The Energon Pub

by **Dispensor** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:30 am

Animal Crossing, Mario 64, Mario Cart... hell, even Transformers! Who else has a DS? What's your favorite game?

For me, it'd have to be Animal Crossing at the moment. So addicting and fun!

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:21 am

My all-time faves are:

Super Mario 64 DS
Mario Kart DS
Nintendogs
Metroid Hunters
NEW Super Mario Bros
Wario Ware Touched
Advanced Wars DS
Starfox Command

And soon, as in the second it hits the shelves:

Legend of Zelda, The Phantom Hour Glass

by **Baseball Tonight** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:43 am

And don't forget the two Castlevania games!

by **Nightracer GT** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:16 pm

Baseball Tonight wrote:And don't forget the two Castlevania games!

Animal Crossing Shmanimal Crossing.

Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin are the all you need. New Super Mario Bros won't hurt either.

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:46 pm

Dark Zarak wrote:
Baseball Tonight wrote:And don't forget the two Castlevania games!

Animal Crossing Shmanimal Crossing.

Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin are the all you need. New Super Mario Bros won't hurt either.

Three of the reasons I want a DS.

I have a PSP, though, which has an equal number of excellent games. $70 extra, but it's got a lot of different features, like movies and music.

Hell, add a notepad function, and maybe a WiFi-based phone extension, BAM, you have something better than an iPhone.

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:59 pm

Shadowman wrote:
Dark Zarak wrote:
Baseball Tonight wrote:And don't forget the two Castlevania games!

Animal Crossing Shmanimal Crossing.

Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin are the all you need. New Super Mario Bros won't hurt either.

Three of the reasons I want a DS.

I have a PSP, though, which has an equal number of excellent games. $70 extra, but it's got a lot of different features, like movies and music.

Hell, add a notepad function, and maybe a WiFi-based phone extension, BAM, you have something better than an iPhone.

Maybe Nintendo could design another DS & GBA cart set that could function as a phone?

And I don't see why they can't release a DS memory card that can hold things dled off of the Wii's firmware connection. Or maybe even purchased from the Wii shop.

by **MercilessOne** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:15 pm

The DS is cool, but I'd rather have a Wii.

PSP: custom firmware

News Credits: 2 · by **Powersurge** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:09 am

I have a DS lite, Only got a few games for it though:-
Nintendo Clubhouse games
Mr Driller DS
Resident Evil DS
Yu-Gi-Oh GX Spirit Caller

I did have Metroid Hunters, NEW Super Mario Bros and Mario Kart DS, but i got bored with those.

I will be getting Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hour Glass when its released out here sometime round the end of October (I hope).

by **YeekJat** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:19 pm

I only have one game for my DS Lite so far, and that's Mario Kart DS. So, I guess it's my favorite.

by **Bumblebee-otch** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:20 pm

mario kart is my all-time favorite. it's so addicting and fun! i can't beleive i sold it :???:

at the moment, i'm LOVING phantom hourglass, despite the stylus-only controls that are kind of tiresome after a while.

other faves:
ALL castlevania games
ALL phoenix wright games (gotta get the new one!)
new super mario bros. (short, but sweet)
mario 64 (classic)
metroid prime: hunters multiplayer
brain age is fun, if only for the sudoku

resident evil (c'mon, nintendo give us more!)
animal crossing was fun for a while, but i got tired of it

i want to get jump! superstars. does anyone have it??

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:05 pm

Bumblebee-otch wrote:i want to get jump! superstars. does anyone have it??

I wouldn't bet on it. A lot of Shonen Jump's characters are too obscure to American audiences, especially since cartoons are always seen as "Kid's Stuff" despite shows like Death Note running around.

It's kind of the opposite of Super Smash Bros.. SSB contains mostly well-known characters (Mario, Luigi, Pikachu) with a few characters unknown to America. (Fire Emblem hadn't been released in AMerica until AFTER Roy and Marth were in SSBM, and when SSB was released, F-Zero, and by extension, Captain Falcon, wasn't widely known) While Shonen Jump contains a few well-known characters (Goku) and mostly unknown characters. (Everyone else--I'm looking at YOU, Light Yagami!)

