IGN Lists The Top 25 Nintendo 3DS Games

I was gonna crack up that resident evil revelations wasn’t on the list but then I saw it and I’m happy! Lol that game is a beast on the 3DS. Circle pad pro is highly recommended in my book!

You know this list is shit when you find mario golf instead of kid Icarus and notice that pokemon x and y are on spot 5 and pokemon omega Ruby and alpha sapphire is not on the whole list. Seriously I prefer ever other main pokemon Game than x and y. The music in the game is so so so lame. Gym leaders are boringly designed and there was a total of 3 legendary pokemon to catch meaning nothing to do other than breeding teams after the pokemon league.
Oras introduced sneaking. A much much much better way getting pokemon with hidden abilities than friend safari.
You can catch ever pokemon. A great battle island. GREAT music. And it is not even on the list
Pathetic

Anyone else feel like the greatness of the 3DS is a bit exaggerated? I do like it, but there’s only a handful of games on it that I found truly worthwhile:

Fire Emblem Awakening (and I’ll be getting Fates too, I’m a pretty big FE fan though);
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (my second favorite after FE:A, I’m surprised it’s not on the list);
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (because the Wii version had awful controls);
Pokémon Y (it’s the first Pokémon game that felt fresh to me since Pokémon Red);
and Zelda ALBW (I actually haven’t even gotten the chance to play it yet, but I know it’s good).

That’s like… 5 excellent games… one of which is a Wii game made playable. I mean, it’s not too bad, but let’s not get completely carried away either.

Now to be fair, there are a few games that could be called “great” on their own, but there are other games in those franchises that I consider much better and so these are not worth putting on a list. Here are a few examples of that:

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS (the Wii U version is obviously better in every way)
Super Mario 3D Land (I hate the perspective in this game, also 3D World is better);
Mario Kart 7 (I’m not into handheld racing games, and MK8 is better in every way);
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (I had already played AC:Wild World on DS for far too long);
Kirby: Triple Deluxe (been there, done that – I couldn’t even be bothered to finish it);
Luigi’s Mansion: DM (it was ok, but I didn’t like how it was “levels”, I prefer the original);
Bravely Default (I’m not into FF-like games, and people say that the second half is bad);
and N64 remakes (for obvious reasons).

Pretty solid list.

The remake/remaster of the “Best Game of All Time” is only 7th place? I never really get why remakes/remasters are ranked so low on Top 25 lists. If they’re not going to be in their respective place then they shouldn’t be on the list. Like, where the HELL is Xenoblade Chronicles 3D? I enjoyed it more than: Triforce Heroes, Pushmo and Boxboy.

is legend of Zelda mentioned 3 times more then mario is mentioned.

The fact that they consider Zelda: Triforce Heroes a Top 25 game but not Kid Icarus Uprising shows how much BS IGN is.

Also, ALBW is overrated garbage.

Wow i have 20 of those 25

No Kirby Triple deluxe. :(

My only fave games on the device are mhu4 , kirby triple deluxe, Xenoblade chronicles 3d, and style savvy trendsetters.

I tried fire emblem awakenings but find those kinds if games boring, personally. I tried to give it a fair shot and played it twice but I stopped both times. Not for me.

In all honesty, handhelds are mostly for enjoying monster hunter and kirby for me.

Luigi’s Mansion is my favorite 3DS game, mainly because of the scarescraper mode (thrill tower mode). It’s fun to just pick up and play during my lunch breaks at work, trying to take on a tower by yourself on expert is a really fun challenge, and of course playing with friends via download play or even random people online is even more fun. Plus, the single player story mode is fantastic on it’s own. As a 3DS owner everyone should have this game in their library IMO.