There was a thread here that I had saved a few months ago where people had recommended lots of cool lesser-known DS games. I finally got a flash cart a legal means of obtaining games but sadly all of the comments on that post have been hidden by the admins. Would be nice if we could start a new thread for recs

  • laziestflagellant [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    As luck would have it, I just finished topping off my own flashcart and I still got my 160 strong list of games in front of me.

    Lesser Known Games you'll see recommended a lot

    • Ghost Trick (Unique puzzle/VN game)
    • Monster Tale (Cute creature sim/platformer game)
    • Henry Hatsworth in The Puzzling Adventure (Extremely unique and tricky puzzle platformer)
    • Hotel Dusk: Room 215) (Mystery thriller VN with a banger art style)
    • Last Window: The Secret of Cape West (Sequel to Hotel Dusk)
    • Infinite Space (Surprisingly good space based RPG by Platinum Games)
    • Radiant Historia (Unique banger of an RPG by Atlus)

    Weird Obscure but enjoyable games I've found

    • Sim Animals/Sim Animals: Africa (Think park builder but habitat builder, sort of a puzzle game)
    • Summon Night: Twin Age (A surprisingly fun action RPG dungeon crawler)
    • Lost Magic (An action RPG where you're able to build parties out of recruited monsters)
    • Ivy the Kiwi (Puzzle platformer, tricky but fun)
    • Color Cross (Like Picross but you color in little pixel art puzzles)

    Games that are absolutely not obscure but I'm recommending anyways

    • Monster Rancher DS (I think this is my favorite version of the monster rancher games visually, the pixel art assets look so charming)
    • Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 1 and 2 (They're good monster taming games)
    • Rune Factory 3 (It's fun. There's also a very fun lesbian story romhack available)
    • Drawn To Life (you can grab the collection that includes both games. The gameplay isn't great but drawing your own abominations is so fun)
    • Pokemnon Mystery Dungeon (They're good. get them)
    • Viva Pinata DS (Fun and cute)