20 BEST Nintendo 3DS Games of All Time

Ask any Nintendo fan to come up with the best games ever released for the company’s mighty Nintendo DS successor, the Nintendo 3DS, and they’re probably going to be listing off the best Nintendo 3DS games for a long time. Yet it almost didn’t work out for Nintendo, their biggest evolutionary push for a handheld system to date, or for the fans eager to play what the 3DS had to offer.

00:00 Intro
01:33 20. New Super Mario Bros 2
02:22 19. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
03:22 18. Gunstar Heroes 3D
04:22 17. Shin Megami Tensei IV
05:21 16. WarioWare Gold
06:15 15. Picross 3D Round 2
07:14 14. Mario and Luigi: Dream Team
08:13 13. Shovel Knight
09:13 12. Mario Kart 7
10:14 11. Metroid: Samus Returns
11:10 10. Kid Icarus: Uprising
12:11 9. Bravely Default
13:04 8. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
14:04 7. Fire Emblem Awakening
15:06 6. Dragon Quest VIII
16:04 5. Kirby: Planet Robobot
17:04 4. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
18:03 3. Pokemon UltraSun and UltraMoon
18:59 2. Super Mario 3D Land
19:53 1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

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[War-Cry]

The Shin Megami Tensei IV segment is showing footage for Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, which is a completely separate game.

[aidenthe]

Not me with a modded 3ds tryna figure out what to play 😂I haven’t touched this thing in years

[iBMcFly]

Great video

EDIT-precise detailed explanations that include reasoning which justifies each respective game’s position in the rankings.

[mezomoza]

1. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3DS
2. Zelda Link between Worlds
3. Metroid Samus Returns

[al-jadardammang]

Best thing about 3ds is Zelda Ocarina of Time

[apmontes]

What about Smash Bros?

It was great to have it on the go for the first time

[zeetmeist]

The 3DS library was bonkers!! I absolutely loved it to bits 😁

[j.r.]

Violently unwell? Oh yeah, I remember the Virtual Boy.

[SadVIad]

Heroes of Ruin should be on this list and it's criminal that it isn't getting any love anywhere. Kid Icarus Uprising and HoR are my two favorite 3ds games, and it needs acknowledgement.

[sias.]

I could understand if you did not want to include remakes in your ranking. However, you included gunstar heroes 3D. So how was there no ocarina of time or majora’s mask 3D on your list?

[Edikafrfx]

No smash or monster hunter?? Also ultra sun/moon over Oras is crazy to me

[cormacisawesome]

8:54 "How is it already 2023?" me watching this on the first day of

[armand]

I'm glad you include Shin Megami Tensei IV, in my opinion the best jrpg on the 3DS, but the footage shown is from Shin Megami Tensei IV apocalypse .

[Amber_xo_]

5. Zelda MM 3D
4. Tetris Ultimate
3. Kingdom Hearts DDD
2. Resident Evil Revelations
1. Zelda OOT 3D

[lucaspepke]

I still play Picross 3D 2! I wish we would’ve gotten a physical release in the US.

[denji]

Perfect for when im pirating games on my 3DS

[darkstalker]

I personally put fire embelm echoes over fire emblem awakening.

[nathanmedina]

What are the games at: 0:20, 0:22, and 0:44 ?

[mikehunt]

dream team was alright, but my favorite one was the remake of mario luigi superstar saga.. i love that game, its just hilarious.

[philipquaglino]

just picked up a new 3ds xl to have. while 3d is niche...no other console will offer such an experience. Its dead tech with solid games.