What eShop games do you think flew under the radar?
I'll start out with Family Tennis 3D. It's gotten positive reviews (NL: 7/10. NWR: 8/10.), but (according to eShop ratings) has a paltry amount of purchases. In fact, there are many games with mostly negative (or at least lower) reviews, like Planet Crashers or Johnny Kung-Fu that have outsold it.
It may not be Mario Tennis Open (which I haven't played), but it's a fun & wacky arcade tennis game, that's well worth the low price. I've played through tournament mode on all 3 difficulties with all 8 characters, and I still play a few quick matches a day.
EDIT: found another review. Nintendo Okie gave it a 4/5.
Hidden Gems listed thus far:
- Family Tennis 3D (RR529)
- Order Up (rayworld45)
- Akari by Nikoli (TheDreamingHawk)
- Art of Balance Touch (WaveBoy)
- Bomb Monkey (Square-enixFan)
- Pyramids (Alien_Mosky)
- X-Scape* (Rayworld45)
- Roller Angels* (PlasticRevolver)
- Dracula - Undead Awakening* (Undead_Terror)
- Digger Dan & Kaboom* (I'mDiggerDan)
- Ivy the Kiwi? Mini* (Sony_70)
- Ace Mathician* (RainbowCrasher)
- Picdun* (MikeDanger)
- Escapee GO!* (Onikato)
- Flametail* (Onikato)
- Hello Flowerz* (Morphtroid)
(* indicates Nintendo DSiWare)
Here are the rules:
- A game can't be listed as a hidden gem until it's been on sale for 2 months.
- For DSiWare, the game has to have less than 1,000 eShop ratings. For a "3DS Download", it must have less than 2,000 (as eShop is generally a more successful service than DSiWare).
- Also, I'm aware that eShop ratings aren't indicative of quality, but they do give a rough idea of how many units have sold.
- "3DSWare" & DSiWare only.
Aside from Dillon's Rolling Western it's the only eShop title left i'm mildy interested in. So far I've played these aside from all of the 3D NES Classics >