its for my nephew for xmas, He loved the ‘new super mario bros’ one and i’m getting him another one this christmas, but theres loads to choose from.

He likes the platform type games rather than mario cart / olympics stuff.

So which one…
Mario vs donkey kong
mario vs donkey kong 2
mario & luigi Bowsers inside story
mario & luigi partners in time

or are they all good?

thanks

You might find Metacritic useful – collates review scores across loads of magazines and websites and works out the average.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time – got 86%

Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story – got 90%

Mario Vs Donkey Kong: Minis March again – got 82%

Mario Vs Donkey Kong: Mini Land Mayhem – got 79%

Mario Vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis – got 76%

I’m not familiar with the games myself, but the links above have gameplay footage/trailers, so you should be able to get an idea of them from that. Hope that helps.

just get them all, DS games are free afterall

Mario 64 DS is tremendous.

Partners in Time is very good, but might be a bit complicated if he’s very young.