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[fenrif]

The prof Layton games are gold, I'd also recommend Super Robot Wars OG as a decent little action rpg.

[janekk]

Ace Attorney series is a must same goes for World Ends With You. If you're into tactical games FF Tactics A2 offers a lot though it may not be your cup of tea, also Infinite Space. One of the coolest RPG's I played in a while. It has a lot of flaws like very vague or no clues on what you are supposed to do next but otherwise very nice. It's quite long at that too, unlike most modern games.

[ToonyMan]

Yes, everyone get World End With You.  It is a must!

[fenrif]

Definatly agree with World Ends With You, if you like JRPGs at all get it now.

Infinate space I found to be pretty terrible. Combat gets old quick and it has a wierd thing about making you go through like 3 menu layers to find out what a part does, then go back 3 layers to equip it, then come back out three layers to compare it to another part... etc. Very cool concept but dodgey execution.

I'm currently playing Dragon Quest 9, which seems to be a cross between a traditional JRPG and an MMO. Lots of annoying JRPG tropes have been adressed so the game isn't so frustrating, and the multiplayer is surprising fun.

[Tellemurius]

Castlevania:portrait of ruin?

[Soulwynd]

Getting world ends with you, the undub version. Japanese voices for the win.

[Vattic]

Contact is a quirky RPG which I'd say is worth a look.

GTA: Chinatown wars is surprisingly decent.

Mario Kart, need I say more?

The Castlevania games have already been mentioned but they deserve mentioning again.

Kirby: Canvas Curse is a superb platformer, really good.

Metal Slug 7.

Metroid Prime Hunters, a game I enjoyed even if it was a little too short.

Orcs & Elves, a turn based, FP, rougelike (in some respects). It has dwarves and it charming in its own way.

Scurge: Hive, not unlike Metroid but isometric, exploration and shooting aliens from what I remember.

Star Fox Command, a cross between the gameplay we all know combined with a strategic element. Unfortunately nowhere near as good as the unreleased Starfox 2 for the SNES.

Trauma Center: Under the Knife, story driven surgery game, I really enjoyed this, might not work with a mouse.

Yoshi's Island DS, sequel not a remake of the snes one, more decent platforming.

Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, I know you said no Zelda but this is only sort of Zelda. I won't say more but it's strange and it might amuse you.

I'm sure there are plenty I missed, hope I've included something you enjoy.

[Frumple]

Lessseee... I mostly play RPG-style stuff m'self, so here's what I can suggest that didn't notice already suggested:

Black Sigil - Blade of the Exiled fairly thouroughly impressed me, personally, though some people complain about the encounter rate. It's a pretty solid old-school RPG. Also, though being vague to avoid spoilage, the first bit of the game made me crack up laughing. Main character gets kicked while he's down, repeatedly.

I heard good things about Knights in the Nightmare, but wasn't able to really get into it; there were some emulation issues when I mucked about with it and it takes a bit of figuring out to play it anyway. Supposedly, it's something akin to an SRPG mixed with Bullet-hell shooter. What I have seen of it was very pretty.

I can recommend Hero's Saga - Laevatein Tactics, Rondo of Swords, and Luminous Arc 2 all as fairly decent SRPGs, though the plot/game mechanics of LA2 is a bit on the ridiculous side. There's also a SMT SRPG that was freaking solid, what I played of it, which probably makes both of the DS SMT titles in english being worth a go.

Sands of Destruction has been pretty decent what I've played of it (S'an RPG), but I haven't gotten very deep into it either. Still might be worth checking out. Supposedly, you're supposed to be trying to destroy the world or something~

Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes is surprisingly good for what amounts to a match-three style game. It mixes in RPG elements with a surprising amount of strategy and a pretty solid art style, for a portable game. EDIT: Wait, OT mentioned this. Seconding it, then~

Lastly, Tales of Innocence recently got translated by devoted fans. Haven't played it enough to say either way if it's decent, but someone put a heck'uva' amount of man hours into getting it into english, so I imagine there's at least something there.

[ToonyMan]

Oh if you haven't played Disgaea they have a port for that on the DS.  It runs amazingly well for being a PS2 game.

[Soulwynd]

Disgaea only used about 120mb of the ps2 dvd, so it's not like it was anything heavy. And yes, I have played it already.

Are there are rogue-like-likes in the DS?

[Creaca]

Speaking of Emulators, can anyone suggest to me the name of a good DS emulator? The ones I've managed to rustle up myself where nearly as annoying to run as that PS2 emulator I downloaded.

[Untouchable]

Disgaea only used about 120mb of the ps2 dvd, so it's not like it was anything heavy. And yes, I have played it already.

Are there are rogue-like-likes in the DS?

There's a few but they're more of the mystery dungeon style roguelikes.

-Shiren the Wanderer
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
-Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja

There are also some ports for the usual suspects when it comes to Roguelikes.

[Virtz]

Speaking of Emulators, can anyone suggest to me the name of a good DS emulator? The ones I've managed to rustle up myself where nearly as annoying to run as that PS2 emulator I downloaded.

Look here. No$Gba and DeSmuME are pretty much the best. Although you'll probably need No$Zoomer to use No$Gba properly and get version 2.6a from somewhere (development has stopped since 2008, so eh). DeSmuME is apparently still in development (0.9.6 newest), but last I tried it, it was slower. Although supposedly it runs things more properly - less glitches, better compatibility. But there are still some games that just won't run right on either emulator.

[Empty]

Disgaea only used about 120mb of the ps2 dvd, so it's not like it was anything heavy. And yes, I have played it already.

Are there are rogue-like-likes in the DS?

You might want to take a look at POWDER. Just google it

[fenrif]

Just remembered that Retro game Challenge is awesome.

It's a collection of old-school game homages. All the games are fun by themselves, but you also get given challenges for each game, like get to level 4 without loosing lives. None of them are so difficult as to be frustrating.

It's much better than it sounds. If you like retro games you'll love it.