Best Nintendo DS Pokemon Games

The Top Ten
1 Pokemon SoulSilver

Best Pokemon game because it wasn't so easy, graphics are awesome, storyline is awesome, and it is a prequel to Pokemon Black or White which are awesome games also.

What makes this game the best is because of the variety of LEGENDARY & RARE Pokemon's you're able to catch throughout the game & even when you beat the game there is so much more you can still do.

It is HANDS DOWN the best game with its opposite Heartgold.

I feel like this game is underrated and really shouldn't be. I could ask every single person that enjoys the pokemon game franchise and ask them what was your favorite game out of all the games and they would all say, Platinum, Diamon, Heart gold, but never ever Soul Silver. This game has amazing graphics, soundtracks, and storyline. Like what can you ask more from a Pokemon Game

I thought the original couldn't get better, well guess what? I was wrong. This is one of the best Pokemon games I've ever played, I didn't like Platinum cause it gelt so much like Pokemon Emerald but this is a classic, and in my opinion it's the best Pokemon games out there.

Best game I have ever played. I originally played Pokemon Gold on the Game Boy but I decided to get it for the DS when it was made. This is an awesome remake. It has new technology and awesome graphics. Hats off to Game Freak and the Pokemon Franchise. Long live Pokemon!

2 Pokemon Platinum

I had no idea what pokemon even was until my grandma bought this game at a pawn shop for my 8th birthday. It has the best music out of almost every main stream pokemon game and it brings tears to my eyes every time I hear the route 209 theme making me look back to past. I felt a connection to my team for I never had a clue what was going to come next, and I had developed a team that went through so many defeats while trying to learn the mechanics of the game which have grown with me up to this very moment. So yeah, this is certainly one of the best video games I have ever played...period.

Pokemon Platinum is the ultimate Pokemon experience (in my opinion)! It has a nice level of challenge (easy, but hard for a Pokemon game), a vast and diverse region to explore, and some of the best Pokemon the series has to offer throughout the main story! Torterra, Staraptor, Giratina, Rampardos, Lucario, Magikarp (to be fair, a lot of Pokemon games have Magikarp), and many other great Pokemon are in the game! To top this off it also has a Battle Frontier, an awesome Darkrai event (which sadly can't be done anymore), and the most unique area in any Pokemon game - The Distortion World! I would dare call it flawless if not for the ridiculous abundance of HM requirements. (at least Bibarel sort of fixes this... Right? )

It was a very, VERY nice game. My first pokemon game was Soulsilver but I bought Pokemon Platinum a year later and oh my god I missed something great! The soundtracks were catchy and and amazing. I remember I really, really loved the soundtrack of jubilife city and route 201. Well, every soundtrack was just awesome!

The storyline was pretty good, I got thrilled to bits because of Team Galactic, which was, in my opinion the greatest and most epic Team in the whole Pokemon series. The starters and the pokemon were designed very well and the rival in the game, Barry was a interesting and funny person and the whole region gave me a nice feeling.

I will never regret the day I bought this game and it's highly recommended for every Pokemon fan and lover. This, certainly, was the best pokémon game I ever played and in my eyes, it deserves a good place in this top 10.

I played through this game 17 times and put 736 hours into it and I loved every single second of it. This is the best Pokémon game I have ever played and has brought me more joy in life than any other game or thing imaginable. All of the starters evolutions are solid as I prefer a tank torterra. With earthquake and wood hammer that beast unstoppable. But honestly everything about that game is amazing. The storyline and team galactic is my favorite crime team in my opinion. The final battle with Cyrus in the distorian world is simply incredible. And finally Cynthia. She is the greatest boss/championship battle in Pokémon history with a very well rounded team were her garchomp reigns supreme. Beating her the second time with her level 78 garchomp is a thrilling battle and worth playing the game alone. Overall the greatest game I have ever played.

3 Pokemon HeartGold

The game is fantastic. If you are looking for a new Pokemon Game, then pick this up. If you are having trouble with your starter, I think it is based more about your personality. To start off is Chikorita. Chikorita is a Grass Type Pokemon that will give you a hard time in the game. So if you're looking for a challenge, then choose Chikorita. If you wanna make the game even, then choose Totodile. And of course, if you want an easy and quick adventure, go with Cyndaquil. Chikorita is the less overrated, kinda cute though. Totodile has a really high Physical Attack. Remember, it's Physical. So don't teach it the things you think are super strong like Surf, and Water Sport, and those fancy stuff. Cyndaquil is awesome, but it can't learn that many moves. I hope this helped you but now, enjoy your game.

