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Sparrow
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A friend of mine gave me a game boy micro the other day rather out of the blue, and the problem is having never owned a GBA I don't know which games to hunt for. So I figured I'd ask the PA community.
What are some must own GBA games?
Or,
Are there any ones that you thought were special for some reason or another?
What are some must own GBA games?
Or,
Are there any ones that you thought were special for some reason or another?
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Legend of Zeldas
Final Fantasy 6 (Until its enevitable remake)
Final Fantasy Tactics
Castlevania
etc
Fire Emblem
Pokemon
Steam
XBOX
Metroid Zero Mission is exactly how remakes should be done.
Gunstar Super Heroes
Fire Pro Wrestling Advance
Seconded. I just started replaying Minish Cap the other day. That and four swords are damn good.
Chu Chu Rocket GBA isn't too bad, either!
DemiKids: Dark Version
River City Ransom Advance
Also, both Fire Emblems.
(Please do not gift. My game bank is already full.)
The original Sonic Advance & Sonic Advance 3 are both okay, but they really nailed it with SA2.
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Castlevania anything
Drill Dozer
Capcom Classics Mini Mix
DBZ Supersonic Warriors
Tekken Advance
Yes, yes it does.
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (best in series, you can skip the others)
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
Warioware: Mega Micro Game$ (skip twisted)
Metroid Fusion (better than Zero Mission)
Each of the above games is required. There are also many other great games on the platform, but these are the ones you're really missing out by not having played.
I love my GBA, and I have found a ton of stuff nobody would think to recommend that is awesome.
Gekido Advance is another one, if you like brawlers.
Shit, I forgot Final Fight One
I know I'm listing a lot of remakes, but sometimes adding "portable" to the front of just about anything makes it that much more rad.
do NOT, under ANY circumstances, buy Sigma Star Saga.
it is Not Awesome. it looks Awesome, but it is Not.
If you got a psp, I'd grab the better psp version. (Yggdra Union)
I'll second the Castlevanias and Metriods, those were my favorite GBA games. (didn't really like Circle of the Moon though)
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
yeah, the concept was interesting, but if you're going to replace the random encounters in rpgs with shmup levels, they need to be really awesome shmup levels.
they were not.
a guy who posts here had a hand in developing it if I'm not mistaken
Super Street Fighter II: Turbo Revival
Long name, tons of fun. It had a permanent spot in my DS.
Chu Chu Rocket (Fun puzzler)
Sonic Battle (Sonic brawler)
Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, Metroid (Classic, must experience titles)
so yeah, now that the classic nes series is not 20 bucks a game anymore, those are definitely good ones to pick up
the gba version of alpha III was pretty good too
as was King Of Fighters EX Neoblood
there's a guilty gear game on the system too but I've never played it
Also, WayForward(Contra 4) did it.
I have two copies of the Guilty Gear X game, it's fun in multiplayer but the AI is dumb as dirt so it might not be the best solo experience. The music is rendered poorly (and kinda irritating sound) plus the graphics take an expected hit but it's still a good fighter (had fun trying to recreate other characters with the color edit, too).
But I'd LOVE to have multiple copies of the KOF or Street Fighter games, I just put it off because I can't find them at Gamestop/somewhere cheap. But if they end up making DS versions of either franchise then I'd be content with those (or Fire Pro).
All the DS ones are better.
Anyway:
Yoshi's Island is the best platformer on the system
Minish Cap is possibly the best game
Get them.
megaman zero series is pretty good (first one is kinda meh, everything after though is great)
shining soul 2 is fun if you like simple little dungeon crawlers like diablo or whatever
import rhythm heaven
I heard the versions for other consoles sucked, but the GBA version of this was a fantastic beat-em-up worthy of Turtles in Time and the other classic Ninja Turtle games.
I had to force myself to finish it the first time around.
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