lets see where to begin........
1-i need to finish LoZ PHG I just got so sick of playing through the same dungeon....maybe todays a good day to finish?
2-Starfox I played it for a grand total of 15 minutes before i decided it wasn't for me.....anyone else get that feeling?
3-Dementium I got half way through and to the boss that is the green walls and got so sick of restarting.....any suggestions anyone?
4-Transformers online......I Just Miss It.....I quit right after i unlocked the jet at a download station (pro tip-find a download station with transformers demo (might be gone by now) put transformers in and download the demo, that gets you jet)
5- all the rest of them (includes-simcity, diddykong racing and so many more)

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I have this Electroplankton that fascinates everyone I show my DS off to, but it can't seem to keep my interest. Also, I have loved Contra 4 for the time I played it but decided it wasn't for the commute (too much disturbance); hence, it doesn't get played, as playtime at home is pretty scarce. There's also Worms Open Warfare II which I decided would be very good if I got to play it with someone. However, I have been unable to hook up to Game Night and I don't have gamer friends who are also in the DS.

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I bought contact once because it was going for cheap. Anyway, played a short while, got stuck, haven't picked it up since. Not saying it's a bad game, I honestly haven't played it enough to tell, it's just slipped through the cracks.

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Honestly i will say the phoenix wright games, i played the first one got to the final scene or the third one and just gave up on it. Mario Party DS is another one, i was so hyped about that game only to find out there is about only 40 minigames and no wifi. So i got to bowers castle and lost my winning streak. Then it was like CBF!!

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Phantom Hourglass, bloody Temple of the Ocean King killed the game for me. I'd rather stick my stylus through my eyes then slug through there again.

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Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Fun game, but I set it down near the end. I tried picking it back up, but I had no idea what I was doing before.
Second is Children of Mana. So repetitive... Sure, the tileset changes every once in a while, but it's still the most boring, lifeless dungeon hack I've ever played.

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Magical Starsign and Mario & Luigi...I played through and loved the gba Mario & Luigi, so I asked for it for the holidays 2 years ago. Since then I've tried to get into it 5-6 times since, but to no avail. Magical Starsign's character art just bugged me, but recently I've started up again and am in about 16 hours or so. It has its charms...

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Honestly,

I'm very surprised so many people are leaving "Phantom Hourglass" behind. That was the game that took my attention away from everything else!

Anyway, most of the games that I've left behind but haven't abandoned are older games (mostly for my NES) that have such a high difficultly level and lack any kind of password of save feature so that I can't bring myself to play them much. Occasionally I'll emulate them so that I can have the benefit of save states. That gives me the feeling that trudging through the game will be worth it because I'll have my collection of states to go back to. Plus, it makes some of those darn-near impossible levels a little bit easier in a pinch.

As for my DS games, I find that I continually go back to all of them depending on my mood. Currently the list is only up to six games, though, so I guess that's probably the reason. But they're a balanced six games, so I have options for whatever mood I'm in.

Later,

manaman

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I have several that I have put down for awhile, even though I still intend to finish them all.

I purchased Contact because I heard it was a good game published by Atlus, but I put it down when an early boss wouldn't let me fight him unless I spent time leveling up. It's ridiculous. There was dialog built-in to the effect of "You're far too weak. Go away and come back later."

I go back and forth on the Phoenix Wright games because I really want to enjoy them to the fullest. When I am neck-deep in a trial, I sometimes get bogged down in the repetitive nature of Investigate, Examination, Cross-Examination, Objection!, Hold It!, and such. After awhile I realize that it is not fun and there is no replay value if I just trudge through it, so I put it away until I'm hankering for legal action at a later date.

Drawn to Life has a poorer reason to the effect that I am a poor artist and I don't enjoy seeing my unsightly scribbles prance around all over the place. Perhaps I'll use the included, well-drawn examples one of these days, but I'm too distracted by Custom Robo Arena.

There are other games on many systems, but I'm far too long-winded as it is.

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You know, with the proper flash cart equipment, not only can you take a large assortment of games with you, but you can use ROMs and save files backed up from your own carts, completely removing unsavory websites from the equation.

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You know, it shouldn't _have_ to be this way, but if you pay close attention (maybe take extensive notes or something) you'll see there are a lot of shortcuts that become available the last few times you slog through the temple. Also, as a light at the end of the tunnel, the last time you go through, there is a save point immediately before the final boss fight.

I enjoyed the entire game far too much to let my distaste for the TOK to keep me from passing it. Also, I keep dreaming of the day when somebody I play online actually trades something with me.

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I thought I must be the only person in the DS world who had problems with Phoenix Wright... Contact as well. And I got stuck at one of the boss battles in Pac'n'Roll and gave up after about 50 attempts. Hopefully I'll come back to all of them, as otherwise I'll feel like I've wasted my $.

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I just got a DS earlier this month, so I haven't had it long enough for me to really have a "left behind" game. Although it is kind of looking like Phoenix Wright might be one... mostly because the inane shortcuts in the legal process bother me.

Although, incidentally, on my other systems the "left behind" games often turn out to be favorites when I end up going back to them... Resident Evil 4, for example.

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I'm also still getting through Zelda. I'll finish it eventually.

The other 2 games I really should finish but haven't yet are Luminous Arc and the complete Lego Star Wars trilogy.

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