Mario & Luigi is satisfyingly long for a DS game, and though there's no advantage to a second play, shaping characters' stats can make for different strategies. RPGs suffer from monotony, but M&L packs in what variety it can, with each special move being a minigame in itself and special game events offering interactive challenges.
The Mario & Luigi series has not yet broken the threshold to be equal to the Paper Mario games. Bowser's Inside Story comes incredibly close, though.
While not the greatest handheld from day one, the best Nintendo DS games still offer some of the most fun you will find on any console.
The fact that Tetris DS does not include an unlimited play mode make it one of the worse Tetris versions for me. The online play was OK back when it still worked.
Yagmur Sevinc from NoobFeed has compiled five games that are guaranteed to help you reminisce about the good old times.
"With so many amazing RPGs releasing this year, it's time to honour the best with our annual RPG awards for 2019." - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums
