Best Nintendo DS Games – Critically Acclaimed Titles by Genre

No single "best," but these critically acclaimed titles cover major genres:

RPGs

• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
• The World Ends With You
• Dragon Quest IX

Action/Adventure

• Metroid Prime Hunters
• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
• Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Puzzle

• Professor Layton & the Curious Village
• 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
• Brain Age

Other Gems

• Elite Beat Agents (rhythm)
• New Super Mario Bros. (platformer)
• Animal Crossing: Wild World (simulation)

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