Top Ten Underrated Nintendo DS RPGs

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So many great RPGs released for the Nintendo DS handheld, but a few lesser known and underrated RPGs went by largely unnoticed by some players. Here are the top ten underrated Nintendo DS RPGs that are worth giving a go if you have exhausted the usual suspects. Let us know your top 10 obscure ds RPGs down below!
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@DGR_Dave 4 года назад

Another great list! My two personal favorites on the system is Solatorobo and Radiant Historia. Two DS RPG I've always been interested in seeing but hardly find any info on is Sands of Destruction and Nostalgia. Have you ever heard of/played these ones?

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

I haven't heard of those ones! Thanks for the tip DGR, I'll have to check them out and potentially add them in to a future episode =)

@Hmbs271 4 года назад

I actually tried to get into Nostalgia a while ago. It's a good-looking game but something about the story threw me off. I might give it a second chance at some point.

@papita69xxx 4 года назад

I found Nostalgia very genic. Sands of destruction i've played a little bit but i've liked it so far really cool game with a very interesting combat system

@69skatermike 3 года назад

Sands of destruction is a great game and there is even anime on it if you want to go even further

@jasonsamamaju280 2 года назад

Sands of Destruction is a very good game .

@QuackenColony 4 года назад

This is a great list, although I would personally replace Disgaea with Nostalgia, a great RPG that features turn based combat and sky ship battles (almost like Skies of Arcadia). Nothing against Disgaea, but hard to call it underrated when its such a huge series.

@DottieDott 3 года назад

I just start Disgaea but alr confuse with the gameplay. So many multiple end. Its like choose your own story (after read some walkthrough). So i put it down atm. Is it really good?

@axle4060 2 года назад

@@DottieDott it' a year late but I think it's good, but really grindy

@chrisclifton192 Год назад

i second this. nostalgia is an absolute banger

@umsd1 11 месяцев назад

Nostalgia is not a great game. It's also the case with 'Magical Starsign' and 'Fantasy Star 0', shown on this vid. There are not bad games at all, but they are boring and with too much negative to really enjoy (if you did not grow up playing them).

@maceng01 День назад

I wouldn't call Disgaea on the DS a big success. For a really underrated game, I would consider Fighting Fantasy or Drone Tactics.

@TheFaeryWaltz 3 года назад

Finally magical star sign gets some love, it’s one of my favourites.

@sonicmario64 2 года назад

The moment I saw Beluga from "Solatorobo: Red The Hunter" featured in the thumbnail, I knew this video was worth watching, especially since it happens to be one of my all-time favorite games to play on the Nintendo DS. ^^

@musicalpuzzle6553 3 года назад

Ah i never knew Magical Vacation had a DS sequel, Thanks for the tip!

@gogogadgetrectalpunch7436 3 года назад

Glory of Heracles, Master of the Monster Lair and Suikoden Tierkreis (and maybe a few more I’m forgetting) were three obscure DS rpgs of my childhood I get really nostalgic for.

@lukedelameter7961 3 года назад

God I wish Solatorobo had an anime. It’s a shame that it never got any big advertising outside of Japan. Such a beautiful world and story deserves more recognition.

@sonicmario64 2 года назад

I totally agree with you on such a topic, and I really wish there were more JRPGs featuring characters that are anthropomorphic animals instead of humans.

@marcelosandoval8719 2 года назад

They aren't underrated they have his own public, isn't big as others but have his lovers pretty much like The World Ends With You

@giovannecosta8841 4 года назад

Wow I just got myself a DS, thanks for the video, perfect timing.

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Enjoy the games!

@UndeadCollector 3 года назад

Great List, but it missing one more RPG: Nostalgia

@herzonacosta1212 3 года назад

Yeah your right i just started playing nostalgia in my ds.....

@doafan455 3 года назад

Gotta save this video so I can download some of these games later, right now am playing Archaic Sealed Heat and Contact, pretty good games in my opinion.

@alexevaldez 4 года назад

Man so many memories of how the good these games and the DS is. Awesome list dude! I cant argue with anything in this list. This might be the first time I had 100% agreed on a list ever. Any thoughts for a sequel to this video?

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Thanks Alex! Glad you enjoyed the video mate. Yeah for sure, I will get a part 2 in the works =)

@alexevaldez 4 года назад

@@thatvideogamesshow you never disappoint man! :D I always watch your vids but this one video is way too good and really pushed me to interact with you. I'm a game dev, I always use your lists for reference. but this one I have no doubt will be one of the video i will keep coming back to.

@SimonSater 4 года назад

Every excuse is good to talk about Radiant Historia

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

One of the greats!

