GameTrailers: Top 10 3DS Games of All Time

1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf

2. Fire Emblem: Awakening

3. Bravely Default

4. Rune Factory 4

5. Shin Megami Tensei IV

6. Mario Kart 7

7. Super Mario 3D World

8. Shadow Wars

9. TLoZ: ALBW

10. Pokemon X/Y

L@ninjapirate2000: I remember beating level 70 and 80 bosses at level 27. Crazy.

I'm honestly jealous of anyone who hasn't played Persona 4 Golden. It's easily the most Japanese game I can recommend to a non-Japanophile, not to mention one helluva game.

Enjoy the superior handheld!

@p3anut: yeah, definitely recommend Fire Emblem Awakening. Infact here is my list:

1. Fire Emblem Awakening, aka. waifu simulator

2. Bravely Default, best Final Fantasy in years

3. Kid Icarus, starring the cheapest SSBB character

4. Zelda A Link Between Worlds, >>>> TLOU

5. Pokemon XY, because everyone and their mom plays pokemon

6. Mario Kart 7, When's Mario kart 8 coming out?

7. Super Mario 3D Land, casuals

8. Shin Megami Tensei IV, I actually finished this game unlike Blab

9. Final Fantasy Theatrythm, Nobuo Uematsu tribute

10. Kingdom Hearts DDD, playing #3? You'll be lost without this game.

Correction: You should play half of Bravely Default!

How far are you in Bravely Default @ninjapirate2000?

In fact how many people on this forum who've recommended Bravely Default have actually gone through the second half of the game?

There's something fundamentally wrong to me when it says top 10 3DS games of all time especially when the 3DS life cycle isn't even over yet.

@Minishdriveby: I laughed pretty hard reading that

All of the games on that list that I played are boring compared to Kid Icarus.

@Minishdriveby: I finished it, the ending is rewarding if you can handle the last few chapters. I firmly recommend just switching the difficulty to easy and breezing them. You should be incredibly over leveled if you've been playing the game on normal. Because people will miss the fight with the antagonist (not the final boss) and it is such an epic battle that I will remember for a long time. And, dat BGM during the fight with the antagonist, it's so...wickedly awesome. Best OST in the game imo.

I can guarantee it will.

@Slashkice: stop listening to these guys. Just refer to my post above when you get to chapter 5. Other than that, enjoy the ride.

No, but the rants and the sheer vitriol that were spouted for how awful it is beyond chapter 5 make it pretty clear that you can only plug so many holes in the ship.

I would probably take Kris' advice if I had the game, just with a pinch of salt since Kris' general taste in games and Nintendo apologism.

oh lawd

@Blabadon: go play your terrible overpriced PSVita indie games.

^ ... thought... you were... a Vita Bro? smh

No Vita lol

@Bigboi500: I'm a friend first and a vita bro second (maybe third)

Admit it, you're a 3DS Bro like yours truly. ;)

Ghost Recon Shadow Wars should be up there. Such an underrated game.

Finally, someone with good taste.

The hate bravely default gets is purely hyperbolic.

Sure the pacing goes to shit for the last 3 chapters but you can pretty much zoom right through them if you just go for the main bosses. Some of the side scenario's in chapter 7 are also pretty cool and challenging

Honestly, it knocked the game down from a 9 to an 8 for me (personally), but the game is still good enough that it's recommended. Hope you enjoy it!

Repeating everything one more time warrants hate. It is not hyperbolic, it's bad game design, it's like they had the budget to make half a game.

Good to see pokemon up so high

My time says 22 hrs. So not that far. Im in ch 3 I think. But I know about the later chapters lol. I'll see how I feel about it when I get there.

@ninjapirate2000: just be prepared and when you get there, heed my advice which is posted above.

Nice list. I generally agree with what's on it.

It's a good list, but I still think Fire Emblem Awakening is THE best game on the 3DS hands down.

Mine are:

1. Pokemon X

and thats about the only game i played on the 3DS lol

nothing else interest me in the slightest except Bravely default just a little bit which i shall get once it gets a price drop.

@charizard1605: I'm talking about the people acting like the entire game is shit and not worth playing.

Those chapters are bad don't get me wrong, but they don't completely ruin the game to the point of no redemption

That's true, but it's the internet, more than even me it thrives on hyperbole.

1. Fire Emblem: Awakening

2. Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure

3. Pokemon X/Y

4. Bravely Default: Flying Fairy

5. Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

6. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars

7. Animal Crossing: New Leaf

8. Super Mario 3D Land

9. Steamworld Dig

10. Professor Layton & The Miracle Mask

Mario Kart 7 did virtually nothing to innovate with the series, so I wouldn't have it on the list at all. It was basically the Wii game with air-gliding.

1. Fire Emblem Awakening
2. Zelda A Link Between Worlds
3. Pokemon XY
4. Monster Hunter 3U
5. Super Mario 3D Land
6. Kid Icarus Uprising
7. Bravely Default
8. Mario & Luigi Dream Team
9. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
10. Mario Kart 7

Yeah that Ghost Recon was my first bought game for 3DS along with OoT. Its pretty awesome, imo.

A pretty boring list that takes takes too few risks.

However, I will bash the titles in the list regardless, Fire Emblem Awakening is crap compared to FE7 and FE9. Super Mario 3D Land was uninspired and SMT4 was nearly ruined by the smirk system and dumb companions which would cast bufu or whatever only to have the boss absorb it and smirk

Because everyone else did it, I will make a list too.

1. Rune Factory 4: Because good pacing and hoarding everything (money, loot, status, power, materials, girlfriends, ect) is fun. Not to mention, a crafting system that doesnt suck horribly helps too.
2. Kid Icarus Uprising: Because when I play my RPGs and games progression systems., I enjoy low power curves, negative stat modifiers and no cooldown nonsense all over the place likewise, I enjoy my shooters without cover systems and scenarios infested with nothing but QTEs and Set Pieces as well as actual enemy variety.
3. A Link Between Worlds: Best Zelda game since Wind Waker and restored my faith in the series after being let down by Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess.
4. Pokemon X and Y: Multiplayer is fun, and the SP campaign is enjoyable too. Only real complaint was the endgame.
5. Etrian Oddysey 4: Finally an RPG where I can fully create my entire party again and not having a story pushed onto me. The most fun in this game is taking an unusual party composition, and just go with that.
6. Bravely Default: First Half is amazing, second half not so much, but at least you can skip most of the second half by doing the right thing.
7. Professor Layton and the MIracle Mask: The charm is still there, and the puzzles are also still good.
8. Bullblox (AKA PUSHMO): Came to me by surprise, and was the best puzzle game I have played in ages (I didnt like Portal and I barely stomach more than an hour of Portal 2 sue me), it was very charming too and is Intellegent Systems best game this gen.
9. Fire Emblem Awakening: Just because it is crap compared to previous games doenst mean it is a bad game. I enjoy seeing carefully planned moves work out, go Lunatic or go home.
10. Mario Kart 7: Not as good as MK DS, but still enjoy the occational race with my fellow neckbeards.

Edit: By doing the right thing in BD I mean skipping from chapter 5 to chapter 8 or so entirely, skipping the entirety of chapter 6 and 7. This is done by...keep pressing the button when charging the last crystal after Airy tells you to stop.