Favorite GBA Game(s)?

[ThunderPerfectWitchcraft]

I never had a GBA, but if you like the handheld and search good games for it:



Seriously, this is damn, damn good.

[SaturnWolf]

Sonic Advance 3! The music is fantastic, the animation is breathtaking, the detail on the sprites is impeccable, the music is killer and it all comes together to make a game so much better and stronger than the sum of its parts.

[crakila]

There are so many that I could pick, such as Pokémon Sapphire and Leaf Green.
But the most underrated game in my opinion was a side-scroller based on a TV show Ace Lightning

[wygolvillage]

For my birthday my girlfriend got me a GBA SP since my DS Lite's gba slot doesn't work anymore. I have a flashcart my uncle gave me that's full of GBA games I haven't played yet... Out of the ones I have played though, I am a huge Pokemon and Castlevania fan so of course Emerald, and Aria of Sorrow and Harmony of Dissonance are on my list :P

I'll have to peek through this thread for some more recs now that I can play GBA games again!!

[zj]

Yoshi's Island is my all time fave :') i love it so much, and played it SO much in and out of the car as a kid XD i had to use one of those lamps you can attach sometimes, but def worth it XD


The music is embedded in my brain forever

[dbnet18]

A post about the GBA?? How lovely!

I ABSOLUTELY adore the Megaman Battle Network series! The first one is a little rough, but the rest of the series is amazingly fun! Especially if you like games like Final Fantasy Tactics or Golden Sun (Both have GBA games as well and both I recommend).

If you enjoy YuGiOh, then The Eternal Duelists Soul is great if you want to relieve the old school ruleset and cards!

That's all I have to add!

[bees]

It's been a while since I've played any GBA games (I'm more of a GBC type myself) but WarioWare and Kuru Kuru Kururin! Though thanks to this thread, I really want to try Hello Kitty Party Pals.

[Little Matcha Girl]

screams in kirby nightmare in dreamland
Played this to death and love it so much.

[ToraQ]

Honestly the three Fire Emblem GBA games are goated through and through, but in my unbiased opinion, I really think The Sacred Stones is the best of the three. However, my favorite is The Binding Blade, which I'm very biased about.

[garystu]

my favourite GBAs are Superstar Saga and Metroid Zero Mission and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Speaking of Final Fantasy, the GBA ports of 5 and 6 are still pretty definitive. I guess the recent Pixel Remasters are too, with the wealth of options. But the GBA versions of the Final Fantasy games have bonus dungeons missing in the Pixel Remasters. There's enough differences that hard core fans can flame war over which is definitive, and I'm Team GBA.

(Final Fantasy 4? 4 DS is the definitive one for me, but the GBA one is pretty good.)

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GBA version of Rayman 3 was pretty good

[milo]

The GBA was my very first handheld system of my own and the first game I got for it was Sonic Advance. I loved that system dearly and have lots of memories of taking it with my all kinds of places, much to the dismay of my folks who worked very hard to get me out of the house, away from video games.

Other games I loved:

-Megaman Battle Network
-Golden Sun
-Metroid Fusion
-Fire Emblem

[halcybutton]

hmm, my top 3 are probably

• mother 3
• pokemon emerald
• kingdom hearts chain of memories

granted i played them all on my DS (barring mother as it wasn't availabe TwT), my sister still used her gba sp

[PurpleHello98]

My first Pokemon game was Pokemon Leaf Green, and then I played Emerald right after (both emulated) and really liked both! But I do prefer Emerald, I think. They're both such cool games with really great worldbuilding, especially Emerald, and amazing stories as well.

[Valery_04]

MEGAMAN ZERO SAGA!!!

[stephan_e_perez]

I'm older than some of you, so I started with the original Gameboy (DMG) and loved both it in and the Game Boy Color (CGB). Got an Advance(AGB) when it came out too.

Of the three, DMG definitely had the longest life and the best library by far and CGB was like, a fun little upgrade to it. AGB felt underwhelming though... most of its good games are ports, remakes or sequels in a familiar style.

Some of those sequels are really good though! Like Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow or Metroid Fusion.

I didn't like Wario Land 4 when it came out, and I *LOVED* (still do) Wario Lands 1 & 2 (hadn't played 3 at the time). I also didn't like Zelda: Minish Cap. Maybe I was suffering from sequel burn-out.

Gen 3 is when I started getting bored with Pokemon - I remember thinking: "This again?" and it was a while before I revisited the franchise.

I played the first Golden Sun, but it felt like a generic JRPG to me, nothing really stand-out...

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So, I could answer this question in two ways.

A) From my perspective at the time as a 15-year-old, the answer was Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.

B) From my perspective now, the obvious winner is the Phoenix Wright series - but this wasn't localized for Western audiences until its DS ports.

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However, OP has inspired me to give Wario Land 4 another shot. After all, it can't be worse than Wario Land 3.