A good not too laid back game.

Ok, so i'm getting a DS soon[i had one before but it broke]. So i'm looking for the BEST game you've EVER played on the DS. Only pick one so make a good choice. And nothing too laid back like Mario Kart, picross, tetris, etc.

Games i've played: FFIII, FFIV, Layton games, and KH 358/2

megaman starforce 1-3, of course, all the pokemon games.... DON'T get a dsi tho. u should get a lite. small, nice screnn AND it has the gba thing. u can play FF 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 if u do that :D

o i didnt c the only 1 :)...............well, zelda, metroid..... pretty much all the obvious 1's

Personally I love my DSi. :( But then again I enjoy my DS games a ton more than my advance games, and I have an GBA for those anyways.

BUT as for some good games I will suggest these:

Custom Robo Arena

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time

Geometry Wars Galaxies

Jump Ultimate Stars

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days

Kirby Superstar ULTRA!

Knights in the Nightmare

Megaman Battle Network 5 Double Soul

Megaman Starforce 1-3

Megaman ZX

Megaman ZX Advent

NEW Super Mario Bros.

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum

Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver

Scribblenauts

Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor

The World Ends With You

Although this will probably get locked do to the sticky. Hope you love your DS! :D

i really enjoyed Urbz sims in the city at launch. i would try maybe mario party or scribblenauts.

if you have a walmart near you Dslites will be onsale for 89.99 US on friday just a heads up if you didnt see it.

pokemon, and advanced wars days of ruin.. tada you now have the two most longevity enduced games in the DS market. :P advanced wars has LIMITLESS replayability and pokemon is well pokemon.. it will be as addictive as smack :P

i recommend getting the dsi xl simply for the free copies of the brain age games as well as photo fighter (street fighter using stills of you and your friends)

this would also help extend your time before the need for more titles

after which point i recommend;

spectrobes

warhammer 40k: squad command

megaman ZX: advent

elite beat agents

pheonix right games and/or professor layton

and as a wild card im going to add both:

trauma center: under the knife and

gta: chinatown wars

id also get money down on okamiden as it will rock frigging planets when it hits and easily waste TLoZ off its high horse in the action/adventure genre. when a titles bests zelda in its home turf its gotta be decent.

Personally I love my DSi. :( But then again I enjoy my DS games a ton more than my advance games, and I have an GBA for those anyways.

BUT as for some good games I will suggest these:

Custom Robo Arena

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time

Geometry Wars Galaxies

Jump Ultimate Stars

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days

Kirby Superstar ULTRA!

Knights in the Nightmare

Megaman Battle Network 5 Double Soul

Megaman Starforce 1-3

Megaman ZX

Megaman ZX Advent

NEW Super Mario Bros.

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum

Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver

Scribblenauts

Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor

The World Ends With You

Although this will probably get locked do to the sticky. Hope you love your DS! :D

xXDante666Xx

SMT titles on the DS blew chunks.

megaman starforce and double again are both repetitive nonsense.. id sooner recommend he get battle network 1-5 and eb done with it :P

and custom robo arena.. really its one of the worst games the DS has.

I would have to say any pokemon ds games, Sonic Colors, and Dragon Quest for me but that's just my opinion

If you want to get just ONE game, the absolute best I can recomed would bethe Mario and Luigi RPGs for DS and The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass or The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

Pokemon HeartGold and TWEWY are the game i have played the most. More tnan 100 hours in both.

Sonic Rush, or Ninja Gaiden. Those are the best I can think of that weren't already said.

It has already been said, but if I had to choose just one DS game, I would choose The World Ends With You. I love that game.

Out of games that have not been mentioned, a favorite of mine is Trauma Center: Under the Knife.