@SimonSater 4 года назад

Probably the best in both systems! (DS and 3DS)

@WillKhami 4 года назад

Great picks. Also, all the music was nice.

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@ZoobiethePopplio Год назад

Clicked for Solatorobo on the thumbnail

@JC-cb8oi 4 года назад

Super Robot Taisen OG Saga is SOOOO much fun! I wish the sequel came out to the West.

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Totally agree! Absolutely love the combat system, it is such a blast.

@ponocni1 4 года назад

@@thatvideogamesshow If you love it. give project X zone on 3ds a go, its literally same combat system and from video i assume some characters are even there. Its big crossover of capcom characters.

@AllanBitzero 4 года назад

I love Radiant Historia! Got the DS version but was not able to finish it because my DS broke. Bought the 3DS version when it came out though and finished that one. Loved the enhanced graphics on that version 😁

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Same here! The 3DS remake is a great way to experience it!

@daniellerodrigues1001 3 года назад

Glory of Heracles Super Robot Taisen Og Saga - Endless Frontier Magical Starsign Disgaea wizard of Oz - Beyond the Yellow Brick Road Phantasy Star 0 Avalon Code Dragon Quest - Monsters Joker Solatorobo - The Red Hunter Radiant Historia

@gamermapper 2 года назад

Thanks

@lambertar 4 года назад

Nice list, I don't think Disgaea and Radiant Historia are underrated though :P.

@loveiswaytruthlife995 2 года назад

Sands of destruction is underrated

@Mdude123456789 7 месяцев назад

Fossil Fighters is also really interesting

@bricolage_en_ruine9755 Год назад

Disgaea is a brilliant game with randomly generated levels(Item World) which will have you using a pen and paper to solve the random geo panel puzzles(optional) while still engaged in combat. The court system is also an original concept that will have you attempting to bribe senators to get your way, or opting to go full combat against the entire court when your request is rejected.

@bricolage_en_ruine9755 Год назад

the only issue i've found is the story is extremely mature and probably shouldn't have been ported to a device popular for children and teens

@Zentsey Год назад

Phantasy Star Zero my favorite one, there is still a very good comnity playing this game, we are in a discord group with 470+ members :D

@jclkaytwo Месяц назад

@@bricolage_en_ruine9755wtf? I'm sorry, criticizing a game for having a mature story is ridiculous. just because the DS was mostly enjoyed by younger players doesn't mean the DS is a children's toy.

@ponocni1 4 года назад

1:21 Literally Project X zone before that game came to be.

@nikodem123asdf 4 года назад

It was made by the same team and features similar characters.

@DaveBrunoAnimation 3 года назад

Not to mention Namco X Capcom which was also made by the same team and came before both of these

@Maelael 8 месяцев назад

Some magic attacks can cap out damage at 9999 when boosted by alignment and is timed perfectly.

@RyanLabombaTV 4 года назад

Great list man, i never heard these game before except RH. All on the list is my favourite 😀😍

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it mate!

@jclkaytwo Месяц назад

you've never heard any of these games before and yet they're your favourite? that doesn't make sense...

@ViVus47 4 года назад

Wow! Thanks for this list!

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

My pleasure!

@gamermapper 2 года назад

О русские тут! Круто! А то очень мало русскоговорящих играют в нинтендо что очень грустно. Привет от белоруса вам украинцам!

@ViVus47 2 года назад

@@gamermapper я из Казахстана)) но и тебе тож привет))

@Vugnas_Sreo Год назад

i was searching the intire internet for that game i played on my ds when i was a kid and have finally found it, its magical star sign, i knew someone would agree as well, thanks dude

@Vugnas_Sreo Год назад

man, you dont know how much i've searched for it, you're my hero

@skullsmitten 2 года назад

usually these lists dont tell me anything new or revolutionary, but this one is really knocking it out of the park. thanmk u :)

@FirestormInfinity Год назад

So glad Magical Starsign was mentioned here, or I would’ve commented it

@schwipsy 4 года назад

bruh that drum and bass in the intro is the best

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Ridge Racer Type 4 - Move Me! =)

@schwipsy 4 года назад

@@thatvideogamesshow haha of course it was riiiiiiiidge raceeeer

@EduardoSouza-qm4cn 4 года назад

Now THIS is a good video.

@Egei 4 года назад

Fantastic little list here!

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@lnsflare1 4 года назад

I don't know that I would generally consider Disgaea 1, Phantasy Star 0, or Radiant Historian would be considered "underrated," per se.

@mohamedaminekhadhraoui6417 4 года назад

I think making DS videos in portrait mode instead of landscape is a great idea.

