Gaming Pick my new NDS game (I'm lazy)

[beautifulbeast]

I just beat Final Fantasy III and I need something easy to recover myself from the efforts of going through such a crappy storyline. Could you guys recommend me something easy and classic? My new game has to meet these conditions:

1. A game you can actually complete as opposite to these games you just pick and play like Cooking Mama, Mario Kart DS, Chocobo Tales, etc...
2. A game that doesn't suck hours of your life searching for every single coin/ring/banana/star so you can unlock the super-mega-happy-ending that you get when you complete 126% of the game (that's why Castlevania isn't an option).
3. I would love a classic platformer like Gunstar Heroes for Megadrive/Genesis, Rocket Knight Adventures, all the Mega-Man series for SNES or Dynamite Headdy (like games like that still were being made).

Any ideas?

 

[jimmy j]

Try Mega Man ZX on DS or Gunstar Super Heroes on GBA

 

[.TakaM]

sonic rush

 

[spokenrope]

New Super Mario Brothers?

 

[squeaks]

Sonic Rush, definitely. Watch out for Sonic Rush 2 as well.

 

[Strifer]

Yoshi's Island DS.

 

[SpaceJump]

New Super Mario Brothers?

I agree. It's the best platformer you can get on DS.

 

[beautifulbeast]

Thanks everyone for their suggestions, but I'm already playing New Super Mario Bros. and not enjoying it much and I tried Sonic Rush too but I didn't like it 'cause I kept falling into bottomless pits

On a side note: yesterday at night I searched for some of the videogames that I consider classic and old-school and they were all developed by Konami and sister company Treasure Co. It appears from their websites that in the future we'll have a load of these wonderful games for the NDS.

 

[sipoon]

yar, as mentioned yoshi island ds.... or rocket slime

 

[Tanas]

Elf Bowling 1 & 2

 

[cheesyPOOF5]

MegaETK

 

[.TakaM]

yoshis island DS is the worst game I've ever played

 

[Tanas]

When you first start playing Yoshi Island DS you might think its a great game, but it quickly becomes stale and you will soon realise that it's no Yoshi Island SNES.

 

[jimmy j]

It's unfortunate that a lot of nds owners tend to sneer at the gba-slot. If you're really serious about old-school platformers then you need to play Astro Boy: Omega Factor by treasure. It might look cutesy, but it's a hardcore beat-em-up/shoot-em-up/platformer that puts most nds games to shame.

Konami's Ninja Cop (aka.Ninja Five-0) is good too. Like a hybrid of shinobi and bionic commando.

Both excellent games

 

[thomaspajamas]

When you first start playing Yoshi Island DS you might think its a great game, but it quickly becomes stale and you will soon realise that it's no Yoshi Island SNES.

This is sadly true. I was so psyched when I started playing it, but before I even got to the first castle I was just like... what the hell.

 

[joey4321]

Yoshii's island...I agree. I was hyped since it got good reviews and everything. but i just lost interest in it. throwing eggs gets so repeatitive and it's not like the levels get harder or anything. basically, it's you trying to collect stuff.