The BIG DS Voting Thread, Coming to You Weekly: Thanks For Voting!

Updated to something along those lines in the OP.

It's between Meteos Disney and Yoshi's Cookie.

Everywhere I looked has had it down as a puzzler. Best ask someone who's played it though, I reckon.

Puzzle sounds fair to me, you have to work out what to do to the bubbles to carry em around and get through the level so I think that suits it.

Soul Bubbles is one of those games I didn't really have a set definition of, but thinking about it it's a puzzler. And it's most definitely in my list.

I'll have my votes in by the weekend. Still mulling my choices over!

Hmm I probably wouldn't say Puzzler, I did consider it but now I think about it I don't know where it would lie, manly games I'd say.

Looking forward to the last few votes!

You'll have to wait until 1730 on Sunday for Andyman's.

Speaking of which, that reminds me - I'll do my utmost to get the votes out at 6pm this Sunday, but I'm moving out to my new flat on the Monday so will be in the process of packing up Sunday night. I should manage, but just a heads up if I'm a bit late!

My votes be in. A bit no-frills this week, but they're in nonetheless.

Cheers Stu.  

Not long to go now folks, better get your votes in soon!

I'm all a-quiver! (Mostly to see whether anyone but myself and Philps remembered that Meteos exists.)

Finally got my votes in, sorry for the delay I've been really busy this last week.

Balladeer wrote:

I'm all a-quiver!  (Mostly to see whether anyone but myself and Philps remembered that Meteos exists.)

Not too keen on Meteos, personally. See also: Polarium.

Well, it's time for the first results post in The BIG DS Voting Thread. Hold onto your hats ladies and gentleman, let's do this.

Thanks to the eleven of you who voted this week, great opening turn out.  

Fifth Place -

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Fourth Place -

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Third Place -

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Second Place -

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And the Carol Vorderman Prize for Brain-Busting DS Puzzler goes to...

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Honourable Mentions: (games voted by more than one person are in italics, games which were someone's first choice are in bold, game which were voted by more than one person and were someone's first choice are in red)

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Dishonourable Mentions:

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So there we have it! Apologies for being a little bit late putting this up folks.

This week we're voting on MANLY GAMES *flames shoot out*. That's shooters, racing games, and fighting games to the uninitiated. Get your votes in now folks!

I didn't expect Ghost Trick to be number 1 but it's certainly well up there. A tad dissapointed Tetris did as well as it did. I love the DS version of Tetris but I wouldn't have put it in my top 5 (better than the GB version too, whoever said that must be mad!). I personally thought Lost Future was the best Layton game.

I really should find a copy of Meteos and Polarium one day and see what it's all about.

I'm really not sure I can find 5 games this week even with 3 genres...

Meteos was robbed!  Curious Village and Tetris DS placing over it is insane.  (Yes, the first three dishonourables are mine.)  Good call on the other placings, though, especially Ghost Trick.  Needs a sequel badly, that one. Anyway, a good week for the old DS.

Onto manly games, then.  I can think of four - there must have been some good top-down shmups on the DS that I can't recall, surely?

Pre-post EDIT: Agreed about Lost Future.  The only game in the series with a decent ending.

Ah. Ghost Trick. I should have voted for that. Incidentally, none of the five games I voted for placed in the forum's top five. You've all got terrible taste.

Contra IV was on DS, right?

Also Balla, your prediction that you and Phillips would be the only ones to remember Meteos was unfortunately true.  

A great start to the proceedings, folks! Ghost Trick was a clear, deserving winner for me.

A solid endorsement for Flower, Sun & Rain there, I see. I've never even had the urge to try that one.  

It's unsurprising to see such a variety of games make the honourable mentions list. DS is flushed with just about everything but 3D platformers, racers and brawlers. Incidentally: can we vote for import games, Jay? I suspect I won't be the only one to have at least one import choice in one particular week.

Still haven't played Might & Magic.  

Balla: Off the top of my head, I can think of Nanostray, Nanostray 2, possibly Bangai-O Spirits, Space Invaders Extreme and Space Invaders Extreme 2.

So, racing games are lumped into this week's vote. I wouldn't call Mario Kart DS and Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing 'manly'.

I've played exactly none of those. Ho hum.

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Also Balla, your prediction that you and Phillips would be the only ones to remember Meteos was unfortunately true.  

Such an underrated gem.  :hipster:

And as it was left out of my comment, and he's a perfect way to transition from puzzle week to MANLY week...

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Stu_the_great wrote:

It's unsurprising to see such a variety of games make the honourable mentions list. DS is flushed with just about everything but 3D platformers, racers and brawlers. Incidentally: can we vote for import games, Jay? I suspect I won't be the only one to have at least one import choice in one particular week.

Of course! If it was released on the DS, then it's eligible!

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So, racing games are lumped into this week's vote. I wouldn't call Mario Kart DS and Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing 'manly'.

Really? This is as manly as Arnie battling Chuck Norris atop a burning helicopter:

Thats is a heck of a lot of typing, or maybe its just the font... Anyway I may think about picking up Ghost trick at some point in the future to see what all the fuss is/was about. Great start to the thread though jay!  
And as for this week, well... mario kart?

Dunno if your image link is bust, or if my laptop is being stubborn there, Jay.

Bust link, or both our laptops have packed up simultaneously.