20 Best Nintendo DS Games of All Time

Three words: Elite Beat Agents.

I know having a Mario game at number 1 is fitting for the system , but I still oppose.

Adventure Bowser #1: BASED

The world ends with tou sequel is amazing and live up to the work that was the ds one. Square barely promoted or even mentioned the game which is a shame cause it was such a blast

generic list as usual

And where is FF tactics?

Yeah these are great and all but where's Diddy Kong racing?

Pokemon Black And White >>> Heart Gold/Soul Silver. Castlevania Order Of Ecclesia >>Dawn Of Sorrow

Definitely not the best 20 games. There was 4 decent games 😂

Man, i almost never used a stylus. I use only nails, pencils and pens (i lost the stylus very early)

DS still holds up today.

Mid list but that's my opinion 🤷‍♂

i need to get some of these

The best of the best is My Sims kingdom

Order of Ecclesia is more refined and has a lot more going than Dawn of Sorrow

Ni No Kuni - the most beatiful and interesting game so far for me....

I forgot all about that Metroid game! The Zelda game where link is at sea is the only Zelda game I’ve beaten, loved it

You forgot about
-Dragon Ball Kai Ultimate Butoden
-Dragon Ball Origins 1 and 2
-Dragon Ball Z Supersonic Warriors 2
-Megaman ZX-Advent
-Mega Man Star Force 3 Black Ace
-Pokemon Black Version 2
-Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
-Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs
-Naruto Shippuden: Dairansen! Kage Bunshin Emaki
-Naruto Shippuden: Ninjutsu Zenkai! Cha-Crash!! (Japanese version of Shinobi Rumble with Japanese Character Voices)
-Medarot DS: Kabuto Ver.
-Jump Ultimate Stars
-Super Robot Taisen L
-Super Robot Taisen W
-Zoids Battle Colosseum
-Zoids Dash
-Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger DS
-Katekyoo Hitman Reborn DS Flame Rumble XX
-Kirby Super Star Ultra
-Custom Beat Battle Draglade 2
-Megaman Battle Network DS
-Ganbare Goemon Toukai Douchuu
-Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship

With so many great games for the DS, its always hard to come up with a definitive list... few of my personal favs not mentioned:

- Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
- Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
- Pokémon Conquest
- Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
- The Legendary Starfy
- Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
- Front Mission
- Fossil Fighters: Champions
- Radiant Historia

Didn’t know they had anything called a free DS

Metroid Prime hunters is the top for me

You missed spectrobes

Bah. Custom Robo Arena not being on this list is a crime. In fact, for me personally, it ought to be #1.

Also, all of the following should be in top 20 (and some, top 10):
- Bomberman 2 (ie Custom Bomberman).
- Spiderman Web of Shadows/Shatter Dimension.
- Dragon Quest Rocket Slime.

Also, I think Zelda Spirit Track is better than Phantom Hourglass (ST has better story, better control, and a lot more cool mechanics). In addition, I think Dawn of Sorrow was the weakest of the 3 Castlevania DS. I think the strongest is Portrait of Ruin, but most people think Order of Ecclesia is the best among the 3.

This is an embarrassingly bad list filled with misinformation

Absolutely horrendous list, pokemon black and white 2 absolutely clear all of these games and it's not even on the list.

My number 1 best DS game is: Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! - Happy Rich Oosouji!
This game is the TRUE, sequel to Chibi Robo for the Game Cube. ♥ Someone made a fan translation. I tip my hat in respect to that person ✌🏻

Osu ! Tatakae ! Ouendan ! ❤

(trust me)

No Front Mission or Golden Sun? o_O

Amazing list!

Batwank.

I saw you, lol.

BATWANK 😂😂😂

Canvas Curse was one of the first games I played on my DS, it's great!

I love this!!!! I just modded my dsi xl and it makes me so happy! It is my first console that I ever got and I am so excited that I can play lots of games on it now when I want to play something else besides my switch v2!

I unironically think that Metroid Prime Pinball is one of the top 20 DS games, but I respect that lists are subjective :D Love the vid!

No Etrian Odyssey....

Phoenix Wright :(

Please do a list of the 20 best Xbox One games. And please don’t fill the Xbox One list with tons of multiplats. The Xbox One had tons of great exclusives like: Dead Rising 3, Quantum Break, Halo MCC, Ori and the Blind Forest, Forza Horizon 4, Sunset Overdrive, Titanfall, and Gears 5.

Two of my favorites not mentioned:

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - it’s a brilliant strategy puzzle spinoff of the RPG series. I could play vs mode against the AI for hours at a time.

Final Fantasy IV (DS) - a solid remake that gives the game the 3D graphics treatment (making it look like the PS1 FF games) as well as pretty significant changes and updates to the character systems, which makes how you customize characters who won’t be in your final party important.

Also, while Aria of Sorrow is typically seen as the best DS Castlevania game, I’ve always preferred Portrait of Ruin.

You sir have class

Please make a 3ds games list

F-Zero 99 counts

Dawn of Sorrow the toughest of the DS Castlevanias? No offense, but are you guys high?

Perhaps Metroid Samus Returns abd Kid Icarus should get HD ports for the Switch like the one Luigi's Mansion 2 is getting.

Glad to see HGSS ranked to highly. The best Pokemon games for sure.

Not a single ace attorney game on the list gtfoh!!! I don’t care that they were gba games in Japan first they made their name on ds and are some of the best games on the handheld by far.

That's a great list, but the #1 was very unexpected. I played the 3ds version for about 8 hours and got very bored with it. Also, why does nobody ever mention how gross it feels to crawl around in Bowser's insides? I just find that "setting" very repulsive 😷

Chrono Trigger is legendary, all of it's endings makes you want to play again and again