2009 was an interesting year for the DS with some incredible games sneaking in-between the expanded onslaught of baby, pet, and fashion simulators. Come on in and check out Infendo’s top ten DS games of 2009!
10Â Â Â Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
Carrying on the proud traditions of the Fire Emblem series, Shadow Dragon features all the great dialogue and battles you’ve grown to love. Big addition this time around is online multiplayer battles and portability. Recommended if you like RPGs or the Advance Wars series.
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It's too bad that at least a third of our list are underrepresented gems. Games like Henry Hatsworth, Rhythm Heaven, and Retro Game Challenge just didn't get the retail success they deserve. Big Bang Mini, is also a game that may have hit clearance a bit too early.
DS has been a mixed bag for me, it had some awesome games and awesome remakes but I have also found like the Wii a lot of shovelware. Other than that, a good list infendo peeps.
Own 5 of the 10 games listed. Still have to get the new Layton, Zelda, Mario and Luigi, Henry Hatsworth and Scribblenauts. It's basically all Fire Emblems fault since that is a very good and long game that will probably be in my DSi until january at the earliest.
No phantasy star zero!? Theres alot of ds and wii games i havent played or beaten because of that gem 😀
Cool list though. Flipnote studio worth the purchase of a dsi. Mighty flip champs would be a cool honorable mention, its one of the few dsiware game thats a must download.
pretty good list. wish there were a couple less puzzle games on there, but it is what it is. not that the puzzle games weren't good i just wish there was a bit more diversity in our options. don't get me wrong after christmas i'll own half the list, but it just seems lacking.
Good list, and I'm sure it was/will have been a genuine oversight, but Might and magic – Clash of Heroes is easily better than most of these games – I would put it right behind Zelda at #2, and has some crazy meta critic scores to back itself up too.
Please tell me you have heard of it! =)
@InvaderREN – I have heard of Might and Magic – Clash of Heroes, but it still languishes in my GameFly rental queue.
Unfortunately, being an all-volunteer staff who mostly provide their own games, we're a bit more limited to what we're able to play or experience. On the other hand, that makes us more likely to recommend a game that is good versus one that we were paid to play at a review resort. 🙂
I agree with the top slot game 100% Amazing game, the references to the previous 2 games in the Wind Waker arc are great, the whole game is just a huge improvement on its predecessors. And the ending!! Fantastic! absolutely fantastic!
Suikoden: Tiekreis, Avalon Code, Chinatown Wars, and Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes deserve some more love, IMO. They at least deserve honorable mentinos over the mediocre Peggle Dual Shot (I guess I just don't get the Peggle craze… it's boring, repetitive, and the levels are bland as hell) and while Space Invaders Extreme 2 is alright, it's too similar to last years release to be all that memorable. It's fun, for sure, but also rather fleeting.
And since we are including DSiWare games, I spent as much time or more with Art Style: Precipice and Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon as just about anything on that list.
I'd put Avalon code, Suikoden Tierkreis, Might & magic: Clash of heroes…