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Matt Giguere’s Top 25 3DS Games

Nine years after a harsh release and changing landscape, the Nintendo 3DS ended up to be the little handheld that could. In a time when standalone handheld systems were out of vogue if they couldn’t multitask, Nintendo managed to release a beast of a portable device and packed it with some very impressive and unique technology such as glasses-free 3D and the wonderful StreetPass software. While it was not as powerful as the PlayStation Vita or ubiquitous as the iPhone, the 3DS managed to stand out and find its audience thanks to an expansive library that still has a slew of exclusives worth checking out today. Very few companies take risks on strange and sometimes impractical tech for the sake of video games, and in the case of the 3DS, I do not think we will see something this unique from a major gaming publisher in a long time.

1. Fire Emblem Awakening

Incredibly, this was to be the last Fire Emblem game in the long running turn-based strategy games, but the success of this one game has kept this franchise alive to this day. Yes, Awakening has caused many of the newer games to become light “dating-sims” that irk a lot of the fans, but the added side conversations give the characters and setting some much needed flavor.  The game is loaded with strategic battles and some of the best maps in the series, and the only way to play it currently is on the 3DS. Highly recommended not only for the series, but certainly one of the must haves on the handheld.  

2. Pocket Card Jockey

A gem of a card game that is also a horse racing game. I didn’t think the two would be a perfect match, yet the game’s simple idea of racing horses while you play a quick game of solitaire while riding as a jockey in a horse race. There is a fair amount of strategy involved, but there are also bonus abilities and items that can help turn the odds in your favor should you end up sorting a hand. The silliness is enough to check out this game on a whim while mastering it will sink hours of playtime once you’re hooked. 

3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

The follow up to one of (if not the) greatest Legend of Zelda games of all time. This 3DS exclusive, and semi-sequel to A Link to the Past, helped to usher back the original top-down, Adventure-style gameplay and not use a unique style of control (such as the touch screen movement and attacking in the Phantom Hourglass). A Link Between Worlds may be the same style of questing many fans have seen before, but there are new approaches to this game thanks to the new item system where you can rent mission critical gear for a certain dungeon and head straight there. No longer is there a straightforward path to saving Hyrule and Lorule (save for a slight intro dungeon). The freedom to tackle each dungeon in any order is very freeing and I hope Nintendo will return to this formula in a new instalment. 

4. SteamWorld Heist 

Image & Form struck gold with their breakout hit SteamWorld Dig and could have easily slapped together a direct sequel while the iron was hot. Instead, they decided to switch gears and go with an entirely different genre. This 2D-perspective turn-based strategy game helps build on the interesting setting of robots who inhabit the “SteamWorld-verse,” this time set in the outer reaches of space. Packed with plenty of scenarios that randomly generate levels, there is a ton of action strategy to be had in this downloadable game. If all you have is a 3DS to play games on, be sure to try this one. 

5. Mario Golf: World Tour

For me, this is a return to form for the Mario sports line and easily the best since the heyday of Mario Golf on the Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64. While it doesn’t have the story mode of the GBC version, the control and overall feel of golfing hit all the right points of the Camelot format that the earlier games nailed. While the interface can be a bit obtuse at times, especially navigating the club house to just start a match, the golf itself has yet to be surpassed in the Mario Golf franchise. 

6. Super Mario 3D Land

7. Shovel Knight

8. Pushmo

9. SteamWorld Dig 2

10. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

11. Super Smash Bros for 3DS

12. Space Harrier 

13. Azure Striker Gunvolt 2

14. Metroid Samus Returns 

15. WarioWare Gold 

16. Kirby: Planet Robobot

17. SteamWorld Dig

18. Kid Icarus: Uprising 

19. Crimson Shroud

20. Liberation Maiden

21. Kirby Triple Deluxe 

22. Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale

23. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars

24. BOXBOY!

25. Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you Steal our Garbage?!!