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

Mechanic Master - release date for Nintendo DS

Puzzle, Logic

October 1, 2008 → Nintendo DS; October 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

This puzzle game centers on a fight against alien invaders scattered across Earth. The player uses a stylus as a weapon and builds contraptions to...

Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation

Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Anime / Manga

October 1, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 1/10

Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation is an isometric simulator with a mixture of business simulator and anime or manga game from the masters of the...

Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle

October 1, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 82/100

A garden-management simulation with strategy and puzzle elements, Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise follows the effort to turn a neglected plot on Piñata...

Crazy Machines

Strategy, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Sandbox, Casual game

October 2, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

This puzzle game with sandbox elements challenges players to build sequences of actions using mechanisms and objects. Gears, levers, pulleys and...

Das verrückte Labyrinth (2008)

Strategy, Top-down view, Board / Group Game

October 2, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Das verrückte Labyrinth (2008) is a top-down strategy game from Independent Arts Software GmbH. The game is published by dtp young entertainment...

Mein Westernpferd

First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game

October 2, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Mein Westernpferd is a first-person sports game from the developers of SnapDragon Games GmbH. The game is published by dtp young entertainment GmbH...

Think Kids

Educational game (Education), Music game, First-person view

October 2, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Think Kids is an educational game with a first-person view with elements of a musical game from the Engine Software B.V. studio. The game is...

FIFA Soccer 09

Third-person view, Sports game

October 3, 2008 → Nintendo DS; October 15, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 1.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

FIFA Soccer 09 — Some of the changes that first affected the FIFA series were already tested in the game UEFA Euro 2008 from Electronic Arts...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations

Simulation, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

October 3, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 74/100

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Trials and Tribulations — the game consists of 5 episodes that occur in chronological order. The fourth...

Zubo

Role-playing game, Strategy, Music game, Third-person view, Turn-based

October 3, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 75/100

This role-playing game with turn-based battles is set in Zubalon, where its inhabitants, the Zubos, stand against a force bent on world domination...

Scotland Yard (2008)

Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Turn-based

October 3, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Scotland Yard (2008) is a third-person strategy game from the masters at Sproing Interactive Media GmbH. The game is published by dtp young...

Crash: Mind over Mutant

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

October 7, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 62/100

A third-person action platformer about Crash Bandicoot, who must rescue his friends and stop the evil Neo Cortex from taking over the world. The...

Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

October 7, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 70/100

A science-fiction role-playing game with real-time combat follows interplanetary patrol officers Rallen and Jeena as they investigate the origins of...

Bleach: Dark Souls

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga

October 7, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A Bleach fighting game with an original storyline and fast-paced battles across multiple planes. Players fight one another, including in Wi-Fi...

Kage Densetsu: The Legend of Kage 2

Arcade, Action, Beat them all

October 7, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Kage Densetsu: The Legend of Kage 2 is an arcade game with a dash of action and a beat-'em-up game from the masters at Lancarse Co. Ltd.. The main...

Legend of Kage 2

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

October 8, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

This action platformer follows two protagonists through separate stories, with each hero offering distinct attack abilities. Players make their way...

Nanostray 2

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

October 10, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 75/100

Nanostray 2 is a futuristic scrolling shooter built around the mystery of the Nanostray virus. In Adventure mode, players tackle levels with...

Prey the Stars

Arcade, Action, Puzzle

October 10, 2008 → Nintendo DS; October 13, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 66/100

An arcade action game with puzzle elements, Prey the Stars challenges players to eat as many objects as possible on colorful stages before time runs...

Rock University Presents the Naked Brothers Band

Action, Music game, Third-person view

October 13, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Rock University Presents the Naked Brothers Band is a third-person action game with a dash of musical gaming from the masters at 1st Playable...

Cesar Millan's Dog Whisperer

Strategy, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Puzzle

October 14, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Cesar Millan's Dog Whisperer is a first-person strategy game with a mix of business simulator, educational game and puzzle game from the studio...

