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Radish

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"Please help me pick up a GBA game." , posted Thu 2 Oct 12:19

Hey. Sorry to post such a self serving thread (but it might help someone else looking for portable games so hey why not).

I'm getting a little tired of SvC Cardfighter's clash lately (since I've been playing it all the time) and I'm looking for something else to kill time on the go. Is there anything for the Gameboy that's as fun while having so much replay value? I tried going through some of my GBA games last night and I've really gotten all the fun out of Puyo Puyo that I'm going to get and Advance Wars really needs a serious time investment. I'm thinking about SMB4 (which is the NES SMB3) but I own Super Mario All Stars so it might be a waste of money. FFT looks good, but it might have the same problem that Advance Wars does where it becomes a portable game that's more fun to play at home when you have time to devote to it. WarioWare looks interesting but it also looks like it's simple approach would become old very quickly.

I might have the wrong impression so I'd gladly be corrected. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

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Rid Hershel

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"Re(1):Please help me pick up a GBA game." , posted Thu 2 Oct 12:29

Good GBA games:

-Megaman Zero: nice gameplay, specially cool story. Hopefully the sequel will be as good as it was.
-Tales of the World - Narikiri Dungeon 2: mission based RPG, you'll need to know some kana to play it sadly...
-Summon Night - Craftsword Monogatari: there's a great guide at GameFAQs for it, a very fun (even if a bit simple) RPG.
-Tales of Phantasia: not as cool as the PS remake, and well, a bit complex if you've never played it or you don't know Japanese ^^'
-Final Fantasy Tactics Advance: should be named "The Neverending Story - The SRPG", I liked it, but it does takes time.
-Minna de Puyo Puyo / Puyo Pop: first portable Puyo that's actually good, probably my favorite GBA game.
-Megaman Battle Networks: portable fun, the game suits the GBA format perfectly.

EddyT
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"Re(2):Please help me pick up a GBA game." , posted Thu 2 Oct 12:48

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow -- IMO, the best Castlevania on the GBA. Try out Circle of the Moon as well if you like this title.

Advance Wars -- I haven't played No. 2 yet, but had a blast with the first game. Great strategy game that gets really hard at the end.

Gradius Galaxies -- Best shooter of the GBA. Great music and playability. Of course, it's as hard as the other classic Gradius games.

Pac-Man Collection -- The arranged version of Pac-Man is the most fun I've had from the yellow dot-eater. Cheap as well (about 10 bucks at Toys R Us).

Metroid Fusion -- Not nearly as long as Super Metroid, but has a great story with really well-done play mechanics. Worth the price of admission.

My top 5, right there.

Mosquiton

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"about FFT" , posted Thu 2 Oct 13:43

FFT has a non-intrusive story (the lengthy story sequences where you can't save are few and far between) and has an easy save anywhere function.

Because of the way it's broken down into missions, it's actually fairly easy to play for short periods of time. Much easier than Advance Wars to pick up and play. My advice would be to get FFTA, for sure.

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Dragon-warrior

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"GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 13:59

#1 SMW I think you alreay have this one?
#2 Wario Ware : don't worry it is super cool , and will last for a long time! Super awsome!
3# Metroid Fusion: best 2D action on the Advance, you must give it a try!

I think these are my top 3!
wario is really awsome to kill some little time (ex: on the bus, train...)

Abe no seimei
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"Re(1):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 14:27

quote:
#1 SMW I think you alreay have this one?
#2 Wario Ware : don't worry it is super cool , and will last for a long time! Super awsome!
3# Metroid Fusion: best 2D action on the Advance, you must give it a try!

I think these are my top 3!
wario is really awsome to kill some little time (ex: on the bus, train...)

I still wonder why nobody here talks about Sword of Mana. It's been out in japan a month ago... I got the game last week but hadn't enough time to play it yet. but I assume its good since it's a Mana game...

AoS is a great game, not as short as HoD, but not as difficult as CoTM.

I also remeber having a good time with those Breath of fire games.

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exodus

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"Re(2):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 14:34

You like shooters, right? RIGHT?

get iridion II. Puyo Pop, if you can find it, is really fantastic. Super Puzzle Fighter II is also excellent.

And yah, the new castlevania, and if you're in an importy mood, get Black Matrix Zero! it's a nifty tactics RPG.

KIkkoken

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"Re(2):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 14:37

1) The King Of Fighters Ex2 - Howling Blood:
simply the best GBA game, an E X C E L L E N T KOF. All comboes work.
2) Wario Ware : pure fun, pick 'n play value.
3) Yu Gi Oh Worldwide Edition : i f you're into card game, this is a must.

Radish

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"Re(3):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 14:57

Thanks for the input guys! Yeah I already got PuyoPop (I knew the store had it in before they did...) and have really gleamed all the fun from it that I think I'm going to. I'm leaning towards FFTA since I love SRPGs and I'm pretty much done with TO.

Grave

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"Re(3):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 15:06

quote:
You like shooters, right? RIGHT?

get iridion II.

