Best DS Games Out Now in North America Filter System Nintendo Switch Switch eShop Nintendo Mobile New Nintendo 3DS Wii U eShop Wii U 3DS eShop 3DS DSiWare Virtual Console Arcade WiiWare Wii DS Triforce Arcade GameCube Game Boy Advance Game Boy Color Nintendo 64 Virtual Boy Super Nintendo Game Gear Neo Geo Game Boy TurboGrafx-16 Mega Drive Master System NES MSX Commodore 64 Arcade 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 6860 Adventure 3282 Arcade 1314 Puzzle 987 Board Game 640 RPG 635 Simulation 477 Platformer 410 Education 405 Sports 378 Other 315 Racing 302 Fighting 296 Shooter 254 Party 222 Strategy 198 Music 152 Creative 143 Driving 49 Relaxation 39 FPS 30 Apps 28 Fitness 25 Dancing 23 Import 22 First Person 7 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 Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story DS Nintendo / AlphaDream 14th Sep 2009 Pokémon Black and White 2 DS Nintendo / Game Freak 7th Oct 2012 Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective DS Capcom 11th Jan 2011 Pokémon Black and White DS Nintendo / Game Freak 6th Mar 2011 Professor Layton and the Last Specter DS Nintendo / Level-5 17th Oct 2011 Okamiden DS Capcom 15th Mar 2011 Solatorobo: Red the Hunter DS Bandai Namco / CyberConnect2 27th Sep 2011 Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 DS Square Enix 19th Sep 2011 Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation DS Nintendo / Square Enix 14th Feb 2011 Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver DS Nintendo / Game Freak 14th Mar 2010 Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube765kWatch on YouTube Professor Layton and the Unwound Future DS Nintendo / Level-5 12th Sep 2010 Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies DS Nintendo / Square Enix 11th Jul 2010 WarioWare: D.I.Y. DS Nintendo / Nintendo SPD 28th Mar 2010 Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals DS Natsume / Neverland 19th Oct 2010 Ivy the Kiwi? DS XSEED Games / Prope 24th Aug 2010 Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! DS Nintendo / Nintendo Software Technology 14th Nov 2010 Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light DS Square Enix 5th Oct 2010 Pokémon Platinum DS Nintendo / Game Freak 22nd Mar 2009 Rhythm Heaven DS Nintendo / Nintendo SPD 5th Apr 2009 Professor Layton and Pandora's Box DS Nintendo / Level-5 24th Aug 2009 Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes DS Ubisoft / Capybara Games 1st Dec 2009 Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars DS Take Two / Rockstar 17th Mar 2009 The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks DS Nintendo / Nintendo EAD 7th Dec 2009 Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume DS Square Enix / tri-Ace 17th Mar 2009 The Legendary Starfy DS Nintendo / TOSE 9th Jun 2009 Nostalgia DS Ignition Entertainment / Red Entertainment 27th Oct 2009 Giana Sisters DS DS DTP Entertainment / Bitfield 2nd Nov 2011 Puzzle Bobble Galaxy DS Square Enix / Taito 28th Jul 2009 Chrono Trigger DS Square Enix 25th Nov 2008 The World Ends With You DS Square Enix / Jupiter Corporation 22nd Apr 2008 Kirby Super Star Ultra DS Nintendo / HAL Laboratory 22nd Sep 2008 Professor Layton and the Curious Village DS Nintendo / Level-5 10th Feb 2008 Advance Wars: Days of Ruin DS Nintendo / Intelligent Systems 21st Jan 2008 Disgaea DS DS Koei / System Prisma 23rd Sep 2008 Final Fantasy IV DS Square Enix 22nd Jul 2008 Worms: Open Warfare 2 DS THQ / Team 17 4th Sep 2007 Picross DS DS Nintendo / Jupiter Corporation 30th Jul 2007 Contra 4 DS Konami / WayForward 13th Nov 2007 The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass DS Nintendo / Nintendo EAD 1st Oct 2007 Pokémon Diamond & Pearl DS Nintendo / Game Freak 22nd Apr 2007 Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol DS Nintendo / skip 2nd Oct 2007 Bleach: Blade of Fate DS SEGA / Treasure 9th Oct 2007 Elite Beat Agents DS Nintendo / iNiS 6th Nov 2006 The Rub Rabbits! DS SEGA / Sonic Team 7th Feb 2006 Essential Sudoku DS D3Publisher / Essential Games 27th Oct 2006 Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow DS Konami 4th Oct 2005 Advance Wars: Dual Strike DS Nintendo / Intelligent Systems 22nd Aug 2005 Sonic Rush DS SEGA / SEGA Studio USA 15th Nov 2005 Pokémon Conquest DS Nintendo / Tecmo Koei 18th Jun 2012 Aliens: Infestation DS SEGA / WayForward 11th Oct 2011 Kirby Mass Attack DS Nintendo / HAL Laboratory 19th Sep 2011 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors DS Aksys Games / ChunSoft 16th Nov 2010 Sands of Destruction DS SEGA / imageepoch 12th Jan 2010 Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon DS Natsume / Neverland 9th Nov 2010 Infinite Space DS SEGA 16th Mar 2010 Golden Sun: Dark Dawn DS Nintendo / Camelot 29th Nov 2010 Page : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19