DS Game of the Year

[Deathcardcodwaw]

dragonquest x

[Deathcardcodwaw]

all of these games are just down right terrible 10x10 pix

[cocacola952310]

the best game ever is the world ends with you

[TheNewLooter]

all of these are shit

[TheVoodoomike]

GTA how can that be it is not iven a exulsive game

[YusukeKuwabaraHiei]

come down there ds games i bet half of you are just butthurt fanboys that didnt even play chinatown wars seriously

[link33011]

I'm all for Zelda but sport tracks wasn't the best zelda ever.

[LD1E60]

@link33011 sport tracks?

[proballa27]

The Problem with IGN is that they are a bunch of grown ass men playing kids games.

[Daibron]

@proballa27 who gives a shit about age for gaming? I'd take Little Big Planet over Black ops anyway day of the week because it's an unbalanced piece of shit and LBP is funner. yes, I played Black Ops, 5th prestige 2.00+ ratio

[proballa27]

@Daibron i was talking more about the DS, that shits for kids not grown ass men. I don't the majority of the DS market would even consider chinatown wars a good game.

[MultiAncafe]

ZELDA ...should win ftw

[deathboy516]

Wth Bowsers inside story...Do u guys always make like the crappiest graphics win?

[AmyChristinaMUSIC]

Is this a friggin' joke?!!?!? ZELDA FTW!

[luminousfish45]

Ummm I'm confused....Bowsers Inside Story didnt win? Is this a joke?

[Kirby662]

yup true inside story should won :( not gay ass china shit

[theboi55]

Played gta chinatown wars its madddddd gay mario and luigi bowser inside story should have won

[MrDahlas]

everybody who say's chinatown wars sucks haven't even played it. it doesn't look that good but it's really awsome. so play the damn game then say what you think of it!

[BL00DPILE]

IGN once again you have done it there are great nominees but you pick some shitty ass GTA game

[repawn98]

Eyeryones all mad cause their moms wont let them play that game lol

[MrYoshigram]

The worst GTA is better than Scribblenauts, and Zelda?

IGN I HATE YOU!

What comes next? Superman 64 is better than Ocarina of Time???

[SPMrulezz]

@MrYoshigram Agreed

[KCJan123]

@MrYoshigram yeah! id punch ign in the face! scriblenauts is my fav game! gta shouldnt even be in the nominees

[joserivera1301]

@MrYoshigram gta advanced is worse then Chinatown

[pokemonmaster1165]

IGN ignorant gaming coumpy

[RobDohChannel]

CAPS!!!

[Rasmusboy100]

I FUCKING HATE CHINATOWN WARS, THE WORST GTA GAME EVAR!!!

[jeffpolol]

WAIT A MARIO GAME DIDNT WON THE GAME OF THE YEAR FOR A NINTENDO CONSOLE?

SOMETHINGS WRONG

[THENIEYA]

HELL NO! Scribblenauts beats the SHIT out of all those games!

[seertwelvesixteen]

FUCK YEAH!

[nergblarg]

@ScooterMcDuckTV if you dont like ign hen why do you wach these videos?

[joethebluepikmin12]

@nintendoPUNCH Definantly should be scribblenauts luv that game

[joethebluepikmin12]

@nintendoPUNCH Definantly

[RuriGokou15]

@ScooterMcDuckTV ....................i thought you would say: Toasters Toast Toasters Toast TOAST!!

[vlad007001]

fuck yeah guessed it

[SmithsBNL]

the new "Super ScirrbleNauts' is awesome >;D

[ayjish]

DAM IT those nintendo games sould have won D:

[nergblarg]

@ScooterMcDuckTV shut the hell up, ign is great

[HeizenXD]

I'd rather play as an old English man that can turn into a giant robot and shoot lasers then some boring ordinary punk off the street

[Wizzking27]

@HeizenXD I concur.

[IronAndMetal582]

GTA FTW

[webkinzfungirl101]

Thumbs up if you wanted Scribblenauts to win. :D

[LiamRomK]

Henry Hatsworth?!?

