alright so I started looking into ds rpgs again and I discovered that there were just as many good overlooked ones as there are good untranslated SNES games. (Front Mission to name one and that has a DS port)
in a few years maybeFinal Fantasy V (not announced)
upcoming:Black Sigil
Golden Sun DS
Dragon Quest VI
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days (wtf does that title even mean...)
released:-Chrono Trigger (sorry Tetiro)
-FF crystal chronicles echoes in time (fantastic battle system you can PICK UP enemies
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-Final fantasy III, IV(my favorite ff game), XII revanan wingoo (just watch the jap ad)
-Rune Factory 1 and 2 (like harvest moon + Zelda... kinda)
-Dragon Quest IV, V, Monsters: Joker (V has hilarious dialog)
-YS 1&2 (sure wish we had the new PC version of these games :'( )
-Contact
-Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
-Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier (I highly recommend it street fighter like combat)
-Suikoden Tierkreis (makes up for being easy with its graphics and story... but it's really easy)
-The World Ends With You (funky rpg that makes you fight more than one battle at once)
-Zelda Phantom Hourglass (arguably not an rpg but we are on zfgc after all)
(hurm I suppose Time Hollow and the Phoenix Wright series don't count but they deserve mention as very good DS games.)
Did I miss anything?