Must-have Nintendo DS games?

[Matt]

i finally ordered a nintendo ds lite from buy.com and i'm just waiting for it to be delivered. any must have games i should be looking at? can you download ROMs for the DS, like you could w/ the GBA?

[Matt]

just got my DS Lite and picked up an M3 Simply rom flash card. this thing rocks...i've been filling up my 1GB microSD card with tons of games.

diddy kong racing is fun as hell

[Fool]

That truama center game and the lawyer game look interesting to me.

[Moodini31]

That truama center game and the lawyer game look interesting to me.

Lawyer game? WTF!

[Fool]

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpage...Ace%20Attorney

[Glenn]

Looks like an old friend.

Well, not really.

[Glenn]

My wife wants one of these Nintendo DS things to play "crosswords and brain teasers".

Are there any basketball games that are decent? I need to figure out how I can benefit from this (besides her talking less whilst she's playing it).

[KP43]

New Super Mario Bros....no excuse for not getting this game.
Mario Kart....pretty much any mario game is deece(minus 3-on-3 Hoops, F that)
Hotel Dusk....cool, different game.
Pokemon....hey I played the old ones as a kid, still fin they enjoyable once and a while.
Contra 4....sweet game if you liked the old ones, you unlock 1 & 2 as a bonus

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

[Glenn]

I bought the wife the games that she asked for (Big Brain Academy and Brain Age) and she loves them.

I played them for about 10 minutes but they bore me.

I've browsed for sports games at the store a few times, but the selection looks pretty thin.

Is there a reason why the games seem so, juvenile?

Lots of games about pets, princesses, etc.

[Fool]

Because adults are driving the car not playing their DS in the back seat.