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I bought a lot of GBA games today.

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If it were 2004 maybe

Astro Boy: Omega Factor is one of the greatest action side-scrollers of all time.

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You should get Banjo Grunty's Revenge.

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ninja five oh

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Metroids are top notch.
And castlevania: dawn of (i forget)

Oh, and get a translated cart of Mother 3

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PSP is a great way to play GBA games.

if it wasn't for the virtual boy and ROB, the GBA would be home to most useless product nintendo ever released, the e-reader

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YukihoHagiwara posted...

if it wasn't for the virtual boy and ROB, the GBA would be home to most useless product nintendo ever released, the e-reader

Power Glove.

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Hayame Zero posted...

Astro Boy: Omega Factor is one of the greatest action side-scrollers of all time.

HOLY CRAP! I forgot about that game!

J03can posted...

Metroids are top notch.
And castlevania: dawn of (i forget)

Oh, and get a translated cart of Mother 3

dawn of sorrow is nintendo DS, hence the abbreviation, DS. unless you're referring to aria of sorrow which shares the supporting cast and protagonist of dawn of sorrow.

Duncanwii posted...

Power Glove.

the power glove makes you look powerful, which is one more use than the virtual boy and ROB
oh, and speaking of castlevania, it's indirectly referenced in curse of darkness. it's the most powerful fist weapon.

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GBA is a God Tier handheld

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Here's a list of good/great GBA games in no particular order (that happens to be alphabetical):

Advance Wars 1 and 2
Castlevania games (3 of them)
Crash Bandicoot for GBA (both games)
Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, and 3
Doom for kicks
Dragon Ball Z Super Sonic Warriors (probably more for DBZ fans though)
Final Fantasy ports
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fire Emblem 6, 7, and 8 (if you pick one I'd go with 7)
Golden Sun games
Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town
Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland and Amazing Mirror (especially Amazing Mirror)
Klonoa games
Legend of Zelda - Minish cap and LttP (Four Swords is also pretty fun if you can get somebody to play with you)
Mario & Luigi - SuperStar Saga
Mario Golf and Mario Tennis (these are actually good ass games, top 20 GBA games imo)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Metal Slug Advance (has a lot of replay value with fun unlockables)
Metroid Zero Mission and Fusion
Monster Rancher Advance 2 (I haven't played the first, but I think 2 is basically the same but better. Also this game might kinda suck but I have nostalgia for it, so I think it's fun)
Ninja Five-0
Pokemon R/S/E and FR/LG
Pokemon Pinball - Ruby and Sapphire
Sonic Advance seroes
Summon Knight 1 and 2
Super Mario Advance series
WarioWare games

There are tons of others that are notable that I haven't played, so if your favorite GBA game isn't there I probably haven't played it.

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Botaki

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Jabodie posted...

Here's a list of good/great GBA games in no particular order (that happens to be alphabetical):

Advance Wars 1 and 2
Castlevania games (3 of them)
Crash Bandicoot for GBA (both games)
Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, and 3
Doom for kicks
Dragon Ball Z Super Sonic Warriors (probably more for DBZ fans though)
Final Fantasy ports
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fire Emblem 6, 7, and 8 (if you pick one I'd go with 7)
Golden Sun games
Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town
Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland and Amazing Mirror (especially Amazing Mirror)
Klonoa games
Legend of Zelda - Minish cap and LttP (Four Swords is also pretty fun if you can get somebody to play with you)
Mario & Luigi - SuperStar Saga
Mario Golf and Mario Tennis (these are actually good ass games, top 20 GBA games imo)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Metal Slug Advance (has a lot of replay value with fun unlockables)
Metroid Zero Mission and Fusion
Monster Rancher Advance 2 (I haven't played the first, but I think 2 is basically the same but better. Also this game might kinda suck but I have nostalgia for it, so I think it's fun)
Ninja Five-0
Pokemon R/S/E and FR/LG
Pokemon Pinball - Ruby and Sapphire
Sonic Advance seroes
Summon Knight 1 and 2
Super Mario Advance series
WarioWare games

There are tons of others that are notable that I haven't played, so if your favorite GBA game isn't there I probably haven't played it.

There's at least one Dragon Ball game missing from this list.

Legacy of Goku II was amazing.

Jabodie posted...

