I just got a Nintendo DS. Help me find sweet games to play.

No Contra 4? I am sad

It's Contra 4. Virt does the music.

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For each silly localization renaming of a character, they put them in as a new selectable character. So you got Lance and Bill, but also Mad Dog, Scorpion, Probotector and Jimbo and Sully. Plus characters from Hard Corps and Shattered Soldier.

And the original NES game and sequel are unlockable bonuses





Infinite Space is pretty damn awesome. It's a space faring RPG where you buy up to five ships for your fleet (ranging from small ships to big ass destroyers), outfit them with all manner of kitchens, engine rooms, holds, medical bays and the sort and go off exploring the universe.

The story span over ten years, there's a huge cast of characters and the space combat is relatively simple but never a cakewalk. And it was co-made by Nude Maker, who worked on the Steel Battalion games~




Osu Tatake Ouendan is basically the best rhythm action game around. The gameplay is essentially you tapping the touch screen to the tune of the music, tapping the correct sequence out. The wonderful presentation and excellent song selection go a huge way in making it so good, but if you specifically have issues with japanese lyrics, you could try Elite Beat Agents, tho the original is BETTER.
Who doesn't want to be a part of cheerleading squad suddenly appearing from someone's closet to cheer them on when they're having trouble with exams? OSU!

EDIT:
Did someone mention Scribblenauts? WHY NOT



Scribblenauts or Super Scribblenauts, both are lovely. You type in a word and it pops into the game as object. Solve platforming and puzzle levels. Dick around. Put up santa claus to fight dracula. Original game has a bit more freeform structure and freedom to solve the levels, while Super has dpad controls for platforming, and gentlemanly red velociraptors with monocles and top hats. And friendly rainbow Cthulhus.

Jam it back in, in the dark.