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Matthew and Samuel compete to pick the 15 best Nintendo DS games – after an extremely long preamble.

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Katharine Castle: To clear up this week’s BackPagePod debate, here are my offending DS Phat decals - which I’d argue immeasurably improve the look of the thing. If Nintendo had released a Mario Kart special edition of it, I guarantee it would have (probably) looked something like this. Maybe.

The Categories?

  1. Game with ‘Dr’ or ‘Professor’ in the title
  2. Entry in the Ubisoft Imagine series
  3. Disney Channel or Nickelodeon tie-in
  4. Cursed minigame compilation
  5. Has Noel Edmonds, Jasper Carrott or Chris Tarrant on the cover
  6. ‘The budget of the DS version was definitely under £100,000’ award
  7. Confusingly named Kingdom Hearts spin-off
  8. Like Ouendan but cursed
  9. THQ game
  10. Repackaged version of Pictochat they charged 25 quid for
  11. Pokémon game that isn’t an RPG
  12. The ‘dubious game your dad got with his Argos DS bundle’ award
  13. Arthritis-inducing touchscreen controls
  14. Darts game with a middle-aged bloke from the pub on the cover
  15. Has a title in the vein of ‘Uncle Winklebottom’s 33 Moist Parlour Games’

The Categories

  1. Platformer
  2. Adventure
  3. RPG
  4. Puzzle
  5. Visual Novel
  6. Shooter / Sidescrolling
  7. Pokémon game
  8. Rhythm Action
  9. Tactics or Strategy
  10. Touchscreen Controls
  11. Port
  12. Touch! Generations
  13. Free Pick 1
  14. Free Pick 2
  15. Wild Card

Draft Order

Player Category Pick
Matthew Port Chrono Trigger
Samuel RPG The World Ends with You
Samuel Touchscreen Controls Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Matthew Touch! Generations Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Samuel Visual Novel Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Matthew Free Pick 1 Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Samuel Adventure The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Matthew Shooter / Sidescrolling Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Samuel Tactics or Strategy Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
Matthew Puzzle Professor Layton and the Lost Future
Samuel Rhythm Action Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Matthew RPG Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Samuel Touch! Generations Rhythm Paradise
Matthew Platformer New Super Mario Bros.
Samuel Free Pick 1 Mario Kart DS
Matthew Adventure The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Samuel Free Pick 2 Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Matthew Touchscreen Controls Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Samuel Port Tetris DS
Matthew Visual Novel 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Samuel Platformer Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Matthew Wild Card Infinite Space
Samuel Puzzle Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Matthew Tactics or Strategy Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Samuel Wild Card Meteos
Matthew Pokémon game Pokémon HeartGold
Samuel Pokémon game Pokémon SoulSilver
Matthew Pokémon SoulSilver Jam with the Band
Samuel Shooter / Sidescrolling Aliens: Infestation
Matthew Free Pick 2 Picross DS

Picks

Category Samuel Matthew
Platformer Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia New Super Mario Bros.
Adventure The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
RPG The World Ends with You Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Puzzle Professor Layton and the Curious Village Professor Layton and the Lost Future
Visual Novel Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Shooter / Sidescrolling Aliens: Infestation Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Pokémon game Pokémon SoulSilver Pokémon HeartGold
Pokémon SoulSilver Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan Jam with the Band
Tactics or Strategy Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Touchscreen Controls Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Port Tetris DS Chrono Trigger
Touch! Generations Rhythm Paradise Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Free Pick 1 Mario Kart DS Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Free Pick 2 Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Picross DS
Wild Card Meteos Infinite Space

Results

Samuel 38%

Matthew 62%

(329 votes)

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