Which Advance Wars is that? Dual Strike is the continuation of the ones from the GBA. I actually have an original cartridge of that. Days Of Ruin is a new set of characters, darker storyline, and IMO, tougher gameplay since they modified the CO powers.

Dual Strike is a lot of fun, since you can control one CO in each screen of the DS and you can combine their CO powers for some devastating effects.

First off, it's nice to see a thread dedicated to the NDS. Most guys I know have PSPs which makes me kind of a black sheep where I'm from...

The R4 although cost-effective doesn't appeal too much to me since I like the idea of having the actual cartidge. So that means I only have a few DS games since I have to pay an arm and leg for the carts:

1. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
2. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
3. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
4. Pokemon Diamond
5. Megaman ZX

I've been playing Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia for about 3 weeks now and I've clocked over 65 hours of gameplay. As someone said in a previous post, it IS a tough game. I have played every Castlevania since Symphony and it's only in Order of Ecclesia that I died early in the game. My first few deaths were courtesy of the Brachyura (giant crab boss). -_-' This game emphasizes understanding each enemy's patterns in order to take as little damage as possible. I absolutely love the fact that Konami chose a female character to be the lead character and I think I won't stop until I unlock and finish Level 255 mode.

Hey cool! Another guy who appreciates Megaman ZX. Compared to AZ advent, ZX's bosses are a pain to deal with.

Have you unlocked Model OX yet?

@Jumps_Zilla: Welcome to the thread! I too, had a tough time with that Crab boss. Right now I'm stuck with the boss who has a large shadow that's shaped like a wolf. Evading his attacks is tough. The fact that I'm pretty rusty already with these types of games doesn't help. The DS Stylus has spoiled me on so many levels.

@ darkjacen: I played the game only once and it was my bro who unlocked that armor. I had to get used to the new gameplay.

@ samuraigrifter: I see you're a bit stuck on Blackmore. What glyph combination are you using? I normally spam Nitesco+(any weapon glyph, usually Falcis)+(strength/damage enhancing glyph) to kill him. Of course, his pattern IS a bit tricky, so don't give up.

You guys should try Mage Knight: Destiny's Soldier. It's a solid translation of the minis game to the DS, right down to rolling dice. (Biggest difference would be the use of a hex map instead of true free movement)

Is it a translation of the army Mage Knight or the Dungeons Mage Knight?

Just army, and MK2.0.

hehe playing ff3 now on the DS and waiting for SRW K coming out in april!

also waiting for suikoden DS arrrrr!

@Gaebril: Ayt, thanks. I'll check it out once I'm done with the games I'm playing right now.

I decided to restart my FF: Revenant Wings game and I plan on finishing it this time around.

Any Pokemon battlers here?

*raises his hand*

You downloaded the new Platinum version? I still have my Diamond version.

@samuraigrifter

I play Diamond and Pearl. I don't download games. But I've already reserved a copy of Platinum. I wonder when it'll arrive here since it comes out on the 22nd in the US.

You into competitive battling?

I also bought an original copy of Diamond long before I started downloading ROMs. I always trained them for competitive battling in the GBA and GB versions, not so much with the DS versions since I didn't expect to find any opponents. My builds aren't as competitive as the ones in Serebii.Net, but I'm open to battling as well.

@samuraigrifter

Wanna battle this weekend? :D