Handheld Check-In: The Hottest Games for PSP & DS

Smartphones are cool, but you can't get wi-fi on the subway. Dig out your handheld console and see what's new.

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Welcome to Mobile Handheld Check-In, where every week month we bring you the latest and greatest in handheld console gaming. We've already showed you the hottest games out this month for the iPhone, Android, and webOS mobile platforms, so let's take it away from phones for a second.

After Sony introduced the PSP Go last year, which eschewed UMD discs for downloadable games, PSP fanboys bemoaned the loss of physical media. Meanwhile, DS fans were faced with the same old deluge of shovelware (Pony Friends 2? Really?). The thing is, there's plenty of fire out there for both consoles, you just have to know where to look. And that's where we come in. If you don't have a smartphone—or you just like REAL video games and not anemic tilt-based racers—read on. We'll know we've done our part when we see you on the subway grimacing as you fiddle with your buttons...

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TITLE: Ace Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
GENRE: Adventure
COMPLEX SAYS: Not only is AAIME a great detective game, it happens to be one of the better games for the Nintendo DS. Sure, dude dresses like a Purple Rain stunt double and has weird poses, but he makes us feel like we're geniuses! Especially when he yells lawyer words like "OBJECTION!" Silly purple ruffled-suit man and your made-up words, you so craaaazy!
BUY IT NOW FOR $27.99!!!

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