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A little over a month ago I wrote about whether WarioWare D.I.Y. was the game to finally get me to upgrade to a DSi XL from my sad, original DS Phat. You can read it here if you want.

The sad, original DS Phat in question.

To cut the suspense, I decided to get one. Look at it! It's pretty!

The shiny, new DSi XL in question.

So here's the deal: as you can see, I have quite the collection of games. If you can't read the cards in the image here's a list:

  • Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
  • Advance Wars: Dual Strike (better than Days of Ruin)
  • Animal Crossing
  • Chrono Trigger
  • Final Fantasy 4 (never finished)
  • Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (never started)
  • Guitar Hero: On Tour (such a mistake)
  • Henry Hatsworth
  • Mario Kart DS
  • Meteos
  • Metroid Prime: Hunters
  • Naruto: Path of the Ninja 1 and 2 (don't judge me)
  • New Super Mario Bros.
  • Ninja Town
  • Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: And Justice For All (never finished)
  • Pokemon Diamond (489 of those bitches caught!)
  • Pokemon Soul Silver (decidedly fewer caught)
  • Professor Layton and the Curious Village
  • Retro Game Challenge
  • Scribblenauts
  • Sonic Chronicles: Dark Brotherhood (never finished)
  • Sonic Rush
  • Space Invaders Extreme
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife (never finished)
  • WarioWare D.I.Y.
  • Yoshi's Island DS (never finished)

There are six of those I've never finished. So should I go back and finish any of those or is there something I've missed? Spirit Tracks perhaps? Any game that really benefits from the extra screen real estate?

I love turn-based RPGs (not that Active Time Battle crap from the Final Fantasy series,) but with Dragon Quest 9 and Golden Sun DS on the horizon, I'm probably set in that genre.

I'm open to your suggestions.