Worst DS games you own?

[Mr. Roper]

I own 15 DS games and the worst games I own are new super Mario bros, yoshis island 2, metroid prime pinball, lost in blue, and without a doubt the biggest turd is metroid prime Hunters. New super mario bros and yoshi's island are not even close to being as good as the classics and they are not that much fun. Lost in Blue is to much about survival making it not fun. I don't like a lot of the mini games in MP pinball . And Prime Hunters is just terrible, a 2d metroid would have been 1000 times better. Lunar Nights was also dissappointing.
I wish I would have got mario basketball, star fox, rocket slime, phoniex wright 2 and 3, and chocobo tales over these lame games. Anyone want to trade?

[PrarieD0G]

My worst is definitely Metroid Prime Hunters. I like all the rest...

[Dingleberry]

Sprung...

[mrcheapo11]

^^ StarFox is definitely great, get it :D

As for disappointments in my DS collection, I would say, Resident Evil DS and Metroid Prime Hunters definitely stand out.

[karmapolice]

Probably Contact or Children of Mana. I see why someone could like Contact, but when I have to constantly run against walls to make sure theres no passage that is invisible to the eye it gets annoying.

[Magehart]

DQRS because I just can't get into it. I do own MPH and love it.

[SL4IN]

why so much hate on hunters? it was a good game.

I own about 30 ds games and I don't think one of the are duds, I play all of them frequently, as I always have my ds on campus and whatnot to hold me over on long breaks between classes and 20 minute bus rides.

[monkeydeew]

tmnt wasnt that bad

[Josef]

Ping Pals, because it was $2 (yeah, I know, $2 too much) :lol:

[DocRamon]

elf bowling 1 & 2

[phreak5k]

Cooking Mama (minigames are bad and uniteresting), Electroplankton (bought experimented with it twice and never looked back), Yoshi's Island 2 (absolutely nowhere near the calibur of the SNES original) , and Polarium (I just don't get how these puzzles are fun).

[Aleryn]

Blehhh, StarFox is trash. Flying an Arwing with a pen is one of the most gimmicky ideas Nintendo has ever shat out. BLEHHH.

[PrarieD0G]

why so much hate on hunters? it was a good game.

I own about 30 ds games and I don't think one of the are duds, I play all of them frequently, as I always have my ds on campus and whatnot to hold me over on long breaks between classes and 20 minute bus rides.

It wasn't really a bad game. Just my least favorite. The singleplayer was so repetitive, and really not that fun for me. Online is full of hackers. The music was blah. All that adds up to a "meh" experience for me.

[Fragonard]

Contact, bad design and repeditive gameplay.

[4tygames]

I love Metroid Prime Hunters! Maybe it is just me, but I love the controls. My friend on the other hand hates them.

On the worst DS game I own, I think Trace Memory stands out.

[johnnypark]

Damn, OP, your list of worst games includes a few of my favorites (MP Pinball, New SMB, Yoshi's Island 2).

Worst games, though...

Tomb Raider Legend did a decent job imitating the console game in appearance (all the FMVs are in tact, too!) but the gameplay is just boring, and sometimes it's painfully unclear what you're supposed to do. Glad it was on clearance.

[PrarieD0G]

I love Metroid Prime Hunters! Maybe it is just me, but I love the controls. My friend on the other hand hates them.

On the worst DS game I own, I think Trace Memory stands out.

Ugh, the controls = cramp city. It was uncomfortable to me, at least.

[necrojustice]

I throw out another vote for Contact. I had such high hopes until I played it and realized it sunk my battleship :( (the graphics are at least entertaining for a little while)

[laaj]

Trace Memory. What a let down after Hotel Dusk.

[crunchewy]

Do we count games that we *have* owned, but no longer do? If so, then my least favorite would have to be Polarium. It wasn't that bad, mind you, just nothing great and the least fun of the games that I own or have owned. For the most part I've liked all my DS games.

[beane316]

My vote goes to Open Season and Snood 2. I just didn't enjoy them whatsoever.

[SL4IN]

I think the reason people hate on contact because they didn't understand it. Contact isn't really a "game" it plays completely different from any other handheld game I've ever played. It's one of my favorites and another great game from Suda51.

[pygmy carnotaur]

Contact's not my favorite DS game, but it's nowhere near the worst one I own. I found the game enjoyable enough anyway.
I would say the worst DS game I own is Lunar: Dragon Song, which is one of the worst designed RPGs ever(or at least in recent memory).

[Malik112099]

sprung


i love the new SMB...once i picked it up i didnt stop playing till i had 100% completion

[Yoohoo1231]

Wow. A lot of these games listed are some of my favorite games on the system...