XP

[xxsergio59xx]

I felt like bowsers inside story was waay to boring. I like Super Star Saga. But this one.. just not fun. Personal opinion.

[Messi19910]

hem hem hem...the fuck??? -___- major fail! Bowser's Inside Story!(y)

Spirit Tracks!(y)

[JimTimBro6]

this game sucks ass and pokemon platinum should be a nominee

[Megadude3211]

@JimTimBro6 that games like rock paper sissors!

[TheDesafer]

bull

[Raph1015]

mario & weege superstar saga, partners and time, and bowsers inside story are best games in history of games.

[excaliber2508]

this is fake mario should have won ive played both mario & luigi bowsers inside stories and ive played gta IV mario is way better.

[livinginatrain123]

Guys stop complaining to them! it's their own opinions. If you think there is a better list then why don't you make a video of it.

[tuber324]

How can Pokemon not be in the list? Isn't that the reason people buy ds? -.-''

[scottyupiner]

why are ppl hating on ctw its a good game

[MrMangapwns]

@scottyupiner yes it is. but also scribblenauts was awesome (opinion)

[Nintendofan565]

ign....you have disapointed me once again. :(

[nerftendo005]

2009 was such a great year for the DS. PSP is awesome, but the DS has plenty of good games, so I can live without one.

[mostlypositivereview]

*Throws spoons at GTA* Boo! Boo!

[ShyGuyMan258]

I think Scribblenauts should have but overall GTA is ***** UP!

[SONICDBZFAN07]

NDS sucks

[winxclub1357]

ok GTA china wars cant win for sure ..... maybe it can Henry lose lah so obvous Legend of Zelda has to win Mario again must win Scribblenauts no it wont ok maybe it will .... wtf!!!!!!!!!! lousy MUST DISLIKE!!!!

[rockar203]

yeah i exactly know why avgn hates ign

1.They just love rubbish games (thanks arcticyoshi)

2.They didnt pick 358/2 days (its a good spinoff)

3.Check there 2007 best halloween games and you will see a gay vampire playing that's so raven

[THEREALVITO]

it was going to be either zelda or GTA because they both got 9.5

[nintendoPUNCH]

vote this up if spirit tracks or bowsere inside story shudave won

[yumyumbubblegum98]

@nintendoPUNCH spirit tracks is awesome

[Raph1015]

@nintendoPUNCH definitely bowsers inside story should win

[beatdathaguy98]

@nintendoPUNCH Or scribblenauts...

[DarkSTBAngel]

@nintendoPUNCH Yeah but i think Bowsers indide story would have won

[TheSlaveBlader]

MARIO & LUIGI inside story should me the WINNER!!!

[palpark007]

ZELDA! i love the song! FUCK ME ZELDDAAA!

[ArcticYoshi]

Butbutbut Chinatown Wars was rubbish! I swear that if that E.T game were developed by Rockstar, IGN would've given it Game of the Year. >_>

Go Zelda woo yeyawr. :D

[20enemy]

im suprised

1.they didnt show MW mobilized

2.GTA won

3.GTA is retarded

[bulby1994]

ign loves violence, hates actual gameplay. zelda or mario BIS should have won... and why wasn't pokemon nominated?!?

[SuperSamio64]

Henry Hatsworth was nominated! yeah! I think all these games deserve the award.

[Brewernator]

wat happened to pokemon :(



[palpark007]

@Brewernator yup pokemon, but im tired of it.... dont know what else to do.. fuckin lamee....!

[Daimen555]

WAt tha fuck ign. I haven't played Zelda and Mario but I know for a fact scribblenauts was better than Chinatown wars I mean come on

[namegamereviews]

@Daimen555

it's IGN

[Juliahockey101]

that was a shock. scribblenauts should have won *shrugs*

[M2517Now1]

the ds is a gameboy with 2 screens, and the psp is WAY better, but dont get me wrong, it's a good handheld, but the games are 90% shovelware, 2% exclusives, and 8% random shit, trust me, i have one, but i'm looking forward to the 3ds, if nintendo could actually pull off 3d w/o glasses then i'm sold.