You serious? The first was... not good.

talbaineric

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"Re(4):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 15:09

I like my GBA collection. Although I don't play them much these days.

My favorite GBA games so far are Sonic Advance 2 and SSF2TR.

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JJWE

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"Re(5):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 15:12

I've tried my hands at Boktai just recently, and it looks pretty fun so far. Of course, if you tend to play at night, or your entire area is covered in constant smog, it might be a tad harder to play. Not that it's impossible; actually it might be more challenging that way. :)

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exodus

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"Re(4):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 15:36:

quote:
You serious? The first was... not good.

check out the videos, dude. #2 loses the wacky perspective, and gains awsomeass music and powerups.

Videos live here!!

P.S. it only costs $14.99

[this message was edited by exodus on Thu 2 Oct 15:37]

Luisinan

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"Re(5):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 15:53

I don't want to get the wrong reputation by asking this, but is Pokemon Pinball any good? I'm interested in it because I like pinball games, it's a Nintendo brand (probably good gameplay), and it's Pokemon (so it's probably very colorful and full of fun graphics). But I did hear one bad review on it so I'm now a little wary.

Anyone play it?

And hey, this is a good thread. I think every month we should have a fun game thread for every system. Some of us, like myself, want something fun and new but simply don't know what games fit that category.

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Iron D

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"Re(6):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 16:09

Sonic Advance 1 and 2. Must haves.

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Grave

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"Re(6):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 16:17

quote:
I don't want to get the wrong reputation by asking this, but is Pokemon Pinball any good? I'm interested in it because I like pinball games, it's a Nintendo brand (probably good gameplay), and it's Pokemon (so it's probably very colorful and full of fun graphics). But I did hear one bad review on it so I'm now a little wary.

Anyone play it?

I played it in Best Buy for a little while... it seemed okay. Didn't feel compelled to buy it, don't know how it'd hold up long term... but if you like pinball games, you may dig it. It's at a lot of in-store demos now, so look around and try it out if you can.

Radish

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"Re(7):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 16:23

quote:
I don't want to get the wrong reputation by asking this, but is Pokemon Pinball any good? I'm interested in it because I like pinball games, it's a Nintendo brand (probably good gameplay), and it's Pokemon (so it's probably very colorful and full of fun graphics). But I did hear one bad review on it so I'm now a little wary.

Anyone play it?

I played it in Best Buy for a little while... it seemed okay. Didn't feel compelled to buy it, don't know how it'd hold up long term... but if you like pinball games, you may dig it. It's at a lot of in-store demos now, so look around and try it out if you can.

I've only heard good things about it. I'm kinda tired of the Pokemon license since it's been massively over milked but it seems like there's a good pinball game underneigh that.

VariantX
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"Re(1):Please help me pick up a GBA game." , posted Thu 2 Oct 16:56

quote:
Hey. Sorry to post such a self serving thread (but it might help someone else looking for portable games so hey why not).

I'm getting a little tired of SvC Cardfighter's clash lately (since I've been playing it all the time) and I'm looking for something else to kill time on the go. Is there anything for the Gameboy that's as fun while having so much replay value? I tried going through some of my GBA games last night and I've really gotten all the fun out of Puyo Puyo that I'm going to get and Advance Wars really needs a serious time investment. I'm thinking about SMB4 (which is the NES SMB3) but I own Super Mario All Stars so it might be a waste of money. FFT looks good, but it might have the same problem that Advance Wars does where it becomes a portable game that's more fun to play at home when you have time to devote to it. WarioWare looks interesting but it also looks like it's simple approach would become old very quickly.

I might have the wrong impression so I'd gladly be corrected. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

These arent out now but soon but Double Dragon Advance and River City Ransom EX should help you kill plenty of time when they come out.

ZamIAm

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"GBC" , posted Thu 2 Oct 17:44

Shantae is a decent platformer though it's technically GBC and may be hard to find

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Rid Hershel

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"Re(5):GOOd fUn" , posted Thu 2 Oct 18:04

Is exodus talking about GBA games??? O.o

Phoenix
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"Re(1):Please help me pick up a GBA game." , posted Thu 2 Oct 18:06

Even though I don't own a GBA, here is the list of games I'm definitely interested in:

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
(Harmony of Dissonance or Circle of Moon)
Phantasy Star Collection
Super Metroid Fusion
Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis
FF Tactics Advance

Hope that wasn't completely useless. ^^

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Grave

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"Re(2):Please help me pick up a GBA game." , posted Thu 2 Oct 19:02

quote:

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
(Harmony of Dissonance or Circle of Moon)

Skip CotM if you don't have a GBASP or a GB Player... very difficult to play on normal GBA screen unless you sit under a light. Like in the bathroom. But it's an awesome game, far better than HoD in terms of difficulty and game length. HoD is a pushover, but still fun.

quote:

Phantasy Star Collection

I heard the ports weren't 100% great, but even still, nice collection of games... though I'm still kinda iffy on PS3.

quote:

Metroid Fusion

Good game... Not Super Metroid-great, but a must-own for GBA, I'd say.

quote:

Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis
FF Tactics Advance

Haven't played the former yet, but I just got FFTA and a GBASP yesterday, and I'm loving both. FFT is excellent, and I'd say worth the price of purchase of the GBA for FFT fans who didn't get enough with the PS game.

