What are the 5 worst DS games you ever played?

by David Hinkle { May 21st 2008 at 4:00PM }

What do you think the top 5 worst games on the DS are? As we give you time to ponder that, we'll just dish out the list, as listed on Metacritic. It goes:

King Kong
Rhythm 'n Notes: Improve Your Music Skills
Home Rollerz
Wiffle Ball
Deal or No Deal

But, who cares about review scores, amirite? Instead, we figured there is no better source for the lowdown on crummy games than you all. So, tell us what your top 5 worst DS games are! We'll start you off with a very obvious one: Elf Bowling.

Tags: bad-games, deal-or-no-deal, homie-rollerz, king-kong, list, metacritic, rhythm-n-notes, stinker, wiffle-ball

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

tamriel @ May 21st 2008 4:11PM

Oh! my, that would be Puzzle de Harvest Moon.

Ken Shammy @ May 21st 2008 4:18PM

Harvest Moon for the horrid character design!
Okay, it might not be the worst game per se, but I hated that thing with the passion of my ancestors.

Aparoid @ May 21st 2008 4:20PM

Oh come on, you're all missing the top contender...

Godzilla.

bluezy @ May 21st 2008 4:35PM

Personally, my bottom 5 would be.

- Star Wars Episode III
- Need for Speed Carbon
- Lost in Blue
- Madden 06
- Lunar: Dragon Song

Sam @ May 21st 2008 4:38PM

any game replacing an "s" with a "z" for pop cultures sake?

Zuko @ May 21st 2008 4:45PM

anything from ubiPORT? ._.

tacoman @ May 21st 2008 4:59PM

Metroid Prime Pinball was pretty much a waste of time and money when you can see everything it has to offer in under an hour. That's not even mentioning the rumble pak which makes a buzzing sound more than it actually vibrates the unit. I bought it used and traded it back in within a week towards the much better Magical Vacation.

Coming off Ouendan, I also became bored with Elite Beat Agents a lot quicker than I should have. Not a bad game by any means, but definitely one of my most neglected.

tacoman @ May 21st 2008 5:03PM

Totally forgot about Children of Mana, I really didn't enjoy that game at all, which says a lot when you're playing it with friends. That one got traded in with Prime Pinball. The best thing to come of all that was the clerk did the math wrong and gave me a brand-new game and cash for those two trade-ins.

Char6296 @ May 21st 2008 5:09PM

Ooh, let's see...
(I'm doing this on boringness, (not because of glitchiness or ugliness) in no order)
Pok�mon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness,
Drawn to Life,
Lost Magic,
More Brain Training (Brain Age 2) and...
Pok�mon Dash. Fin.

Sean jdahsdka @ May 21st 2008 5:09PM

Lunar: Dragon Song

I bought it on launch and traded it two days later.

moo @ May 21st 2008 5:12PM

Burnout. It had not a single collision at all. Why even call it Burnout?!

Jenni @ May 21st 2008 5:52PM

Puzzle de Harvest Moon, Flipper Critters and Myst DS are easily three of the worst games.

A friend of mine bought Myst DS when it came out. She dropped it off at my house a few hours later and said I should review it to warn others and then give it back to her so she could trade it in towards something better. It's horrible. Flipper Critters and Puzzle de Harvest Moon had better execution than Myst DS.

bubblejet @ May 22nd 2008 8:03PM

Heh, I think at least 70% of the comments I make here are to warn people not to buy Myst DS. It's so awful.

Kimiko @ Jun 4th 2008 12:14PM

Yep, Myst DS has got to be the worst game I've seen so far. Bad graphics, bad sound, bad controls, it even crashed now and then.

Lunar: Dragon Song would have been a cool RPG if it wasn't for the requirement to find rare random-drop items, and the breakable weapons. That made it suck.

Insecticide's FPS mode was also pretty bad. Pity, because the adventure mode itself would have been worth it.

SleepingDragon @ May 21st 2008 6:16PM

"The Wild West" is the worst game in history of, of, of history. I challenge anyone out there to play this game and try to claim it isn't the worst game they've played either! I'd be willing to met money on it!!!!

HairyBalls @ May 21st 2008 6:48PM

Ping Pals

You will know what Ping Pals is if you bought a DS Phat at Launch,

Aparoid @ May 21st 2008 8:29PM

Ugh. My sister and I bought that game thinking it might be fun. It is soooo boring.

Ross @ May 22nd 2008 7:02AM

haha, lucky i didn't buy it, i seen it in GAME last year for 1 pound, i wish i bought it now so i could just throw it off a wall. Maybe if the developers looked at the DS they might have gone "hey that looks like the game we were going to sell" and not sell it... urgh stupid.

usagi704 @ May 21st 2008 7:28PM

Worst DS games I have played, hmm, let's see:

New Super Mario Bros.
Metroid Prime Hunters
Naruto: Saikyo Ninja Daikesshu 4
Ridge Racer DS
Meteos

I know a bunch of idiots will disagree with me saying some of those are bad, but they are. Deal with it!

Gefrier @ May 21st 2008 8:35PM

Hands down, Sprung.

I still own it but it is a love/hate relationship.

Garst @ May 21st 2008 8:35PM

Bubble Bobble Revolution

The game itself is what I expected from the title. However, any game that won't let you get past level 30 because of a programming glitch is a terrible game.

Arkrex @ May 21st 2008 8:51PM

Some good comments initially, but it would seem you guys got overrun by trolls soon enough.

ILPC @ May 21st 2008 8:58PM

Pokemon Mystery dungeon
Sims 2
Drawn to Life

Those were my only purchase mistakes thank god. Luckily the rest of my games have been fabulous.

Jacksons @ May 21st 2008 11:10PM

I wasn't impressed with Clubhouse Games, only because the developers did such a poor job with the UI. You spend more time looking at the turn indicator popup than actually playing the game. I'd buy it again if they put some conscious thought into the design. It's still much better than anything listed here, but it's the worst game *I've* played (sorry, haven't played 5 bad games)

BlackDS @ May 22nd 2008 2:38AM

Get a DS Lite Rumble Pack (Japanese), or just a plain rumble pack if you don't mind it sticking out.

The games "rumbles" when it's your turn, so you don't have to watch the "turn indicator".

BTW, the DS Lite Rumble Pack only comes in black.

Peace.

PiemanPieman @ May 22nd 2008 3:27AM

The worst game I have actually played is Godzilla Double Smash, the worst game I have purchased was Lost in Blue, because I had high hopes, but ended up hating it.

Every other game I've played really is one I've bought, and I usually only buy good games, so I don't have much of a pool of experience to draw from. Much like my theory of movies, it's really iffy to say something is the worst because there is always something lower on the totem pole if one looks. I'm fairly confident that I have seen movies worse than Manos: The Hands of Fate.

Hunting_phoenix @ May 22nd 2008 7:58AM

Well, I have only gotten rid of two games...Animal Crossing, and Star Fox Command.

AC wasn't bad, just not my style. Now SFC. AHHH! That was so disappointing! I really could have enjoyed it but for the wildly varying difficulty.

So, I say: "STAR FOX COMMAND!"