I finally managed to get my hands on a N3DSXL. I haven’t played anything on the 3DS or DS so I’m looking for recommendations. I’m open to pretty much anything genre-wise.
What are your faves
I know the zelda ports were contentious but there’s something about those graphics and 3d that hits me just right.
Also hack the 3ds and play mario 64 on it
Yeah I was kind of thinking about giving the OoT and MM ports a go. I haven’t played OoT since launch and never played MM.
There’s a patch for the MM port that fixes the issues it has, highly recommended.
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright
Metroid: Samus Returns
Warioware Gold
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker
pokemon oras
rhythm heaven megamix
Also if you’re doing this The Cool Way, you can just put any DS or Gameboy/GBC/GBA game on there
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei Apocalypse
Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Luigis Mansion 2
Bravely Default
Pokemon Sun/Moon
Kirby: Robobot
Very interested in Zelda ALBW. ALttP is my favorite Zelda game still and about the only game I come back to every now and then. I’m also a newcomer to the MonHun series with World and Rise so I’d like to give MH4U a go. That’s actually the kind of N3DSXL I ended up getting.
Mario and Luigi: bowser’s inside story (also the prequel Partners in time and sequel Dream Team)
Pokemon Mystery dungeon explorers of the sky
Fire Emblem Awakening
Kirby: Planet Robobot
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Pokemon Rangers Shadows of Almia
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Kid Icarus Uprising
Pokemon Black and White and the sequel B/W 2
Pokemon Mystery dungeon explorers of the sky
I’ve been really interested in these games.
All of the Ace Attorneys are great if you like VNs, the Professor Layton series is good if you like puzzle games (don’t feel bad about using hint coins and it’ll make your life so much easier).
I also sank a lot of hours into FFT: Grimoire of the Rift. It adds a few more classes on top of FFTA, though the story isn’t as strong. The Fire Emblems and Advance Wars on DS are worth playing too if turn based tactics are your thing…
For adventure I enjoyed the Zeldas - Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. Both had charming cel-shaded graphics a la Windwaker. I don’t remember much about A Link Between Worlds. I assume it was decent.
For touch screen games, the Elite Beat Agents (Osu Tatake Ouendan) and Rhythm Heaven series are evergreen. The Kirby power brush is fun too.
My brother really enjoyed The World Ends With You (JRPG) and the Pokemon Mystery Dungeons (dungeon crawler) and Korg DS-10 (virtual synthesiser).
Finally if you haven’t played Chrono Trigger, there’s a DS remake. I hadn’t played Chrono Trigger before so DS was my first time playing. Absolutely must if you even think it might be worthwhile. Tl;dr R4 was great for roms, and DS is a goated console.
I’ll have to give FFT another go. I was a huge PS1 FFT fan and bounced off of FFTA back on the GBA. Those Zelda recs are good too. I haven’t played a portable Zelda yet and the current BotW/TotK just didn’t jive with me and made me want to play older Zeldas.
I haven’t played a portable Zelda yet
You mentioned liking ALttP, so you should definitely play Minish Cap (GBA) and Link’s Awakening DX (GBC).
If you end up liking Link’s Awakening DX a lot, then try Oracle of Ages/Seasons (GBC) and Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
Very interesting, thank you. I’ve been around for a minute and I’ve never heard of Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru before.
