What are the best Nintendo DS/2DS/3DS games where breeding affects gameplay?

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Best Nintendo DS/2DS/3DS games where breeding affects gameplay	Price	Platforms	Genre
-- Shin Megami Tensei IV	$19.99	Nintendo 3DS	Role-Playing, Dungeon Crawler
-- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux	$39.99	Nintendo 3DS	Role-Playing, Dungeon Crawler, Horror
-- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey	$49.95	Nintendo DS	Role-Playing, Dungeon Crawler, Horror
-- Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse	$32.98	Nintendo 3DS	Role-Playing, Dungeon Crawling
-- Pokemon X & Y	-	–	–

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My Recommendation for Shin Megami Tensei IV

My Recommendation for Shin Megami Tensei IV

Unusual and clever setting

The Law and Chaos alignments are black-and-white

Brilliant music with a unique sound

Annoying and obtuse demon negotiation mechanics

You get to collect and control many types of demons and angels to fight in battle

Finding where you need to go on the world map is a pain

Your moral choices branch out to multiple endings

Uneven level of difficulty

Philosophical story where you shape the fate of the world

Harsh learning curve in the first dungeon

Highly challenging, yet rewarding turn-based combat

My Recommendation for Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux

My Recommendation for Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux

Features some new additions over the original Strange Journey

Some of the puzzles can take a long time to figure out

Hardcore dungeon crawling that keeps you on-edge

Your destinations are too often behind hidden doors

Intense and foreboding soundtrack with classical influences

Incredibly hard, especially if you take the Law or Neutral routes

You get to collect and control many types of demons and angels to fight in battle

Your moral choices branch out to multiple endings

Highly challenging, yet rewarding turn-based combat

Philosophical sci-fi story that speculates on the consequences of human vices

My Recommendation for Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

My Recommendation for Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Hardcore dungeon crawling that keeps you on-edge

Some of the puzzles can take a long time to figure out

Intense and foreboding soundtrack with classical influences

Your destinations are too often behind hidden doors

You get to collect and control many types of demons and angels to fight in battle

Incredibly hard, especially if you take the Law or Neutral routes

Your moral choices branch out to multiple endings

Highly challenging, yet rewarding turn-based combat

Philosophical sci-fi story that speculates on the consequences of human vices

My Recommendation for Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

My Recommendation for Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

Accessible to newcomers to the Shin Megami Tensei series

Spoils Shin Megami Tensei IV right from the start

Your moral choices branch out to multiple endings

The Law and Chaos alignments are shallow and black-and-white

Philosophical story where you shape the fate of the world

The Peace and Anarchy endings are flawed

Brilliant music with a unique sound

The story puts too much emphasis on your tropey companions

You get to collect and control many types of demons and angels to fight in battle

Highly challenging, yet rewarding turn-based combat

My Recommendation for Pokemon X & Y

My Recommendation for Pokemon X & Y

Deep breeding mechanics

Story feels the same as always

Easy to get started

My Recommendation for Fire Emblem Awakening

My Recommendation for Fire Emblem Awakening

Interesting use of relationships

Amount of options may be too much to grasp

Very customizable

My Recommendation for Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars

My Recommendation for Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars

Interesting customization through a breeding mechanic

Bland environments

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