From my collection: Gunpey, Madden 2005, or Spiderman 2.

If you include the games that I've bought for my little sister it'd be pokemon dash easily.

[Caliburn]

Sprung & Ping Pals.

On the fence are Starfox Command (hated flying with the stylus!) and Mega Man ZX - I just couldnt get into that game, no matter what. Oh, Nintendogs was a nice gimmick at first but now I neglect my dog. He should be dead by now.

I have some other titles I have yet to play that CAGs put out:
Lunar Knights, Metroid Prime Hunters & -- Pinball, Yoshi's Island 2, Contact and DQM.

I love New Super Mario Bros though. Kinda reminds me of SMB3 meets Super Mario 64. I can wax nostalgia all I want about SMB1 and how fun it was, it was pioneering at the time and arguably the most important game made, but I can't see myself picking that game up again. It was awesome as a kid and probably pretty good now, but with my limited gaming time, NSMB bridges that gap for me.

[horrido]

Lionel Trains. There isnt even a game there - just a sand box.

[h3llbring3r]

B17 flying fortress. It is virtually the same 3-4 missions over and over again.

The air-combat portion is fun but the "bombing runs" and "avoid the flak" are like 8bit crap.

Wasn't even worth the $10 bargain bin price.

[aphu9876]

I have Ultimate Spiderman, that was a clearance game I'm not sure was worth the couple of bucks I paid for it.

[CombatCraig]

Oh, Nintendogs was a nice gimmick at first but now I neglect my dog. He should be dead by now.

Was just about to say the same thing. Bought it for my wife, she loved it for a month or so, and then life happened and the dogs slowly went the way of the buffalo

[jer7583]

If anyone owns King Kong for DS, it easily takes the cake for worst DS game. The 3D graphics would have looked awkward 15 years ago, let alone today. It's actually laughably bad and unplayable. Look up some videos.

[h3llbring3r]

From reading this list I am glad I haven't shelled out yet for Metroid Prime Hunters.

[crunchewy]

I forgot about Gunpey! So the new worst game from my past is definitely Gunpey, usurping Polarium from that dubious title. Polarium at least had logic to it. Gunpey is just busy work. I didn't mind the look of it (which some harp on), but the game itself is a dreadful bore.

[DJSteel]

Age of Empires 2 DS

[Mr Unoriginal]

Age of Empires 2 DS

You're crazy.

[DJSteel]

You're crazy.

that is the worst DS game I own...

[Mr Unoriginal]

that is the worst DS game I own...

Then I'll assume you have really good DS games.

[DJSteel]

Then I'll assume you have really good DS games.
Yoshi's Island DS
Age of Empires 2
New Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Kart DS
Phoenix Wright 1 and 2
Big Brain Academy
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Advance Wars DS
Children of Mana

[ma]

The worst DS game I have that I've played is probably Star Wars Episode III. And it's not horrible. Goldeneye Rogue Agent was even semi-fun, but I sold that when I beat it.

I also have the MechAssault game which might be bad, but I haven't opened it yet.

I like Polarium (I paid $9 @ CC clearance). The timed/attack mode is bogus, but the puzzles are nice.

I liked Metroid Prime Hunters a lot. The boss battles do get a bit repetitive, though. And I don't like the fact that you have no clue which planet to go to next (unless you were taking notes on door colors). But it has great graphics, a fun single-player game, and good multiplayer. I would say it's worth the $20 I paid.

[DarkKnightCecil]

I would have to say Hotel Dusk or Lost in Blue (1 and 2).
Couldn't get into either of them.

[botticus]

Since I've sold most of what would be considered bad, I'll say the worst of what I have left (which I still consider good, since I've kept it) is between Tetris, Clubhouse Games, and Contact.

[Hibiwa]

Sega Casino. That's a real turd that I finally got a chance to get rid of.

[davkeats]

i only own about 6 games, and the worst is DRAWN TO LIFE. Not a bad game at all, a little Gimmicky, but worse than the other 5 i have...


the other 5:
New Super Mario Brothers (Why does everyone hate this game? its easier and shorter than most Marios, but its still a great game)
LOZ: Phantom Hourglass
Puzzle Quest
LOZ: Minish Cap (guess i have 5 DS and one GBA. sorry)
DQH: Rocket Slime (this game is really fun, surprise hit of the year for me)

[PleasantOne]

Reading this thread and, consequently, looking at my DS collection, made me realize just how many DS games I have that I haven't tried yet... doh!!

Worst that I have that I've tried, probably the Chronicles of Narnia game. Got it for Christmas a few years ago... wanted it because it looked sort of Diablo-esque... played it for about 5 minutes, and I was done. Now I'm having the urge to go back to it, to see if it is as bad as I remember...

