With a unique combination of dual screen and touchscreen, Nintendo DS has a line of unique games, gang! Here ApkVenue wants to share the 7 best Nintendo DS games
If we talk about the world handheld console, Nintendo has become the king, gang!
from the era Game Boy until now with Switch Lite, Nintendo's handhelds have always been successful in the market even though there was resistance from Sony.
However, out of Nintendo's line of handheld consoles, none are as unique as Nintendo DS which brings two new features to the world of video games.
7 Best Nintendo DS Games of All Time
In 2004, Nintendo shook the world with the release of the Nintendo DS, a handheld that uses two separate screens with one screen touch screen.
Unlike smartphones, the touchscreen used on the Nintendo DS using the stylus similar to the PDA of Jaka's junior high school, gang.
The combination of these two features is what makes the DS so popular, with 2nd highest total console sales in the history of the gaming world, just below the legendary PS2.
In addition, these two features also produce some very unique games and here ApkVenue will discuss a list of the 7 best Nintendo DS games.
1. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
The title is complicated but the game visual novels from Capcom which puts you as a lawyer Phoenix Wright this, is often considered one of the best DS games.
Apart from using a unique concept where you have to defend your client in court, this game is also famous for having features voice control use microphone on the Nintendo DS.
Trials and Tribulations itself is actually the third part of the trilogy Phoenix Wright first so it's a good idea to play the first 2 games first.
But don't worry because your efforts will pay off at the climax of this game which contains many references to its predecessors and is guaranteed to make you happy, cry, and cry happily.
2. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Professor Layton is a game puzzles/visual novels artificial Level 5 which puts you as Professor Layton in solving a strange case.
As Professor Layton, you will be assigned to solve puzzles to continue the story and the game is successful using the features touch screen and dual screen on the Nintendo DS.
As Trials and Tribulations, Unwound Future is the third game of the trilogy Professor Layton First and foremost, all the games in this series have a very strong British feel.
As visual novels, this game has a quality story and has a very good ending bittersweet, especially for those of you who have fallen in love with the character of Professor Layton.
3. The World Ends With You
Square-Enix already have a reputation for the quality of RPG games and they are again making a breakthrough with The World Ends With You on the Nintendo DS.
In this game, you take on the role of Neku who is dragged into a mysterious game in an otherworldly version of Shibuya.
In addition to successfully using the features touch screen and the dual screen of the Nintendo DS, The World Ends With You also famous for being heavily inspired by street culture Japan.
All the characters here have a very unique look and this game is also equipped with soundtrack That's cool, gang.
One additional note, this game also got a remake in 2018 for Nintendo Switch with distinctly different controls and some additional content.
4. Elite Beat Agents
Artificial music game iNiS this is Jaka's favorite game, gang, and it's guaranteed to make your DS screen full of stylus scratches and your hands are sore.
In Elite Beat Agents You will act as a group of secret agents similar to Men in Black who helps people solve problems by dancing, gang.
The concept is a bit too stupid but guaranteed to be very entertaining, gang, especially at the climax of the game when you are tasked with fighting an alien invasion with the help of music.
The music here is taken from the western world with classic songs like Y.M.C.A. from Village People who will accompany your dance.
5. Super Scribblenauts
Nintendo DS unique features make this console full of games with very unique concepts and one of them is the series Scribblenauts from 5th Cell.
Super Scribblenauts is a puzzle game side scrolling where you act as Maxwell in his adventure of collecting objects named Starites.
Uniquely, you can help Maxwell by calling any object into the game via text input. For example, by writing ladder, Maxwell will get a ladder to reach high ground.
This game really upholds the creativity of players, but unfortunately you also need vocabulary strong English.
6. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Series The Legend of Zelda has earned a reputation as one of the best video game series and Spirit Tracks managed to maintain this reputation.
In this game, you take on the role of Link who must protect New Hyrule and Princess Zelda from threats Malladus.
Still carrying the cute animation style of its predecessor, Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks It is targeted at the children's market.
But this game still has gameplay and puzzle typical Zelda quality and here too you can control a train as a mode of transportation, gang!
7. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Series Mario indeed famous as a game platformer but spin-offMario & Luigi carries the RPG genre whose quality is not inferior to the main series.
In Bowser's Inside Story, you act as Mario and Luigi thanks to manipulation Fawful, turns small and is absorbed into the body Bowser.
At the same time, you also have to control Bowser in his quest to take back his palace which was captured by Fawful.
Apart from carrying gameplay that successfully takes advantage of the unique features of the Nintendo DS, this game is also full of very stomach-churning dialogue and moments.
8. Pokemon Black & White
When you're talking about Nintendo's handheld console, it's impossible not to mention the series Pokemon, gang, and here Jaka's choice fell to the couple Pokemon Black & White.
This game is the third Pokemon game on the Nintendo DS where you take on the role of a Pokemon Trainers in the area Unova inspired by the city New York.
When it was first released, Black & White brought many new features such as changing seasons and 3v3 battles with much prettier graphics.
What's more, in the first half of the game you can only use 156 new Pokemon species, gang, which makes this game really impressed fresh.
9. New Super Mario Bros
To attract the hearts of fathers and mothers to buy a Nintendo DS, Nintendo takes advantage of nostalgia by releasing a New Super Mario Bros. (NSMB).
Different from the series Super Mario World which has migrated to three-dimensional graphics, NSMB still carries genreside scrolling platformer as Super Mario Bros from the 80's.
Besides Mold and Spark which has become typical of Mario, NSMB is also equipped with features Super Mushroom a new one that will make Mario grow to the size of the screen, gang!
SMB finally became the Nintendo DS game with the highest sales of 30 million copies and got a sequel to Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U, and Nintendo Switch.
10. Mario Kart DS
One of the best graphics nds games that has always been a mainstay of Nintendo consoles is Mario Kart and for the Nintendo DS, they put out Mario Kart DS.
Unlike its predecessors, Mario Kart DS has several new features but the most exciting is the features online multiplayer use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
In addition, Mario Kart DS also has a new mode called Mission Mode where players are given missions other than just winning races.
Even though it's very old, this game is still more fun to play than Mario Kart Tour for Android & iOS which have fuzzy controls.
That's it, gang, the list of 7 best Nintendo DS games according to Jaka. Actually, there are lots of other games like Pokemon Black & White that Jaka wants to include here.
But due to space and time limitations, Jaka decided to choose a unique game that uses unique DS features that you can't find anywhere else.
Of course you can play the games above using the Nintendo DS emulator, but it might be a bit difficult because it takes advantage of the unique features of the Nintendo DS handheld.
Have you ever played the game above? Or maybe you guys have recommendations for other Nintendo DS games? Share in the comments column yes!
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