This is a list of NDS games supporting multiplayer. Note that many games only support a limited version of the game for download play, and you might still need to play with several game carts to get all multiplayer options!
| Game name
| Download Play
| Multicart
| Online Wi-Fi
| Notes
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| Advance Wars: Dual Strike
| 8 players
| 8 players
| -
| Download play only features a demo of the "Combat mode"
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| Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
| 4 players
| 4 players
| -
| Also called Dark Conflict in Europe.
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| Animal Crossing: Wild World
| -
| 4 players
| Yes
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| Anno 1701
| -
| 4 players
| -
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| Band Hero
| -
| -
| -
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| Bangai-O Spirits
| -
| 4 players
| -
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| Big Bang Mini
| -
| -
| -
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| Big Brain Academy
| 8 players
| 8 players
| -
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| Bleach
| 4 players
| 4 players
| Yes
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| Bleach: Dark Souls
| 4 players
| 4 players
| Yes
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| Bomberman
| 8 players
| -
| -
| Only one game cart is needed for full multiplayer functionality. Some DS Bomberman titles are inter-connectable.
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| Brain Age
| 16 players
| -
| -
| Calculation battle is the only multiplayer game
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| Bubble Bobble Double Shot
| -
| 2 players
| -
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| Burnout Legends
| 4 players
| ?
| -
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| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
| 4 players
| 4 players
| -
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| Call of Duty: World at War
| -
| 4 players
| Yes
| Ranking is also available on Wi-Fi
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| Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
| -
| 2 players
| -
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| Catan
| -
| 4 players
| -
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| Children of Mana
| -
| 4 players
| -
| Only the host can save their progress, similar to Fable 2.
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| Club House Games
| 8 players
| 8 players
| Yes
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| Contra 4
| -
| 2 players
| -
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| Cookie and Cream
| -
| -
| -
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| Daigasso! Band Brothers
| 8 players
| 8 players
| -
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| Daigasso! Band Brothers DX
| 8 players
| 8 players
| -
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| Dungeon Explorer: Warrior of Ancient Arts
| -
| 3 players
| -
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| Elite Beat Agents
| 4 players
| 4 players
| -
| Only 5 songs on Download Play, all songs on multicart
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| Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
| -
| 4 players
| Yes
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| Geometry Wars: Galaxies
| -
| 2 players
| -
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| GoldenEye - Rogue Agent
| -
| 4 players
| -
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| GRID
| 4 players
| 4 players
| Yes
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| Heroes of Mana
| -
| -
| -
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| Jump Super Stars
| 4 players
| 4 players
| -
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| Jump Ultimate Stars
| 4 players
| 4 players
| Yes
| If you wish to have the best experience in Wi-fi, use Friend Codes to set up matches.
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| Justice League Heroes
| -
| 2 players
| -
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| Kirby Super Stars Ultra
| 4 players
| 4 players
| -
| Spring Breeze (2p) is the only main game with download play. All other main games require multicart. Minigames are downloadable.
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| Mario Kart DS
| 8 players
| 8 players
| Yes
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| Mario Party DS
| 4 players
| -
| -
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| Meteos
| 4 players
| 4 players
| -
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| Metroid Prime Hunters
| 4 players
| 4 players
| Yes
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| Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
| 4 players
| 4 players
| -
| Similar to Elite Beat Agents
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| N+
| -
| -
| -
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| New Super Mario Bros
| 4 players
| 4 players
| -
| Mario vs Luigi: 2 players, minigames: 2-4 players
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| Ninjatown
| 2 players
| 2 players
| -
| Versus mode only
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| Osu! Tatake! Ouendan
| -
| 4 players
| -
| You can send the tutorial over download play, but there is no single-card multiplayer.
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| Phantasy Star Zero
| -
| 4 players
| -
| US release October 2009.
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| Picross DS
| 5 players
| 5 players
| Yes
| New content downloadable from WiFi
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| Planet Puzzle League
| 4 players
| 4 players
| Yes
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| Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
| -
| 16 players
| Yes
| Communication capacity depends on activity
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| Prey the Stars
| 3 players
| 3 players
| Yes
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| Puchi Puchi Virus
| -
| -
| -
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| Puyo Pop Fever
| 8 players
| 8 players
| -
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| Puzzle Quest
| -
| -
| -
| Also check out the sequel Puzzle Quest Galactrix.
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| Ragnarok Online DS
| -
| 4 players
| -
| US release January 2010.
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| Sega Casino
| -
| 4 players
| -
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| Soma Bringer
| -
| 3 players
| -
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| Space Invaders Extreme
| 2 players
| 2 players
| Yes
| Wi-fi is for ranking and head-to-head. Also check out the sequel Space Invaders Extreme 2.
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| Super Monkey Ball - Touch and Roll
| 4 players
| 4 players
| -
| Single Card has only 3 mini-games available
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| Tetris
| 10 players
| 10 players
| Yes
| Standard mode: 2-10 players, push mode: 2 players
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| The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
| 2 players
| 2 players
| Yes
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| The Legendary Starfy
| -
| 2 players
| -
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| Yugioh: World Championship 2007
| -
| 2 players
| Yes
| Wi-Fi mode allows you to duel around the world, and to download new content (Forbidden/limited card lists, New Puzzles)
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