I finally managed to get my hands on a N3DSXL. I haven't played anything on the 3DS or DS so I'm looking for recommendations. I'm open to pretty much anything genre-wise.
What are your faves 
I know the zelda ports were contentious but there's something about those graphics and 3d that hits me just right.
Also hack the 3ds and play mario 64 on it
Yeah I was kind of thinking about giving the OoT and MM ports a go. I haven't played OoT since launch and never played MM.
There’s a patch for the MM port that fixes the issues it has, highly recommended.
The MM port on 3DS changes some things for the worse, but Majora's Mask is fantastic and should be tried by any fan of Zelda or action-adventure games.
The OoT port didn't goof anything up if I remember right.
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright
Metroid: Samus Returns
Warioware Gold
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker
pokemon oras
rhythm heaven megamix
Also if you're doing this The Cool Way, you can just put any DS or Gameboy/GBC/GBA game on there
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"Never pay more than 20 bucks for a game." I'm sailing the seas for all of this. Thank you for the recommendations. If you have any on DS/GBA, I'll take those as well. I have no DS experience and only marginal GBA experience.
Mario and Luigi: bowser's inside story (also the prequel Partners in time and sequel Dream Team)
Pokemon Mystery dungeon explorers of the sky
Fire Emblem Awakening
Kirby: Planet Robobot
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Pokemon Rangers Shadows of Almia
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Kid Icarus Uprising
Pokemon Black and White and the sequel B/W 2
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Best 3DS Fire Emblem!
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
I'd also recommend the GBA Castlevanias, especially Aria of Sorrow.
Pokemon Mystery dungeon explorers of the sky
I've been really interested in these games.
the mystery dungeon series is very good, explorers of the sky is the best one, but super md and the original md are also pretty good
they are amazing, please play them.
I highly recommend you play the first 3 Yokai Watch games (btw Psychic Specters is the definitive version of YW2). Also, Animal Crossing New Leaf is better than the one on switch.
If you like to read, then you can't miss out on the Zero Escape trilogy (9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors, Virtue's Last Reward, Zero Time Dilemma (ok you can skip ZTD since it really sucks)). They're my favorite visual novels and no spoilers, but the physical hardware of the DS is relevant to the story so the steam port is a huge downgrade.
Ghost Trick and Hotel Dusk: Room 215 also have phenomenal stories.
MH4U, Kid Icarus, Gunvolt 1&2, Shovel Knight
Pokemon B2/W2, Meteos, Bowser's Inside Story, all 3 DS Castlevanias, Jump Superstars if you can read japanese or get a translation patch
Awesome thank you for the recommendations. I'll give them a look!
Pokemon platinum is a must if you like Pokemon at all. Significantly better than xy or sun moon.
I haven't played a Pokemon since the original Red/Blue so I'm all for giving it a go!
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
I haven't heard of this one before, but it looks really neat. Seems related to Boku no Natsuyasumi which I am curious about after the Action Button review.
Same development team if I remember right. If you have any interest in Boku no Natsuyasumi, the general vibes of 70s Japan, and Kaiju/tokusatsu media you should definitely give it a shot. It's also really short, which is always pleasant for a game!
Attack of the Friday Monsters is probably my personal favorite, but all of the Guild series of 3DS games will give you a pretty unique experience.
Gotta say Xenoblade Chronicles hands down. If you can't play it on switch or emulate it, it's definitely a good port, I first played on N3DS
I haven't played XBC (or Xeno- anything yet) so that's definitely on my list.
Kid Icarus Uprising is really good, and I like Etrian Odyssey 4&5 a lot as well. Kid Icarus is several genres in one, all of them good, from Platinum games. (also it's been recommended several times here)
Etrian Odyssey is a series of really fun Dungeon Crawlers. There are also remakes on 1&2 which are good, and X, which is really more a love letter to longetime fans, and amazing for that, but not a good entrypoint.
Thanks for the recs! I never really got into blobbers before, but I've heard a lot about Etrian Odyssey so it's worth a shot!
can't remember whether the DS or 3DS had The World Ends With You, but i remember that being cool
I've heard good things about that. I'll add it to the list.
Damn, if the shop were still open you could have gotten Horseshoe Crab Flipper.
Tabletop, DnD, board games, and minecraft. Also Animal Crossing.
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