[MrTamtakos1]

i think gta is the best game i've ever played on ds!!

[DoubleAIV]

Wow, very surprised that Zelda didnt win it

[Gourmeticainsularis1]

WHAT? NO! ST DIDNT WIN?

[bloob5]

gta deserved it it almost seemed impossible to be a good ds game

[sheikNshreek]

am i the only one who had no clue about almost any of these games -_-

[cobja93]

358/2 was the best game ive plyed this year

[chhogyal1]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa gta china town wars win

[vCompact]

Epic Fail!

there is a Mario title, a ZELDA title, there is a KH title that shockingly enough isn't here, and you chose this crap?

FAIL

[pollywolly94]

Well deserved. Although my personal favorite is Hatsworth (seriously, where is the love for this game?)

[PlayerNegative1]

Woot GTA!

[RetroJoystick]

Rhythm Heaven should have been on this list.

[strongo25]

IGN failed this year. Spirit Tracks was by far a way better game. A game with originality and a good story is way better than some ghetto gangsta just walking around blowing shit up. come on IGN, get your heads out of your asses!

[awsmmeister4000]

@martinslossHELz yea!

[martinsloss]

NONONONONO GTA SUCKED ZELDA ROCKED!

[BiteThatBullet]

hell yeah!

GTA: ChinaTown Wars

RULES!

Those who give negative feedback toward it HAVE NEVER PLAYED IT!

This game rocks! A very GTA world, very intuitive gameplay and addictive mechanics. (Virtual Drug-Dealing has never been more fun lol)

Play it, you won't regret it.

IGN wins...for now.

[StevnFoo3423]

Have you played all the other games?

[BiteThatBullet]

@StevnFoo3423

What do you mean "all the other games"?

Meaning the other nominees or other games in the GTA universe?

[StevnFoo3423]

All the other games on the list.

[BiteThatBullet]

@StevnFoo3423

I've played Scribblenauts, Bowser's Inside Story (awesome game) and parts of Zelda (borrowed from my friend). Honestly, Bowser and Zelda were exceptional games but GTA was much better.

[StevnFoo3423]

Im a zelda freak and i guess your big for GTA so we have our sides, im fine with it.

[BiteThatBullet]

@StevnFoo3423

Lol k

[TheGorilla999]

@BiteThatBullet played the game on the psp for a few minutes. Never played it since cuz it sucks.

[BiteThatBullet]

@TheGorilla999

GTA:CW wasn't made for the PSP, hence the reason why it sucks.

[TheGorilla999]

@BiteThatBullet Yes it was on the psp...

[BiteThatBullet]

@TheGorilla999

I do realize that it was "ported" to the psp, but it wasn't "built" for it.

The graphics were made for the NDS, not the PSP.

Compare Vice City Stories or LCS to CW and you'll see a huge difference.

So, what I am trying to convey is that you shouldn't play a game from a lower class system, Sony should focus on porting PS2 games onto the PSP, not DS games.

[nerftendo005]

@BiteThatBullet You do realize that the PSP version of Chinatown Wars has WAY better graphics and far more content than the DS version, right? The only thing that was kept from the DS version that didn't work well with the PSP were the mini-games.

[BiteThatBullet]

@nerftendo005

So your argument is that the PSP version of CW has better graphics and extra content?

That's hardly sufficient to compare to the DS version, where it's mini games are FAR better implemented and it's game play is tremendously greater than the PSP version. So from what I've gathered from your post, you prefer graphics over gameplay. Let me tell you something, I'd prefer a game with good game play over good graphics any day. Graphics don't make a game, game play does.

[nerftendo005]

@BiteThatBullet ZOMG, you're right, the mini-games that take up less than 10% of the gameplay totally make up for the huge amount of content that only the PSP version has!

Seriously, do you even own a PSP? You sound like a fanboy to me. While the DS version has better mini-game controls, the PSP version lets you do cool stuff that you couldn't do in the DS version. The gameplay is otherwise exactly the same.

[BiteThatBullet]

@nerftendo005

I have both a PSP & a DS.

