These are all games I think most people have high-expectations for, or have potential. I'll be spending lot of time tonight & tomarrow to complete this list. If you see anything I don't have up yet PM me just to make sure I'm going to put it up, or make sure I know about it so I can put it up.
Diddy Kong Racing - 02/05/07
Summary: Don't be so shocked when you discover that Rare is the company responsible for the Nintendo DS version of the Nintendo 64 port. Even though the development studio is no longer possessed by Nintendo and hasn't been for years, the two companies still work together in the handheld arena...and have been for years. Diddy Kong Racing will bring yet another kart-racing game to the dual screen handheld, but will also incorporate online support via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service...something the original N64 game never had.
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Lunar Knights - 02/06/07
Summary: Unofficially the fourth edition in Konami's vampire-hunting adventure series Boktai, Lunar Knights picks the series up anew and adds many differences and improvements over the GBA hits. Descend into the gothic Sci-Fi world of Lunar Knights and take control of two warriors on a quest to reclaim the world from the vampiric legion. Spin together tornados, guide down flaming meteors, and blow snowstorms in Kojima Productions' first ever title on Nintendo DS.
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Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja - 02/20/07
Summary: Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja is an RPG for the DS, starring a spunky gal ninja by the name of Izuna.
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Trioncube - 02/20/07
Summary: Every so often a design team tries to come up with a puzzle concept that will out-Tetris Tetris. Namco Bandai's stepping in with another attempt at the idea (remember Pac Attack?) with a game that might be a lot more crazy than its own Katamari Damacy. The game has all the block-stacking game mechanics that you'd expect from a Tetris-inspired design, but the sheer wackiness of the storyline and themes might be more worth the price of admission than the gameplay is. There's no online option, but single cartridge multiplayer? You betcha.
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Meteos: Disney Magic - 02/27/07
Summary: First, take the classic 2005 Meteos, and turn it on its side. Then, add the ability to move tiles left and right as well as the usual up and down. Then remove the space aliens and instead put Disney characters in their place. That's what this game is -- the classic gameplay evolved and shifted, with a brand new environment skinning the action. Its focus on the kids might turn some purists off, but hey -- if you skip this one you may be missing out on some improved Meteos action.
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Death Jr. Science Fair of Doom- 03/01/07
Summary: Death, Jr., Pandora and the crew make their debut on the Nintendo DS with an all-new adventure. In their school’s annual science fair, the gang gets into another mess as they accidentally unleash the all-powerful, all-evil Moloch and need to sort it all out before DJ's dad finds out. Using the DS touch screen, you can execute cool scythe moves and switch between DJ and Pandora.
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Wario: Master of Disguise - 03/05/07
Summary: Wario returns to his wicked ways after a long detour making insane games in WarioWare with this action/theft game.
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Custom Robo Arena - 03/19/07
Summary: Who doesn't like constructing robots and sending them out into battle to see how much punishment it can withstand? The Custom Robo series has been a favorite on the Nintendo 64 and the GameCube, and in just a couple of months from now, that action-packed brawler's hitting the Nintendo DS in a multiplayer-focused design. Play locally or one-on-one online and show your buddies that you can make a better mechanical beast.
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Theme Park - 03/20/07
Summary: Theme Park heads to the DS, letting you build a theme park and manage the business that goes along with it.
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Poke Mon Diamond & Pearl - 04/22/07
Summary: The next chapter of the continuing saga of Nintendo's "collect 'em all" RPG series, the first original evolution of the series on the DS. Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl offer a number of exciting new features to please both experienced and new Pokemon fans alike. Set in an entirely new region called "Sinnoh," players can choose to begin their adventure as either a boy or girl Pokemon trainer on a path to becoming Pokemon League Champion. The adventure continues as players can bring Pokemon from their Game Boy Advance Pokemon games to Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl using the GBA game slot on their Nintendo DS. As players trade and collect Pokemon to complete their Pokedex in this new challenge, for the first time they'll have the chance to catch new Pokemon, Munchlax and Weavile. They also can play via local wireless with up to eight other trainers while new moves and abilities deepen strategy.
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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales- 04/??/2007
Summary: Chocobo and the Magic Picture Book starts when the Final Fantasy black magician brings a picture book onto the Chocobo farm. This book is actually home to the great devil Bebuzu, and it sucks the entire farm into its pages. Chocobo heads on an adventure with the white and black magicians in order to stop Bebezu from reviving himself to full form. Chocobo and the Magic Picture Book combines field exploration like that of an RPG, with card-based battles. You're free to move about through the game's picture book influenced world. Encounter an enemy, and you find yourself in a card battle, referred to officially as a "Pop-Up Duel." You and your enemies take turns sending out cards to perform attacks.
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QuickSpot - Q2 2007
Summary: A fast and challenging game of concentration, the objective of QuickSpot is to spot the differences between two seemingly identical pictures and circle the differences on the touch screen. QuickSpot contains three challenging single player modes, the main mode being Rapid Play, which has five levels each containing 10 stages and a boss challenge at the end of each level. The player will be awarded medals for points they achieve based on their "Brain Activity". Other single player modes include Focus play, which contains 140 unique pictures with 10 differences for the player to spot, and Today's Fortune, which gives the player their Health, Study, Romance, and Money fortune for the day. QuickSpot also includes three multiplayer modes including Time Bomb, which requires up to eight players to pass one Nintendo DS back and forth between turns, Scramble Mode, and Download Play in which players can compete against each other on multiple Nintendo DS systems.
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Line Rider - Q2 2007
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Summary: Line Rider allows players to construct their own track filled with as many ramps, hills, and jumps as they can imagine utilizing a pencil tool. Once the player is done creating their course, they can send a virtual sledder down the route until he wipes out.
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Chibi Robo: Park Patrol - Q2 2007
Summary: The Sanderson family just got the ultimate in high-tech, house-helper technology: Chibi-Robo. In this inventive, story-driven game, players guide a miniature robot as he completes chores and clashes with enemies in his epic quest to become the highest-ranked Chibi-Robo out there.
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Dragon Quets IX: Protectors of the Sky - TBA 2007
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The ninth entry in the acclaimed Dragon Quest series, Dragon Quest IX: Protectors of the Sky is boldly being developed as a portable game title. Dragon Quest 9 features an action-oriented battle system playable cooperatively by up to four players via Wi-Fi. The DS's dual screen setup is also put to use, with the top screen showing a map and the bottom screen housing all the action.
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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - TBA 2007
Summary: Not the first-ever dual-screen Zelda game (that honor goes to the foldable Game & Watch Zelda system), nor the first action adventure in the series to use two screens (Four Swords used the Game Boy Advance to GameCube link cable to pull this trick), The Legend of Zelda DS is the franchise's first outing on the Nintendo DS handheld.
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is designed in the style of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. The game features similar cel-shaded stylings for its 3D engine, with traditional top-down gameplay (using a hovering and semi-mobile camera in a locked perspective) and a map along the bottom screen.
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates - TBA
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Summary: No information provided, game also known as FF Crystal Chronicles DS, CODENAME: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates [project codename], FFCC DS
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