GamesRadar - DS Role Playing Games

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

The newest entry in the long-running cult RPG series, this first-person adventure has you battling demons in the Arctic.

Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow

Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver

After almost a decade, Pokemon trainers can finally return to the Johto region, making hard-to-obtain Gold/Silver Pokemon like the starters (Chikorita, Totodile and Cyndaquil) much more accessible. This remake promises lots of cool additions, like updated graphics and sound, DS functionality, and more.

The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road

Though not the most inventive RPG, it begins with an interesting world to base it on and gets enough fundamentals right to be a real good time.

Atelier Annie

A spin-off from the Atelier Iris series, this mixes the franchise's alchemy-based RPG strengths with a sim about building a vacation resort.

Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

Based on a classic fantasy book series, this first-person RPG has many dwarves and warlocks, and boasts that it may be one of the best looking DS games yet.

Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans

6/11/2009

Taking the classic first storyline from DBZ, this old-school, turn-based RPG has you controlling Goku and friends as they defend earth from Saiyan invaders. It's reliable fun, if a tad predictable.

Fossil Fighters

18/09/2009

Find fossils, build dinosaurs and add them to your collection in this Poke-wannabe, which is odd coming from Nintendo. Though not bad, it is far too rote in its recreation, making it a predictable affair.

Glory of Heracles

This new RPG plans to be more inviting to players afraid of the genre and stars the amnesiac Greek demigod Heracles.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

It looks very much like the kind of thing you could create with some sort of game-maker program. Feed it some graphics, write a bit of text and press the ‘generate game’ button. As if by magic, a Mystery Dungeon appeared!

Golden Sun DS

Believed forgotten, a sequel to the amazing GBA RPG series is coming to the DS with graphics that maintain the high standards of its history.

Ragnarok Online DS

The popular and highly addictive online RPG comes to the DS, with the spirit of co-op gameplay intact.

Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled

It's not a perfect game, but Black Sigil has a definite charm, and fans of the SNES era RPGs will probably find a lot to like.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

Tokyo has been locked down as devils invade the city. You have to try your best to make it out alive with as many others as you can in this deep and addicting strategy RPG.

Super Robot Taisen Original Generation Saga: Endless Frontier

Buyer beware: Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier starts out strong, but falters. You’ll soon grow so bored with the repetitive boss fights and brain-numbing exploration that only the reveal of the next sex object will pique your interest.

Dokapon Journey

Although its party-game-meets-hardcore-RPG concept is commendably innovative, Dokapon fails to live up to its potential due to its lack opportunities for players to interact with each other.

Avalon Code

The world is ending and all you can do is take notes on the things worth saving in this passable DS RPG.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time

27/03/2009

A great dungeon runner made to take advatage of your friends on two systems and all over the world.

Phantasy Star 0

The Dark Spire

The Dark Spire certainly attained its goal of creating an homage to classic dungeon-crawling RPGs, but its confusing design choices and unforgiving gameplay may turn off anyone born after 1990.