Nintendo DS is an old Portable device with countless nostalgic video games, it’s one of the biggest consoles that has a diverse collection of video games, anime video games are no exception. But we are only digging deep in their library to find the best anime games to play. It’s time to check the video games.
10. Inazuma Eleven
Inazuma Eleven is a sports video game, football to be exact. But it’s not just any video game, it combines the elements of Role-Playing and sports well together. In football, the ideal position is striker, because you score the goals and feel the joy you never had before. But Inazuma Eleven’s focus is on the goalkeeper, Mamoru Endō.
The video game takes its theme quite seriously, but there are also elements like fantasy and over-cinematic scenes. The game features hundreds of characters, each carrying a different ability, and is customizable to fit the team.
09. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus
The world knows Yu-Gi-Oh as the card dueling anime and manga series. This video game is no different, it’s about the third and final installment of the World Cup series. The video game features a unique and original storyline and talks about how our protagonist travels from one place to another to participate in the World Championship.
The video game isn’t limited to dueling with cards, the players can compete in the World Racing Grand Prix. Although there’s no denying that Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus is one of the best games from the franchise that supports PvP and is available for Nintendo DS.
08. Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy
The anime Fullmetal Alchemist is the highest-rated anime of all time, with near to no negative reviews. With many achievements and records broken, it’s not surprising to see a Fullmetal Alchemist video game on this list.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy features old-style retro graphics with sliding-scrolling gameplay. This video game depicts the early events of the anime. You can play the game as Elric brothers, Roy Mustang, and Scar. It’s a video game with easy difficulty yet fun to play.
07. Naruto™ Shippuden: Shinobi Rumble
Naruto is always up there when talking about the best anime and manga series. Naruto™ Shippuden: Shinobi Rumble features the Itachi capturing Arc, the rouge ninja responsible for killing his whole clan.
The video game has all those abilities that you see characters use in the anime, and more than 15 playable characters run this video game. When talking about animation style and graphics don’t expect too much from the Nintendo DS because it’s the older generation of Nintendo consoles and is about 2 decades old.
06. Bleach: The Blade of Fate
Like Naruto, Bleach is the representative of the Shounen genre, it isn’t as long as Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, or One Piece but is packed with the same, for some people, more amount of action. Bleach: The Blade of Fate 2D fighting video game with multiple gameplay modes, such as story mode, arcade mode, training mode, and more.
It’s not just any fighting game, players can enjoy using character abilities and win using experience and different strategies. most video games on this list, Bleach: The Blade of Fate generates its plot from the original series.
05. Soul Eater: Medusa no Inbou
Soul Eater 3 is a pure fantasy action video game, it’s one of those early 3D animated video games where animation was poor. The Soul Eater: Medusa no Inbou follows the Soul Eater first season’s plot to some extent.
The video game features a variety of characters, that make the video game humorous. The video game features a unique gameplay style, where the players can switch between the weapon and meister forms. There are also side games and many quests to complete which reward you better.
04. Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! DS
Hajime no Ippo is one of the early boxing anime that popped up tremendously, it’s an anime about motivation, fighting spirit, and never giving up.
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! DS may be a low-quality 3D video game, but it exceeds the expectations of players, each hit to the opponent or the playable characters makes punching sounds, and the impact of every punch slows down the frames on the screen just to make it look better. The video game is a banger, most might not recommend you to play but it has got what a boxing video game needs. If you are a slow gamer who wants to level up your reflexes, this video game might help you.
03. One Piece: Gear Spirit (3rd in our list of Anime DS Games)
One Piece has many video games that are all interesting and strangely good. This one is arguably the best screen-scrolling fighting video game on this list. Ask yourself, what you prioritize in a fighting video game, good gameplay mechanics, having a diversity of abilities to use, and beautiful animation. Well, don’t need to look elsewhere One Piece: Gear Spirit has that all.
It’s shocking to see a well-developed anime game on DS, the only thing that falls short for this video game is its lack of storyline. Everything else is brilliant.
02. Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: (2nd Best in The Anime DS Games)
It’s finally time for the best Mecha video game on this list. Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 is a 3D video game that features a bunch of characters fighting against various conflicts in a humanoid suit. These suits are kind of like transformers.
The combat style of Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 is impressive, the players can fight at ground levels as well as engage in ariel battles. Moreover, the lore of the video game is the same as the anime, it takes the players to the year 2307, where humanity survives on orbital elevators and solar power. Overall, it’s a fun video game with many aspects that point you to play it immediately.
01. Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden (The Best in Anime DS Games)
It’s hard to believe that a Nintendo DS video game could pull off such animation, gameplay, and everything in general about Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden is brilliantly executed.
It’s not only a versus-fighting video game, it also has a story mode that covers the events from the Saiyan Arc to Majin Buu. The video game also has most of the relevant characters from both Arcs of the anime. Talking about other modes, you can enjoy playing versus modes, training modes as well, and the challenge mode.
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Final Words: Best Anime Games on Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS has exciting anime video games, that come with stunning gameplay and nevertheless beautiful plotlines. Playing a certain video game may be not as difficult but finding an enjoyable video game is a whole different thing. But if you want to find the best titles, you don’t need to look elsewhere, our list has strong stats and a reason why they are enlisted.
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