Mine has to be Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime, a DS spin off of the Dragon Quest series that sees you playing as a slime operating a tank and rescuing the people from your town. You run around the overworld, collecting items to use as ammunition and saving money to upgrade your tank. The art and music are just as great as you’d expect from the Dragon Quest series. It made fantastic use of the DS’s dual screens. It’s also written for a younger audience, so a lot of it is just really silly and fun! Try it out for sure, I’m so sad there’s no sequel :(
I’ve had a few false starts on the first one a few times, but I swear I will beat them one day. First saw them as a kid but I was too young to figure them out.
The 2nd game is the best and the one I played first. I liked it so much I put up with the poor design of the 1st one.
They’re also doing a remake of the games now, but I’m not a huge fan of the art style.