Comments on: My “Deserted Island” Games — Nintendo DS edition

By: pushstart89

pushstart89 — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:40:28 +0000

yeh i thought it was great too, but by the time i played the newer version on the 3DS, it just seemed very complacent with same old level designs etc. You should play Luigi’s mansion it is awesome! Very challenging & well designed levels, (the 1st one was on gamecube)

By: cary

cary — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:12:07 +0000

I’ve not played Luigi’s Mansion, but I’ve heard it’s a great game. And you’re right about the Mario “formula;” I was rather tired of it myself by the end of New Super Mario Bros. Wii U. But when I got to the game on the DS, it had been years since I played a 2D Mario platformer, so I welcomed the game with open arms.

By: pushstart89

pushstart89 — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 14:10:56 +0000

If I look back on the DS I’d say it was great to have New Super Mario Bros back, but at this point the formula has gotten dated and on the 3DS it’s been surpassed by Luigi’s Mansion in my opinion

By: cary

cary — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:40:26 +0000

Indeed, but it really comes down to matter of opinion. If given the choice between, say, New Super Mario Bros. DS and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, I’d pick the DS version hands down. The Wii version was plenty fun, but it was still a standard Mario game and I wasn’t 100% enthralled by the gameplay. You can only revamp Mario so many times before fans start to get a little bored.

By: animalcrossingfan03

animalcrossingfan03 — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:49:04 +0000

Hey Cary, so you really like New Super Mario Bros.? Me too! But sometimes the newer Mario games can be sort of overrated am I right?

By: cary

cary — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:28:33 +0000

A nice selection of games there! Though, I’ve never heard of Warioware: Touched — sounds quite intriguing. No Nintendo handheld experience is complete without a Metroid game, and Fusion is one of the best of the the series. There’s no way I’d leave home without it!

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:40:23 +0000

Hmmm…For the DS, I’d choose the following:

1. Animal Crossing: Wild World – What can I say, I love Animal Crossing! There will always be something to do, always new ways to to make up the house.

2. Mario Kart DS – The only Mario Kart I ever got really good at. I’ve always wanted to have the time to get back to it and master it all over again.

3. Pokemon Heart Gold/ Soul Silver – I got Soul Silver, but never got around to making much progress, due to my unwillingness to play mobile games over console games. It would be great to actually finish it.

4. Warioware: Touched – It’s random, it’s crazy, it’s Wario, and I’ve never been able to get enough of it!

Also…METROID FUSION! YES! It’s got exploration, challenge, puzzles, twists…it’s super metroid on GBA…enough said. Excellent choice there!

By: cary

cary — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:35:13 +0000

That’s a tough choice, for sure. If you have an original DS, considering that it’ll play both DS and GBA games, managing to choose just one more game seems nearly impossible. In fact, just thinking about it makes my head hurts. And I thought it was tough just narrowing down my couple dozen games to five. Imagine trying to narrow down a dozen YEARS worth of games to just five! If you come up with a fifth, I’d love to know what it is.

By: cary

cary — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:26:58 +0000

I keep hearing inklings that Ace Attorney *might* come to the Google Play store. I’m on it if that ever happens! I also never played the TWEWY new game+, and I’d certainly have enough time on my island to tackle it. Good times, good times.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:39:07 +0000

I only have two DS games because I bought the DS for the sole purpose of buying this one “KIngdom Hearts” game with a really weird name, then when I saw another “KH” game was available, I impulse-bought that one, too. A mistake, as that latter one wasn’t very good. So I would, well, bring those two. Plus, my DS came with some “Brain Age” games. That still only adds up to four. So if I knew I was destined to be stuck on an island somewhere, I could buy another game to reach the five game limit…. But, which would I choose?…