Good classic DS games for a new 3DS user?

sweetie

Just got meself a 3DS with 3D Marioland, NSMB2, Oscarina of time, Super paper sticker mario and animal crossing. There's a couple of other games I'm interested in like castlevania and resident evil but is there any point in going further back and pciking up some DS classics or have they aged too much?
Any recommendations welcome.

Mr E

Oh god no - one of the best things about the 3DS is the huge back catalogue of DS games.

If you like the look of the new 3DS Castlevania game, you'll go nuts over the 3 original DS games (Dawn of Sorrow/Order of Ecclesia/Portrait of Ruin).

Here is a good starting point for building a list:
http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/available/ds/metascore

GhostInTheRuins

Get all three castlevania games, they're all excellent and much better than the new castlevania. There's a ridiculous amount of great games on ds, the two zelda games, mario and luigi, elite beat agents, phoenix wright etc

Slime Princess

If you liked the 3DS Mario titles then you should absolutely check out the some of the Mario DS titles too: Mario and Luigi Partner's in Time, Mario 64, Bowser's Inside Story, Super Princess Peach (which I absolutely loved!). NSMB DS is very, very similar to NSMB 2 for 3DS.

The Professor Layton games are amazing, and the Phoenix Wright games are definitely worth a go too.

Okamiden, Disgaea DS, Bangai-O Spirits, Plants Vs Zombies, Big Bang Mini, Pokemon Conquest and Kirby Superstar are, IMO awesome too.

Oh and if you can check out the Adventure Time game Hey Ice King Why'd You Steal Our Garbage which was probably my favourite game of the last year (and not just because I'm huuuugggee Adventure Time obsessive) and is very Zelda-II-esque.

Star Lord

What's Adventure Time?

Retr0gamer

The DS is full of amazing RPGs, the best being the Dragon Quest games, Etrian Odyssey series, Radiant Historia and Fire Emblem.

deathrider

Buy ALL of the Pokémon games!

sweetie

Thanks for the recommendations. picking all this up before the end of the week:

Comes with a ds lite which my 3 year old might use

star fox command
castlevania dawn of sorrows
dragon quest 7
Atari greatest hits
Mario kart ds
big brain academy
Metroid prime hunters
harvest moon ds
tloz spirit tracks
diddy kong racing ds
tetris ds
tloz phantom hourglass
aliens infestation
Metroid prime pinball
sim city ds
animal crossing
konami arcade classics
project rub
castlevania portrait of ruin
how old is your brain
game and watch collection
Metroid prime first hunt
nintendogs Labradors
castlevania order of eccelsia
sight training
chrono trigger
ultimate mortal kombat
final fantasy 3
new super Mario bros(just cart)
super princess peach(just cart)
455 in 1 ds game card
warioland 4 boxed(gba)
tloz the minish cap(gba cart)

Mr E

Nice collection there - Christmas sorted!

Mattyz69

one of thebest games i ever played on the DS had to be Lost in Blue,

gubbie

Mattyz69 wrote: »

one of thebest games i ever played on the DS had to be Lost in Blue,

I wouldn't say one of the best, but it definitely surprised me how much I enjoyed it

Retr0gamer

Any DS game that isn't Elite Beat Agents (or Osu Tatake Ouendan) can't be the best DS game