I Played Only Nintendo DS For 30 Days And This Happened

Haven’t started the video yet sorry hahah, but I’ll leave this comment here for now, before I come back later to check out the full video:

One recommendation for DS –
Plants vs Zombies.

I literally can’t stress it enough.

It’s so f-ing good. It’s like the “pre EA” version of the game, the OG idea, meaning before EA came in and added all that microtransaction BS etc etc. It’s clearly before the buyout; Plants vs Zombies in quite possibly it’s purest form.

It’s SO freaking charming; there’s over 30+ plants (and almost as many zombies), and you unlock a new plant after every single round (aka after every victory – smart way to constantly “spice up” the gameplay; that way it never became stale, because there was always some new game mechanic to learn, or something else I needed to “adapt to”, etc etc).
The plants are all so unique and fun, and they all have something distinct to their abilities, along with the fact that they’re also given “human-like” traits/personalities (like a cute little description of them in their bio, that mostly just talks about them as if they’re just a regular human person with thoughts, feelings, hopes, dreams and aspirations, etc lmao – and not as a weird ass plant 🪴)

And somewhat the same with zombies! Surprisingly unique-looking as well all of them, and with some very fun designs and variations etc when it comes to attacks/weaknesses and other things :-)

The game has so much life and personality, and humour, and heart – the developers (PopCap I think the studio is called) clearly put so much time and effort into this game; it’s so clear. And I honestly haven’t been having so much fun in ages lol. In fact, I’m kinda (definitely!) addicted at this point hahah (help)

In terms of what it looks like as a game on the DS, it mostly functions as a “mobile game”, actually, if that makes sense; most of the “action itself” happens at the bottom touch screen – except for the progress bar of each wave/round, which is located at the bottom of the top screen; everything else there is just some fun visuals and whatnot. :-)
It’s what I’m imagining the OG-version of the mobile looked like as well, mostly – before EA came in later with all of their lousy updates and etc, obviously 😅

Anyway, point is… it’s really, really, REALLY good lol. And there’s so much to do, too; even after the “story mode” (“Adventure”) is over, as there is so, so much post-game content as well. Lots of fun.
And in my personal opinion, it’s also a MUST PLAY for ANY Nintendo DS owner – and especially if you haven’t played (any version of) PvZ before at all!

Check it out if you can everyone
:-)

Nintendo ds has better games than 3ds

I'm 15, and recently have just been in love with my DS, even though I have the option to play lots of modern consoles. Something about my DS I just love all of the sudden.

You got on some great games there Stav. Trauma centre is one of my fav DS games. It didn't port well to the Wii though. Guitar hero is one of those games that over time you figure out the right angle etc and it becomes more fun.
I had the DS from launch and you have a few games here I never knew were in the DS 😂
As for Duke Nukem why didn't they just take inspiration from the OG 2d games they were fun and it'd been great on the ds.
One amazing game on the ds is resident evil. The updates to combat is just amazing. It was the first way I completed RE

Now we need a DSI games only version

at least use a XL.

Calling in sick, playing video games, with Batman the Animated Series on in the background. Now THAT is well played!
I've often been interested in the Professor Layton games as I often hear such good things about the series.
Really adored the time you still spent with the kiddos while playing, like with the Minecraft quick build guide or just time spent on the couch together. That's awesome and certainly a benefit of handheld playing; it leaves the TV freed up meaning you can still hang out in the same room and interact with family and friends.
WOO!!! Get that Chrono Trigger on, yeah boy! I've had so much fun playing through this one again, but now, getting to chat with all the Retro Refresh and more about our experiences. Go figure, Duke Nukem gets the shaft yet again... The Mario vs. DK games are so good; cannot wait for the one coming to Switch. Used to have fun playing the Trauma Center games on the Wii with some buddies back when we worked in surgery.
What!? Is that last screen for real? Aaaand my hands are aching already. lol

Very nice.

love your vids!!

The PS2 should be done next.

This is actually a great a video, the choice overload thingy is relatable, can't wait for the next 30 days video!! ❤🎉

For the Anberic mini thing. Games like pokemon where you can play one handed are going to help you the most with comfort

I've witnessed your reviews for Nightfire and Agent Under Fire. I absolutely love how wholesome those reviews are where you're talking about traditions of Christmas, playing with your sister and brother in law, and now your kids. Your house sounds like it had a lot of peace and understanding in it. I go back just to listen to you talking about your warm memories rather than watching the review for the game. Those stories have that same energy of sitting by the fireplace drinking tea or hot chocolate.