Oh wait... I forgot about World Championship Poker. $6 at CC, and I sitll may have paid too much. I took it on a flight to Vegas, but the AI were just too irritating for me to tolerate for long...

[4tygames]

If anyone owns King Kong for DS, it easily takes the cake for worst DS game. The 3D graphics would have looked awkward 15 years ago, let alone today. It's actually laughably bad and unplayable. Look up some videos.
I have to agree with that. My cousin got it for Christmas a few years ago and he let me try and play it. I could not take more than 2 minutes of it. Everything is dark and foggy and the enemies move awkwardly. It was not a fun game at all. Even my cousin who I think was 10 at the time also knew that is was a really bad game. I kind of felt sorry for him :cry:

[El Gray]

Marvel Trading Card Game.

I knew it wasn't too highly reviewed, but the ads CALLED TO ME from the pages of my comic books. I assumed that I could figure it out, and that it would have some fun artwork and animation.

No, not really.
I haven't won a match yet, and it's pretty slow and frustrating to play. I tried to get an online match the other night, and never found an opponent. I'm sure there aren't too many people playing it online. Oh well... it was part of a B2G1 used deal at GS, so it was fairly cheap.

Anyone else even have this game?

[geigerm]

I haven't bought any real stinkers, but I was completely underwhelmed by SimCity DS. Why I haven't sold that game yet, I have no idea.

MegaMan ZX really irritated me, but that's probably just because I stink at it. I'll try again someday.

[Rocko]

The worst game that I currently own (after pruning my collection down from more than 50 to now about 25) is Orcs and Elves.

The worst game I ever owned, however, was Spyro Shadow Legacy.

[Pajama_Man]

I only got 6 games currently but the worst has to be Brain Age 2. The Sudoku part is a keeper (and the stylus set) but the rest doesn't really have a lasting appeal.

The other five are...
Phantom Hourglass
Race Driver: Create & Race
Front Mission
Picross
Club House Games

[banpeikun]

I own 15 DS games and the worst games I own are new super Mario bros, yoshis island 2, metroid prime pinball, lost in blue, and without a doubt the biggest turd is metroid prime Hunters. New super mario bros and yoshi's island are not even close to being as good as the classics and they are not that much fun. Lost in Blue is to much about survival making it not fun. I don't like a lot of the mini games in MP pinball . And Prime Hunters is just terrible, a 2d metroid would have been 1000 times better. Lunar Nights was also dissappointing.
I wish I would have got mario basketball, star fox, rocket slime, phoniex wright 2 and 3, and chocobo tales over these lame games. Anyone want to trade?mario basketball is about 10x worse than all the other games on your list.

[io]

Well, I have somewhere near 50 DS games so I'm sure I have some horrible ones. But of the ones I've actually played by far the worst is Lego Star Wars II. It has a decent 3D engine but completely broken gameplay, especially in the Episode VI section. I hear the new one is much better but I just don't need a DS version of LSW (thought the kids would like it but they barely touched LSW II so I gave it a shot). I wish I had sold it back when it might have gotten something...

I loved Contact and it is one of the few DS games I've completed. I'm sure I have worse games than LSW II even, though - have lots I got for $2 or $3 like Sprung and Ridge Racer.

[Sofa King Kool]

Need for Speed Underground 2.

[zman73]

wow.. cant believe some of the hate in this thread

NSMB was one of my favorite titles for a couple years back

Polarium (at least the collection of 99 puzzles had me hooked over christmas break a while back) cant say I enjoyed the regular games as much

The worst games Ive owned have been sprung and sudokumania (which I olny played for about 5 minuted before turning it off

[jer7583]

The worst game I actually own is tough, because I don't keep ones I don't like. Probably Planet Puzzle League, because I don't play it that often, but I do love the game, just nobody I know with DSs wants to play multiplayer.

[clockworkgreen]

The worst DS game I have that I've played is probably Star Wars Episode III. And it's not horrible. Goldeneye Rogue Agent was even semi-fun, but I sold that when I beat it.

I also have the MechAssault game which might be bad, but I haven't opened it yet.

I like Polarium (I paid $9 @ CC clearance). The timed/attack mode is bogus, but the puzzles are nice.

I liked Metroid Prime Hunters a lot. The boss battles do get a bit repetitive, though. And I don't like the fact that you have no clue which planet to go to next (unless you were taking notes on door colors). But it has great graphics, a fun single-player game, and good multiplayer. I would say it's worth the $20 I paid.

Must be getting rare or something. Just dumped mine off, cart only, on ebay for about $32.

