GBA:
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
The card-based real time combat system is kind of neat, but I just end up spamming the high-level Keyblade cards and seldom have any problems. I just completed the Alice in Wonderland area and am on my way to The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Nintendo DS:
- Away Shuffle Dungeon
Making pretty good progress; my character is at experience level 24, I've rescued most of the townspeople and have upgraded all of their shops to levels 2-4 (5 is the highest). The only frustrating thing is occasionally losing my high-level Fupongs (sidekick monsters that you can evolve) during a dungeon shuffle and having to reset the game because it's too much time/work to level them up again otherwise.
- Ninjatown
Awesome Tower Defense game based on the license created by former EGM editor Shawn Smith. The gameplay is challenging and the cut scene dialogue has some good humor. My favorite units are the Business Ninjas, it cracks me up to see a ninja wearing a business tie over his ninja garb--and they're pretty useful too, as they can stop the enemy units in their tracks that usually shrug off stun damage. I'm about 55% through the story mode right now.
- Peggle Dual Shot
After reading several reviews about how awesome this game is, I finally bit the bullet and bought a copy. I was skeptical about how much fun pachinko could be, as I've never been impressed with it in the past, but I should have more faith in PopCap games, 'cuz Peggle is indeed the shit and very difficult to put down with tons of replay value. I just completed the 55-level first episode this morning and unlocked the second episode and challenge mode. Oh yeah, I almost shit myself when it came in the mail from GameStop too--the fucking thing was complete: case, manual, warning pamphlet, sticker, everything. That's the first time in my life that I've ever gotten a complete used game from Gamestop via mail order (I have gotten complete games from the brick & mortar stores though), and I've ordered literally hundreds of cartridges and discs from them over the years.