Role-playing game
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Statuses
Best Games in the Role-playing game genre for Nintendo DS
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo DS → 6 February 2009
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
92/100
This role-playing game follows Crono, a young hero who sets out to save the planet’s future after his companion Marle vanishes through a rift in space and time. The...
Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure
Game released: Nintendo DS → 15 September 2009
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
53/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is a continuation of the Marvel Ultimate Alliance series about Marvel superheroes. The number of heroes has increased — there are...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo DS → 4 May 2007
Players:
8/10
Steam:
93/100
Final Fantasy III is a fantasy anime-style role-playing game with a third-person perspective. The four main characters were completely redesigned and new scenarios...
Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo DS → 5 September 2008
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo DS → 9 December 2010
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
85/100
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is an atmospheric role-playing adventure with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Created according to the canons of the...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game
Game released: Nintendo DS → 29 February 2008
Players:
7/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
81/100
This fantasy role-playing game combines turn-based battles with match-three puzzles in the Warlords universe, where a hero sets out to save Etheria from Lord Bane...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Sports game, Anime / Manga, Football
Game released: Nintendo DS → 28 January 2011
Metacritic:
76/100
Inazuma Eleven is a football game that combines role-playing elements and strategy with action. Its core is football, supplemented by RPG...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo DS → 20 May 2011
Metacritic:
78/100
A fantasy role-playing game about traveling between two parallel worlds, where reality and illusion intertwine. As the protagonist explores them, the search to...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo DS → 10 November 2009
Metacritic:
73/100
A turn-based role-playing game based on Dragon Ball Z’s Saiyan Saga begins with the World Tournament and Goku’s victory over Piccolo. Players control Goku as he...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo DS → 20 February 2009
Metacritic:
84/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game unfolds in a fantasy world and follows a journey spanning three generations. The hero first travels alongside his father...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga
Game released: Nintendo DS → 24 June 2008
Metacritic:
55/100
This role-playing game with fast-paced combat follows Geo Stelar and his partner Omega-Xis as they face new threats in the physical world and the virtual Wave...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Comics
Game released: Nintendo DS → 4 November 2008
Metacritic:
74/100
This action-adventure game with role-playing elements is set in an eerie supernatural world ruled by the cruel Baron Mharti. The player takes the role of an...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga
Game released: Nintendo DS → 24 June 2008
Metacritic:
55/100
A futuristic role-playing game with action battles, it continues Geo Stelar and his crew’s story as they face unidentified animated beings and a new rival named...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Dungeons
Game released: Nintendo DS → 13 June 2008
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Etrian Odyssey 2: Heroes of Lagaard — In classic fashion, players navigate forest locations one "step" at a time, moving and turning at a fixed pace. Time...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)
Game released: Nintendo DS → 24 February 2009
Players:
10/10
Steam:
49/100
Metacritic:
74/100
This futuristic puzzle game with role-playing and strategy elements centers on battles to save the galaxy. During combat, players manipulate gems on a hexagonal...