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 :(
You (and OP) have awakened some deep memories with this one. I think they could make a pretty legit modern take on DQH Rocket Slime. Slingshotting around with a more fluid control system would make for an awesome time~
Someone else in this thread made me aware that there IS a sequel on the 3ds. It just never came out outside Japan. However there is an English translation ROM, so if you wanna play it bust out the emulators!
I’m starting up og Rocket Slime again right now and it’s still just as great and charming as a I remember it. Maybe a little simple, there are times you can definitely tell it’s made for children, but it’s one of the few non-nintendo games that have tapped into that amazingly childish energy. I typed in my name and slimes made my name on the top screen! Or can’t forget about The Plob, that name alone makes me crack up