So, since it has such limited appeal (And a lot of the series heavily feature adult content--Again, YOU, Light Yagami!--so it's hard to market to kids), and also that, while SJ holds the rights to their properties in Japan, multiple companies hold them in America (Thus making licensing a bitch), it would be VERY hard to not only bring over, but also Dub properly. (Since FUNimation does a lot of the dubbing, but also other guys like 4Kids and Oceans Group)

In short: No chance. But that doesn't stop us from hoping, does it?

by **Bumblebee-otch** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:21 pm

i know its not in the US, i meant has anyone imported it. it's only like 45 bucks shipped!

by **OptimusN1701** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:23 am

I'll be a man and admit I have Pokemon Diamond

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:32 am

I don't think I could be arsed with another 'gotta catch em all!' game.

But Trauma centre, wow, what a game.

by **Bumblebee-otch** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:56 am

OptimusN1701 wrote:I'll be a man and admit I have Pokemon Diamond

i had it, too!

by **Marty Rocket** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:13 am

The DS is great, although I haven't played mine in a while. I only have 4 games for it, but I'd have to say my favourite game is Pokemon Diamond (big Pokemon fan), and Transformers. My fiance loves her DS that I got for her last Christmas.

Funny story regarding it. My fiance and I were flying from New Jersey to England, and there was a flub with the tickets, so we had to sit separately. So to talk on the flight we used the Pictochat feature, and also passed the 6 hours by playing Mario Kart DS. The DS is such a nifty little thing to have.

by **Xanatos** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:32 am

yep, the ds kicks all kinds of ass!
you should really look at getting an m3 simply flash card for it, i got one about a week ago, and my ds now has a personal organizer, a web browser, it can play mp3s, you can watch videos, read books, and play cack loads of homebrew software.
Iv got lemmings, monkey island 1 + 2, day of the tentacle, doom and quake on there :grin:

the best part is, you can play quake over wifi

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:33 pm

And once again Nintendo kicks Sony's ass.

I'd love for Microsoft and Nintendo to team up and kick that little bitches ass. Send em back to making cameras and tvs like they should.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:24 pm

Well my gf loves Nintendogs, Animal Crossing and the Warioware games. Brain training, Soduku and Meteos are high up there.

Me on the otherhand, well I love Mariokart (who doesn't?) Jump Superstars (even though it is in Japanese), Club House Games and Pokemon Diamond was the best Pokemon game since Gold/Silver.

Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass is just all 32 flavours of Awesomesauce though. I struggle to put the damn thing down.

Bumblebee-otch wrote:i want to get jump! superstars. does anyone have it??

I loves me this game, it's all in Japanese, but you can get somewhat decent translations of what you have to do on sites like gamefaqs (just stay away from their boards, sheesh). It's like Super Smash Brothers, but on your handheld! Creating your teams is hard though, as you need to research every character and support character, which takes alot of time.

News Credits: 1 · by **0ctane** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:00 pm

DS is awesome, my best games are:

Hotel Dusk
Zelda phantom hourglass
castlevania dawn of sorrow
New Super mario brothers
Mario kart
Sonic Rush
Pokemon Diamond
phoenix wright (1 and 2)
Super mario 64 DS (was better than i thought it would be)
trauma centre

I have more games but these have been DS defining games for me, i really loved hotel dusk, wasn't to fast paced and a notepad to write clues down is pure genious.

Animal crossing got so boring after a years worth of gameplay and the museum almost full, became pretty tedious (and that stupid mole, wtf is his problem lol. I didn't buy a game to be told when and where i can save!)

as a whole, DS touch screen and mic interaction is just awesome.

by **ThunderZap** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:18 am

Bumblebee-otch wrote:
OptimusN1701 wrote:I'll be a man and admit I have Pokemon Diamond

i had it, too!

i have one too :grin:

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:36 am

i_amtrunks wrote:Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass is just all 32 flavours of Awesomesauce though. I struggle to put the damn thing down.

I concur!

by **Jazz Reborn** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:41 am

my faves are:super mario 64 ds, star fox command, new super mario bros., final fantasy 3, pokemon diamond,viewtiful joe, JUMP! ULTIMATE STARS!!!, and digimon world:dusk.

by **Jazz Reborn** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:49 am

forgot about luminous arc that too is one of my fave games.

News Credits: 5 · by **God Magnus** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:32 pm

Well, I don't come around the video game forum that much but I thought I'd contribute to this thread.

I absolutely love my DS. I currently own more games for my DS than for any other system I own and I own every Nintendo system made thus far (except for Virtual Boy).

As for favorite games, I was hooked on Animal Crossing and Pokemon for quite some time. I also love Mario Kart, Metroid Prime Pinball, and Metroid Prime Hunters. I just got Phantom Hourglass today and I played it for an hour before I could put it down so that's a good sign. I can't wait to try the Wi-Fi game for that one.