One of the best RPGs of the SNES era was reborn on the DS, revitalizing its stunning story, gripping gameplay, and catchy audio on the handheld. Read our Castlevania: Dawn Of Sorrow review. Mechanically brilliant, Dawn of Sorrow also looked fantastic and held nothing back with it gruesome boss fights, while the soundtrack was a collection of certified bangers that helped make the game a legendary chapter in the vampire-hunting series. It masterfully nailed the balance of what made a Metroidvania great, the return of the Tactical Soul System gave players an arsenal of strategic options, and the use of the touchscreen to finish off bosses with arcane seals was a great idea that was only possible on the DS.
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You can't go wrong with any of the Castlevania games on DS, but Dawn of Sorrow is easily the series at its very best on that handheld. Castlevania: Dawn Of Sorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Read our Animal Crossing: Wild World review. Wild World was the type of game that compelled you to turn on your DS at least once per day.
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Running your own village and customizing your character were still the primary driver here, but the introduction of online components that made the visit to neighboring villages proved that Animal Crossing was the perfect game for a market of simulation fans that enjoyed mobile gaming. Animal Crossing: Wild World Animal Crossing: Wild WorldĪnimal Crossing may have gotten its start on the GameCube (in North America), but the first handheld entry in the series was a highlight reel of everything that made the original work and improved on it. Read our Advance Wars: Dual Strike review. The bottom touch screen of that handheld was perfect for this new take on mobile strategy, while the ability to dual-wield commanding officers on the battlefield, an expanded number of unit types to command, and the return of fan-favorite modes made this chapter in the Advance Wars series a tactical treat. Nintendo and developer Intelligent Systems had already proven that the strategy genre could work on handheld with tweo Advance Wars titles for Game Boy Advance, but the series hit a high point when it made a splash on the Nintendo DS. Advance Wars: Dual Strike Advance Wars: Dual Strike Read our 999: Nine Hours, Person's, Nine Doors review. SAW meets Death on the Nile, 999's focus on escaping a dangerous cruise liner, interacting with other victims, and more plot twists than an Alfred Hitchock Blu-ray collection would keep you on edge until you got to one of its multiple endings. Games like Hotel Dusk: Room 215-which can be found on this list, fret not-were a terrific example of visual novels finding a home here, but Chunsoft's 999 was a masterclass in intensity and gripping suspense.
One of the greatest strengths of the DS was the flexibility of the handheld console, especially when it came to telling stories. 999: Nine Hours, Nine Person's, Nine Doors 999: Nine Hours, Nine Person's, Nine Doors Thousands of games were published on the DS, but out of all of them, we've rounded up 25 of the best that deserve to be in any Nintendo hall of fame thanks to the imaginative design and gripping gameplay that they brought to the table.
#BEST DETECTIVE GAMES DS PSP#
It's worth noting that the Nintendo DS family became the bestselling line of handhelds of all time, and it accomplished this while fighting off an impressive attempt by Sony's PSP to burst the the bubble that was Nintendo handheld dominance. Games that took advantage of its touchscreen and microphone were capable of creating unique gaming experiences, the first-party line-up was a showcase of imagination, and later models of the console streamlined the design to make the DS a pocket-friendly entertainment device to carry around town in your pocket. But thanks to a steady stream of great games and multiple clever revisions to the hardware-DS Lite, DSi, and DSi XL-the Nintendo DS had a remarkable six-plus-year run. Longtime Game Boy fans were perhaps a bit skeptical of the Nintendo DS at first, and we're sure that the handheld's backward-compatibility with GBA games helped to convert hesitant buyers. We've rounded up the best Nintendo DS games of all time-a list of 25 titles in alphabetical order. It didn't take too long for the unique new clamshell handheld to garner a legion of fans, in large part due to a seriously impressive library. The Nintendo DS, with its novel dual-screen design, touchscreen controls, and N64-quality 3D visuals, burst onto the scene in 2004. How did Nintendo respond to that pressure? By following up the Game Boy with a family of handhelds that was even more successful, naturally.
Considering how ubiquitous and iconic the Game Boy had become over its roughly 15-year reign over the handheld gaming scene, the pressure was on Nintendo when it came time to launch a successor.
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