Best DS Games in Japan Filter Release Date Coming Soon Out Now Cancelled Region North America UK/Europe Japan Subscription Nintendo Switch Online NSO + Expansion Pack Coming Soon Expired Players Single Player 2+ Players 3+ Players 4+ Players 6+ Players 8+ Players 10+ Players Genre Action 138 Adventure 79 Puzzle 70 RPG 60 Creative 45 Sports 25 Simulation 18 Strategy 17 Platformer 15 Racing 15 Fighting 9 Music 5 Other 4 Arcade 3 Board Game 3 Driving 3 Education 2 Import 1 Party 1 User Rating 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Review Score 10/10 9/10 8/10 7/10 6/10 5/10 4/10 3/10 2/10 1/10 Any Score Year 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 Accessibility Controls Invert Axis Remap Buttons Remap Sticks Single Stick Controls Dual Stick Controls Adjust Sensitivity Adjust Sensitivity and Deadzones Preset Control Mappings Swap Sticks Motion Aiming Motion Pointing Motion Tilting View Control Mapping Holding Down Buttons Optional Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional Optional Vibration No Simultaneous Buttons Assists Select Difficulty Level Customise Difficulty Adjust Difficulty Anytime Progress Hints Assisted Progress Practice Area Tutorials HUD Navigation Adjust Game Speed Visual Directional Cues Audible Directional Cues Sightless Onboarding Low Vision Onboarding Guaranteed Progress Visual Large Clear Text High Contrast Text Large Clear Navigation Large Clear Subtitles High Contrast Visuals Colour Blind Friendly Adjustable HUD No Flashes No Screen Shake No Busy Backgrounds Play Without Sight Gameplay Save Anytime Frequent Checkpoints No Reading Navigational Map Reaction-Time Not Critical Low Pressure Content Turn Off Blood Turn Off Dismemberment No Jump Scares Audio All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game) Balance Audio Levels Play Without Hearing Data by Family Gaming Database Popularity Release Date Review Score Title User Rating Cover Tile Table Games Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver DS Nintendo / Game Freak 9.3 Chrono Trigger DS Square Enix 9.2 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations DS Capcom 9.1 Pokémon Platinum DS Nintendo / Game Freak 8.9 Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride DS Square Enix 8.8 The World Ends With You DS Square Enix / Jupiter Corporation 8.8 Kirby Super Star Ultra DS Nintendo / HAL Laboratory 8.8 Professor Layton and the Unwound Future DS Nintendo / Level-5 8.8 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney DS Capcom 8.7 Pokémon Black and White 2 DS Nintendo / Game Freak 8.7 Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube764kWatch on YouTube Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow DS Konami 8.7 Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia DS Konami 8.7 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors DS Aksys Games / ChunSoft 8.7 Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective DS Capcom 8.6 Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story DS Nintendo / AlphaDream 8.6 Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies DS Nintendo / Square Enix 8.6 Pokémon Black and White DS Nintendo / Game Freak 8.6 Advance Wars: Dual Strike DS Nintendo / Intelligent Systems 8.6 Professor Layton and the Curious Village DS Nintendo / Level-5 8.5 Tetris DS DS Nintendo / Nintendo SPD 8.5 Mario Kart DS DS Nintendo / Nintendo EAD 8.5 Rhythm Heaven DS Nintendo / Nintendo SPD 8.5 Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon DS Natsume / Neverland 8.5 Professor Layton and Pandora's Box DS Nintendo / Level-5 8.5 Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen DS Square Enix / ArtePiazza 8.5 Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin DS Konami 8.5 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time / Darkness DS Nintendo 8.5 Animal Crossing: Wild World DS Nintendo / Nintendo EAD 8.4 Fossil Fighters: Champions DS Nintendo / Red Entertainment 8.4 Radiant Historia DS Atlus 8.4 Professor Layton and the Last Specter DS Nintendo / Level-5 8.4 Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey DS Atlus 8.4 Advance Wars: Days of Ruin DS Nintendo / Intelligent Systems 8.4 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor DS Atlus 8.4 WarioWare Touched! DS Nintendo / Nintendo SPD 8.4 Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard DS Atlus 8.4 Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon DS Rising Star Games / Neverland 8.3 Ace Attorney Investigations 2 DS Capcom 8.3 Fossil Fighters DS Nintendo / Red Entertainment 8.3 Suikoden: Tierkreis DS Konami 8.3 Infinite Space DS SEGA 8.3 Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime DS Square Enix 8.3 Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 DS Atlus 8.3 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 DS Atlus 8.3 Retro Game Challenge DS XSEED Games / indies zero 8.3 Picross 3D DS Nintendo / HAL Laboratory 8.3 Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan DS Nintendo / iNiS 8.3 Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City DS Atlus 8.3 Front Mission DS Squaresoft / G-Craft 8.3 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Nightmare Troubadour DS Konami 8.3 Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional DS Square Enix / TOSE 8.2 Last Window: The Secret of Cape West DS Nintendo / Cing 8.2 Bangai-O Spirits DS D3Publisher / Treasure 8.2 Space Invaders Extreme DS Square Enix / Taito 8.2 Disgaea DS DS Koei / System Prisma 8.2 Digimon World: Dusk DS Bandai Namco 8.2 Pokémon Conquest DS Nintendo / Tecmo Koei 8.2 Meteos DS Nintendo / Q Entertainment 8.2 Inazuma Eleven DS Nintendo / Level-5 8.2 Page : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
