yea, i just randomly bought a ds on ebay and i made sure to also purchase an M3 real rumble pack thing for 50 bucks. it's such a ridiculous deal. you can play any game that comes out for the ds for free. i cannot see a downside anywhere in sight.

Apparently, there are 2 virus-DS roms that brick your DS. But further, nope, no downside as far as I can see, except it being illegal, but the authorities don't care about videogame piracy.

I played it and I'll admit it's hard, and the Metroid-thing was pretty badly done, but for all the other stuff, it's a brilliant game.

A lot of the good stuff has already been mentioned, but if you do decide to get a flashcart device might I suggest you take a gander at this fun little beauty:

StillAlive2D - Portal

http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/05/30/stillaliveds-portable-2d-portal-for-ds/

Lots of kickass homebrew for the DS if you know where to look.

You know, I almost did the same thing. I was walking around in GameStop during my break at work this morning and saw that they were selling used ones for $80. Then I saw that Phoenix Wright game for $20. I realized I could spend $100 and be set, and seriously thought about just throwing it on the credit until I got paid.

I didn't though.

But I almost.

Worms: Open Warfare 2 is like the most addictive game ever.
I bought Advance Wars: Days of Ruin two months or so after I bought Worms. I played it constantly for 2 weeks. Then I went back to playing Worms and I'm playing it whenever I have nothing else to do. It's pretty fun.

I'll agree that Armageddon/World Party were much better than Open Warfare. But a handheld version of DS is win nonetheless.

I just don't see why they cut out so many weapons.

This is just a theory but I'm guessing it has something to do with the radical censorship we've been seeing these days, like the Baseball Bat and Old Woman being examples of EXTREME VIOLENCE and the Indian Nuclear Test being racist or some nonsense.

...man that'd be crazy if it was true.

EDIT: Also the AI in Open Warfare 2 gets pretty damn silly sometimes; if you've got a WiFi connection you'd probably prefer playing against humans than lolAI.

jman00, answering your question I would recommend you visit TestFreaks, choose Nintendo DS games category and sort games by score:
http://www.testfreaks.com/ds-games/?sort=score
Such way you'll see what DS games have the best scores based on expert and user reviews.
I think this is the most objective way to understand what games for this console are the best.
Hope it will help

Hurrah, I finally decided to buy a DS.

I'm so sorry for your loss.