Best game because you get to beat the elite four right? Then go to a whole nother REGION, fight all the gym leaders (higher levels, different gyms, differernt towns, ) again, and then after all that, you get to fight red! He is astonishing how good he is. this is my all time favorite game it is just so good. With that, many fun side games, a bunch of legendaries, and fun other things. I can't say how good it is. 10out of 10. I played 200 hours on this bfore I beat it that means it's a long game. And generally I'm a fast gamer.

BEST GAME EVER! I've played through this game more than 3 times and still love it. the sound track is not the best but the grafics are not to shabby but not to realistic, just how I like it. I love how you go through two regions and get to battle red, but my favroit part is you get to have your Pokemon follow you around! The first Pokemon in your party gets to come out of its pokeball and it's so cute!

So much content! This game is fantastic and extremely nostalgic. Great graphics, music, and exploration. With two full regions and almost every legendary in the series I wholeheartedly recommend this.

4 Pokemon - Black Version

Its awesome graphics. In Pokemon battles I love the way it zoom on all the Pokemon when they make a move because in other Pokemon games, its hard for the newcomers to know what Pokemon makes a move in 2-4 Pokemon battles cause its all confusing.

It's so awesome!, The storyline is awesome but the hard parts are the elite four and ghetsis lol. But It also has great themes and your rivals are epic too!. It has great graphics and it finally has full body pokemon sprites instead of half body and the sprites also moves which is awesome. The downsides though are you can't name your rivals which is fine anyways And I suggest to use Snivy

I have never played this much awesome game in my whole life because it has the most enjoyable graphics, awesome song the most faboulous song is the champion's song it's starter pokemon's are tepig, snivy, and oshawott but I recommend you to take tepig when it evolves into an Emboar then it's like undefeatable.

It rocks. It is the same region as white but Reshiram is stronger than zekrom and plus there are Pokemon in black that are not in white. Even the graphs are pretty snazzy and good. It is d best game ever. The only game that can beat it is black 2

5 Pokemon - Diamond Version

This is a legendary game. The pokemon are all great, and the story is pretty good too. It's difficult, and annoying at times, but it's also the only one I've played out of the ones on this list. I didn't get into pokemon until a few years ago, and this is probably the best Pokemon game on the Original DS. Chimichang, my Infernape, is also amazing, and while I hate Victory Road, I might finally finish the game. I heard the post game is good too, but I'm not sure

I know Diamond the best! It seems to have much more fun packed in it and it is a little bit better than Soulsilver. If you are trying to decide which game to buy first, I would recommend Diamond first, then Soulsilver.

You can catch and train Pachirisu and Lucario. Therefore, it is the most awesome Pokemon game I've ever played, though Pokemon Ruby is my first.

This is the best Pokemon game I ever played
The story, the plot, the map, it is just awesome!
I recommend you to play this games
Its AMAZING!

6 Pokemon White

Absolutely the game I would recommend when starting pokemon. It has a insanely diverse world, a tense and exiting storyline and lots of great characters. Done 3 runs and it feels new and exiting every time!

The best in the series. Amazing story that rise questions like how should you treat your Pokemon or the balance between truh and ideals and are more apealing for a more mature audience. Good graphics and much more enjoyable batles with the animated sprites.

This Game is Awesome... Plus I really love the mascot for this game That being Zekrom It looks so badass Way better than Reshiram

Great story line, and still playing even after beating the game ha. A lot of extra things to do after beating the Pokemon league

