12. "Splinter Cell: Double Agent"
The player controls Fisher, an agent, to overcome his adversaries in levels that were extended to emphasize light and darkness as game play elements. The hard aspect of the game is remaining unseen, being that it is a stealth game.
11. "Super Paper Mario"
"Super Paper Mario" is another Mario game where you save peach from Bowser, but you switch from 2D to 3D in the game. Figuring out when to do so is the hard part.
10. "Viewtiful Joe"
The game's story concerns Joe, an avid movie-goer whose girlfriend Silvia is kidnapped during a film starring Joe's favorite superhero, Captain Blue. Joe is shortly thereafter thrust into Movieland, where Silvia is taken by the villainous group known as Jadow. The game includes a lot of puzzle solving that makes it a unique and difficult game.
9. "Super Mario Sunshine"
In this Mario game, Mario battles Shadow Mario in an attempt to clean the town Delfino, and its neighboring islands. The tediousness of getting all 120 shine sprite stars to clean the town make this game a force to be reckoned with.
8. "Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings of The Lost Ocean"
This Baten Kaitos game centers around an emperor trying to resurrect and ancient evil God, and a group of brave companions trying to stop him. Part of what makes this game hard and unique is the player chooses cards to fight, within a timed interval.
7. "Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance"
In "Fire Emblem," Ike and his group travels Tellius, the continent of his world, to form allegiances with the other countries. They do so to free Crimea, the last remaining heir to the Crimean throne, from the evil Daein's grasp. The game consists of a lot of difficult chess-like strategy, to win its battles.
6. "F-Zero GX"
"F-Zero GX" is a futuristic racing game, where you help captain falcon be the number one racer. A heavy emphasis is placed on track memorization and reflexes, which aids in completing the game.
5. "Ikaruga"
"Ikaruga" is similar to the Arcade game "Galaga," only it's much harder because the player's ship changes his/her colors to match the laser shot at the ship, so that the ship can absorb the lasers.
4. "Lord of The Rings: The Third Age"
"The Lord of The Rings" videogame allows players to adventure through Middle-earth, building a party of heroes as they journey. One of the hard aspects of this game is the incredibly long boss battles.
3. "Baten Kaitos Origins"
"Baten Kaitos Origins" is a prequel to "Baten Kaitos Eternal Wings of the Lost Ocean." In Origins a trio of heroes stop the Machina Empire from turning the world into machine. This game also uses cards to fight, like the game before it, but it's more interactive with the cards the player chooses.
2. "Tales of Symphonia"
"Tales of Symphonia" is a story of two worlds that separated by a parallel universe. The main characters work together towards combining both worlds, and coexisting. This game doesn't do a very strong job of telling the player where to go, because it wants him or her to explore both worlds as much as possible.
1. "Skies of Arcadia"
"Skies of Arcadia" follows a group of pirates trying to save the world from the clutches of the evil Valuan Empire trying to take it over, and get a little loot along the way. The hardest aspect about this game is the battles, where every weapon the player controls can change up to 6 colors. Each enemy has a particular color as well, and their color interacts with the player's weapon color in a very good or very bad way for the player.
