Nintendo DS game suggestions

[Trippy]

My son's favourites are Transformers Autobots and Decepticons, Guitar Hero and Lego Star Wars Complete.

I have the My Weight Coach which has fun trivia health games, a step counter and nutrional facts.

I enjoy the Guitar Hero too

Next, I want Brain Age 1 and 2

 

[gh4chiefs]

Next, I want Brain Age 1 and 2

Yeah those two are worth it just for the Sudoku games.

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

I would second the recommendation for the Phoenix Wright series. A really fun game series that places you in the shoes of a defense attorney (which is much more fun than it sounds.) It's up to you to search the crime scene for evidence, cross examine the witnesses and use your smarts to point out the holes in their testimony and use the evidence you have to prove your clients innocent. The cast is very colorful and there's plenty of good humor to be had in the game as well.

 

[Rincewiend]

I would highly reccomend Picross for the DS. It's best described as a cross between Sudoku and Mine Sweeper. A LOT of fun.

Actually, it's already on my Amazon Wishlist--one reason I didn't include it originally is because I've never played it, anywhere.

Another game I also just added to my Wishlist is Bust-a-move. I also am planning to add (soon!) Planet Puzzle League.

Also, another class of games that might fit my interests are arcade-type games, especially classic/retro games, updated for the DS, of course. Even though I was in high school and college throughout the 1980's, I very rarely played hardly any of them, at the arcade or at home. I would sometimes watch others play them in college, but would rarely play them myself. Except for Digger. (Very popular PC game at the University of Vermont)

Well, i have the new Space Invaders Remixed game for the PSP and it's fun, there is also a DS version of it...

 

[Cutter John]

I would second the recommendation for the Phoenix Wright series. A really fun game series that places you in the shoes of a defense attorney (which is much more fun than it sounds.) It's up to you to search the crime scene for evidence, cross examine the witnesses and use your smarts to point out the holes in their testimony and use the evidence you have to prove your clients innocent. The cast is very colorful and there's plenty of good humor to be had in the game as well.

This. That series is just amazingly fun. Definately gives your brain a workout too.

If its puzzle game syer after, I'd go with either Puzzlequest: Challenge of the Warlords. They're basically traditional 'match three colored objects on a grid' games, but against AI controlled monsters and characters. Theres a storyline, and they've added role-playing elements to them. You can buy or win various magical items, weapons and armor that can give you bonus's for beating your opponent. Puzzlequest: Galactrix is similar, but with a hex shaped board and a SF theme.

 

[Sephiroth]

I would second the recommendation for the Phoenix Wright series. A really fun game series that places you in the shoes of a defense attorney (which is much more fun than it sounds.) It's up to you to search the crime scene for evidence, cross examine the witnesses and use your smarts to point out the holes in their testimony and use the evidence you have to prove your clients innocent. The cast is very colorful and there's plenty of good humor to be had in the game as well.

This. That series is just amazingly fun. Definately gives your brain a workout too.

If its puzzle game syer after, I'd go with either Puzzlequest: Challenge of the Warlords. They're basically traditional 'match three colored objects on a grid' games, but against AI controlled monsters and characters. Theres a storyline, and they've added role-playing elements to them. You can buy or win various magical items, weapons and armor that can give you bonus's for beating your opponent. Puzzlequest: Galactrix is similar, but with a hex shaped board and a SF theme.

don't forget the amazingly memorable charaters, and the boobies ^.^

 

[tmclough]

One other criteria I'd like to add: Shorter games (lose all your lives--game over) are much more preferable to longer games (play for a while, save; play some more, save again; etc.). This seems to eliminate most story-type games(?).

 

[ltcmmanderdata]

tecmo football is great.there are many really good gba games too like sonic,frogger's adventures,and others.phantom hourglass and castlevania are great games too.

 

[gh4chiefs]

One other criteria I'd like to add: Shorter games (lose all your lives--game over) are much more preferable to longer games (play for a while, save; play some more, save again; etc.). This seems to eliminate most story-type games(?).

Interesting viewpoint. I was just having a "back in the old days" dicussion with a co-worker and we were talking about how we got into gaming. For me, my passion for gaming wasn't ignited until we got to the place where we could save our progress and then move on. As I've mentioned in other threads, I suck at games, and I could never beat a game like Super Mario Brothers because I'd always run out of lives LONG before I'd get close to the end. I think Mario 64, where you could save your progress was the first Mario game I ever finished.