7 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

Mother of god, I cried, laughed, and sympathized with this game. This is one of those "unnoticed" games (and by that I mean not advertised often) that just really gets to you. Not to mention that this game basically NEVER ends, so in all the other games when you have nothing to do, with this game you have EVERYTHING to do. Ever dreamed about being a Pokemon? Well dang, just get this game! It made one of my not-so noticeable Pokemon my favorite Pokemon (Grovyle). So many dang plot twists too, you'll never know what will happen next.
Just... Get this game. By all means, this is the greatest Pokemon game in history. Nothing beats it.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky is my favourite Pokemon game ever - even better than the main series. While the Gen 2 games were 'Golden' and the Gen 4 games were 'Platinum' (get the puns? ), this game... this GAME! It gets 10/10. The music was great, the humour was great, the story was great, the characters were great, the ending is sad, the emotions felt in this game are POWERFUL... and one of the villains is a backstabber. (I won't say who, but players of the game know who I'm talking about) I LOVE this game. PLEASE give this game the attention it deserves. Come to my YouTube Channel, DarkraiFan284, because if I get 1,000 subscribers before August 31st, I will do a review of this game. PLEASE subscribe, and PLEASE - PLEASE, play this game if you have a DS. It's one of the greats.

Best nintendo game I have ever played and best story of any game I have played across all consoles. Very few other nintendo games can match this for plot twists and emotion. The simplicity of the gameplay and graphics should not be taken as a bad thing in my opinion they add to the experience and the more recent mystery dungeon games have suffered from ditching it. I have recently gone back and replayed this for the millionth time and it just does not get old I racked up 50+ hours on that playthrough alone. The really wide variety of great starter pokemon adds so much replay value too. 10/10 game and every gamer pokemon fan or not should experience it

When you ask somebody to name a Pokemon game, they mostly say Red, Blue, or another core series game. Most fans don't even KNOW about the Mystery Dungeon series. They're really missing out. This game made me sad, like when you have to go back to the human world, or excited, when you defeat a boss you've been struggling on. I can't put this game into worlds. It's a masterpiece. It's so underrated it's not even funny. I can't believe a game like this is so underrated, even though it's amazing. I love it so much.

8 Pokemon Pearl

Best pokemon game ever better graphics then heart gold and soul silver better colours too. Love that you can go underground for spheres and even fossils that bring pokemon to life! easily my favourite pokemon game.

Pokemon pearl is an AWESOME game. I'm so happy that I razed my monferno into a infermie. It think that's how you spell it. I had a great time playing it. It has good grafics. I am soon going to catch a palkia. And I hope the make a lot more good Pokemon games.And everyone out there have a great time playing pearl!

This is my favorite game right now and it's great! No fairy type or Audino but still awesome fun!

Own the game is still amazing!

9 Pokemon Black 2

I prefer this over White 2 because it is easier to play the post game on hard mode. Speaking of post game, this game puts all others to shame. No matter what kind of a Pokemon player you are there is always something to do. The Black Tower (or White Treehollow in White 2) and the PWT are some of the best features of any Pokemon game.
The Pokedex is also massive during the main story, with around 300 Pokemon.
Seeing Team Plasma split up into ex and neo members was also very entertaining.
Most of all, I think most of us can agree that this was so much better than a third version would have been. (although Platinum was amazing)

This was the first EVER video game I've ever played to score a perfect 10 out of 10. I love Pokemon and this game grew my love for it by a mile.
This is one of the only two Pokemon games I wanted to preorder, just so I would guarantee a copy of the game. The other was Pokemon X, which is not quite as good.
What's better than seeing how a game you've been through has changed so much? Brilliant music, the same classic Unova feeling, battling is awesome and it is bright and colourful and my favourite DS game. I am going to miss Global Trading on it though. :(

Great concept just like pokemon black but it has more challenges, towns you can enyoy, and an additional to the main story I like it. To be honest I love all pokemon games from Gba to Ds.

The best story of all pokemon games and the rival is very friendly. Overall this games is very good

10 Pokemon Y

What? This is a 3DS game, it shouldn't be on the list.

This is for 3ds we should not count but its wow!

So what if it's a 3D game its still awesome!

This is for the 3DS, but this game rocks!

The Contenders
11 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team

Absolutely incredible game, replay value is high, I think the plot is better than the sequels... Overall, an incredible game that will provide you with endless hours of fun and exciting play!

I absolutely love this game! It came out the day after my birthday and is the best entry in the mystery dungeon series in my opinion!

Keeps me entertained for hours! Recruiting legend arises, good storyline, amazing post storyline, Hoenn, Kanto, and Johto starter, this game has everything!

So good! I love this game!

12 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time

I think time is better than darkness.

