The World Ends with You

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Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This?

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

Elemental Monster TD Portable

Atelier Annie: Alchemists of Sera Island

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

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Meteos

Knights in the Nightmare

Class of Heroes

Dungeons & Dragons Tactics

Only true D&D fanatics will really, truly, unabashedly enjoy this game. However, it's still worth playing.

The gameplay pretty much stays true to the table top original, and while that may seem to be a strength in terms of authenticity and pleasing true D&D fanatics, it really is kind of a drag. Even for a table top D&D playe... Read Full Review

Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida.

essentially tower defense; but the added game mechanics make it both uniquely interesting and frustratingly difficult.

holy invasion of privacy, badman! what did i do to deserve this? is bizarre and weird from the outset. the title alone is confusing, giving you no hint as to what the game is about. what the hell, right? this is essen... Read Full Review

Spore Creatures

the ds game diminishes the point of spore, which is to explore different evolutionary options in open-ended game play.

spore creatures was a game that i was really looking forward to when it first came out. there was so much hype about it that it just had to be good. right? wrong. i admit that i was hooked for the first few days, but aft... Read Full Review

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

this rpg/puzzle offering makes for a very complex and very original take on the standard three-of-a-kind puzzle game.

funnily enough, might & magic is a game series that i am totally unfamiliar with, despite its rpg and fantasy roots. honestly, the selling point for me was the fact that it was (according to early reports) a role playing... Read Full Review

Prism: Light the Way

prism is a relatively difficult puzzle game for the nintendo ds. it starts off easy but believe me, it gets hard.

this game has been on my "actively trying to finish" list for more than a year! i've postponed writing a review more than twice already, hoping i'd figure the puzzles out, but no dice. and i refuse to look the solutions ... Read Full Review

Creature Defense

highly enjoyable, addictive and challenging. the learning curve is steep but the basic mechanics are easy to learn.

creature defense was recommended to me by a friend of mine who mainly plays the sony psp (he switched sides a few years ago after maintaining his nintendo gba for the longest time). i thought i'd give it a shot since i'd... Read Full Review

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Fuuketsu no Grimoire

ffta2: grimoire of the rift is turn based strategy in a fantasy setting, with great, addictive game play.

because i never had a nintendo gba (i suppose my parents thought that hand held consoles were too much of a responsibility for a schoolgirl who kept on losing raincoats, water jugs and umbrellas), my point of reference b... Read Full Review

Neves

although i do love tangrams, i don't think that this ds game is creative or original in any way.

neves is one of those games that you play when waiting in line, or when taking short car/bus rides. it's also the kind of game that i'd have played in fifteen minute bursts to relax in between hours-long thesis research/... Read Full Review

Catan: Die Erste Insel

to be honest, the game can seem uninteresting to people who aren't familiar with the settlers of catan tabletop game.

my friends and i play tabletop games often (in fact, we have a group blog called GABLETOP TAMING), and one of the games that got us started down this path is the settlers of catan and its expansions (cities & knights and... Read Full Review

Annie no Atelier: Sera Shima no Renkijutsushi

the game is disappointingly easy, but time management is the real challenge here.

knowing virtually nothing about this game, i tried playing it when my fiance suggested that i try it because he thought i'd like it. he was right! atelier annie: alchemists of sera island is the type of game that you pla... Read Full Review

Subarashiki Kono Sekai: It's A Wonderful World

i can find no fault in this game, other than that my ds screen is now a little more scratched up after the battles.

this is a game that needs no introduction. almost every nintendo ds player/owner i know has played the world ends with you -- most of them either love it, or at least admit that it's a great game even if it's not their c... Read Full Review

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

there's room for creativity and varied strategy in the ds version without being bogged down by older game mechanics.

sid meier's civilization revolution for the nintendo ds is part of firaxis' turn-based strategy civilization series. i've been a fan of this series for a long time; i played civilization on the sony playstation, civiliza... Read Full Review

Virtual Villagers: A New Home

the problem is that the virtual villagers series is meant to be played while you're on the pc doing something else.

i'm a big fan of the virtual villagers series. when i was working at a listening therapy center, i barely had time to play games during the week. to relax after work (and before turning in at night) i'd play casual games... Read Full Review

Another Code: Futatsu no Kioku

the fact is that no matter how inventive or involving this game is, it's simply too short and at times too easy.

also known as another code: two memories (アナザーコード ２つの記憶), trace memory is an old adventure game for the nintendo ds released back in 200... Read Full Review

Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako

a great game with an entertaining mystery to solve, and puzzles that can be surprisingly easy or frustratingly difficult

this is the second games in a series. (the first being professor layton and the curious village and the third being the so-far-japanese-release-only professor layton and the last time travel, respectively.) professor lay... Read Full Review

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aside from the fact that it's in japanese, this is an outstanding game.

aside from the fact that it's in japanese, jump ultimate stars (ジャンプアルティメットスターズ) is an outstanding game. i understa...

Meteos

meteos is a game with high replay value, if only because of the multiplayer option.

it was love at first sight (or in this case, first play) for me. i'm a big fan of puzzle games in general, and q entertainment just knows how to deliver. i mean, lumines for the sony psp and meteos for the nintendo ds! b... Read Full Review

Tetris DS

almost perfect! i just really miss the old tetris music.

what's not to like about tetris ds? aside from the nostalgic nintendo backgrounds and the standard (classic) tetris game itself, there are also several new modes of play (mission, push, touch, catch and puzzle) in varyin... Read Full Review

Knights in the Nightmare

complicated and complex, this game is difficult but very rewarding. the story and battle system are worth the trouble!

knights in the nightmare was a surprise for me. i rarely like RTS (real time strategy) games; my preference is for the most part TBS/RPGs (turn based strategy / role playing games), with the occasional puzzle game thrown... Read Full Review

Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono.

this game is basically etrian odyssey on steroids.

released for the PSP by atlus, this game is basically etrian odyssey (I and II of which i played on the DS) on steroids. the game structure is the same as etrian odyssey -- you create and control a party (or multiple ... Read Full Review