IGN's 2009 DS Game of the Year Award Nominees

Here are IGN's nominees for the DS Games of the Year:

Best Action Game:

• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
  
• Peggle Dual Shot
  
• Retro Game Challenge
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Best Music Game:

• GH On Tour Modern Hits
  
• LEGO Rock Band
  
• Rhythm Heaven

Best Platform Game:

• Assassin's Creed 2
  
• Henry Hatsworth
  
• The Legendary Starfy

Best Puzzle Game:

• Art Style: Pictobits
  
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong Minis
  
• Mighty Flip Champs
  
• Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
  
• Scribblenauts

Best Role-Playing Game:

• Dragon Quest V
  
• Knights in the Nightmare
  
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
  
• Pokemon Platinum
  
• Suikoden Tierkreis

Best Shooter:

• Big Bang Mini
  
• Modern Warfare Mobilized
  Moon
  
• Space Invaders Extreme 2

Best Strategy Game:

• Blue Dragon
  
• Devil Survivor
  
• Fire Emblem
  
• Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes

Best Multiplayer Game:

• FFCC Echoes of Time
  
• Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
  
• Mixed Messages
  
• Modern Warfare Mobilized
  
• Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Award for Visual Excellence:

• Knights in the Nightmare
  
• Moon
  
• Suikoden Tierkreis
  
• Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Award for Excellence in Sound:

• Knights in the Nightmare
  
• LEGO Rock Band
  
• Rhythm Heaven
  
• Suikoden Tierkreis
  
• Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Best Story:

• Dragon Quest V
  
• GTA: Chinatown Wars
  
• Knights in the Nightmare
  
• Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

DS Game of the Year:

• GTA Chinatown Wars
  
• Henry Hatsworth
  
• Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
  
• Scribblenauts
  
• Zelda: Spirit Tracks