As part of their Cheers & Tears feature for the summer, IGN's next segment takes a look at 5 strategy games on the DS (which there are plenty of) you should play and another 5 to avoid. The cheers section is comprised of Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Knights in the Nightmare, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2, Age of Empires: Mythologies, and Lock's Quest. The tears section contains Shogun Empires, Steel Horizon, The Seetlers, Command & Destroy, and Desktop Tower Defense. Notably absent from the c...

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IGN Staff simply could not hold off the announcement so they've gone and made it, the top Nintendo DS game for September 2008!

The winner is Lock's Quest, followed by the members choice of Kirby Super Star Ultra and the runner up Disgaea DS.

Each was given a game profile including name, publisher, developed, release date and then the reasons behind their choices.

Are these games matching what you would believe to be game of the month?

Other games which were deemed worthy of notin...

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NintendoWorldReport's review on Lock's Quest, an RTS, for the Nintendo DS is relatively positive.

It begins with their surprise "Lock's Quest is something you don't see every day on the Nintendo DS: a non-licensed, non-sequel game with polish."

It then goes on to mention some of the plot, the uniqueness of the gameplay (thought later on, how terrible it is), the battle phase (both good and bad points) and of course... the good graphics.

Overall they describe it as "a few design tweak...

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Lock's Quest, an upcoming game for the Nintendo DS! Said to be the one of the best battle games ever.

They are holding a promo for their new game with a special addition DS. It's got a great black look with bright blue lighting.

Dark Arcanine via gonintendo.com »