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    The Nintendo 3DS is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. The handheld features stereoscopic 3D technology that doesn't require glasses. It was released in Japan on February 26, 2011 and in North America on March 27, 2011.

    Good Story Based Games?

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    A solid story is one of the core features that I look for in most of the games that I choose to play. What 3DS/DS games are good in that regard? Some examples of games that I enjoyed on the DS include the Phoenix Wright series and The World Ends with You.

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    #2  Edited By abendlaender

    Kid Icarus has a surprisingly awesome story, too bad that the gameplay is rather "meh". Of course there is always Prof. Layton. Fire Emblem has a pretty decent story too other than that I can't really think of a game. Maybe Paper Mario but I haven't played it.

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    999 and Virtue's Last Reward.

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    Not a 3DS game, but I have heard good things about Radiant Historia. I haven't played it myself, but I am thinking of picking it up soon.

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    @abendlaender: Paper Mario Sticker Star's story is slim-to-nonexistent, unfortunately. It's a departure compared to the rest of the series.

    Crimson Shroud's story isn't very long, but it is told in an interesting fashion. Patrick raves and raves about VLR (and 999 on DS), so maybe those are alright. I feel like the good story train on 3DS hasn't quite reached the station yet for whatever reason, and there haven't been a ton of RPGs outside of Fire Emblem and dungeon crawlers. Nothing on par with Ghost Trick yet.

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    @abendlaender: Paper Mario Sticker Star's story is slim-to-nonexistent, unfortunately. It's a departure compared to the rest of the series.

    Hmm...that's a shame. The Paper Mario games always had a pretty great goofy story. Hopefully the Mario&Luigi that comes out next month will be better

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    I haven't finished it yet but Fire Emblem Awakening's story has, thus far, been pretty good. Not award winning stuff but at least it's making me take some interest in what's going on and not glossing over during cutscenes.

    If you have no qualms with going back to the DS, then Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey's story seems all right as well, if not a bit overwritten. There's also Chrono Trigger, if you haven't already played through that incredible piece of gaming history yet. And I've heard nothing but praise for Radiant Historia.

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    #8  Edited By BeachThunder

    @bisonhero said:

    @abendlaender: Paper Mario Sticker Star's story is slim-to-nonexistent, unfortunately. It's a departure compared to the rest of the series.

    Hmm...that's a shame. The Paper Mario games always had a pretty great goofy story. Hopefully the Mario&Luigi that comes out next month will be better

    Just as long as it doesn't contain any leet speak =|

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    Fire Emblem is very story focused. I'd argue that the story itself is pretty terrible, but there is a good emphasis on the character interaction and if you're looking for something like that, you can probably look past some of the stupidity and cheesyness.

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    1. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    2. Fire Emblem: Awakening
    3. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked
    4. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
    5. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
    6. Radiant Historia

    Would be the ones I can recommend off the top of my head. (assuming you have already played Apollo Justice in prep for Phoenix Wright 5 - cos you tooootally should - the Edgeworth games are optional)

    ED: Of those, Ghost Trick is my number 1 recommendation with a bullet. Fire emblem I think the enjoyment is more in the gameplay.

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