February 2008 - games, that were released this month for Nintendo DS

Zoo Tycoon 2 - release date for Nintendo DS

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Educational game (Education)

February 4, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A zoo management simulation in which players build enclosures and other structures, place animals, and oversee the zoo. The game features 30 animal species, a range...

Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Puzzle, Adventure

February 5, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 61/100

An adventure game with role-playing and puzzle elements set in the fantastical world of The Spiderwick Chronicles, where magical creatures remain hidden. Players...

Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

February 5, 2008 → Nintendo DS; February 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a medieval setting. The events of the game take us to a time when the...

Geometry Wars: Galaxies

Action, Shooter, Top-down view

February 7, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 80/100

This top-down arcade shooter follows a campaign in which the player defends solar systems from waves of alien enemies. Missions unfold across new and classic Battle...

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Imagination Invaders

Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle

February 8, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Imagination Invaders is a third-person action game with puzzle elements from developers from Sensory Sweep Studios. The game is...

Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Strategy, Adventure, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle

February 10, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 85/100

A point-and-click adventure built around solving a variety of puzzles. Players use reasoning, knowledge, and creativity to work out the...

Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends

Simulation, First-person view

February 14, 2008 → Nintendo DS; February 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 70/100

Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends is a cooking simulation in which players prepare dishes by completing stylus-based tasks. It features 80 recipes and 150...

Pokémon Diamond Version

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

February 14, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 85/100

A turn-based role-playing game about a Trainer’s journey through the Sinnoh region. Players can choose a boy or girl Trainer, and the adventure introduces the...

Pokémon Pearl Version

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

February 14, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 85/100

A role-playing game about a Pokémon Trainer’s journey through the Sinnoh region. Players can choose a boy or girl Trainer at the start of the adventure, which...

Otometeki Koi Kakumei Love Revo!!

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

February 14, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Otometeki Koi Kakumei Love Revo!! is a simulator with an admixture of an anime or manga game and a visual novel from developers from the studio HuneX Co., Ltd.. The...

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

Strategy, In real time, Isometric

February 15, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 81/100

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings — exactly a year has passed since the events of the twelfth “Fantasy”, the protagonist named Vaan, having fulfilled his old...

Cooking Mama: World Kitchen

Arcade, Educational game (Education)

February 15, 2008 → Nintendo DS; February 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 62/100

This arcade cooking game centers on preparing dishes through a series of kitchen tasks. The player chops, grates, stirs and rolls ingredients, using controller...

Ratatouille: Food Frenzy

Arcade, Logic

February 15, 2008 → Nintendo DS; February 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 10/10

Ratatouille: Food Frenzy is an arcade game from the masters from the Helixe studio. The game is published by THQ. Disney/Pixar Ratatouille: Food Frenzy is an...

FIFA Street 3

Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Football

February 18, 2008 → Nintendo DS; February 22, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 5.3/10

Metacritic: 61/100

This arcade football game stages matches on street pitches and urban playgrounds around the world. FIFA Street 3 features over 250 players representing 18 national...

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

Simulation, Adventure, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

February 19, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney — the fourth part of the adventure visual novel Ace Attorney will again introduce the public to four lawyers who must protect the...

Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts (2008)

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Top-down view

February 19, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This top-down action RPG with real-time combat is set in a world inspired by the Three Kingdoms, where heroes rise to oppose a looming evil. Dungeon Explorer...

Etrian Odyssey 2: Heroes of Lagaard

Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Dungeons

February 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

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...

Murder Club

Simulation, Adventure, First-person view

February 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Murder Club is a first-person simulator with a touch of adventure from the masters from the studio Riverhill Soft Inc.. The game is published by Riverhill Soft...

Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer

February 22, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night is an arcade game with action, shooter and platform elements from the studio Sanuk Software Co., Ltd.. The game is published by...

Namco Museum DS

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Collection, Futurism (Future)

February 22, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 67/100

This arcade collection features eight classic games: Pac-Man, Pac-Man VS, Galaga, Xevious, Dig Dug II, Galaxian, Mappy, and The Tower of Druaga. Different screen...

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure

Action, Educational game (Education), Third-person view

February 22, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 10/10

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure is a third-person action game with an educational twist from the masters at Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited. The main...

Disney Friends

Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view

February 26, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Disney Friends is a first-person simulator with a dash of business simulator from the developers of Amaze Entertainment, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is...

Naruto: Ninja Destiny

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

February 26, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 61/100

A 3D fighting game based on the Naruto anime, featuring one-on-one battles between ninjas. Sixteen characters fight with jutsu and items, using a combo system that...

Petz: Wild Animals - Tigerz

Simulation, Third-person view

February 26, 2008 → Nintendo DS; February 28, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Petz: Wild Animals — Tigerz is a third-person simulator from the Magic Pockets studio. The game is published by Ubisoft. Sometimes the game is also called...

Brain Assist

Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Logic

February 26, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 53/100

Brain Assist is an educational puzzle game built around ten mini-games that test concentration, memory, analysis, instincts, and reflexes. Six nurses with different...

Tabaluga: Grünland in Gefahr

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Comics

February 27, 2008 → Nintendo DS; February 28, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Tabaluga: Grünland in Gefahr is an adventure with platformer and puzzle elements from RocketScience Games Development GmbH. The game is published by Atari...

Soma Bringer

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

February 28, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 10/10

Soma Bringer is a third-person role-playing game with action and fantasy elements from the developers of Monolith Software, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is...

Bleach: The Blade of Fate

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

February 29, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 83/100

A fighting game based on the Bleach animated series, featuring battles between 28 characters in 2D arenas. Its combat system divides arenas into upper and lower...

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game

February 29, 2008 → Nintendo DS

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...

Mega Man ZX Advent

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga

February 29, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 78/100

This futuristic action platformer follows Grey and Ashe on separate but intertwined adventures amid a war between humans and robots. As they search for answers...

Nancy Drew: The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park

Adventure, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle

February 29, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 64/100

This adventure follows Nancy Drew as she investigates the disappearance of billionaire Thaddeus Belmont, the creator of Olde World, a vacation park celebrating...

Mario Kart DS

Racing, Third-person view, Mario Game

November 14, 2005

Metacritic: 91/100

A racing game in the Mario Kart series, it features kart races and battles with characters from the Mario universe. Racers include Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi...