I don't have  Nintendo DS yet but I was thinking about getting one.  Games that seem interesting to me for it would be games that generate random dungeons, grant interesting items, turn-based combat.  What games would fall under this that might not fall under child-like anime?
 
Two games that I've seen that look interesting are: 
 
Elves & Orcs
Warhammer 40k: Squad Command
 
Thanks for any info you might have. I'm just trying to weigh in how much fun I can get out of a DS if I get one. It'll be my first entry into the portable gaming world..

Etrian Odyssey?  Dark Spire?  To be honest, I find difficult to pin down a game in a very specific genre like this.  Sorry for being poor help.

Well, if you're turned off by colorful anime aesthetics that limits your options quite a bit (especially in the Diablo-clone category), but here are a few games you might be interested in:
 
First-Person Dungeon Crawlers 
Orcs & Elves (hack 'n' slash)
The Dark Spire (turn-based)
Mazes of Fate (timebar-based)
Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of the Firetop Mountain (hack 'n' slash) (not out yet)
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (turn-based) (not out yet)
 
Top-Down Dungeon Crawlers
Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Art (hack 'n' slash) 
 
Turn-Based Strategy (you didn't neccesarily ask for these but you did say you were interested in Warhammer so I'll list them anyway)
Warhammer 40k: Squad Command
Elite Forces: Unit 77 
Jagged Alliance 
Front Mission
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin 
Mage Knight: Destiny's Soldier 
Panzer Tactics DS
Warlords DS
Age of Empires: The Age of Kings
Age of Empires: Mythologies
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
History Great Empires: Rome

" Well, if you're turned off by colorful anime aesthetics that limits your options quite a bit (especially in the Diablo-clone category), but here are a few games you might be interested in:
 
First-Person Dungeon Crawlers 
Orcs & Elves (hack 'n' slash)
The Dark Spire (turn-based)
Mazes of Fate (timebar-based)
Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of the Firetop Mountain (hack 'n' slash) (not out yet)
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (turn-based) (not out yet)
 
Top-Down Dungeon Crawlers
Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Art (hack 'n' slash) 
 
Turn-Based Strategy (you didn't neccesarily ask for these but you did say you were interested in Warhammer so I'll list them anyway)Warhammer 40k: Squad Command Elite Forces: Unit 77  Jagged Alliance  Front Mission Advance Wars: Days of Ruin  Mage Knight: Destiny's Soldier  Panzer Tactics DS Warlords DS Age of Empires: The Age of KingsAge of Empires: MythologiesSid Meier's Civilization Revolution History Great Empires: Rome "

Etrian odyssey is the only one that comes to mind...so that I guess.

Izuna and Izuna 2. That's enough to consume the rest of the list put together. Beware though, I think the first one is hard to come by

Shiren the Wanderer 1 & 2? Or did those not release in the West?

There's also a new Wizardry DS coming.

" Shiren the Wanderer 1 & 2? Or did those not release in the West? "

Shiren the Wanderer is more of a roguelike, but I hear good things about it.
Soma Bringer is a kind of disappointing Diablo clone, but I suppose it qualifies.

The Shiren series are all pretty light roguelikes, similar to the Izuna series.  Challenging, but not nearly as interesting as something like Nethack.

" @Al3xand3r said:

" Shiren the Wanderer 1 & 2? Or did those not release in the West? "

Yes one of them did as Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer. If you are looking for some dungeon crawling that is the game you want imo. However be aware that it is a roguelike and comes with all of the trappings of that sub-genre which is something that a lot of people find way too frustrating to enjoy.  EDIT: After linking to the roguelike page, I noticed that it's a complete disaster. Someone, maybe me, should really fill out that page. Anyway the main thing to really know about roguelikes is that in most of them you die and lose basically all of your experience and have to start over from level 1. "

" Shiren the Wanderer is more of a roguelike, but I hear good things about it. Soma Bringer is a kind of disappointing Diablo clone, but I suppose it qualifies. "

     Children of Mana

" Soma Bringer isn't on Amazon. Is that sold in the USA?  I'm American so I'd prefer the games can be bought here easily. "

Soma Bringer isn't on Amazon. Is that sold in the USA?  I'm American so I'd prefer the games can be bought here easily.

" @Lind_L_Taylor said:

" Soma Bringer isn't on Amazon. Is that sold in the USA?  I'm American so I'd prefer the games can be bought here easily. "

Soma Bringer is in Japanese only.  Playasia have it pretty cheap.  It isn't hard to work out, but you have to be a fan of foreign language games you don't understand to buy it (like me). "

" @Lind_L_Taylor said:

Soma Bringer isn't on Amazon. Is that sold in the USA?  I'm American so I'd prefer the games can be bought here easily.

It's Japanese only for now but there's a translation patch out.    You'll need to not buy it to be able to play it in english. "

Etrian is $80 new.  Etrian 2 is $70 new.  I don't think I can afford that game. 
 
Also, I'm not a big fan of "hard as hell" games.  Once you start repeating the same area several times, it's not a game anymore, just an exercise in frustration.

Hi recently in the past few years i have been looking for the name of a game i played when i was younger ,for i hath forgotten the name of it nor do i know where the cart is so so for today is the day ,i announce, i have retrieved the carts name from the internet of answers ,yet i am rejoicing in the name of the internet ,i share sorrow for other peoples shalt not rejoice for they were all from the stylus days and ye was many moons ago ,for there is not many peoples typing on this post of answers since the stylus time for i have surrendered to the silence and spoken for i bestowed you a gift of gratitude for providing me with the knowledge of the cart ,Elves and Orcs, and i thank you for bestowing me the feeling of remembrance the feeling of nostalgia........ :P thx