PixlBit

Stay positive Nici! You're going to be fine.

I would have loved to listen to the soundtrack in Arc Rise but the voice acting was so bad I had to play it on mute. :(

Excellent news Dan I'm sure you'll do well.

Yeah the Mario Vs DK games aren't for everybody but fun to play.

Unfinished Swan was a nice surprise for me. I have it as part of PSN+ and had never played it until Daftman brought it up in a blog. 

I mistakenly thought the game was just throwing black paintballs at a white surface in order to complete a black and white world but that's only the first level and it evolves into something much more. It's a short game but well worth the time.

Also the Gamecube version if you can find it is supposed to have toned down the randoms

The random battles were a bit excessive but I enjoyed the story so I soldiered on.

Not sure if these are recent enough but:

The Unfinished Swan

Professor Layton (Whatever the latest one is called)

Mario Vs Donkey Kong

$5.99. The game isn't hard to get into and the battle system while turn based moves pretty quickly and involves strategy like delaying enemy turns by knocking them back. I didn't find it all that difficult.

From what I heard they messed up the PS2 version of Grandia II compared to the DC version. Grandia III was fun but I never got to finish it before it sold. :(

I have the PSN version and played it on my PSP