Top 20 DS Games

Takk

1. Mario Kart DS 91.7%
2. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow 90.3%
3. Advance Wars: Dual Strike 90.1%
4. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass 89.0%
5. New Super Mario Bros. 88.9%
6. The World Ends With You 88.5%
7. Meteos 88.2%
8. Elite Beat Agents 87.4%
9. Kirby: Canvas Curse 87.0%
10. Planet Puzzle League 86.9%

11. Tetris DS 86.7%
12. Animal Crossing: Wild World 86.3%
13. Super Mario 64 DS 86.3%
14. Professor Layton and the Curious Village 86.3%
15. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin 85.4%
16. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time 85.3%
17. Pokemon Pearl 85.2%
18. Pokemon Diamond 85.2%
19. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin 84.8%
20. Nintendogs: Labrador and Friends 84.8%

http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/simpleratings.asp

Updated: 17/05/08

animaX

Pretty much as expected. Although dual strike wasnt that good (too similar to gba versions) and tetris wasnt good at all!

MooseJam

didn't know you could get tetris for the DS, why do you think it wasnt good at all, it's just tetris isn't it, it's well known at this stage

o1s1n

animaX wrote: »

Pretty much as expected. Although dual strike wasnt that good (too similar to gba versions) and tetris wasnt good at all!

Tetris on the DS is bloody brilliant! They really perfected it with that game. If you're bored with it, whack it up to level 16. Great fun

There's absolutely no way Mario Kart deserves the number one spot. If you were around for the n64 version this is absolutely nothing new on that. And I really didn't see the fuss with that version either.

Some really great games on that list though. Would have given number 1 to Phantom Hourglass. Also would have given a mention to Ninja Gaiden DS. Much better than those silly Nintendogs games.

Takk

o1s1n wrote: »

Also would have given a mention to Ninja Gaiden DS. Much better than those silly Nintendogs games.

Yeah, so far Ninja Gaiden is just outside that list with an 83.0% average rating. Not to be picky or anything. Just posted it to give some people an idea if they were looking for a new game.

CrazyTalk

No Pheonix Wright= Failed list.

See me after class

animaX

MooseJam wrote: »

didn't know you could get tetris for the DS, why do you think it wasnt good at all, it's just tetris isn't it, it's well known at this stage

Exactly! Tetris is tetris. There was nothing more to be done with it and that game didnt have to be made!

Mr E

The basic tetris game is very good (and same as the countless other versions), but the extra modes and variants make it well worth having.

Chumpski

No Anno 1701 in the top 20? Unbelievable game, best game on my DS.

Out of that list i must get one of the castlevanias and professor layton.

Great range of games there but no sports games. No really good sports games on the console unfortunately.

RedXIV

I'm not lying when i say this and people may not believe me but to this day the hardest game to beat i've played on the DS has been chocobo tales. you actually need better reflexs than the ones taught in the ninja reflex game. took me about 2 weeks of solid playing to beat it. laugh if you will but if you want a challenge, thats the game for ya

Chumpski

Got Castlevania Portrait of Ruin earlier for 25 euro second hand in gamestop. Looking forward to getting stuck into this one. Unbelievably, ive never played a Castlevania game before. I was looking to play Dawn of Sorrow first but can't find it in the shops.

I loved Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass game. Took me about 2-3 weeks to complete fully. Currently I'm playing Final Fantasy: Revenant Wings. It's pretty damned good too. Amazing graphics during the cut scenes too.

Another game I quite enjoyed was Dementrium: The Ward. Good graphics. First time I've heard actual spoken dialogue on the DS platform and it was good. Too short, though, and also too linear at times.

One huge complaint I have about it is that since I purchased it over in America, and because it's not available over here yet, I can't trade it into any shops, or sell it on to them.

