JUS - Jump Ultimate Stars

one of the best games in the DS ever.

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I brought Stafi 4, it looked SO cute. It's a decent platformer, though a bit simple. I don't think I'll bother with the 5th iteration.

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JUS - Worth every little bit it cost - 80+ Bucks

no fighting game on the DS comes close

Giant Roster, 4 Player Multi, and Great online

Too bad noboby can licence it

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Jump! Ultimate Stars, great game. I actually imported it twice after my first copy, along with my DS was stolen.

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The World Ends With You aka It's a Wonderful World. I first saw the promos of this and it just happened to be released while I was in Hong Kong.
Slightly offtopic, but I bought Tales of the Tempest only because it was 12 bucks.

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JUS and both Oendans. Classics. I really hope there'll be more sequels...

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Rhythm Tengoku Gold is pretty hot from what little I've had time to play; I'd definitely suggest Daigasso Band Bros. DX since I doubt it will get released in America. Pokemon Platinum, since I assume it'll come out there in like February, get a 6-month lead on catching them all. Captain Rainbow could go either way, I'd keep an eye on it though.

If you're serious (and somewhat experienced) with learning Japanese I'd recommend Kanji sono mama, DS Rakubiki Jiten as long as you keep in mind it's a dictionary for native Japanese speakers.

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SD G Generation Gundam DS, both Jump games, Ouendan, Taiko Drum Master, Simple Series: The Gunground and Gundam 00 were all day one purchases.

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Some day I will import Rhythm Tengoku and both Ouendans.

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Ouendan is on my to-buy list. It'll be my first import from Japan.

Of course, most of my games are imported, just from the USA.

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I imported Gyakuten Saiban II, and just might have to do the same for Front Mission 2089. I also picked up Ouendan for my significant other at the same time I got GSII, since he was really interested in getting it.

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I really, really, really want "Dream Cat".

Why are there no virtual cat games in North America? I want NintenCats! I want cute kitten action!

And no, "Catz" doesn't count. Nothing Ubisoft produces counts, dig?

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Gyakuten Saiban and Disgaea. Unfortunately the latter of which was a horrible port, but I'm a N1 fangirl, so it doesn't matter.

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The Pinky St DS games, both Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side games, Jump Ultimate Stars, the Nana DS game, Itadaki Street DS, the original Daigasso and Princess Maker 4 Portable were all instant imports for me.

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When I was at a convention, I bought Daigasso Band Brothers. I thought it sounded great, but I got bored with it after only a few weeks.

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Ouendan 1 & 2, of course. And when it came out, Picross DS. I didn't have any idea if Nintendo was going to bring it out here since it had been 12 years since Mario's Picross came out in NA and there had been quite a few Picross games that didn't make it over here (MP2, SNES Picross, etc, etc).

I also have 5 more JP games as well -- Slitherlink was a well worth it deal -- along with a few more Picross games that mostly weren't worth it.

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Ouendan was my first DS import buy. I wanted it to be the first game I played on my DS when I got it a couple of years ago, but my overseas order got lost in the mail. I ended up buying them the following summer at an anime convention. I saw the trailer on G4, then had seen some gameplay videos and knew it was meant to be. I bought Jump Ultimate Stars and Bleach DS 2nd the same day. Best $175 I couldn't really afford to spend (^_^)

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I imported the first Bleach DS game, cause I didn't want to hear it with english voices. I think it was a good choice.

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For me, had to get both of the Ouendan games from japan and the Tingle game from europe, don't think I could have beat that one if it was in Japanese.

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