Littlest Pet Shop: Garden

Arcade, Action, Board / Group Game

October 14, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Littlest Pet Shop: Garden is an arcade game with action elements from EA Salt Lake studio. The game is published by Electronic Arts, Inc.. For some...

Littlest Pet Shop: Jungle

Arcade, Action, Board / Group Game

October 14, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Littlest Pet Shop: Jungle is an arcade game with a dash of action from EA Salt Lake studio. The main publisher of the game is Electronic Arts, Inc...

Littlest Pet Shop: Winter

Arcade, Action, Board / Group Game

October 14, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Littlest Pet Shop: Winter is an arcade game with a touch of action from developers from the EA Salt Lake studio. The main publisher of the game is...

My Japanese Coach

Educational game (Education), First-person view

October 14, 2008 → Nintendo DS

My Japanese Coach is a first-person educational game from the masters at Sensory Sweep Studios. The game is published by Ubisoft. Sometimes the game...

Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs

Simulation, Action, Adventure

October 14, 2008 → Nintendo DS; October 30, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs is a simulator with action and adventure elements from developers from the Ubisoft Quebec studio. The main publisher of...

Rock Revolution

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view

October 15, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 40/100

Rock Revolution is a music game built around performing 40 rock tracks with guitar, bass, drum, and microphone peripherals. It features solo career...

Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2

Japanese role-playing game

October 15, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 62/100

A role-playing game based on the Naruto series, featuring an original storyline and turn-based battles. Squads can include up to 30 characters...

Away: Shuffle Dungeon

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

October 16, 2008 → Nintendo DS; October 29, 2008 → Nintendo DS; October 30, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 65/100

This fantasy action role-playing game follows the mystery of a village whose inhabitants are vanishing. Young Sword sets out to discover what...

Power Quiz: Allgemeinbildung

Educational game (Education), Music game, Board / Group Game, Arkanoid

October 16, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Power Quiz: Allgemeinbildung is an educational game with a mixture of music and arkanoid from developers from the studio Radon Labs GmbH. The game is...

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania

October 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS; October 23, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia — The game takes place after the era of Richter Belmont and the plot of Symphony of the Night, sometime in the...

Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon

Action, Flight Simulator, Fantasy / Medieval

October 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 61/100

This fantasy action game concludes the Legend of Spyro trilogy, with Spyro joining forces with Cynder, his former enemy, to stop the Dark Master as...

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (2008)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

October 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is an action game with a third-person view. Spider-Man is looking for Mary Jane in New York, which is infested with people...

Disney Bolt

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Stealth

October 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Disney Bolt is an arcade action-adventure game with a third-person view. Players take control of the heroic characters Bolt and his owner Penny from...

TouchMaster 2

Puzzle

October 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 76/100

This arcade collection brings together 20 minigames spanning card, action, strategy, puzzle and picture games. TouchMaster 2 includes new takes on...

Transformers Animated: The Game

October 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 69/100

This action-adventure game based on the animated series Transformers Animated follows a team of Autobots trying to recover the lost fragments of the...

Dancing with the Stars: We Dance!

Action, Music game, Third-person view

October 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Dancing with the Stars: We Dance! is a third-person action game with elements of a music game from developers from the Jet Black Games studio. The...

Ener-G: Gym Rockets

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Sports game

October 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Ener-G: Gym Rockets is a third-person simulator with a touch of action and sports game from developers from the studio 1st Playable Productions, LLC...

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Action, Music game

October 21, 2008 → Nintendo DS

High School Musical 3: Senior Year is an action game mixed with a music game from developers from the Griptonite Games studio. The main publisher of...

Unsolved Crimes

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Visual novel

October 24, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 66/100

This adventure blends action and puzzle-solving with a detective story about a rookie in the New York police homicide division. The detective...

Love, Fashion & Friends

Simulation, Strategy, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Card game, Comics

October 24, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Love, Fashion & Friends is a simulator with elements of strategy and a card game from developers from the studio RocketScience Games Development...