DS/GBA game recommendations ?

**Xiahou** · 06-27-2006, 03:32

New Super Mario Bros. is pretty great imo. If you liked the other Marios this wont disappoint. My only gripe is the save system- but its not a huge problem as long as you dont mind playing for more than just a couple minutes at a clip.

Also, you can always just pause and close the DS- it goes into sleep mode.

How do you like Castlevania? I've been thinking about getting that for awhile....

**Fragony** · 06-27-2006, 07:48

Age of Empire is great fun, and nobody should be without mariocart and metroid prime: hunters. Nintendogs is a guilty pleasure that should not be missed, but don't show it to your mum because she would be worried. As for the GBA, get the fire emblem games, they are GREAT. Baldurs Gate is also fun for some hack&slash on the go.

**Xiahou** · 06-27-2006, 08:12

Yeah, let me second Mario Kart, thats a real winner- especially with the ability to play friends (or strangers) all over the world via the Internet.

Also, for a budget title Brain Age is loads of fun imo- and it's supposedly good for your brain...

**doc_bean** · 06-27-2006, 21:38

Originally Posted by Fragony

Age of Empire is great fun, and nobody should be without mariocart and metroid prime: hunters. Nintendogs is a guilty pleasure that should not be missed, but don't show it to your mum because she would be worried. As for the GBA, get the fire emblem games, they are GREAT. Baldurs Gate is also fun for some hack&slash on the go.

AoE sounds interesting, allthough I'm not really a fan of the PC series, does it play a bit like advance wars (quick, tactical) ? MP:H just looks uncomfortable and I don't have wi-fi (maybe one of my neighbours does, I'd have to try it someday

) without wi-fi Mariokart doesn't look that interesting either. I'll see if I can get a good deal on it on ebay or in some shop.

Fire emblem games seem hard to find, even second hand they're expensive. Is there word of a Fire Emblem DS by any chance ?

Originally Posted by Xiahou

Also, for a budget title Brain Age is loads of fun imo- and it's supposedly good for your brain...

They're selling it at full price here, I'll look into it when the price goes down. I just can't get myself to part with €40 for a game like this (or puzzle games like Meteos or Tetris, for that matter).

EDIT: and thanks for changing the title froggy !

**Fragony** · 06-29-2006, 14:52

Originally Posted by doc_bean

AoE sounds interesting, allthough I'm not really a fan of the PC series, does it play a bit like advance wars (quick, tactical) ? MP:H just looks uncomfortable and I don't have wi-fi (maybe one of my neighbours does, I'd have to try it someday

) without wi-fi Mariokart doesn't look that interesting either. I'll see if I can get a good deal on it on ebay or in some shop.

AoE plays a bit like advance war, also turnbased goodness, it cannot be compared to the pc version (having that on the DS would be oh so sweet, finally a console that could do RTS).

And about Metroid, don't worry.