CiDeRmAn

My top DS games are as follows,

Space Invaders Extreme
Picross
CrossworDS
Zelda Phantom Hourglass
MarioKart DS
New Super Mario Bros
Ninja Gaiden DS
Professor Layton
SuperMario 64 DS
Brain Training
ElectroPlankton
42 classic games
Solitare DS
Geometry Wars Galaxies


they are the ones that stand out at this time anyway.
not sure how they all scored, but there you go.

mise

Mine would be pretty much the same as yours Ciderman, havent really played Electroplankton, Geometry Wars or Solitaire, so Id swap in Worms 2, Zoo Keeper, Advance Wars and LEGO Star Wars: Complete Saga

The_B_Man

Zookeeper!! absolutely addictive!! stay away!! haha

Atomic Pineapple

Deleted User wrote: »

One huge complaint I have about it is that since I purchased it over in America, and because it's not available over here yet, I can't trade it into any shops, or sell it on to them.

i might be interested in taking it off your hands if the price is right

Chumpski wrote: »

Got Castlevania Portrait of Ruin earlier for 25 euro second hand in gamestop. Looking forward to getting stuck into this one. Unbelievably, ive never played a Castlevania game before. I was looking to play Dawn of Sorrow first but can't find it in the shops.

got dawn of sorrow second hand myself in gamestop for 20quid after months of searching!! i never played a castlevania game before either! amazing game though, I picked it up to play any time i had free time! highly reccommended

Dynamo Kev wrote: »

Yeah, so far Ninja Gaiden is just outside that list with an 83.0% average rating. Not to be picky or anything. Just posted it to give some people an idea if they were looking for a new game.

Is ninja gaiden any good? I got 80 euro refunded to my paypal account cos of something off ebay failing to be delivered and I looking to buy a new ds game, cant decide between, Proffesor Layton, The World Ends With You, and maybe ninja gaiden!

TheAlmightyArse

Ninja Gaiden is a bit rubbish, for all its fancy charms. It's very pretty and has an excellent novel control scheme, but it's also really repetitive and has an annoying habit of separating save points and boss encounters with ten minutes of tepid grunt hack-and-slash.

Also, Tetris DS's normal Tetris is pretty much broken by letting you "walk" pieces back and forth across the stack, effectively giving you as much time as you like to place them. "Endless" mode games are often just that. Multiplayer, where speed still counts, is excellent, though.

My favourite DS games, yay!
Osu! Tatake! Ouendan!
New Super Mario Bros
Space Invaders Extreme
Mario Kart DS
Trauma Centre
Phoenix Wright
Professor Layton
42 All-Time Classics
Pac Pix
Meteos
Kirby Power Paintbrush
Animal Crossing
Taiko no Tatsujin DS
Zoo Keeper
Colors

DS is lovely.

Takk

draffodx wrote: »

Is ninja gaiden any good? I got 80 euro refunded to my paypal account cos of something off ebay failing to be delivered and I looking to buy a new ds game, cant decide between, Proffesor Layton, The World Ends With You, and maybe ninja gaiden!

Just re-read my post there and when I said I "just posted it..." I meant the list in OP, opposed to Ninja Gaiden in that post. I haven't played it myself but from what I gather, I'd say you probably couldn't go wrong with any of those three.

o1s1n

draffodx wrote: »

Is ninja gaiden any good? I got 80 euro refunded to my paypal account cos of something off ebay failing to be delivered and I looking to buy a new ds game, cant decide between, Proffesor Layton, The World Ends With You, and maybe ninja gaiden!

They're all good games. Ninja Gaiden does the whole hack and slash thing very well. It can get a tad repetitive, but is good at what it does.

Professor Layton has an absolutely fantastic style to it. Chances are though you'll end up getting stuck on a really hard puzzle for ages and will feel extremely bad for using gamefaqs... :O

I'd say go with The World Ends With You, probably the best all rounder.

brainiac

The World Ends With You definitely deserves that high spott! Fantastic Game!

randomuser77

Firstly,

*bump*

Secondly, given that over a year has passed, we must (at least) add to this list

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Big Bang Mini

and presumably a host of other games that I haven't gotten around to playing yet.

Thirdly, everyone keeps talking about The World Ends With You, but I can't find it in the shops. If anyone has a copy they no longer need and were looking to earn some money ...

valleyoftheunos

Elite beat agents was really disappointing I thought, after all the chat I had heard it was just a bit meh.

tman

valleyoftheunos wrote: »

Elite beat agents was really disappointing I thought, after all the chat I had heard it was just a bit meh.

The only good thing I can say about it is that it added skippable intros.

Osu! pissed all over it in all other respects

Flamed Diving

Final Fantasy IV deserves a nod.