Here's a list of good/great GBA games in no particular order (that happens to be alphabetical):

Advance Wars 1 and 2
Castlevania games (3 of them)
Crash Bandicoot for GBA (both games)
Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, and 3
Doom for kicks
Dragon Ball Z Super Sonic Warriors (probably more for DBZ fans though)
Final Fantasy ports
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fire Emblem 6, 7, and 8 (if you pick one I'd go with 7)
Golden Sun games
Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town
Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland and Amazing Mirror (especially Amazing Mirror)
Klonoa games
Legend of Zelda - Minish cap and LttP (Four Swords is also pretty fun if you can get somebody to play with you)
Mario & Luigi - SuperStar Saga
Mario Golf and Mario Tennis (these are actually good ass games, top 20 GBA games imo)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Metal Slug Advance (has a lot of replay value with fun unlockables)
Metroid Zero Mission and Fusion
Monster Rancher Advance 2 (I haven't played the first, but I think 2 is basically the same but better. Also this game might kinda suck but I have nostalgia for it, so I think it's fun)
Ninja Five-0
Pokemon R/S/E and FR/LG
Pokemon Pinball - Ruby and Sapphire
Sonic Advance seroes
Summon Knight 1 and 2
Super Mario Advance series
WarioWare games

There are tons of others that are notable that I haven't played, so if your favorite GBA game isn't there I probably haven't played it.

Super Robot Wars Original Generation 1 and 2
Megaman Battle Network series out side of MMBN1
Sonic Battle was pretty cool too

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Tried playing Tales of Phantasia today, oh man is it bad and slow. Why did anyone think voice acted scenes in a gba game was a good idea?

AlienLanes posted...

Tried playing Tales of Phantasia today, oh man is it bad and slow. Why did anyone think voice acted scenes in a gba game was a good idea?

I love that game. The voice acting is hilarious

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It wasn't a very good system...

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Maybe the reason the combat is slow is probably because its originally a SNES game and the first Tales game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fgH08z6xs

dameon_reaper posted...

There's at least one Dragon Ball game missing from this list.

Legacy of Goku II was amazing.

LoG2/Buu's Fury are alright. But I wouldn't put them among the other games I listed. Although Doom probably doesn't belong there either lol, but I get a kick out of running it on a GBA.

known2FAIL posted...

Super Robot Wars Original Generation 1 and 2
Megaman Battle Network series out side of MMBN1
Sonic Battle was pretty cool too

I wasn't too into Sonic Battle myself.

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Jabodie posted...

LoG2/Buu's Fury are alright. But I wouldn't put them among the other games I listed. Although Doom probably doesn't belong there either lol, but I get a kick out of running it on a GBA.

I wasn't too into Sonic Battle myself.

I played it with friends so it was probably more fun than it was. The gameplay was super slow and clunky for sure

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Jabodie posted...

LoG2/Buu's Fury are alright. But I wouldn't put them among the other games I listed. Although Doom probably doesn't belong there either lol, but I get a kick out of running it on a GBA.

Alright, I still felt that LoG2 was a very good DBZ game. Its actually listed as one of my favorites. Love the RPG elements and switching characters.

Tales of Phantasia voice acting on the GBA

https://youtu.be/WbmCKT3XSAU

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dameon_reaper posted...

Alright, I still felt that LoG2 was a very good DBZ game. Its actually listed as one of my favorites. Love the RPG elements and switching characters.

Idk, I appreciate the fan service and liked it a lot as a kid, but all the fights boil down to stun locking your enemies by rhythmically timing your punches.

known2FAIL posted...

I played it with friends so it was probably more fun than it was. The gameplay was super slow and clunky for sure

Tbh I think I'm not enough of a Sonic fan to get into it easily. That, and there are tons of GBA games I still want to play so games that don't grab me fast usually get dropped lol.

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dameon_reaper posted...

Maybe the reason the combat is slow is probably because its originally a SNES game and the first Tales game.

I've read comments from lots of people saying the SNES and ps1 versions are nowhere near as slow as the gba version.

Still waiting for that GBA Classic, Ninty!

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First game was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (I think it was 2, the first one released on GBA)

It was great. Who knew it'd work on the GBA but they made it work. Fun game.

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AlienLanes posted...

I've read comments from lots of people saying the SNES and ps1 versions are nowhere near as slow as the gba version.

I didnt even know a PS1 version existed

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I played FF4-6 on it. That's about it.

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Shining Soul II is like a Diablo set in the Shining series, it's probably really fun to play with friends.

known2FAIL posted...

I love that game. The voice acting is hilarious

If there is evil in this world, it lurks in the hearts of man.

AlienLanes posted...

I've read comments from lots of people saying the SNES and ps1 versions are nowhere near as slow as the gba version.

Ah alright. I only played the SNES game so I don't know how the GBA played but I hear a lot of ports on GBA were bad...rpg wise.

There are a lot of stone-cold classics on GBA, and also games that might have been bad, but I have fond childhood memories of them regardless, like Medabots and the Jackie Chan Adventures game
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Speaking of Gameboy Advance, I actually brought mine to work today lol



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Drill dozer!!

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pojr posted...

Speaking of Gameboy Advance, I actually brought mine to work today lol

Nice dude! I have every gb-gba sp model besides the micro. So gd jealous rn

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Lordgold666 posted...

Nice dude! I have every gb-gba sp model besides the micro. So gd jealous rn

thanks <3 they're expensive now. can you believe the micro has a headphone jack but the sp does not? what kind of shit is that?

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