[kevlar51]

The worst game I currently own is Lunar Dragon Song, which is funny, because the only reason I got the DS was for that game. "WOW! THEY'RE MAKING A NEW LUNAR GAME, I'VE GOT TO GET THAT SYSTEM!!!!" It was the best mistake I've ever made--Lunar sucks (still haven't played through all the way, which is why I still have it), but the system obviously has lots of amazing games.

[ThatDamnDave]

Stinkers I've owned:
Mario Hoops 3 on 3 (what a ridiculous control scheme)
Starfox DS (You die and it sends you all the way back to the start of the mission? That means you have to replay all of the fights again. Sorry, no thanks)

[crystalklear64]

Big Brain Academy. Its a good game but the rest of my games are great.

[TheYellowDart]

Sims 2. Not a Sim game at all.

[humidore]

Scurge: Hive. The reviews I read made it seem like a sleeper hit, but the controls are ass and it's just not very interesting to me.

[b3b0p]

By far: Contact

That game is just horrible. The battle system is a complete joke.

Electroplankton is my other vote.

[Draekon]

Tales of the Tempest

...I bought it for $10 expecting shit and I found more shit than in all of Blue Dragon. It was suffocatingly shitty as if I just walked into an old gas statation bathroom that hasn't been cleaned for years.

[KingofOldSchool]

Sprung, me and the girlfriend bought it back when I first got the original DS. Kicked myself for paying $15 for it.

[Robjus]

the prince of persia game kind of blew

[drone8888]

Lunar was horrid. Ping Pals.... what was I thinking? Zoo Keeper :( Metroid Prime Hunters... nausea!

Metroid Pinball though... how could you not like it? The music was good, it's challenging, it came with the rumble pack, and you can pick it up and play whenever. To each their own though :) My new fix is Geometry Wars,... I played it the most on my 360, even with a 50 game library so far, and now Contra 4, Bleach, and Final Fantasy are sitting back seat to it on the DS :)

[El Gray]

I just want to rep for Contact a bit. I dig the game, though there are a few frustrating spots, and I haven't finished it yet.

[mrExtreme]

Final Fantasy III DS. I don't know why so many people think this is such a great game. I found it to be mediocre and boring. I'm not a big fan of the 3D-esque graphics. The characters were bland. The story was typical RPG fare that has been done a million times before in much better games than this one. The job system is nothing special. Overall, it just does not hold up well compared to more modern RPGs. This is one Final Fantasy game that should have stayed in Japan, in my opinion.

[clockworkgreen]

Electroplankton is my other vote.

I contend that's not actually a game. :)

[Snake2715]

Zookeeper,

That game was great, personally.

[banpeikun]

we should turn this into some kind of swap thread. i'll trade my mario hoops game for contact or electroplankton.

[Spinning Revolver]

There really is no bad DS game that I own. but if I absolutely had to pick one, out of the frustration it has given me, Pokemon Diamond.

[dopa345]

I haven't played it yet but probably Card Fighter since I just missed out on the exchange deadline for a non-glitch copy. At least I only paid $8 for it, it was an impusle buy at Sears.

[UncleBob]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the DS Bubble Bobble. I'm guessing no one owns it?

[itachiitachi]

Lost Magic

[johnnypark]

Scurge: Hive. The reviews I read made it seem like a sleeper hit, but the controls are ass and it's just not very interesting to me.

I actually didn't mind the controls, it was the level design that killed me on it. On the 2nd stage where you have to find a bunch of generators, I swear I ran over every inch of that map 10 times and didn't find any more. Since it's not very popular no one online bothered with a good FAQ or maps, so I'm kinda shaq-fued and gave up all interest. It's too bad, because I was enjoying myself before that.

[El Gray]

Hmm... I have an unopened copy of Scurge on the shelf. I'll keep that in mind when I eventually play it.

[Vinny]

Lost in Blue and Lost in Blue 2.

[TheWallsAround]

Trace Memory. What an awful game.

[dmaul1114]

I don't own any I think are bad at the moment.

But the worst "game" I bought and got rid of was easily Yoshi's Touch and Go.

[chosen1s]

I have Zoo Keeper or Zoo whatever it is puzzle game. Terrible.

Have played Prime Hunters and hated it, though I don't like any FPS anyway

[UncleBob]

Why are people ragging on Trace Memory? It was a great game... Granted, Hotel Dusk was better, but still... Trace Memory was good.

And Zoo Keeper? Who bought it expecting it to be a thrill a min game? Seriously... it's a simple little puzzle game... well worth the $1.50 I spent on it. :)

Bubble Bobble still wins the "worst game ever" award, even over PingPals.