The only reason why I'm against the PSP CW is because of how horribly they've ported it. By the way, I didn't say the mini-games themselves make up fully for the game, I'm saying the game was made for DS, thus has better gameplay than the PSP version.

TBH, the PSP should just keep it's LCS and VCS games, a nintendo port to playstation is hardly ever good, and this is no exception.

[nerftendo005]

@BiteThatBullet How in the world is this a horrible port? What's wrong with it other than that mini-games (which hardly make up any of the gameplay)?

[WARNINGxB1OH4ZARD]

DAMNIT i wanted bowsers inside story to win >;/

[AwesomeNub]

zelda pwns!

[antonfromozII]

There are too many Zelda games

2. Scribblenauts

1. GTA

[iamwilcohitzert]

scribblenauts is tha game i like the most

[irishtrash15]

i wonder if the psp version of GTA chinatown wars is any better? i guess it would be with better graphics and more memory.

[onearmedmario]

gta always wins >.>

[ThaRixer]

lolwut...

[Krevedko]

Pkmn platinum should be teh winner, why gta?

[RidgeRacerLord]

Pokemon Platinum was...... meh.

[blublin]

I'm mostly a nintendo fanboy myelf and chinatown wars is still one of my favorite handheld games of all time.

[SuperGigaman]

I'm guessing you people have never played GTA:CW? it's such an amazing game with action, a twisted story and crazy free play.

i love Zelda, but GTA definitely wins

[Blueknightex]

DS is a pretty good console.

KH 358/2 days wasn't nominatd cause it was too similar to the PS2 games..

IMO Zelda should've won.

[wrightjosh8]

professor leyton?

[shadexl]

Can someone tell me how GTA won?

[AngelusMetronome]

Coz it was way more awesome than the other games on this list?

I played all of the games on this list except for Hatsworth, and I agree with this choice. Spirit Tracks comes at a close second tho.

[animemasta7]

IGN WTF NO KH 358/2

[G0aliegal49]

What about Shin Mengami Tensei: Devil Survivor?

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days?

Pokemon Platinum?

I though Scribblenauts or Zelda or Shin Mengami Tensei: Devil Survivor would have won...why GTA....-.-

[HumerusStudios]

358/2 days!

[unknown2594]

Cmon? MOON wasn't nominated?

But its 60fps...

[CARLOSFLL]

In an DSi can have a better experience of these games, Believe me

[pdiff]

chinatown wars suck massive ass i cant believe i wasted money on that crap

[Glitch1500]

I thought GTA on DS was one of the most worst/hated, that's just what I've heard. I'd choose Zelda

[AlakazamOwnz]

I would've so preferred Henry Hatsworth and i haven't even heard of it! I really dislike CTW it just isn't fun. It really bored me. I played Mario + Luigi it was really challenging had a great plot etc etc As well as LOZ it was also really good. Just because its popular and you think its the same well its not try it out.

[Charles2337]

Man, I would have chosen Scribblenauts.

[hamtotem]

the controls ruined that game for me. the concept was great, but so frustrating.

[pikmin241]

Should of been zelda i mean in GTA all you f*** do is kill people.

[blerg4567]

ug i didnt see that coming *saracasm* ign has always leaned away from happier games (aka nintendo)

[DrummrKidd]

is it true about scribblenauts? can you type in anything and use it in the game?

[h3ct0r182]

i played chinatown wars, scribblenauts and zelda.

and seriously why chinatown?? scribblenauts and zelda are so much better.

[kurt2552]

grafiks r so baed ds suk

[Glitch1500]

@kurt2552 since when did the graphics matter?

[kurt2552]

since always. the grafiks luk so bad i cant evn tel wuts hapning

[Juniorain]

GTA Chinatown wars is awesome, just because there's a Zelda doesn't mean it's an instant win. Deserved.

[thegameassister]

GTA chinatown wars sucked ass

[sitten1115]

WTF bad choice, should have been LoZ or Mario, not b/c they are widely revered ( can't think of better word) but b/c they were fun. and shut up you idiots who think that all LoZ games are the same, or Mario games, or pokemon games. U eople probably have no friends and have only played one game from each series, GET A LIFE

[jtmgamer]

I think that more than half the people who said that chinatown wars shouldn't have one have obviously never played chinatown wars.

