So somehow I missed a ton of the Nintendo DS shit back when it first came out, and after buying a DSi XL on a whim for $23 at 11pm in Kyoto, I'm going to make the statement that the DS is basically PSone.5, I'm not sure.
You've got:
-- Rippin pixel art games
-- Bad 3D so you gotta know what you're doing if you're going down that route
-- "Sure, why not" attitude in regards to publishing whatever fucking weird shit people wanted to make back then
Boritos suggest me obscure DS shit, I know it's out there
Also I've never played Chrono Trigger but I think now is the time
Depends on what you count as obscure. But since you’re new to the system....
Looking through my DS collection.
Obscure DS games:
- dragonball origins games. There’s two of em and you use the stylus. It’s obscure in the sense that no one would expect anything good out of a dragon ball game and yet here they are with two of the funnest on the system.
- Henry hatsworth like retro suggested
- Bangai-o spirits. MUST PLAY, must play, mUsT PlaYYYyyhy
- Illustlogic. Jp import and some of the best Picross ever.
- Korg DS-10
- Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
- Ghost Trick
- the entire Ouendan series including Elite Beat Agents
- rocket slime and sequels
- meteos. Back when this came out it was about Meteos on DS vs Lumines on psp during the handheld wars. Great, inventive puzzle game.
- gta Chinatown Wars
- Dementium. Horror on your DS. Fantastic.
- Moon. From the same folks who made Dementium. Sci fi horror.
- ninja Gaiden ds
- retro game challenge line of games. Some are jp exclusive.
- Electroplankton
- megaman zx 1 and 2
One rule of DS suggestions is if someone suggests Hotel Dusk, don’t listen to them. It’s shit.
Also Nintendo DS is probably my third favorite system and my overall favorite Nintendo system. It didn’t look good but boy it had bangers.