DS Daily: Favorite Nintendo game?

by David Hinkle { Aug 27th 2008 at 9:00AM }

We all love Nintendo. And they've shown a ton of support for their handheld system, offering up great Nintendo titles for us to play. Whether it's New Super Mario Bros. or The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, or even Elite Beat Agents, they've provided us with hours of entertainment.

Given that, which is your favorite Nintendo game on the platform? Do you absolutely love Electroplankton (we do)? Is Animal Crossing your favorite? Out with it!

Tags: animal-crossing, electroplankton, new-super-mario-bros, phantom-hourglass

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nigeria @ Aug 27th 2008 9:05AM

Kirby Canvas Curse.

But if we were to include GBA games then I'd probably say SMB3.

Hamster @ Aug 27th 2008 9:12AM

1) Mario Kart DS
2) New Super Mario Bros.
3) Animal Crossing: Wild World

nirniva @ Aug 27th 2008 9:34AM

Would Layton count as a Nintendo game? (For those not "in the know", it was developed by third-party company Level 5 but, in the states, it was published by Nintendo.)
If not, I'd probably have to go with Animal Crossing or Kirby: Canvas Curse.

Brandisis @ Aug 27th 2008 9:28AM

I'm going to have to say the Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I can't remember having as much fun playing a game on any system as I did on that one. I beat it back in December so maybe it's time to pick it back up again.

TheGamingGuy @ Aug 27th 2008 9:52AM

I am really enjoying the heck out of Pokemon Silver... I also loved the Yoshi games and of course Zelda. Can't beat Nintendo IPs.

nil @ Aug 27th 2008 9:58AM

Tetris DS, Prof. Layton and Phantom Hourglass. I loved finding faster ways through the tower as I unlocked new abilities. Tetris is probably my most played DS game, both online and offline. Nothing matches the challenge of a good Tetris game.

tamriel @ Aug 27th 2008 10:27AM

I'm also in love with the Nintendo puzzle games. The one that I come back to again and again is Picross DS.

Dartholomeo @ Aug 27th 2008 10:32AM

Bought my DS just 3 months ago.
Being playing Pokemon Diamond for the last 2 months.

alxfbn @ Aug 27th 2008 10:37AM

the Golden Sun games...oh snap! They for the GBA and it just reminded me that Nintendo killed the GBA.

Tweek @ Aug 27th 2008 10:37AM

Animal Crossing, Mario 64 DS is a close second though.

pinOi32 @ Aug 27th 2008 10:48AM

as of right now, just Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow...until the new one comes out.

Alana @ Aug 27th 2008 2:31PM

Sorry to tell you, buddy, but Castlevania games are made by Konami.

Jacksons @ Aug 27th 2008 10:51AM

I don't own many, but I really like New Super Mario Bros.

nyarla @ Aug 27th 2008 10:54AM

Yoshi's Touch & Go! pure touchscreen arcadey goodness.

And Electroplankton is just beautiful.

MidnightScott @ Aug 27th 2008 11:18AM

Pok�mon Diamond/Pearl
Mario Kart DS
Ouendan

Sally @ Aug 27th 2008 11:20AM

Animal Crossing WW and Picross. Most days I don't touch any of my other games.

Squatch181 @ Aug 27th 2008 11:37AM

I love me some Picross.

Suichimo @ Aug 27th 2008 11:50AM

Fire Emblem or Pokemon.

Foodie_Monster @ Aug 27th 2008 12:04PM

- Pok�mon Crystal (Best Pok�mon pre-DS)
- Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
- Rhythm Tengoku (GBA)
- Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS)
- Picross DS

My list is a winrar.

Homerun17 @ Aug 27th 2008 1:26PM

Your list is an Archiving Computer Program?

Dan @ Aug 27th 2008 12:38PM

Tetris DS - Great puzzle game I come back every now and then.

Mario Kart DS - One of my favorites and it is fun to play online (when I don't get disconnected all the time).

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - God this game is great. I still haven't completed it, since I took about almost more then a year break on it and couldn't find the game. Got the first ending, now working on trying to get the true ending. The Enemy Set mode is interesting, yet bland and too limited.

Nintendogs - A great simulator that I don't play too often but play it just to relax myself.

That is about all I can think of at the moment.

Josh @ Aug 27th 2008 12:52PM

Wow, this question just made me realize that I don't have a strong affinity for any Nintendo-published DS game. I mean, yeah, they put out some great games on the system, but those ones are nowhere near my all-time favorites...

Alana @ Aug 27th 2008 2:32PM

I love Yoshi's Island, NSMB, Mario Kart and... yeah, Nintendogs. Anything made by Ninetndo usually turns out pretty good. =)

Adam Dolph @ Aug 27th 2008 3:21PM

New Super Mario Bros

chibi_wings @ Aug 27th 2008 3:39PM

Pokemon Diamond and Mario Kart DS

Tsubasa @ Aug 27th 2008 3:45PM

It's pretty hard to pick one favorite, but I would have to say Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life for the GameCube.

zach @ Aug 27th 2008 4:51PM

Animal Crossing: Wild World

turnabout_gamer @ Aug 27th 2008 5:33PM

as far as handhelds go, pokemon is by far the best in my book. but specifically for the ds? well thats harder since I'm realizing now I dont play a lot of games published by nintendo. what I've played of zelda: ph was pretty good tho :D

chispito @ Aug 27th 2008 6:15PM

Zelda PH, I guess. I was ready to answer that LTTP was my favorite Nintendo original of all time, and then I saw that you were asking about the DS.

Jacob @ Aug 27th 2008 6:45PM

Hard to just mention one without mentioning the other Nintendo games I love. Here's my top five:

1) Mario Kart DS - Best game on the system. Period. No game has as much replay value, and no game is better with a bunch of friends around. Its a game that I never leave the house without, even though I practically have every course memorized by now.

2) The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - While certainly not the best Zelda ever, it was one heck of a fun ride. Touch screen controls rocked, and the game just took advantage of literally every little thing the DS could do. A fine game that should be a text-book for future touch screen controlled adventure games.

3) Advance Wars: Days of Ruin - Technically, both advance wars are interchangeable here for me, as their quality is the same. But I'm giving Days of Ruin the nod for online play and much more space for user created maps.

4) Animal Crossing: Wild World - Though it was disappointing that it was nearly the same as the GameCube game, that fact is also what makes it impressive. It managed to shrink nearly every feature the GameCube game had down onto a DS card, with hardly any loss of quality. Add in a solid multiplayer mode and its easy to see why the game rocks.

5) Metroid Prime: Hunters - I nearly put New Super Mario Bros here, but in the end, I think I poured many more hours into Hunters than I did NSMB. Hunters was a showcase title for the system. It was the first to bring forth VoIP, and really showed that the system could handle a fast and brutal FPS. Online was incredibly intense, and its competitive nature gave the game considerable legs. People get too bogged down saying that it isn't as good as its big brothers. That was going to be a given. If you take the game on its own merits though, it definitely stands up as one of the system's most impressive games.