Trust me, the games is freakin awesome!

[Qahhar92]

maybe giving chinatown wars game of the year, was ign's way of getting more people to buy the title so there will be another. because it didn't sell well. preity clever, but got to admit any of them could have won

[ARBUTHNOTStudios]

I'm suprised

1. Because 358/2 Days wasn't a contestant

2. Because GTA won

3. Because Scribblenauts didn't.

[RhenCarbine]

@ 1 assuming you've played the original kingdom hearts. 358/2 is like a repetition with a different coat of characters in a ,parallel story line which in my book, is a pretty redundant move.

[TheDarkAngelHate]

@ARBUTHNOTStudios

1) i think that at this time 358/2 wasn't relased in USA yet

2) Because GTA deserved it, it was one of the few non-childish games on DS

3) Because probably ign is to IGNorant to solve puzzles :)

[LaNekra]

what about kingdom hearts!!

[ColumbiaStudioes]

really? GTA??!?!?! if anything it should have been zelda, KH, or M&L3

but GTA!?!!?! no fucking way!

[darkknightlancer]

what! no 358/2 Days!

[AgemanSSBB]

OH CMON! LOZ:ST Should of got top spot! Great Gameplay! Great Music and a great story! What can you ask more of?

[3heishi3]

holy crap are you serious!! GTA is a crappy game series, and even crappier on a handheld. This makes me want to punch babies....

[ChrisDoran696]

@3heishi3 your a twat

[Urdailywater]

Pokemon Platinum is pretty much the same as D/P. Really there would be no reason to put it on the top list since it's not an entirely new game on its own. HG/SS will probably have a spot in the nominees next year, though.

[djtam1]

what happen to kingdom hearts 358/2 days? this is disappointing

[chromastonebenten]

the lengend of zelda spirit tracks should of won but where is kingdom hearts 358/2 days?

[TheThedawnishere1]

@chromastonebenten they gave it a 8 or 8.5

[rilind101]

where are the pokemon games?

[elpicos8091]

@rilind101 pokemon sucks same game all the time. i can play pokemon blue and the newest pokemon game and not much would be different.

[rilind101]

thats maybe true bot pokemon is one of the most buyed game off nintendo

[blackseedsofvengance]

thats good that GTA one, mario and luigi sucked ass

[SolomonWasHere]

wth... no kingdom hearts 358/2?

[elpicos8091]

@SolomonWasHere that game was ffucking horrible how could you even mention that pos

[annjibabii]

just cant seem to find a prince who knows his way around a womans body.

[JohnSmithIsAmazing]

Like borat says; Everybody knows ds for girls!!

[Shiotflinger]

He says that about the ipod mini :)

[WheresMyPho]

WERES THE YUGIOH~! GOD DAMN lol jk

[StephanieHua]

you can count the number of good psp games on 1 hand.

actually.. 2!

[BZARwun]

they should bring braid out for the ds.

[chopperreid12]

PSP sucks yet the DS's game of the year is avaliable on the PSP with updated graphics and more missions

[hobbes71002]

From everything I've read, the DS version is the one to get though.

[TheControIFreak]

wtf all those games sucked

[unholymonkey]

DS is the better of the two handhelds it has like a hundred good games.

[Zero1216]

Birth by sleep, spirit tracks, or rythm heaven were good , but picking chinatown wars was just horrible. whoevers the decider for these game of the years should lose their head. let the people vote.

[bleachta334]

id say on the ps3 he or she said it was uncharted 2 which is much worse than modern warfare 2

[shrink1303]

Kingdom hearts isnt even on the list

[WREQUIEM]

i liked it

[San101I]

IGN-Idiots. They LOVE GTA too much. Also gave SA 1st in 25 best PS2 Games. Terrible.

[ZebbeSebbe]

GTA CW Rocks on the DS! Seriously so many details! And its awesome ;D

[gopen14]

ds games are terrible. I should have got a psp!