# Recommend me a DS game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 17, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297 "2009-07-17T02:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297/1 "2009-07-17T02:30:14Z")
I’ve got a week of travel coming up, and I need something to fill the downtime. I’m looking for a good DS game to keep me occupied. Ideally it would a puzzle game, though I might consider an RPG. Here’s a list of the last games I’ve played on the DS: Professor Layton and the Curious Village - Absolutely loved it. Gorgeous art, good puzzles. Puzzle Quest - never clicked with me. Felt like too much randomness. Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon. OK. Not the best in the series. Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town. Liked it a lot. Elite Beat Agents: Fun, but way too short. Brain Age: Worthless. I scored a “brain age” of 20 on my very first playthrough. At which point I was left with nothing but DS Sudoku. Any suggestions? I don’t play my DS much so I’ve been out of the loop on recent games. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297/2 "2009-07-17T02:44:14Z")
> [@GameHat](#): > > I’ve got a week of travel coming up, and I need something to fill the downtime. I’m looking for a good DS game to keep me occupied. > > Ideally it would a puzzle game, though I might consider an RPG. Well, there you go! Puzzle Qu- > [@](#): > > Puzzle Quest - never clicked with me. Felt like too much randomness. Oh. Have you tried out the various adventure games for the DS? They seem a good match for you. The Phoenix Wright series are among my favorites… ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Keen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Commander\_Keen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Keen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297/3 "2009-07-17T02:55:31Z")
Picross or Meteos ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297/4 "2009-07-17T04:48:24Z")
Second both Picross (which hooked me every day for weeks) and Meteos. Tetris DS is also a great puzzle game. You should also keep an eye out for the next\*\* Professor Layton \*\*game coming out next month. ---
**Author:** ![Robin\_Goodfellow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Robin\_Goodfellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robin_Goodfellow)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297/5 "2009-07-17T04:53:53Z")
Tetris DS or Planet Puzzle League are two of the most pure, ideal puzzle games… but they’re sadly rare these days. If you liked EBA, you may love Rhythm Heaven. It’s a great Warioware-style collection, but with addictive music and rhythm games that each tell their own little story, tho not as deep as EBA. Lots to play and unlock. Picross is great, too - uses the same logic as Sudoku, but more picture-based. If you don’t mind slightly rigid puzzles, the Ace Attorney games may be worth a play through. They have decent stories and lots of really fun moments of revelation and redemption in the play-courtroom. And since I love RPGs, I have to recommend some of the best from way back when: Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy IV. Either can keep you occupied for weeks and weeks. If you’re looking for more mold-breaking offerings, try SMT: Devil Survivor or The World Ends With You. Also: keep an eye out for Scribblenauts in the next couple of months. This _will_ be a sleeper hit. ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297/6 "2009-07-17T05:05:56Z")
“Henry Hatsworth and the Puzzling Adventure” is a fantastic puzzle/platform hybrid. You switch between both modes throughout the level. Both of them are relatively simple on their own, but they interact with each other beautifully (your performance in the puzzle affects your platform game and vice versa). It starts of very easy and ends up being a pretty darn good challenge, also it’s $20 now. As far as RPG’s go, “Dragon Quest V” is just fantastic. It is a remake of the classic game, your mileage may vary according to how much you like Dragon Quest (a pretty old school system). But it’s just top notch for what it is. ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297/7 "2009-07-17T06:38:15Z")
It might not be your thing, but Zelda: The Twilight Princess was f-ing cool. Though, admittedly, I feel that way about all Zelda games. 😃 Oh, and I agree with you about Professor Layton. Can’t wait for the next game to come out. ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Keen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Commander\_Keen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Keen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297/8 "2009-07-17T06:45:58Z")
> [@Robin\_Goodfellow](#): > > If you’re looking for more mold-breaking offerings, try SMT: Devil Survivor or The World Ends With You. Oh! Forgot to recommend this one. The World Ends With You is the best DS game I’ve played. ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297/9 "2009-07-17T07:54:59Z")
> [@VanillaGorilla](#): > > It might not be your thing, but Zelda: The Twilight Princess was f-ing cool. > Though, admittedly, I feel that way about all Zelda games. 😃 > > . You probably mean Zelda Phantom Hourglass, which is the DS game. Twilight Princess is the one on Wii. Seconded though. If you like Zelda then it is one of the best games available on the DS. ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297/10 "2009-07-17T10:49:55Z")
> [@CyclopticXander](#): > > You probably mean Zelda Phantom Hourglass, which is the DS game. Twilight Princess is the one on Wii. > > Seconded though. If you like Zelda then it is one of the best games available on the DS. Oops, yeah, Phantom hourglass was what I meant, of course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297/11 "2009-07-17T12:05:15Z")
I enjoyed _Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir_ far more than I thought I was going to. The main activity is finding specific items in very cluttered scenes against a clock, but there are other puzzles along the way too.