What's this -- a list? Cue the frothing fanboys! But this latest list of the top ten worst DS games, as decided by the folks at Pocket Gamer, is definitely filled with some of the poorest examples of DS gaming. We're not sure if they're really the ten worst ever, though. Let's call them the "Ten Worst Titles Masquerading as Games You Might Almost Want to Play." Well, except for Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. We actually did want to play that, but y'know, we need it to function.Check out the full list after the jump.
Pocket Gamer's 10 Worst DS Games
- ATV Quad Frenzy
- Burnout Legends
- Guilty Gear Dust Strikers
- King Kong
- Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- Rainbow Islands Revolution
- Space Invaders Revolution
- Superman Returns
- Tamagotchi Connection Corner Shop
- Tomb Raider: Legend DS
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1-17-2007 @ 5:31PM
Phil said...
How about Dragon Booster? Plus whatever that upcoming game is with the dinosaurs that you have to 'collect' then 'battle' with what amounts to a roshambo game?
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1-17-2007 @ 5:50PM
DiRT said...
Burnout wasn't that bad, really. The DS isn't a graphics powerhouse, and keeping that in mind, it's wonderfully playable without the PSP loading times.
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1-17-2007 @ 7:36PM
ConstyXIV said...
Didn't Kotaku have something a while back about how a bugfixed version of Lego Star Wars II was on it's way? Does anyone know if that happened? If it has/will, Im buying it immediately.
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1-17-2007 @ 8:33PM
20XX said...
The DS Bubble Bobble game was worse than Rainbow Islands in that it had a crash bug that rendered most of the game inaccessible. Also it was terrible before that.
How was Sprung? I'm assuming it was trash.
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1-17-2007 @ 9:10PM
Haz said...
Ugh TR:Legends........... POS, is all I have to say :(
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1-17-2007 @ 10:44PM
Steve 3.2 said...
If you like adventure games, Sprung isn't bad for it's 'campy' storyline. It was frustrating trying to figure out some of the choices you had to make to get through it, but I felt that I got my $5 worth.
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1-17-2007 @ 11:41PM
Paul said...
Where's Ping Pals, the colorful, yet useless version of PictoChat that you actually have to pay for?
Sapce Invaders Revolution isn't that bad. It's Space Invaders, plus a graphically updadted version. Sure, they couldv'e done much more with it, but its not bad.
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1-18-2007 @ 3:53AM
Frederik said...
I've got Lego Star Wars II, and it's a sweet game, but the bugs are killing me. It's bullshit that they had to ruin such a great game by rushing it to the marked.
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1-18-2007 @ 5:11AM
Pigdog237 said...
ESSENTIAL SUDOKU.
Bought this for my girlfriend - I would say it's actually "broken"! It is almost impossible to enter a number "5" using the stylus, which pretty much ruins the entire game! All other numbers are OK, and you can input using an on-screen keyboard type affair, but what's the point!?!
Also, the entire presentation of the game is awful - all the menus seem to be badly translated, so that you can't even work out which mode you require, plus no way of ending or resetting the game once you've started. You have to manually reset the DS.
It is just like a bootleg / knock-off game, but is apparently given Nintendo's official "seal of quality"!
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1-18-2007 @ 9:37AM
Johnny Kielbasa said...
I was hoping for a Top 10. I've been planning on getting a DS if it will be compatible with the Wii, which I want desperately. However, there is only a handful of DS games I would even consider buying.
The system only has one Mature game that I know of for Pete's sake - RE4.
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1-18-2007 @ 9:38AM
rico said...
don't forget "Sprung". i had no idea what this was, but found it on clearance and thought "how bad can it be for $3"? pretty freakin bad apparently.
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1-18-2007 @ 10:11AM
urabob said...
Sprung was actually a good game. Good art design, clever and well thought out humorous writing and a good amount of replay value. At least, that is my assumption, considering how much my gf played it. Over and over again she'd "borrow" my DS to play Sprung. It is not a typical videogame at all, but rather it is a digital comic ala Snatcher. It's not for everyone, but it is a title that easily fits the "Touch Generation" label. Easy for someone who is not a gamer to enjoy.
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1-19-2007 @ 1:25PM
fitz said...
Crazy Frog Racer .. the worst, ever.
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1-19-2007 @ 1:44PM
Michael Anderson said...
I played and reviewed (for GamerDad if anyone cares) the PC, PSP and DS versions of LEGO Star Wars ... and boy was the DS version awful. When I saw that there was a list of 'Worst DS Games' at PocketGamer, my 2nd thought was Tomb Raider, but my first was LEGO Star Wars. That game is terrible - beyond just the bugs.
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