Blessings to you and your family, brother.💯

I need to replace the ds lite battery but the cheap Chinese battery shit just crumble to dust.

Went to the ER for abdominal pain that was intensifying by the minute. The only thing that kept my mind at bay was my switch lite and playing vampire survivors. I can relate to your experience.

Can you do 30 day psp just asking because psp is my childhood ☺️

I love the 30 day challenges

I delved into the DS backlog and it felt weird to play anything else for a while

I love challenges like this, i really appreciate the DS and not giving it a chance and passing on it for a PSP (I loved New Super Mario Bros on DS) and I intend to rectify that by getting one as soon as I can.

wait you started with the lost future for layton? aw man, guess it's better than neve playying them though

By the way, if you decide to do a 3DS version of this challenge, you should be wary that all 3DS models will only play the game from the region it's made for. For example: PAL 3DSes can only play PAL games. Although, all of them can play DS games through backwards compatability, so your PAL 3DS can still play NTSC-U DS games, vice-versa.

I liked your choice of background music for this vid

Metal Max 3 is a pretty good RPG there's an English patch if you're interested.

The DS has an amazing library of games. Easy challenge really lol. I'm playing Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow right now, as well as SMT: Strange Journey.

Cool! It would be interesting if you did the 3DS after the RG Nano and compared the libraries. Kinda sad there wasn't any PMD, but it sounds tough trying to fit a bunch of games into a tight time limit, and you managed to get in some great variety.

Peasants DS came out in 2000 import Japan loser's 23 Year's loser's stop talking shit you don't know 😂😂😂😂

I picked up my dsi I got in a charity shop for €10. I’m playing Pokémon white. I’m loving it. Being an older gamer I was to old for the original Pokémon craze back in the 90’s. The DS is still an awesome handheld in 2023. Excellent video. I stick to three games at a time. So far I have finished 21 games this year. I’m never going to beat my backlog even is I life until 150. But there is something nice about sticking to games and finishing them.

Your balls retracted

Your knuckles must be made of iron, full of iron or both!

It's taken me roughly a month to finish pokémon Omega Ruby. I know what a lot of you were thinking and yes I took a lot of breaks and got burnt out lol The post game is not something to be trifled with. I just picked up alpha Sapphire and immediately rushed through the story to get to the post game so I can get the rest of the legendaries that I'm missing in the few pokémon in that game that I need to finish my pokédex. I don't intend to transfer over anything from X and y as they're all going into home anyway but I wanted to get the majority of the pokémon from the said games out of the way. On that side note lol I want to really play some other DS games and I'm starting to enjoy the handheld more and more and I only wish I would have gotten into it when it was in its prime and the shop was still open.

Hotel dusk room 215 and last window: the secret of west cape are games a highly recommend to play

What did you go to University for? Software? Dude ima do this. After watching I realized I have so many games that I don’t play. To start with 1 week of DS only. 2nd week GBA. 3rd….PSP. Force myself to only play that console and its games for a week. This way by the time you finish multiple systems it’s been possibly a few months. Now you’re super excited to circle back to DS or even pc. This is gonna be fun. Maybe toss in there games you never beat or games you beat only as a kid.

To be honest. I voted for the DS challenge but this is as difficult as "Only going to play games with my 4090 for 30 days challenge!" . DS has so many fucking good games.

Man this video shows so much passion and its so good to see and hear, it's like a friend telling me how its challenge was. Thank you. I surely will try this challenge too

I am glad you are the OG30 day GB guy. I was kinda annoyed someone took the idea for something that is a lot newer. Cool series.

I clicked on the video for DS nostalgia. I stayed because you featured Layton

did you tried out Theresia or Dementium? if not you lossing out ;)

Neo geo pocket color 1 month ! gogogo

What is that pixel usb screen box thing in the top left around the 3 min mark?

I really hope Nintendo makes another, modern DS

I'd like to try that.

Waiting in line for a Taco Bell grand opening is so wild to me as an American but also every single American will understand why you did it😂

I get the whole choice overload thing. I do love R4 cards/twilight menu though, because you can use unintended methods to get dlc that would otherwise be lost to time. I deal with choice overload by deliberately limiting myself to 1-3 games that I play until I beat them or 100 % depending on how fun that seems to be for the game. I've beaten, and mostly done 100%, in 13 games this year. It doesn't sound impressive, but it has been a super busy year xD

I see your playing chrono trigger my all time favourite video game

You need to play Batman brave and the bold on ds best version of the game. Promise you'll love it nothing like it

I can play shin megami tensei strange journey nds over and over again! My fav game

Why are these considered challenges?

They're are people out there that still play games like this today.