Import DS games worth owning? (+great picross-like game you've never heard of)

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There are many DS games which have never been released in NA - which of them are worth tracking down and buying, and don't require Japanese knowledge?

We all know about stuff like
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
Daigasso! Band Brothers (which I own, together with the GBA slot expansion pack, and may let go for the right offer) - and it looks like it's getting a sequel.

What else is out there?

Right now I'm playing a game called "Pic Pic", available on amazon UK. It's got 3 puzzle types, each with 400(!) puzzles.

One is a simple maze (really, that's all), one's a minesweeper-like puzzle (from the numbers on the grid figure out which cells are black and which white, to recreate the picture) and the last one is a brilliant path-connecting puzzle. You get a grid with numbers which you should connect to other similar numbers in a path that's got as many squares as the number. That is, connect a square marked 11 to another square marked 11 in a path exactly 11 squares long.
The first puzzles take 3-5 minutes; the last puzzles are HUGE and take about an hour. So seriously, we're talking at least 100 hours for all puzzles, probably more.

I seriously recommend this to anybody who's into picross - It's worth the not-bargain price just for this game mode.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/505-Games-Pic-Nintendo-DS/dp/B000SZ297Y
(That's the only place I know to get it from - see if you can find it cheaper).

Of course, it's possible I'm wrong and this was released in the states under a different name - sometimes it's hard to keep track.
 
But I have the sealed German box version I need to get rid of first. The box says the game plays in English, but the writing on the box is in German (and the eBay seller thinks the instruction booklet may be as well). It is a gift for my son and he loves to read the box and booklet. I am upset with the eBay seller because they used a different pic (with the English version box). At first they said they would let me send it back, but then balked when I wanted to get return shipping from them also since it is overseas. It's probably better for me to sell it to someone in the U.S. who wants one and then re-buy it.
 
[quote name='soonersfan60']But I have the sealed German box version I need to get rid of first. The box says the game plays in English, but the writing on the box is in German (and the eBay seller thinks the instruction booklet may be as well). It is a gift for my son and he loves to read the box and booklet. I am upset with the eBay seller because they used a different pic (with the English version box). At first they said they would let me send it back, but then balked when I wanted to get return shipping from them also since it is overseas. It's probably better for me to sell it to someone in the U.S. who wants one and then re-buy it.[/QUOTE]

Oh weird, that was one game i was looking at the Müller in Nürnberg ... debating on whether or not to get it. If it wasn't 40 euro ($61) I would have gone for it.
 
Jump Ultimate Stars.
Densutso no Stafi 4.
Nodame Cantabile.
Taiko no Tatsujin 1 and 2.

Oh, and Prince of Tennis 2005: Crystal Drive. I haven't played the new one yet, but it should be good as well.
 
[quote name='Rocko']Oh, and Prince of Tennis 2005: Crystal Drive. I haven't played the new one yet, but it should be good as well.[/quote]
Crystal Drive still blows out the new one in terms of gameplay.
 
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