DS Games that had a gimmick title that lined up with the console it was on

Anything with DS letters on the DS counts

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits
Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits
Dig Dug: Digging Strike
Dig Dug: Digging Strike
Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy
Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy
Lunar: Dragon Song
Lunar: Dragon Song
Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash
Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash
Bubble Bobble Double Shot
Bubble Bobble Double Shot
Jake Hunter: Detective Story - Memories of the Past
Jake Hunter: Detective Story - Memories of the Past
Mage Knight: Destiny's Soldier
Mage Knight: Destiny's Soldier
Bleach: Dark Souls
Bleach: Dark Souls
Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
Peggle: Dual Shot
Peggle: Dual Shot
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Tenchu: Dark Secret
Tenchu: Dark Secret
Guilty Gear Dust Strikers
Guilty Gear Dust Strikers
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Honorary 3DS mention
Betty Boop's Double Shift
Betty Boop's Double Shift
Kirby Triple Deluxe
Kirby Triple Deluxe
Its tenuous but I appreciate the pun attempt. Another honorary 3DS mention
The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars
The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars
Sora no Otoshimono Forte: Dreamy Season
Sora no Otoshimono Forte: Dreamy Season
Crosswords DS
Crosswords DS
Super Robot Taisen W
Super Robot Taisen W
this one's SUPER tenuous, but I'm choosing to believe the W = Double pun is intentional
Super Black Bass Fishing
Super Black Bass Fishing
subtitled "Dynamic Shot" in Japan
MindStorm
Battle Spirits Digital Starter
Battle Spirits Digital Starter
Lunar Knights
Lunar Knights
the Japanese title was Bokura no Taiyou: Django and Sabata, with the initials prominently displayed in the logo

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2 years ago

Resident Evil: Deadly Silence!

2 years ago

Barbie: Dream Salon
Kirby: Triiple Deluxe!

2 years ago

super mario 64 DS

2 years ago

idolmaster dearly stars!!

2 years ago

wait a minute

were they doing this on purpose?

2 years ago

they sure were!

2 years ago

Betty Boop's Double Shift

2 years ago

oh my god

2 years ago

CrossworDS surely counts
also Sora no Otoshimono Forte: Dreamy Season

2 years ago

I seriously had no idea such a conspiracy was at play...

2 years ago

Nintendo had to be pushing this lol, there's no way all these companies did this independently

2 years ago

Ener-G Dance Squad

2 years ago

i feel so fucking stupid right now

2 years ago

my reality has been broken

2 years ago

EXCELLENT additions

2 years ago

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2 years ago

"battle spirits Digital Starter"
"the Dark Spire" would be a funny one as it is a ds-only game
"nancy drew: the Deadly Secret of olde world park" is one that looks like a 'maybe' but i'd lean toward yes because usually nancy titles tend to be really long and this one is her first one on the ds
"tao's adventure: curse of the Demon Seal" perhaps, as it's from early in the ds' life, is exclusive, and was made by the same people who made "dawn of sorrow"
"zettai zetsumei dangerous jiisan ds: Dangerous Sensation"

a pretty iffy one could be "Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days" (first game in its series on the console and "(d)ay(s)" is the only actual word in the subtitle)
another one in a similar iffy vein could be "Pokémon Dash", which was the first game in the franchise on the console and was even a launch title outside the US (once again "(d)a(s)h" is the sole word in the subtitle)

another thing of note that others probably noticed is that there are also a handful of games that have S D instead of D S in their subtitles. gotta wonder if those were intentional too, and were just considered the best they could do

2 years ago

fire emblem: shadow dragon
Lunar Knights (the Japanese title was Bokura no Taiyou: Django and Sabata, with the initials prominently displayed in the logo)

1 year ago

fire emblem shadow dragon (the ds gimmick is reversed but still there)


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