@homerogonzalez7973 4 года назад

mohamed amine khadhraoui Gotta keep in mind, people who would watch this on PC tho

@mohamedaminekhadhraoui6417 4 года назад

@@homerogonzalez7973 this will only benefit people who watch on phone without affecting PC watchers (I mostly use PC myself.

@seiotonashi4049 4 года назад

and i thought LUNAR was in your list.....because of the intro...thank goodness....

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Haha yeah that game sucks 😅

@icefire2626 4 года назад

@@thatvideogamesshow that game bombed it was poorly made its a insult to the series so we don't speak of that one we pretend it didn't exist.

@pabloalvarez-qu2hy 4 месяца назад

Lunar is great, what are you talking about?

@jclkaytwo Месяц назад

@@pabloalvarez-qu2hythey're talking about lunar DS

@pabloalvarez-qu2hy Месяц назад

@@jclkaytwo still a great game...

@MexMachine 16 дней назад

Great editing 😏

@Griffnix 4 года назад

I've always wanted to play Magical Starsign. Even after I found out it was just okay or average, it seems like a fun game.

@icefire2626 4 года назад

It is fun but the battle system takes getting used to ana the boss can tune the stare signs to there faver.

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Really good RPG, especially the battling system!

@stashmerkin9576 4 года назад

Thank you for answering a question! I've been playing Project X Zone and didn't know what series the cowboy and the android that fires the plasma beam out of her chest came from.

@sakurashounen 4 года назад

The Android is from XenoSaga games on Ps2 the cowboy might be an original character for the game. The two main characters in the sequel do not belong in any other games.

@stashmerkin9576 4 года назад

@@sakurashounen Thank you! Project X Zone is fun but you really need a scorecard to keep track of everyone.

@tatinh9885 2 месяца назад

I am sad that Radiant Historia doesn't have any sequel or even spiritual successor. I know it's ported to 3DS with some added content to wrap up and give the story a happy ending, but I don't think that's enough. Radiant Historia and Chrono Trigger are probably the only games where time travelling really matters rather than just a plot point. Not to mention the soundtracks are amazing, easily on par with Final Fantasy.

@palepants9475 8 месяцев назад

I'd love to give super robot taisen a play, but not for the current $200 price tag.

@mintyninja6418 3 года назад

Super robot taisen looks like project x zone :0

@kitbloodk2842 3 года назад

thank you for putting solatorobo on here

@TheMikerocks85 4 года назад

Dragon Quest 8 was the first time the series went to 3D and was released in 2004.

@jeffstellarry7996 4 года назад

Great video! Some fantastic games here!

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Glad you like them!

@Sablazosword 3 года назад

Ok, now I had to play all these titles again! Let's dust my DS!

@Manmade023 4 года назад

Solatorobo is a treat.

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

One of the greats!

@harryala2872 3 года назад

As a UK resident, I find it interesting that your lists are so NA/JP-Centric. So many of your lists where over 50% of titles weren't released physically in PAL territories. Is this something you noticed?

@PeruvianPotato 3 месяца назад

Yeah that kind of sucks since I prefer to play my games in Spanish but many hidden gems are usually only localized in English

@seiotonashi4049 4 года назад

good list sir!!!......avalon code looks like threads of fate.... ive played this only at the beginning.... maybe ill resume again if not busy..... awesome sir!!!....

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it mate!

@ltb1345 4 года назад

I wanted to get Avalon Code, but it’s so expensive. I wish it’d gotten a 3DS port.

@nishitagarwal8614 4 года назад

Just play on your phone with drastic emulator and free download rom

@epsilon9567 2 месяца назад

Came for Solatorobo, stayed for Endless Frontier

@loveiswaytruthlife995 2 года назад

My fav is Sands of Destruction

@joeg9003 4 года назад

This is great! i personally bought a DS now in 2020 just to play every RPG game i can find for it!, thank you very much

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Glad you found the video helpful!

@herzonacosta1212 3 года назад

Sola to robo is such a good game. you can easily undersatnd the story and it has easy controls...

@playstationtwo877 3 года назад

Is that a long game?

@sonicmario64 2 года назад

@@playstationtwo877 It's kind of a long game, since there are two stories to complete, but it's still worth checking out, especially with the game's cast of appealing characters and surprisingly deep storyline.

@playstationtwo877 2 года назад

@@sonicmario64 do you watch kamen rider?

@sonicmario64 2 года назад

@@playstationtwo877 No, I don't, but I have heard of it before.

@mario-mario822 4 года назад

That wizard of Oz game looks like a fun lil gem/ much better than the snes one.😂🤭

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Its such a good RPG! Surprisingly deep as well considering the subject matter.

