Just got a 3DS. What are the must have good games?

[Flare65]

Bought the system yesterday but didn't get any games for it.  I plan on buying the Castlevania game for it when I get a chance.  Any other good titles out there that you would recommend?

[hoobs88]

I was disappointed with Castlevania for the 3DS. Zelda was very good but didn't take long to beat. Cave story is another good one.

[KingDrool]

Kid Icarus
Super Mario 3D Land
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (if you haven't played the Wii version)
Fire Emblem
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Mario Kart 7
Luigi's Mansion 2

Downloads:
Shovel Knight
Pushmo or Crashmo
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball (It's free...ish)

Damn...just realized those are all first-party games.

[Medic_wheat]

You can also play DS games on it, so it might be worth it to try a few from last gen if you never got the chance before.

Almost to many to count (many of which I never got around to owning as I just used a DS glash cart).

-Little Red Ridding Hood's Zombie BBQ
-Any shin tesnsi ( how ever you spell his name) game series
-Sonic Classic Collection
-Mario Kart DS
-Namco Museum
-Mario vs Donkey Kong
-Kirby Triple Delux
-Golden Sun
-Both Zelda Games
-Dragon Quest
-The Professor Layton series
-Advance Wars
-Fire Emblem
-The World Ends with You
-A few great Castlevania games
-More good Mario RPG games
-Retro Game Challenge
-Eternal Sonata Series

The list truly goes on and on forever it seems....

[pulstar]

Shin Megami Tensei IV, Devil Survivor Overclocked and Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers would be my top 3 picks for 3DS if I picked one up today. Bravely Default is good and so is Etrian Odyssey IV (and Untold Story), Fire Emblem, Kirby, New Yoshi's Island.


@Medic_wheat - Eternal Sonata is a PS3/Xbox360 game.

[jtucci31]

I was disappointed with Castlevania for the 3DS. Zelda was very good but didn't take long to beat. Cave story is another good one.

Are you talking about Mirror of Fate? I've never tried any of the newer Castlevania games. You wouldn't recommend it?

[munchiaz]

Man i played the demo for castlevania mirror of fate, and i hated it. If you think you are getting a metriodvania IGA castlevania game you are not. Its made by the same team that made lords of shadow for ps3 and 360, and that game is also bad.

Anyway, as far as good 3DS games go there are a lot of great ones.
Shin Megami Tensei IV - Amazing JRPG with a great story, and awesome combat system
Fire emblem awakening - Really Solid SRPG with a lot of new mechanics that make it stand out from previous fire emblem games
Bravely default - Squareenix is back to form with this one. Really good JRPG with a lot of customization that allows you to tailor the game to how you want it to play
Kirby triple deluxe - Really solid platformer,

[ClodBuster]

I tried the LoD demo for Xbox 360 and was very disappointed. Am I correct thinking 3D Castlevanias are generally inferior to 2D ones?

[hoobs88]

I was disappointed with Castlevania for the 3DS. Zelda was very good but didn't take long to beat. Cave story is another good one.

Are you talking about Mirror of Fate? I've never tried any of the newer Castlevania games. You wouldn't recommend it?

Yes, Mirror of Fate... I have almost every Castlevania game and I was looking forward to its release because Castlevania + 3DS seemed good. After playing it though, it couldn't hold my interest. It was simply inferior to the 2D platforms that we are all familiar with.

[Flare65]

Thanks to everyone for the replies.  Now I got some titles to look out for.  By the way is there anyway to play Japanese import games on an American 3DS?

-Little Red Ridding Hood's Zombie BBQ

LOL...That title sounds hilarious!  I almost thought you were joking until I typed it into Youtube and saw the actual game!

[Medic_wheat]

Thanks to everyone for the replies.  Now I got some titles to look out for.  By the way is there anyway to play Japanese import games on an American 3DS?

-Little Red Ridding Hood's Zombie BBQ

LOL...That title sounds hilarious!  I almost thought you were joking until I typed it into Youtube and saw the actual game!

I want to say it is region free.  Or is that the Vita?

[Opethian]

3DS is not region free

[TheClash603]

Step 1.)  Get 100% completion on Super Mario 3D Land, which is arguably the best portable game ever made.

Step 2.)  Look at these lists.

[Tatsujin]

all Sega super scalers in 3D are an imperative necessity!!

so far...

Space Harrier
Super Hang On
OutRun
After Burner II
Galaxy Force II

[HailingTheThings]

Probably the best games you could pick up at the moment.