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 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
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.
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.
It's a bit of a deep cut despite being the prototype of a popular Zelda game. I only first heard of it from Abnormal Mapping, which is a pretty great podcast about games if you're into that kind of thing.
I absolutely am. I've added it to my app and I'll definitely give it a listen.