The game I’ve liked well enough to buy include: Elite Beat Agents, Rocket Slime Adventures, Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Rune Factory: A Harvest Moon Adventure, Jam Sessions and My Spanish Coach.

There are a plethora of games coming out over the next few months that intrigue me as well, including Assassin’s Quest: Altair’s Chronicles, Professor Layton and the Curious Villagers, Eco Creatures, Insecticide, Ninja Gaiden, Dungeon Explorer and Mystery Dungeon.

Geez. I sound like a catalog. Regardless, you made an excellent choice and I doubt you’ll regret it!

However, the one that I enjoyed the most - to the point that when I bought a PSP, I bought it for the PSP - was Puzzle Quest. It filled my need for both a quick game, and a RPG.

Bw.

So, yeah - I haven’t really gotten around to anything else yet… but there’s bound to be plenty more to play and enjoy! You might want to get your hands on some accessories as well, and by accessoires I mean proper screen covers for the touch screen (not cheap shitty ones that get air bubbles all over no matter how well you apply them - I have those and it doesn’t look good).

But wow, that DS looks nice! That one and the new cobalt blue/black one have to be the best looking, after the Warhammer 40K Limited Edition of course

@corvus - I’m glad to hear the DS takes favour over the 360. I am slowly working through MS-hate, but I wasn’t quite ready to invite them into my house again ;3

@Coldguy - I get a feeling Zelda and puzzle quest is going on the shopping list I’ll check out the other games too.

@Bookwyrm - cheers. Yes, I guessed Zelda would be a neccesity. I’m looking forward to it, actually. I’ve never played a Zelda game, not even around a friend’s house.

@Droniac - Yay for new DS! Black, white and pink are the only ones available in the UK - another reason I had to go for the US one. I’m a sucker for colour. I haven’t seen Bleach, though I’ve heard of it (the anime). I know it’s supposed to be good, though most anime manage to confuse the heck out of me.

Thanks for the tip on the screen cover. I had that problem with my iPod :/

@Kitsune - ah, another benefit of the DS over the PS - no game format issues! Aside from the ‘parental rating’ anyway. And yeah - I hated that! Memory cards don’t work either, so I ended up taking even longer to beat games. I think I have US and UK save files scattered all over the place now.

Good advice on the monitor adapter - I was thinking of going that route, but wasn’t sure how well it worked. I have a pretty decent monitor, but no speakers o.o But I’d probably get a second monitor for it anyway.

@Selphie - Must be the time of year. Nintendo must be delighted with all these sales ;3

I’ll have to check out the Phoenix Wright games too - I’ve heard good things about them as well.

I got the pink one, but this was before the crimson had come out~ Disappointing in the least! But I love it, and I gave my retro one to Drew, so s’all good.

As for the 360 is concerned if you do end up having to get a console it might be wise to give that one a second thought. The newer consoles have been restructured internally despite what Microsoft has said and they are appearing less and less. Plus you get a warranty from Microsoft so if you do happen to get the dreaded red ring of death at least you are covered. Im not the biggest fan of Big Bad Bill either but the 360 does have a nice line up of games and doesnt do the whole installing them to the hard drive thing that the PS3 does. Just a recomendation though. Katt and I love ours.

I do have a question though. You need a licence to own a TV in the UK? What is the reasoning?

Mr. Greyward - I’m definitely getting Phantom Hourglass, thankee.

My brother and one of my friends swears by the Xbox, so I’m gradually coming round. Eventually, I will probably end up with one, if only for Halo.

You do need a licence - it’s to pay for the BBC, who aren’t funded by adverts, and are therefore supposed to be an independent body serving the public as opposed to advertisers. Since it’s the general public who pays for those shows, they tend to be less populist than shows on advert driven channels. More educational, less biased, etc. A lot of people argue it doesn’t work, and a lot of people complain about it. But overall, I would say BBC is news is superior to other channels, and the programming is usually more worthy/beneficial… it’s an important service to have,

But I don’t watch any TV - so I don’t tend to want to fund TV programs It’s about £100 a year or something.

The game below are what I suggest. I’ve played many of the top and worse DS games, while all those below are not representative exclusively of what’s the best,the games below are all very fun, should be cheap as many of them are old or released at a low price, and most of them have some really great to near infinite replay value ad really won’t lose you if you only play them once a month, except for Phoenix, but even then it’s easy to get caught up. If you love the game, you have 3 more games in the series that get progressively better. I do have to say that 2nd game is probably the low point of the series if you had to pick one. You shouldn’t go more than a few days without playing animal Crossing. I once had to go two weeks waiting on an old DS to be repaired, animals were angry with me, weeds were everywhere and I missed a fishing contest.

Meteos, Tetris DS, Picross DS, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, Mario Kart DS, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Bleach DS, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Kirby Canvas Curse, Daigasso Band Brothers (an import yea, but it’s a very good music game), Elektroplankton (only buyable online only, it’s good for wasting time, and everyone who plays with it usually likes at least 2 of the plankton), Ninja Gaiden DS (this is the only game on this list that i do not own, it looks amazing, and will more than likely be the best 3D action game for the dS), Warioware Touched, Warioware twisted (a gBA game, but the best in the series), Advance Wars (Dual Strike or Days of Ruin, but are very excellent).