While my time spent with the Nintendo DS is far from over, I figured that I'd have a look at the games I best enjoyed. Yes, I'm trying to justify doing a list. I don't know either.
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One of my favourite games of all time, let alone for the Nintendo DS. Virtue's Last Reward fixes the few issues I had with it, but there's just something about the puzzles and the story in the original that just makes it the better of the two, in my opinion. If you can read, you should play this game.
The original Black/White games would have been in this position had these never been released. These games made me remember exactly why I fell in love with the franchise in the first place, and B/W2 just add more extras to what was already an excellent couple of games. A good place to start for newbie Pokemon fans, as well as those looking to get back into the series.
Do I even need to say anything? Second in story on the DS only to 999, which I'm sure can be debated. Not only does this game look beautiful (seriously, check out those animations and tell me they don't look amazing), but the general gameplay never got old. A fun puzzler, and an example of how to best portray pomeranians.
There are RPGs with branching narratives, and then there is Radiant Historia. This takes story branching to a whole new level, giving you two timelines running side by side, with plenty of events and interactions in both to keep you hooked on the story. The gameplay is also pretty unique, taking grid-based RPG combat and adding combos, multipliers and all sorts of other neat stuff.
I freaking love the Ace Attorney series. Yes, that includes Apollo Justice. AA: Investigations is also pretty good. However, Trials and Tribulations is definitely my favourite of the lot. Here's hoping that the fifth game in the main series can hold up to the DS titles!
What the hell is this crazy Japanese thing? That cylinder is way too uguu kawaii for my tastes. Taiko no Tatsujin is a damn good drum game. You have no excuse not to pick this up unless you dislike rhythm games. The language barrier isn't an issue (unless you're playing the third DS game, this is the second), so no problems there. Buy it, then proceed to bash your DS with plastic drumsticks.
Seemingly the last time Square Enix understood what a Tactics game was. It seems a shame that their latest "game" in the series is some mobile offering, but here's hoping we can get an A3 or similar on the 3DS or Vita. The first Advance game is still my favourite, but A2 adds plenty to want to dive back into Ivalice.
BUGS. FOSSILS. FISH. PAINTI-paintings. TOM NOOK. K.K. SLIDER. WHERE HAS MY TIME GONE.
If you are not opposed to Japanese audio, I'd suggest you go for that version. However, this game can be picked up for a couple of quid in most game shops these days, and you'd be doing yourself a disservice not to give it a go.
Tetris is awesome, it makes people toss up their hands and scream obscenities. Really though, the fact that you can play multiplayer from one cart is darn amazing. I used to play this is college with numerous other folks when waiting for lectures to start. The retro aesthetic is also very cool!