[DocRamon]

Bubble Bobble still wins the "worst game ever" award, even over PingPals.

i still vote Elf Bowling as the worst...

at least in Bubble Bobble and Ping Pals, you have stuff to do, buttons to press or touch commands to execute. Elf Bowling is just tapping. you don't swipe on the touch screen to throw, or use the stylus to aim... you tap once to toss the ball, anywhere on the screen. that's it... tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.

and don't bother trying for a high score... it doesn't get saved.

[clockworkgreen]

I have Zoo Keeper or Zoo whatever it is puzzle game. Terrible.

Have played Prime Hunters and hated it, though I don't like any FPS anyway

Obviously if you don't like FPS, a game you should play is Metroid Prime.

[emg28]

The worst DS game I own is Lunar: Dragon Song.

I liked NSMB and Clubhouse Games.

Clubhouse Games was not bad for $15 (pre-CAG).

[redroversk]

power rangers super legends w/ shitty stylus thingie, hotel dusk.

[Nephlabobo]

Final Fantasy III.....ugh....so dull.

[UncleBob]

at least in Bubble Bobble [...] you have stuff to do,

Until you reach level 30 and the boss doesn't appear and you can't continue to the other 70% of the game... :)

Seriously though, did anyone buy Elf Bowling thinking they were going to get even a slightly decent game? I didn't expect to have a Game Breaking glitch in Bubble Bobble.

[62t]

Spectrobes. The game is a complete joke. Sad to see people dont like Trace Memory or Contact as they are probably some of my favorite DS games.

[goomba478]

I also nominate Polarium. It's not a bad game really, just not fun ... at all. I bought this at the same time as Meteos and I think it's safe to say that Meteos is approximately 10000000000x more fun. I think you'd all agree.

*Goomba switches into Game Seller Mode*

Anyone want to buy my copy of Polarium? It's a great game :) j/k.

[DocRamon]

Until you reach level 30 and the boss doesn't appear and you can't continue to the other 70% of the game... :)

Seriously though, did anyone buy Elf Bowling thinking they were going to get even a slightly decent game? I didn't expect to have a Game Breaking glitch in Bubble Bobble.

granted, Bubble Bobble was broken when it shipped... but they DID do a recall and offer up fixed copies of the game. the newer copies of the game work just fine, and they even gave away a free copy of Rainbow Islands DS to people as an apology.

so that glitch was actually not so bad... for consumers.

[Inf^Shini]

Worse game for me would be....uhh....Contra 4 :D

On easy I only made it to level 2 while blowing two continues on the way :-k

[Mr. Roper]

[quote=Inf^Shini;3862318]Worse game for me would be....uhh....Contra 4 :D

On easy I only made it to level 2 while blowing two continues on the way :-k
I would trade you yoshi's island, new super mario bros, and metroid prime hunters for contra 4. It doesn't suck because you do.

[Inf^Shini]

I would trade you yoshi's island, new super mario bros, and metroid prime hunters for contra 4. It doesn't suck because you do. Hahaha, sheeet were you serious? I would do that trade but you would have to send first :)

Ever since I completed everything and every run (Hard under two hours with 10% completion) in Metroid:Zero Mission I have never felt bad at gettin' rocked by another 2D shooter/platformer ;)

[UncleBob]

granted, Bubble Bobble was broken when it shipped... but they DID do a recall and offer up fixed copies of the game. the newer copies of the game work just fine, and they even gave away a free copy of Rainbow Islands DS to people as an apology.

so that glitch was actually not so bad... for consumers.

Yeah, I just found out about the recall when I posted about the game in the first place. I knew they were supposed to do a recall, but then I never heard anything more until I went looking for it. I have to mail my copy out tomorrow and I was told I would have to wait up to ten weeks for a replacement. And nothing was mentioned about the free copy of Rainbow Islands (hopefully I'll score that too).

Anywhoo, I still contend that Bubble Bobble is (currently) the worst game I own. If I get an unglitched copy, that could change, although that's doubtful as I own some pretty good games.

Seriously though, if you own and have played Elf Bowling, you shouldn't be allowed to comment on the quality of games. I mean, I understand if someone gave it to you or you found it discarded in the trash... then *maybe* I could see still owning it. But playing it? ;)

[ThatDamnDave]

Yeah, that reminds me, Bubble Bobble is absolutely atrocious, game breaking glitch or not. Don't buy it, you'll catch some kind of disease.

[willc23]

Worst game I have right now is Math Play for DS. Picked it up to help work on math problems with my daughter. Figured it would have various levels for age appropriateness, but does not. May keep and try again in a year.