@darcy7257 3 года назад

I did always really enjoy phantasy star 0, underrated

@michaelsmulkowski5088 4 года назад

Valkyrie Profile Covenant of the Plume

@ltb1345 4 года назад

DS Dark Souls, lol.

@quanquin3822 2 года назад

Hero's Saga Laevatein Tactics

@EmpireZzzz 4 года назад

Good vid

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Cheers AJ!

@tjmac2 3 года назад

brooo what is the music in the intro? that thang was slappin

@DaveBrunoAnimation 3 года назад

I could not get over the constant onslaught of boob jokes in Super Robot Taisen. I really tried, I have Namco X Capcom on my PS2 and I love Xenosaga, I really... REALLY tried to enjoy SRT... I just could not after about 3 hours haha. It was seriously every other sentence.

@chloeryanvtuber 3 месяца назад

Spiderwick Chronicles

@kenanhamzic2346 3 года назад

Hi, I search à nintendo ds game but I can't remember the name and i think that's the one in your thumbnail but I don't see him in the video. So I was wondering if you know the name of the game in your thumbnail. Thanks.

@victornewb89 3 года назад

Gta china town maybe?

@kenanhamzic2346 3 года назад

@@victornewb89 Thanks but i found it in the video after, including never played the game so I didn't remember the first time

@victornewb89 3 года назад

@@kenanhamzic2346 thats good, considering I was looking at the wrong thumbnail I've given the wrong answer anyways so that's my bad.

@contrabandresearch8409 4 года назад

The only RPG I really played on the DS was Orcs and Elves from id, which made the Doom series. I was hoping that Doom RPG would end up on the DS, but that sadly never happened.

@ponocni1 4 года назад

ID made tons of games on Doom RPG Engine on java phones. I went back, downloaded java emu on my phone and gave some of these old games another spin. Enjoyed. There were. Wolfenstein 1+2. Doom 1+2 and orcs and elves 1+2 and probably more.

@arlinalvera1773 2 года назад

the second games actually sauce

@justsomephguy 4 года назад

Btw, your urls for the other episodes (must have games etc) are not working.

@papita69xxx 4 года назад

Good list. I've heard wizard of oz is a paint to control since you need to use the stylus to move is that a problem in your eyes or did you get used to it?

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Yeah it uses a green ball on the bottom screen to move Dorothy. At first it can be a bit tricky but after sometime with it, it soon becomes easy enough like.

@Jack_80 3 года назад

i hate unnecessary forced touch controls. if they wanna give you the option then fine, but there's no reason not to add basic controls that easily could have been added. like the 2 zelda games and star fox on ds, there are fan made patches that allow you to use standard controls, so there's no reason nintendo shouldn't have added it themselves in those games.

@sharklee5469 Год назад

Garfield underated too

@olgierdvoneverec9411 4 года назад

¿Radiant Historia underrated, really?

@monicaant.1422 3 года назад

I swear they are expensive on Ebay😢

@epicfirsts888 4 года назад

good list. make more your cool.

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Thanks mate!

@kosterix123 Год назад

9:40 i played RH but the 3ds version is better so I replayed it on the 3ds.

@va_cpn2288 4 года назад

If you know Meteos you are a legend

@RaikaSTi 3 года назад

too bad Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier Exceed never got localized.

@cuiff62 3 года назад

you didn't like dbz attack of the saiyans?

@HeliusRa 4 года назад

i also have a list of the games i liked to play the most on the DS and GBA on my youtube channel (Vlad Segundo) ;)

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Great content Vlad, keep it up!

@HeliusRa 4 года назад

@@thatvideogamesshow thanks! :D

@bianodias2000 4 года назад

I just can't like Radiant Historia. I tried.

@thatvideogamesshow 4 года назад

Did you try the 3DS remake?

@ponocni1 4 года назад

3ds remake really looks great. Also from what i saw in video, its not so much zoomed in. You can see whole battlefield on 3ds.

@ltb1345 4 года назад

Yeah, the 3DS remake is a great improvement.

@VideoGuy232 3 года назад

Totally agree. Boring one-dimensional characters, long-winded story with expositional cutscenes that drag on and on, uninspired locations, tons of backtracking, repetitive and gimmicky gameplay, few and recycled enemy designs, economy is completely unbalanced, time travel mechanic not used to the fullest (especially compared to games like chrono trigger), which leads to a murky and confusing plot toward the latter third of the game. It’s completely overrated, you aren’t missing anything.

@bianodias2000 3 года назад

@@VideoGuy232 finally! Thank you for speaking my heart :)