Our first pick for the top 10 games on the DS is Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth.  This game is a sequel to the popular Ace Attorney original and is much better than the first one.  With a fun, 3D world to explore, cases to investigate, and hilarious dialogue, this game has it all.  Definitely worthy of being in the top 10 Nintendo DS games ever made too.

Next up is Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey.  This is part of the Persona franchise and is a great, fun, and intelligent dungeon crawl game.  The story is interesting, the special powers and techniques are difficult and rewarding, and the game is just one of the more fun Nintendo DS games made.

The next two on the list are both Dragon Quest games.  Both #6 (VI: Realms of Reverie) and #9 (IX: Protectors of the Starry Sky) are killer games.  The anims are lame, but the game play itself is classic and addicting.  These two have some of the more difficult and interesting quests of the series.

Pokemon Heart Gold/Silver is another of the top 10 Nintendo DS games that had to go on this list.  Just because it says "Pokemon" on it doesn't mean it's automatically for the kiddies (and then lame, at at that).  Despite it's stupid setup and lame character names, this one is strangely addicting.  Even if you won't admit it, we all know you've got this one and count it as one of your top 10 games.

The last five will just get a mention.  They're fun games, but we're running out of space to comment on them:

Again, Sands of Destruction, Ghost Trick, Shantae: Risky's Revenge, and Duke Nukem: Critical Mass finish out our list.  These are awesome Nintendo DS games and if you haven't tried them, you should.

For many, that means playing Mario.  When Super Mario Galaxy came out in 2007, a lot of people thought that this was the epitome of Mario games.  It was awesome, it was 3-D, and it was highly addictive.  Now we have Super Mario Galaxy 2.  As if to prove that the first was just a good start on a new branch in the Mario Tree, Super Mario Galaxy II goes all out.

The game has spectacular graphics rendering, beautiful space-scapes, and is probably the most challenging Mario to-date.  Probably the most challenging bit of the game is going from 3-dimsensional, 360-degree playing to sudden transitions to old-style 2-dimensional mazes.  It sounds hokey to say it, but actually playing it is a blast and requires a total shift in your thinking, mid-game.

These continual shifts in tempo and perspective (even going to upside-down play) are fun to react to and require some real skill-honing to shift from one mode to play to the next.  Best of all, you can basically get all the way to 60 stars (finish) without seeing the same game play scenario twice.

A truly great game.

Lego Star Wars:
The Complete Saga

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga is one of the hottest Wii games this Christmas season.  If you are looking for Lego Star Wars Christmas sales, Amazon is having an awesome deal.

Every kid I know loves the Star Wars movies.  Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga allows you to play though all of the Star Wars movies. But, it does it in a really creative way that only Legos could do.  Legos is all about building things and creating.  This Wii game nails this with lots of fun puzzles and lego building. A great mixture of Star Wars and Legos.

There is an xbox 360 and Playstation 3 version of Lego Star Wars. You can find these version on sale at Amazon too.  Right now the Lego Star Wars Christmas Sales at Amazon has The Complete Saga for only $19.99.

Wii Music

One of the hottest Wii video games for Christmas is Wii Music. Wii Music allows players to create music whether classical, jazz or showtoons.  If you are looking for Wii Music Christmas deals, Amazon has some great prices for Wii Music and other Nintendo Wii games for Christmas.

My favorite thing about the Wii is that it is focused on entertainment, not realism.  And, Wii Music allows your creative juices to flow.  Unlike Rock Bank and Guitar Hero, Wii Music does not come with fancy guitars and drums.  You make music using the Nintendo Wii controller and Numchuck.

Wii Music is one of the best video games for Christmas. I cannot recommend it more highly.

Wii Grand Slam Sports Pack

The Wii Grand Slam Sports Pack is a set of four accessories for your Wii Remote Controller.   It comes with a Wii tennis racket, a baseball bat, a golf club and a Wii steering wheel.  All that you need to do to use these Wii accessories is to attach you Wii controller to them.  Then you turn your Wii controller into a tennis racket, a baseball bat, a golf club or a steering wheel.

This Wii Grand Slam Sports Pack makes your Wii even better.  Nintendo really knows how to make fun games.  My kids love these Wii sports games.  They are easy enough even for my three year old to play, but still fun for the entire family.

Right now Amazon.com has this Wii Grand Slam Sports Pack on sale for Christmas for only $14.99. If you think you or your family might like these, check them out using the previous link. It will take you to more Wii Grand Slam Sports Pack Reviews on Amazon.