Looking back, Nintendo's first party DS lineup was pretty poor

*CyberCubed* · 07-29-2014, 11:49 AM

I was just thinking about this the other day, how outside of the casual games/puzzle games/Pokemon, Nintendo's first party lineup on DS was the worst of all their consoles/handhelds. Many of these games have not aged well at all:

- New Super Mario Bros. DS wound up being the worst of the "New" series. At the time it was released it was exciting to have a new 2D Mario after like 15 years, but the level design was pretty bad in this one. Its hard to go back to this first one now after the recent entries.

- Yoshi's Island DS again is a step down from the SNES original

- Metroid Prime Hunters is the worst Metroid game ever made, its basically a FPS with a Metroid skin and a horrible single player. It's hard to believe this was the only main Metroid game we got in the 7 year span of the DS.

- Zelda Phantom Hourglass and Spirit tracks, while still decent games, are nowhere as good as all the other Zelda's. They're viewed as among the weakest entries in the series.

- Starfox Command is easily the worst Starfox game ever made

- Mario and Luigi Partners in Time is the weakest in the series, and the second weakest Mario RPG overall after Paper Mario Sticker Star.

- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon is the weakest localized Fire Emblem in the U.S. And I'm aware it was a remake.

Honestly, have we ever had this many "duds" from a Nintendo first party lineup before? Most of DS's strong lineup came from JRPG's, casual games, puzzle games, and so forth, but the first party stuff was really lacking.

I already like the 3DS lineup far more than the DS one.

07-29-2014, 11:49 AM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,891	Looking back, Nintendo's first party DS lineup was pretty poor I was just thinking about this the other day, how outside of the casual games/puzzle games/Pokemon, Nintendo's first party lineup on DS was the worst of all their consoles/handhelds. Many of these games have not aged well at all: - New Super Mario Bros. DS wound up being the worst of the "New" series. At the time it was released it was exciting to have a new 2D Mario after like 15 years, but the level design was pretty bad in this one. Its hard to go back to this first one now after the recent entries. - Yoshi's Island DS again is a step down from the SNES original - Metroid Prime Hunters is the worst Metroid game ever made, its basically a FPS with a Metroid skin and a horrible single player. It's hard to believe this was the only main Metroid game we got in the 7 year span of the DS. - Zelda Phantom Hourglass and Spirit tracks, while still decent games, are nowhere as good as all the other Zelda's. They're viewed as among the weakest entries in the series. - Starfox Command is easily the worst Starfox game ever made - Mario and Luigi Partners in Time is the weakest in the series, and the second weakest Mario RPG overall after Paper Mario Sticker Star. - Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon is the weakest localized Fire Emblem in the U.S. And I'm aware it was a remake. Honestly, have we ever had this many "duds" from a Nintendo first party lineup before? Most of DS's strong lineup came from JRPG's, casual games, puzzle games, and so forth, but the first party stuff was really lacking. I already like the 3DS lineup far more than the DS one.