Hey I've got an apparently broken GTA Chinatown Wars for the DS that might fit the bill that I sell. It will save your progress but when you turn the DS back on, it wipes out the save file. So it's kind of the same thing. Well actually it's not a short game. Never mind.

Sorry, just rambling this morning.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

One other criteria I'd like to add: Shorter games (lose all your lives--game over) are much more preferable to longer games (play for a while, save; play some more, save again; etc.). This seems to eliminate most story-type games(?).

Interesting viewpoint. I was just having a "back in the old days" dicussion with a co-worker and we were talking about how we got into gaming. For me, my passion for gaming wasn't ignited until we got to the place where we could save our progress and then move on. As I've mentioned in other threads, I suck at games, and I could never beat a game like Super Mario Brothers because I'd always run out of lives LONG before I'd get close to the end. I think Mario 64, where you could save your progress was the first Mario game I ever finished.

Hey I've got an apparently broken GTA Chinatown Wars for the DS that might fit the bill that I sell. It will save your progress but when you turn the DS back on, it wipes out the save file. So it's kind of the same thing. Well actually it's not a short game. Never mind.

Sorry, just rambling this morning.

Your attitude is more like mine. I want games that take some level of commitment--saving progress is mandatory. I mean, if I'm going to drop $30-40 on a game I want it to have many hours of play value in it.

I have nothing against platformers but only the really good ones get my attention.

 

[gh4chiefs]

Well my attitude is more about me sucking than about commitment to a long game. I get really bored playing the same section over and over and over.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I was pretty good at those kinds of games... many years ago. I would probably suck ass at them now.

 

[gh4chiefs]

Good examples that I can think of are Sudoku (I've got one of them already, a good version),

If you don't mind me asking, what version do you have. I'm playing Platinum Sudoku and I like almost everything about it, except that it seems the difficulty level is about 1 step up from any other version I've played.

Another problem I've read a lot about online with Brain Age is its (their) handwriting recognition and speech recognition--if a lot of other people have problems with these, then I will too.

Well I can't speak to the voice recognition as I never used it when playing Brain Age, but I don't recall having any problems with the handwriting program and believe me, my handwriting sucks. I still think Brain Age has one of the best versions of Sudoku available. In fact, it's what got me started on Sudoku.

 

[tmclough]

Good examples that I can think of are Sudoku (I've got one of them already, a good version),

If you don't mind me asking, what version do you have. I'm playing Platinum Sudoku and I like almost everything about it, except that it seems the difficulty level is about 1 step up from any other version I've played.

I've got Ultimate Puzzle Games: Sudoku Edition. I'm not sure how the difficulty levels compare with other versions; however, I can say that I have never yet beaten the target time on the hard level for 9x9 (Sudoku Classic), and only once have I beaten the target time on the medium level for 8x8 (Sudoku Eight) (the highest level for 8x8). I have never tried the extreme level for 9x9. Other than those, however, I have beaten the target time regularly--not always, but often enough. In addition to 9x9 and 8x8, they also have 6x6 (Sudoku Mini) and 4x4 (Sudoku Junior).

Among the things I like about this version as opposed to others I researched before buying it is the fact that the entry of numbers is very simple--tap the number on the number pad, tap the square where you wish to place that number (no chance for handwriting recognition error). It's a little more complicated when you wish to mark it as "maybe", but still fairly straightforward. I also like the fact that the puzzles are generated by the software itself, for an unlimited number of puzzles. (Ok, if you want to be technical, it's limited by the total number of possible puzzles.) Also, the target time is just that, a target or goal, but you can take as long as you like or need.

That said, Platinum Sudoku would probably have been my second choice, if Ultimate Puzzle Games wasn't an option.

 

[gh4chiefs]

Among the things I like about this version as opposed to others I researched before buying it is the fact that the entry of numbers is very simple--tap the number on the number pad, tap the square where you wish to place that number (no chance for handwriting recognition error).

That's similar to Platinum but it's in reverse. In Platinum you tap a square to put a number in, and then you can either write the number or tap a number from the number pad. I generally tap the number pad (not sure why, too lazy to write I guess ) Sometimes when I tap a square to fill, it interpets it as I'm trying to write a number. So it sounds like your system is better.

I can't remember for sure, but I believe the Brain Age system is like Platinum.

 

[Cutter John]

I was pretty good at those kinds of games... many years ago. I would probably suck ass at them now.

As I proved recently when I tried playing Contra 4 recently. I used to pwn the NES original back in the day. With this latest version I'm lucky to make it past the first level.