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    The Nintendo DS is a handheld featuring two screens, one of which is a resistive touchscreen. Four different models are available: the original DS, the DS Lite, the DSi, the DSi XL.

    WRPGs for DS

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    #1  Edited By cygnus_x89

    I've been thinking about picking up a DSi pretty soon. While I know I'll have no problem finding JRPGs, I was wondering if the Giant Bomb community knew of any good WRPGs for DS. The only one that comes to my mind is the Sonic RPG BioWare made.

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    #2  Edited By Video_Game_King

    That Sonic RPG counts as a WRPG? Odd how I've never thought of it that way. If you're looking for WRPGs on the DS, don't come to me. I don't know of a single WRPG on the system.

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    #3  Edited By cygnus_x89
    @Video_Game_King said:
    " That Sonic RPG counts as a WRPG? Odd how I've never thought of it that way. If you're looking for WRPGs on the DS, don't come to me. I don't know of a single WRPG on the system. "
    Meh, I just labeled in a WRPG because BioWare made it. I don't really know how it plays.
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    #4  Edited By Suicrat

    Am I the only one who wishes Bioware would shrink down the Infinity Engine and toss a fantasy RPG on there? I really loved the setting of the Icewind Dale games, and would love to see something like that again.

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    #5  Edited By cygnus_x89
    @Suicrat said:
    " Am I the only one who wishes Bioware would shrink down the Infinity Engine and toss a fantasy RPG on there? I really loved the setting of the Icewind Dale games, and would love to see something like that again. "
    I really like that idea. The DS pen can be used to navigate the character.
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    #6  Edited By oldschool

    Yeah, this is definitely a void in the DS catalogue.  You have to blame Western developers for this.  It isn't as if it can't do a Fallout or a Oblivion, in a cartoon style.  Just look how deep and complex JRPGs are and tell me it isn't possible.


    These are the only ones I can think of, but I don't vouch for their quality:

    Orcs & Elves
    Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (when it comes out?)
    Overlord Minions
    Infinite Space (when it comes out & if it can be called a WRPG)

    Wow, that is it.  2 really and maybe.
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    #7  Edited By atejas

    There's a Jagged Alliance game for the DS, if I recall right.
    And also The Dark Spire is western, isn't it?
    Oh, and WH40K Squad Command, but I'm not sure how RPG it is.

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    #8  Edited By Axersia
    @atejas said:
    "And also The Dark Spire is western, isn't it? "
    The Dark Spire was created by a Japanese company and is pretty much a straight-up Wizardry knockoff, which used to be a Western franchise, but has since been claimed by the Japanese (who are nuts for that franchise -- I believe it was the most popular Western franchise over there until GTA came along).

    But yeah, if you do like pre-Might & Magic/Elder Scrolls PC-style RPGs, then The Dark Spire should be one to check out. It also has the right art style for it. Etrian Odyssey 1 & 2 play very similar but have a very cutesy anime look to them.

    Mazes of Fate plays like a PC-style RPG from the early nineties like Eye of the Beholder (you'll be selecting your attacks from a menu and waiting for a timebar to fill up), and Orcs & Elves, Deep Labyrinth, and the yet-to-be released Fighting Fantasy are hack 'n' slash games like Elder Scrolls. Deep Labyrinth, however, was created by a Japanese company and has very cutesy colorful graphics.

    As for modern WRPGs on the DS... I really can't think of any.

    Oh, and Sonic RPG is defnitely not a WRPG. It has some branching dialogue trees in it but they don't affect the game in any way.



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