I have Pokemon explorers of time I play it AM to PM should be first

13 Pokemon White 2

This game is not COMPLETELY like black 2 there are many AMAZING Pokemon you can catch in Pokemon white 2 that you can not catch in black 2 this game should be about, 2nd or 3rd because it is a really amazing game, my whole neighborhood has bought it and all of them love the game, They all love the Pokemon that you can catch in this game that you can NOT catch in black 2, So this game is well, not the best ever but still a really good game to play these kind of days.

I haven't played it yet, but I have played Black 2 which is aesome, because of the amount of Pokemon you can catch and it has a twist in the story which makes exciting. I got scared when the legendary Kyurem is about to kill you but luckily Zekrom saved me. When you complete the tower in black city, you get a free Gibble. You also get a shiny Haxorus if you complete the pokedex.

Best for me and for all, (I mean an eevee in the game I'm mean WHAT AMAZING! ) and also a game never to be forgot

Just finished this - Really liked the story, and a few unusual twists..

14 Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

I still play it

I played it when I was younger me and my sister played it together and I absolutely loved it: the mysteries and progressing quests that were fun and you could tell it was leading up for something big I love it because it's tell an actual story and you have motivation, a reason to keep going to the end; to save/free the Pokemon. (Not just complete the pokedex)
I also really like all the different Pokemon and places I could go into the lava pits, caves, snow or mountain and the sea was my favourite, it was so new to me and we FINALLY defeated Hippowdon in the dessert YES!
It is not as easy as it might think and so I loved figuring it out all the quests...well I was young and as that excuse when we bought the guide ( :P ) and I'm so glad we did we used it a lot but now that I'm older I like to think I can do it without it but I lost the game and now I haven't been able to find
I now got Pokemon White but for me the storyline is just not the same.
So I will be always be bias ...more

15 Pokemon Ranger

Why does it keep saying Pok? Mon?

For me it was just awesome!

This game is so amazing

I just like it.

16 Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs

It made many improvements over 'Shadows of Almia'. I Personally love the Pokemon Ranger series, and found this a welcome addition to the series.

In my opinion "BEST GAME EVER! " I have played it over and over and it never gets old!

17 Pokemon Moon

This game has been out for quite a while now and you gotta love the tall grass and the pokes who live in that very grass that is indeed tall. A new poke ball called the fluke ball. Makes the pokes think you're trying to catch it and than it disappears so that they relax and out of nowhere it appears again catching the pokes off guard. And grocery salmon

Truly an amazing pokemon game. Graphics, story, and one heck of some great pokemon

That guy who said soulsilver sucks should read the title, its ds games. moon is a 3ds game

Games not released yet

18 Pokemon X

Best Pokemon game yet love the new Pokemon and I think the best music in the whole series of Pokemon games is when your talking to prof. Sycamore

X is my favourite Pokemon game, but this is for the DS games, not the 3DS games.

This game is what got me back to loving pokemon! It amazing!

Again, not a DS game...

19 Pokemon Sun

Epic plot and characters such as Gladion, Lillie, and Guzma make this game have the best plot of any main series game. Only drawbacks include the fact that it is hard to tell how far in to the game you are, and the lackluster Victory Road. And Hau is a bit too eccentric.

Best game I ever played

This game isn't out yet

20 Pokemon Alpha Sapphire

Top 5 for sure. Better than Omega a Ruby as well

This game in underrated

Very good chose torchic

This is a 3ds game.

21 Pokemon Ultra Moon

It's really fun but one thing I don't like about it is... I can't FIND PA

I love this game so much it should be number 2 because the best is detective pikachu

22 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness

I have finished it

I like the game

23 Pokemon Omega Ruby

This was the first game I caught shiny and the one that I played the most. Even when every new Pokemon game comes out I'm always coming back to this one. Especially since it have the most legendarys of any Pokemon game there is just so much to do.

Great dungeons and gym leaders. My second favorite 3ds game after Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

I played a wifi battle. Primal Groudon versus Kyogre. My groudon wins.

I play Alpha Sapphire, but since omega is higher on the list and basically the same as alpha, I'm voting for it. Sun and moon was a massive disappointment. And X and Y was alright ( the game, that is).

24 Pokémon FireRed

Simply the best.

25 Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon

Best game ever! Most of the Mystery Dungeon games put you in the perspective of a pokemon, but this game (unlike the others) has mega evolution and lets you start out with Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasuar and more! Like riolu.

It truly is a new version of Pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of the sky

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