#9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors

[nirvanai]

there's options i could've chosen for each point but i think this is the funniest trio by merit of akane kurashiki

[faye-doll]

been replaying 999

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[your-resident-boat-person]

Here are some non-pokemon DS recommendations!

1. Ghost Trick - Phantom Detective

It's a puzzle game visual novel. Imagine you need to stop a rube Goldberg machine where someone dies at the end, but you're a ghost and can only manipulate objects in a very limited capacity. It's my favorite game of all time, and it was created and written by Shu Takumi, the creator of the Ace Attorney franchise. Speaking of,

2. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

A mystery visual novel series where you need to use critical thinking to find contradictions in testimonies and solve each mystery. The writing and comedy are fantastic, the mysteries are excellent, and the characters are really engaging.

3. 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors

Another visual novel, but this one is different. One of the small handful of M rated DS games. Do not play this game if you can't handle gore. Anyway, 9 people are trapped aboard what looks like the RMS Titanic, and have 9 hours to escape before she sinks with all of them trapped inside. This game has escape room puzzles. The gameplay is pretty good, but the story is definitely the highlight.

These 3 games all have remakes. Personally, I'd recommend the DS version of the Ace Attorney games. At least for the original trilogy and Apollo Justice. The HD graphics just make the art look revolting. For Ghost Trick, I'd day that the remake is pretty much 50/50 with the original, but if you play the remake, go into the settings and change the soundtrack to be the original, not the new one they did. For 999, it's a bit tougher. In the original, on the top screen, you see dialogue, and on the bottom screen, you see in-depth descriptions of things like you'd see in a book. In the remake, there's only one screen, so you have to pick between which one you want, and it's pretty clunky. Most people just set it to the regular dialogue and play it like Ace Attorney without those descriptions. This would make it sound like the DS version is the way to go, right? WRONG. Well, maybe. The remake adds voice acting. Really good voice acting. It's really difficult to pick between the two. Honestly, I'd recommend playing both, but which one you play first is up to you. The voice acting might leave a better impression if you dont know what they're going to say already. They're both pretty radically different experiences, and thankfully, the game has pretty great replay value, with lots of different paths to take.

Alright, more DS games now.

4. Fossil Fighters

Most people just kinda file this one under "pokemon clone" and carry on with their day, but it's SO much more. Unlike pokemon, you only get one of each Vivosaur. Now, I know what you're thinking, "but what if I want one with better stats?". Well, friend, Vivosaurs are VERY different from pokemon. The Vivosaurs stats are determined by how well you clean its fossils. If you damage the bone, its stats will go down. Each fossil cleaning is graded out of 100, and you can always go out and find more fossils and try again. But rare Vivosaurs will have fossils that are more difficult to clean. You can actually perfect the stats of every single Vivosaur you have. The battle mechanics are unique, and the story is fantastic. And I hear this games sequel is even better, but I haven't played it yet. Also, the 3D models of the Vivosaurs are dope as shit, and seeing them fight is rad as hell.

5. Club Penguin - Elite Penguin Force/Herbert's Revenge

What?! A shitty licensed game?! What's going on here?! Well, the secret to these games are that they're actually good. If you've played the EPF missions in the browser version of Club Penguin, you'll be familiar with these. They're point and click adventures. Actually, a lot of the missions are actually just upgraded versions of the EPF missions in the browser game, but they added lots of new ones, too. The story is okay, nothing nuts, it's a kids game, but the characters are pretty strong. Especially Herbert. He's written shockingly well, and I think he's a pretty complex villain for a kids game. The gameplay is pretty good, too, albeit nothing revolutionary. Just standard point and click adventure puzzles, but without the moonlogic of Sierra games. The music, though. Oh my god, the soundtrack to these games is incredible. I'm sure many of you are already familiar with the gadget room. But other songs like Robot Battle, Epic Challenge, and One Very Grumpy Polar Bear are all standouts. These games are criminally overlooked, and I'd highly recommend giving them a go.

So anyway, yeah, if you've always just thought of your DS as your Pokemon machine, give these games a go! The DS's library is criminally underlooked. The DS had a lot of really cool and unique features that make porting these games to new platforms really difficult. Hell, even emulating these games can be a pain. The DS has a really cool and creative library full of unique games, and it's easily my favorite console of all time.

top 5 ds game recommendations!

pokemon black

pokemon white

pokemon black 2

pokemon white 2

replay pokemon black

[roseofcards90]

[budgieflitter]

nine persons

[goomyloid]

noelle kurashiki..

[dixoterin]

[𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑪𝒀 𝑬𝑽𝑨𝑪𝑼𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵]

𝑷𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑴𝑨𝑲𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑾𝑨𝒀 𝑻𝑶 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑵𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑻 𝑬𝑿𝑰𝑻

process commentary :3

[crocrubies]

morphogenetic

[pokeyscrypt]

[yellowtrinity]

the ape shitt siblings

[peachducy]

They pulled me half alive out of the sea

[zoruathemageknight]

about time I made one of these memes

[floccesytowne]

🐇

[troloyunu]

june doodle 💜

[budgieflitter]

old man so sillyyy