DS REVIEWS: The List

What was supposedly a 3rd pillar in Nintendo's strategy in the new century soon showed itself as the true replacment of the dominant Gameboy line. And what a replacment it was. The DS is easily one of my favorite systems I ever played. Which is why choosing to review games for it proved to be such a challenge. I alreayd played a 100+ games in the system, and if I tried to playthrough any top 100 list, I would probably end up playing 10 games tops (since I would have played most of what is already in the list). Hence, I realized I needed to look for some underappreciated games and review those instead.

So this here is my underappreciated list fo DS games review list.

Since this is a personal list, I am not refering to any online list unlike my other review series. However, I did look at a number of games that are considered underrated or unknown by many. In Destructoid, these games might actually find their audience.

The Dual Screens that ruled them all

Rules:

I won't Review games:

1. I already played before (that's most of Nintendo's main stuff).
2. That are best experienced in multiplayer (still have no freinds).
3. That doesn't intrest me at all (few games actually fall into this category).
4. Non-Retail games.

Review Style:

Because the 50 point scale have been useful for me while reviewing all those SNES games, I will probably continue with it. Every game starts with 25 points, then I add/subrract points based on many aspects I feel are important for games in general, or the genre in particular. While this might seem to mathematical for some readers, I actually assign points based on how I feel about the game. If the sum at the end doesn't match what I feel about the game, it actually serves as great fuel for an inner conversation about the game.

I write reviews because I want to have a conversation about the games, and I feel that all the points of intrest I add in to the review can serve as conversation starters.

Also, for each review, I am going spelunking into the Dtoid review of the game (if it exists) and see both the comments and the review itself. So it might be a nice historical revision of the Dtoid mindset of the day. Finally, I am going to do some economical investigation regarding the game' performance, because it might shed some light on the Wii U's misfortunes.

The List:

Here is the list I compiled of games I am going to review, feel free to suggest some others:

• Radiant Historia.
• Golden Sun: Dark Dawn.
• Okamiden.
• Luminous Arc.
• Advance Wars: Days of Ruin.
• Advance Wars: Dual Strike.
• Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume.
• Black Sigil: Blades of the Exiled.
• Glory of Heracles.
• Infinite Space.
• Knights in the Nightmare.
• Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals.
• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective.
• Trace Memory.
• Hotel Dusk: Room 215.
• Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.
• Contact.
• Contra 4.
• Elite Beat Agents.
• Lock's Quest.
• Rocket Slime.
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker.
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2.
• Front Mission.
• Mega Man ZX.
• Mega Man ZX Advent.
• Pokemon Conquest.

Dtoid Challenge:

This is might prove to be a non winnable challenge, but it would be fun to bet on which games Chris Carter didn't play from this list (and the updated ones). For the SNES review list, the only game he didn't play wasn't even released in the US. So, we actually know that young Chris was actually limited by his physical space, if not his temporal state.

Is the Wii era Chrisbot as omnipreset and omnipotent as we think, or is there a chink in his gaming armor?

Out of the List Games:

As always, feel free to suggest more games. However, realize that I most likely have played most of the well-rated games in the system.

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