Warioware: Touched is almost a must for a DS owner.
If you like Brain Age, try Professor Layton and the Curious Village. very fun game, challenging to boot.
As for RPGs, there are two I've played that really stand out to me: Etrian Odyssey and Contact.
Etrian Odyssey (which has a sequel coming out soon, as well) is a very old-school style RPG. It has a very in-depth party and skill setup system (You can make several characters, and use up to 5 at a time, you name them, pick which appearance they have, and as they level, choose the skills to get) However, it's EXTREMELY difficult. I mean brutal. Ruthless. The entire premise is that you're exploring a gigantic dungeon (25 spacious floors, with 5 post-game floors), but you have no map, and thus have to draw it on your stylus (as in, when you walk down a hallway, you draw the walls and floors and stuff. No real plot to speak of until about 15 floors down, but it's not the kind of game you play for plot. As I said, however, it's brutally difficult. If you can't stomach hard RPGS (think Final Fantasy 1 NES difficulty) then you might not like it.
The other game is Contact. It's a game developed by several people who worked on Earthbound, as well as Grasshopper Manufacture (The company behind Killer 7 and No More Heroes) It's a modernized action RPG (think Final Fantasy XII's interface) with one of the most fantastic skill systems I've seen. Literally everything has a stat, ranging from weapon skills to your stats to your fame to how easily you can cook. However, it prevents powerleveling, both because it's difficult to raise defense stats (so it's still quite possible to die) and you can't just crack out all your magic, because different skills can only be used based on the clothes you wear.
Other games I've heard good things about, but haven't played myself: Custom Robo Arena and Rune Factory.
Hope you like the suggestions, I went with some of my more obscure titles.
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