get hand cramps. I wouldent recomend going online through matchmaking, its better with friends and friend codes because people cheat all the time and if a friend does you can just delete them.

[ninjarygar]

I was disapointed to the max with Diddy Kong Racing... as a fan of the N64 game. They f*cked with it too much. I'd go into detail about it, but I'd be here all day.

[Isao Kronos (BANNED)]

Lunar Knights.

[MRSKELETON]

Lunar Knights
If you want "oldschool platforming" Don't get new super mario bros, It's boring get Super Princess Peach.
Portrait of Ruin/Dawn of Sorrow

[Malroth]

Hm. What'd they do to Diddy that effed it up for you, ninja?

[michiyoyoshiku]

I still don't have any DS games I was supposed to get them like now......but I'm with 2 very annoying kids and their brother who I am indifferent towards

[kyouki]

Games that I have tried and enjoyed:

Contact
This is a quirky RPG that plays like Secret of Mana mixed with FFXII. It's different enough to be interesting I think.

Megaman ZX
This is really an awesome Megaman game. It's like Megman X mixed with Symphony of the Night.

Izuna
But only if you like roguelikes/dungeon crawlers. Very hard but satisfying.

Mario Kart
This is a very good game, at least as good as the original SNES classic. I'm not a fan of racing games though.

The Opera web browser is worth picking up also... comes in handy when you need to check prices on something or other online. You can just slip into your nearest cafe with wifi and check it out!

I couldn't get into FF3 DS (felt like a budget game for some reason) and the Castlevania games were pretty much more of the same. If you liked the GBA Castlevania games you'll probably like both of them.

New Super Mario Bros and Princess Peach were both so easy they weren't really enjoyable. NSMB is definitely the better of the two though.

[ninjarygar]

malroth said:

Hm. What'd they do to Diddy that effed it up for you, ninja?

Well for starters boosting at the begining of the race is a real pain. Instead of just having good timing you need to get out your stylus, and spin the wheels on the bottom screen, then put away your stylus and hit the gas as the right time. Annoying as hell... you'd think you can try using your finger but there's no way you can fill the meter. They shouldn't have messed with that.
Hovercraft controls are different.... they're acutally worse.
You can't do tricks in the plane anymore.
Silver coin challenge has been replaced by some "touch the balloons" game which is the same thing every track. I know the silver coin challenge was tedious but this is even worse.
Bosses don't have hilarious voices anymore, speaking of voices they managed to make them worse for all the characters in the game.
Some shortcuts were removed.
Controls for going in reverse were changed... now they're worse.
The effect for getting a boost was taken out for some reason.
There were other things too...

[michiyoyoshiku]

We can all hope nintendo and Microsoft strike a deal so other N64 goodness from rare doesn't suck

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admin said:

As much as I love Phoenix Wright, it definitely lacks any real replay value.

Eh, I dunno... the PW series is like one on-going miniseries that is HIGHLY entertaining. Like an interactive cinema, I just find it really fun to play through every casy and relive all of those moments. Plus, with each playthrough, I find more humorous things and take notice of more details here and there. I played through most of the cases in the first game... about three times by now. I played through all the cases of JFA twice, and a third looks good for the future. ^_^

I know, I'm a hopeless dork. Anyway, I can't really add any recommendations. Did anyone say either Dawn of Sorrow or Portrait of Ruin already? Ahhhhhh... hell. We all know those are both givens.

[megatronbison]

kyouki said:

Contact
This is a quirky RPG that plays like Secret of Mana mixed with FFXII. It's different enough to be interesting I think.

I'm with you on that one, it is a game that has never failed to make me smile when I actually get around to playing it. Tough as old boots too.

kyouki said:

Megaman ZX
This is really an awesome Megaman game. It's like Megman X mixed with Symphony of the Night.

Noooo!
I tried so, so very hard to like this game but the map in the game is so very horrible I ended up just totally loathing the game. I would be tempted to give it away it makes me weep so

[YourAverageJoe]

I like Megaman ZX for what it is: a Metroidvania clone with alternate forms and a horrible map system. But as a Megaman there really is very little left: they completely left out any resemblance of the weakness circle that made Megaman stand out from the crowd, and the new characters feel like they were thrown out of the Battle Network universe, except with a little angst thrown in the mix.

Also, I hate the fact that Capcom isn't starting one but TWO new series, when they've got perfect material in the forgotten Legends series, and it'd be nice to know what happened to make the world of Megaman X turn out the way it did.

Edit: Sorry, got on a rant here, I've been a fan of the Megaman series for a few years and it hurts not to see some closure.

[michiyoyoshiku]

Got back from EB

So.........what did I get?

Castlevania dawn of sorrow
Brain age (for Dad)
Nanostray
Sonic Rush
New Super Mario Bros
Mario Kart DS

[ninjarygar]

Damn man... that's alot of games. Have fun.