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Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney - no contest.

When adventure games for PC were relatively scarce (although I admit I wasn’t really looking all that hard), that’s the game that kinda cemented the idea for me that adventure games had “switched” to the DS. Hotel Dusk opened the door for me, and Phoenix Wright just pushed roundhouse-kicked me through it.
I’m skimpy with my 5-star ratings, and the first Phoenix Wright game is the only non-PC adventure game to have ever received 5 stars from me. It took me by surprise, and it made me laugh my ass off as well as fall in love with its characters.
When I read the thread title, this was like the easiest question ever for me…

This is SO true. In 2010 - I could not find a PC game at retail - adventure or not.

I did find them now - VIVA Media published a bunch of adventure games for the PC 2010-2012- according to half-price books they were shipped to retail who didn’t want them and so the publishers sent them to half-price books.

I got a huge box of them for $1.99 - $6.99 each.

I did the same thing - Nintendo DS! And a huge selection of 5 star adventure games it has - Hotel Dusk and The Last Window to name just a few.

I have 80 Nintendo DS adventure games and they all play like a dream:

My 2007 adventure game of the year - Hotel Dusk (DS)

My 2009 adventure game of the year - Thersia Dear Emily (DS)

My 2010 adventure game of the year - Again (DS)

My 2011 adventure game of the year - The Last Window (DS)

My 2012 adventure game of the year - Another Code (DS)

You can pick up a Dsi XL for around $99 dollars and be in adventure game heaven for years.

I myself count ports - “Last King of Africa” was amazing on the DS - loved that game. Paradise on the PC - not so much.

PS - AA5 will rock on the ipad - can’t wait!

PPS:

Corpse Party 1 and 2 - loved them both on the VITA—I actually liked 2 better myself.

I hear we’ll be getting Corpse Party: Bloodlines early next year!

I’m still getting through the Phoenix Wright games (play a little each night), and yes they are a ton of fun.

But I’ll take 999 over them; I’m not sure whether Zero Escape is superior in my book - at least 999 didn’t hit me with a game-breaking corrupted save file about 40 hours in and after getting through almost every plotline.

HitBattousai - 09 September 2013 06:36 AM

If we’re counting it, I’d say Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective for DS is up there.

It most definitely counts!

wilco - 09 September 2013 11:00 AM

I’m gonna go with the first Phoenix Wright, absolutely blew me away at the time, so different from everything I used to play.
After that probably the 3rd Phoenix, Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward and ghost trick.

My next favourites after the first Phoenix Wrigh: Ace Attorney would be 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, the 3rd Phoenix Wright game (Trials and Tribulations) and Time Hollow.

Amazingly, in Europe they converted many PC games to the DS and they played quite well.

“Runaway 3 - A Twist of Fate” was very good.

For those who like games that were really different:

Flower, Sun and Rain was a good choice:

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Time Hallow - I actually played this game several times. One of the first adventure games to take full advantage of the DS touch screen.

The story was excellent too - a must play adventure game that has gotten some well earned awards in it’s day:

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Hm that is a toughy, there are just so many quality DS adventure games for me.  I guess if I had to pick it based on gameplay I’d pick Last Window, while best story I’d go with Phoenix Wright #3 (with build-up from first 2).  I should get my hands on Trace Memory, Ghost Trick and Time Hollow to see if that may change

Mikekelly - 09 September 2013 07:44 PM

Amazingly, in Europe they converted many PC games to the DS and they played quite well.

MYST for the DS was a complete disaster, though.

Flower, Sun and Rain was a good choice:

I didn’t care much for Flower, Sun and Rain. The Groundhog Day-style repeating elements were hilarious at first (as was the constant running around), but it got tedious after a while, and the story just got more and more bizarre and weird as it went along. Not my cup of tea.

wilco - 09 September 2013 07:47 PM

Time Hollow, you say? Completely missed it, I now have to go on DS game hunting

Don’t blame me, I talked about it enough.