Get ready to cram some RPGs and adventures in your pocket in 2010.
By 1UP Staff
There’s about a bajillion of these things out there, and in multiple flavors even (DS, DSi, and the upcoming/rumored DSi XL). So it’s a safe bet that there will still be some damn good games coming out for the DS even in 2010. Though, a casual look at what excites us most shows that the DS has also become the unofficial king of RPGs and adventure games. We haven’t even heard much about what Nintendo itself plans to release, but read on for the ten games that we want to put in our pocket.
Dev: Capcom | Pub: Capcom
If there was one think missing from Apollo Justice, the last Ace Attorney game, it was stylish prosecuting attorney Miles Edgeworth. Capcom remedies that oversight with the next title in its lawyer sim. This time, you control Edgeworth in an isometric 3D world — cross-examining witnesses and drawing conclusions from the evidence you find. The graphic adventure parts of the game have always been great, but we’re really excited for the humorous, well-written dialogue. Telltale may have the best graphic adventures on console and PC, but Capcom still presides high and mighty on DS.
Dev: Game Freak Inc | Pub: Nintendo
Yes, we get it. You’re too old for Pokémon. You don’t want anything to do with these disgusting, cute, and punnily named creatures. Why is it then that you’ve “caught them all” on DS when Pearl and Diamond (and then eventually Platinum) came out? That’s right. We’d all like to think we’re beyond Pikachu’s siren call (”Chuuu…”) but the truth is the game is addicting and deeply satisfying, easy enough for us to have gotten into it as kids, and meaty enough to hold our attentions still today. The enhanced remakes of fan favorite Silver and Gold editions will surely have you wanting to — well, you know — all over again. Plus, the game comes with a pokéball-shaped pedometer!
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