November 2009 - games, that were released this month for Nintendo DS

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - release date for Nintendo DS

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Mario Game, Japanese role-playing game

November 1, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 90/100

This role-playing game with action elements follows two parallel adventures: Bowser tries to stop Fawful from taking over his castle, while Mario and Luigi search...

Rabbids Go Home

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

November 1, 2009 → Nintendo DS; November 6, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This comedy-adventure action platformer follows two Rabbids who gather human belongings to build a towering pile and climb their way to the Moon. Humans resist the...

Need for Speed: Nitro

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

November 2, 2009 → Nintendo DS; November 3, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Players: 3/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Need for Speed: Nitro — The first thing that catches your eye when you launch Nitro is the stylization. The developers do not focus on realism, but simply on...

Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple

Adventure

November 2, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 57/100

This point-and-click adventure combines hidden-object searches and logic puzzles. Young archaeologist Sylvie travels to France at the invitation of her historian...

Band Hero

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view

November 3, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 74/100

A music game about performing on a virtual stage, where band members play popular songs and pursue stardom. Band Hero lets players create a band by combining guitar...

C.O.P.: The Recruit

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

November 3, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 55/100

This third-person action shooter takes place in an open-world New York City and follows former street racer Dan Miles, now a detective recruit in the Criminal...

LEGO Rock Band

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view

November 3, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

LEGO Rock Band — Based on the same gameplay as the other Rock Band games, although it has some innovations, such as creating your own musician. At the...

Star Wars: Battlefront - Elite Squadron (2009)

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars

November 3, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 62/100

A science-fiction shooter set in the Star Wars universe, where battles unfold across planetary surfaces and in space. The single-player campaign follows X2, a clone...

C.O.P. The Recruit

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

November 3, 2009 → Nintendo DS; November 13, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 55/100

C.O.P. The Recruit is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter and adventure from the developers from the studio Velez & Dubail. The main publisher of...

WireWay

November 3, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 62/100

This action puzzle game follows an alien left behind by its ship on an unfamiliar planet as it navigates hazards in search of a way home. Across 60 levels, the...

Jewel Master: Egypt

November 3, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 56/100

This puzzle game about building Egypt is set in the land of the pyramids and the Sphinx, described in the source as the cradle of civilization. To create Egypt, the...

Disney's A Christmas Carol

Adventure, First-person view, Isometric, Puzzle

November 3, 2009 → Nintendo DS; November 5, 2009 → Nintendo DS; November 6, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

This puzzle-adventure game is based on the feature-length film Disney’s A Christmas Carol. Its story draws on the film, while the source provides no further details...

A Boy and His Blob

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Remake

November 6, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...

Women's Murder Club: Games of Passion

Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Hidden Objects

November 6, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 53/100

This detective adventure combines hidden-object searches and puzzles with an investigation into a string of seemingly unrelated murders. Members of the Women’s...

Bomberman Blitz

Arcade, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic

November 6, 2009 → Nintendo DS; November 9, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Bomberman Blitz is an arcade game with strategy and puzzle elements from Hudson Entertainment, Inc.. The game is published by Hudson Entertainment, Inc.. Itsudemo...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Arcade Attack

Action, Fighting, Isometric

November 10, 2009 → Nintendo DS; November 26, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 36/100

An arcade action game in which the four Turtle brothers battle their longtime foe Shredder and his henchmen. The combat system lets players chain uppercuts and...

DJ Star

November 10, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 66/100

Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans

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

November 10, 2009 → Nintendo DS

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...

Phantasy Star Ø

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

November 10, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 71/100

This role-playing game is set on an alternate Earth, 200 years after the Great Blank, a war that reduced the former civilization to almost nothing. Humans now live...

Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands

November 12, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 77/100

A farming simulation about restoring the Sunshine Islands after a powerful earthquake: the player searches for magical Sun Stones to raise the sunken islands...

Au pays des Pooyoos: Activités d'éveil

Educational game (Education), Logic

November 12, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Au pays des Pooyoos: Activités d'éveil is an educational game from the studio Lexis Numérique SA. The game is published by Micro Application...

Cooking Mama 3: Shop and Chop

Arcade, Educational game (Education)

November 12, 2009 → Nintendo DS; November 13, 2009 → Nintendo DS; November 26, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade cooking game turns the stylus into a kitchen utensil. Across more than 200 minigames, players chop, grate, stir, sprinkle and perform other cooking...

Robot Rescue

Arcade, Platformer, Top-down view

November 16, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Robot Rescue is a top-down arcade game with a dash of platforming from the masters at Teyon studio. The game is published by Teyon. Perhaps Robot Rescue is being...

Disney The Princess and the Frog

Arcade, Logic, Adventure, Puzzle

November 17, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 69/100

Disney The Princess and the Frog is an exciting adventure arcade game for children with puzzles and various mini-games, based on the cartoon “The Princess and the...

Assassin's Creed 2: Discovery

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Stealth

November 17, 2009 → Nintendo DS; November 20, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Assassin's Creed 2: Discovery - the continuation of the adventures of Ezio from assassin's Creed 2 for Nintendo DS and iOS. The hero will go to Spain to fight the...

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle

November 20, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 53/100

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game based on the classic novel by Agatha Christie. The player takes on the role of the famous...

Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

November 23, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 45/100

This first-person role-playing adventure is set in a fantasy world where the ancient keep on Firetop Mountain has been seized by the warlock Zagor. Fighting...

Hands On! Tangrams

Strategy, Educational game (Education), Puzzle

November 24, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Hands On! Tangrams is a strategy game with a mixture of educational game and puzzle from the masters from the Island Officials studio. The game is published by...

Professor Layton and the Last Specter

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Anime / Manga

November 26, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 83/100

Jewel Quest Mysteries

Adventure, First-person view, Collection, Puzzle

November 2009

Jewel Quest Mysteries is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from the masters of iWin.com and NevoSoft. The game is published by Activision. But Jewel...