The DS is the first handheld gaming system I own (I used to play my Game Boy games in the SNES with the SGB adapter), and after a tough time climbing Mt. Coronet in Pokemon Pearl I started to think about the irresponsibility of making frustrating games to a portable system, since it's a lot easier to throw the entire thing through the window in a moment of fury.
After that I decided to post a new topic in the DS's forums page asking people if they ever wanted to smash theirs DSs in the wall as I wanted to. And it was surprising to see how much people managed not only to get really angry, but also to bust theirs DSs for real!
To pay a tribute to those who lost many buckets because of these unbearably frustrating games here goes the Top-10 list of the most dangerous games for you to put in your DS's top slot.
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10th~7th: Super Mario 64 DS, Sonic Rush, Metroid Prime: Hunters, Mario Kart DS
Votes (out of almost 200): 3% each
OK, here we start with a common complain when talking about online games (Mario Kart and Metroid can go Wi-Fi): cheating. But I'll put this in the gamers, not games account.
Aside that, people get crazy when they get "a generous amount of red shells coupled with 1-2 blue shells and then fall on the flippers and get electrified" in MKDS as Georgemen have said well; or "having to beat the boss, other hunters and then some retarded guardian things in a pointless time limit" in MPH (killking quoted). Luckily I've got only the free demo version of the game...
Add to that the well-hidden Chaos Emeralds in Sonic Rush and the tiny cloudy platforms in SM64 and you'll get a good start in your way through the patience path. But I must aware you that just here in these last 4 positions we already got 3 busted DSs! Including one that got broken just like a chocolate bar...
6th: Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Votes: 3.6%
This AW is one of my favorite games in the DS; but I must agree it can be quite annoying sometimes.
People talk about the disproportional strength of the enemy's troops, especially in the later levels. As for me, I can say I've had a REALLY annoying time trying to beat the Combat Mode in that "brutal" level. I did it, but I'll never do it again.
5th: Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
Votes: 4%
Pearl is the most frustrating game in my DS collection. I can't stand seeing a pokemon missing four tackles in a row (since tackle has an accuracy of 95%), or "getting confused and hitting itself 5 times in a row" as dark_hero_riku have said. And someone knows someone that has busted TWO Lites playing Diamond. I do believe him.
4th: Contra 4
Votes: 6.66% (the number of the beast? Nooooo...)
Arclight_Blue wrote: "that game crushed my soul". This is Contra.
3rd: Elite Beat Agents
Votes: 7.2%
Now we're getting hot! The 3rd place stamp goes for... The Rolling Stones! Jumpin' Jack Flash is a gas that managed to drive a player to his flashpoint and one DS ended... Bitten! How appropriate!
2nd: Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Votes: 8.2%
Trauma Center is the name of the place to where people go after playing this game. Just keep an eye on your electrocardiogram and you'll be fine.
1st: Final Fantasy III
Votes: 11.8%
A tough boss wiped your entire party out with a final smash? You've walked half an hour and died without finding a save point? Tired of raising levels for hours and still being defeated? You're not alone in the world!
We all know this is how FF works. Why there are so much people who own the card? And why there are even more people (including me) INTENDING to buy the game? SE means "Sadistic Exchanges".
P.S.: Someone got hurt after being hit by the DS hobobski chucked. He lost his "carefully cared" DS and a little-less-important friend!
Dubious Honor
There are some games that couldn't make it to the Top-10 but are still worth of a mention, since they made DSs suffer all around the world. Here are some of them:
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
L00pey had a tough time drawing those seals (I like them, I must say), and in the end a stylus went THROUGH a touch screen. But we can say Nintendo dislikes this part of the game too, since they gave another DS in exchange for the dented one.
Mario Hoops: 3 on 3
This one has made goalring27 not only stab the touch screen but also BITE the DS! How does it taste?
Megaman ZX
It seems like the "Survival Road" doesn't have this name for nothing. darkspineslayer got a broken button because of this.
New Super Mario Bros.
This is an interesting case where a DS was broken not because of a burst of anger. The problem here is CHRONIC frustration. A hinge is now cracking because the player has shaken "violently" the DS every time he died in World 8. For those who think Mario games are kiddy, you got to try ANY World 8 in any Mario game...
Picross DS
hazbazz has slammed a DS to the floor. But anyone can do that when a game freezes.
Pokemon Ranger
Someone hurled an old DS to the wall and can't even say why. Better ask Creatures.
Star Fox Command
Last but not least here is a game that really made a DS fly against a wall. And it survived! Long life to the Phat!
Last word: other 47 games shared 44% of the votes. Players can never complain about some lack of hard games for the DS...
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