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Big Budget Popular Games on Nintendo DS

These games are big, brash and popular. They have big budgets which means the visual and interactive quality is particularly high. They also have strong and wide ranging player communities.

This list includes 5 games from the last 28 years, with 207 likes. They come from a range of different genres and play-styles and are all good games if you want to play popular blockbuster games.

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PEGI Ratings: PEGI 3+ to PEGI 12+
ESRB Ratings: ESRB EVERYONE to ESRB EVERYONE 10+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting, Open World, Platform, Racing, Simulation and Sports
Total Likes: 207

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Animal Crossing
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PEGI Rating 3+ for Animal CrossingESRB Rating EVERYONE for Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing (Series)

Rating: PEGI 3+, ESRB EVERYONE

Release Date: 14/12/2001, updated in 2020

Platforms: GameCube, Nintendo 2DS|3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Wii

Genres: Open World and Simulation

Developer: @NintendoAmerica

Players: You can play with 4 players in the same room and up to 8 players online

You live on a small island teeming with life. Insects, fish, trees, vegetation and fossils are represented with cute cartoon visuals. Rather than the scale or grandeur of other game worlds, it’s the interconnected drama of the world and characters...

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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PEGI Rating 12+ for Super Smash Bros UltimateESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Series)

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 21/01/1999, updated in 2018

Platforms: GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Wii U

Genres: Action and Fighting

Developer: @Nintendo

Players: You can play with 8 players in the same room and up to 8 players online

Super Smash Bros. in its various versions offers real-time brawling battles. The tens of characters are drawn from other video games and each has bespoke moves to learn and perfect.

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Spyro Reignited Trilogy
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PEGI Rating 7+ for Spyro Reignited TrilogyESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 03/09/2018

Platforms: GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Genres: Action and Platform

Developer: @ToysForBob

Players: This is a single player game

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a running, jumping, bashing and exploring game. It’s a re-release of the classic platform games featuring the purple dragon, Spyro. The attraction is the well designed levels, collecting and exploration. It’s an amiable...

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FIFA 21
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PEGI Rating 3+ for FIFA 21ESRB Rating EVERYONE for FIFA 21

FIFA 21 (Series)

Rating: PEGI 3+, ESRB EVERYONE

Release Date: 15/12/1993, updated in 2020

Platforms: Android, Mac, Nintendo 2DS|3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Action, Simulation and Sports

Developer: @EA

Players: You can play with 4 players in the same room and up to 4 players online

FIFA is one of the two main football video games (the other being Pro Evolution). Each year it's released with improved visuals, more realistic physics and enhanced competitive play. For those that follow the game closely and play it a lot, it offers a...

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Dirt
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PEGI Rating 3+ for DirtESRB Rating EVERYONE for Dirt

Dirt (Series)

Rating: PEGI 3+, ESRB EVERYONE

Release Date: 01/01/2007, updated in 2020

Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Action, Adventure and Racing

Developer: @Codemasters

Players: You can play with 4 players in the same room and up to 8 players online

Dirt 5 is the latest game in a series of the extreme sports racing game. Like Forza Horizon or the older MotorStorm games, the series focuses on exuberance and party atmosphere rather than just...


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