EddyT
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"Re(3):Please help me pick up a GBA game." , posted Fri 3 Oct 03:15

If you want a good pinball game, might I suggest Sonic Pinball Party? It's got 3 boards that range from decent to excellent (Samba de Amigo board = decent, Nights board = good, Sonic board = excellent).

Game overall is pretty interesting, although I have some beef for each of the boards. Sonic board is difficult to hit the top right to trigger new play modes, Nights board is a bit too lenient with the "ball saved" feature and Samba de Amigo board is small and limited (thus, very difficult). Sonic board definitely has the most going for it, with the most options and things to do.

If you play the Samba board, you can activate pretty good tunes that are based on classic Sonic Team songs (songs from Burning Rangers, even). You can listen to them in the Sound Test menu as well.

The Sonic Pinball Party game is only available at Target stores, due to some exclusive deal with them. Dunno if it's 30 bucks right now, but I've seen it on sale a month ago.

Another pinball game that came out recently, that my friend's fiancee said was pretty good... is that new Muppets Pinball game. I'm not sure how it plays, but I'll let you know hopefully this weekend.

exodus

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Red Carpet Executive Member

"Re(6):GOOd fUn" , posted Fri 3 Oct 03:32

quote:
Is exodus talking about GBA games??? O.o

no, but yo MOMS was!

w0000000000000000000!

Actually I have five games for the GBA. I bought a GBplayer for the stupid gamecube, remember?

I have a 6 month old KOF EX2 review sitting on my harddrive even!

Radish has not decided to pick up Iridion II yet, so my powers must be fading :\

Daala

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Red Carpet Regular Member+

"Re(4):Please help me pick up a GBA game." , posted Fri 3 Oct 04:43

I've meaning to get that game, now I'll have to check it out. Once I get off my Yu-gi-oh kick....damn card games..LOL!

quote:
If you want a good pinball game, might I suggest Sonic Pinball Party? It's got 3 boards that range from decent to excellent (Samba de Amigo board = decent, Nights board = good, Sonic board = excellent).

Game overall is pretty interesting, although I have some beef for each of the boards. Sonic board is difficult to hit the top right to trigger new play modes, Nights board is a bit too lenient with the "ball saved" feature and Samba de Amigo board is small and limited (thus, very difficult). Sonic board definitely has the most going for it, with the most options and things to do.

If you play the Samba board, you can activate pretty good tunes that are based on classic Sonic Team songs (songs from Burning Rangers, even). You can listen to them in the Sound Test menu as well.

The Sonic Pinball Party game is only available at Target stores, due to some exclusive deal with them. Dunno if it's 30 bucks right now, but I've seen it on sale a month ago.

Another pinball game that came out recently, that my friend's fiancee said was pretty good... is that new Muppets Pinball game. I'm not sure how it plays, but I'll let you know hopefully this weekend.

EddyT
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"Re(5):Please help me pick up a GBA game." , posted Fri 3 Oct 12:12

My friend had Iridion II for a while, and I tried it out. It's got a really great soundtrack, and looks pretty nice for a GBA game. Plays pretty well, from what I could see at a first glance.

My friend said it's a bit on the short side, though... but he's really good with shooters, so it was probably easy for him to beat the game.

Black_Hayato
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Occasional Customer

"Re(1):GBC" , posted Fri 3 Oct 12:38

I'd like to 2nd Shantae. Its the best GBC game I've played. The gameplay is like one big homage to old nes games like castlevania. The graphics and animation are amazing for the system w/ stuff such as bg scrolling, pallete swap lighting effects, and even the enemies animate well. On the gba the color pallete is optimized. The music also great, very insprited. My favs being Zombie Town, Bandit town and the Labyrinth theme. The You can listen to it from the composer's website.
http://virt.vgmix.com/shantae.html

You may also want to try,

Final Fight ONE - Its a great game to begin with if you don't mind roxy missing. When you get the alpha versions of Cody and Guy the story changes to where they've traveled back into the 80s. Its pretty funny hearing Cody mention that last time he took a shortcut.

Zelda Seasons and Ages - Good zelda games in vain of the gb zelda. I liked Seasons a little more.

Naruto - the first gba one not the second. Its a little like gunstar with less enemies. Cool boss fights.

Rid Hershel

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"Hey Man Nice Shot (remix)" , posted Sat 4 Oct 07:32

If it makes exodus a bit happier, I'm interested on Iridion II, I'll try to check it if I can (meaning, if I have some money left after MM Battle Network 3 and Megaman Zero 2).

Phoenix
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"Re(3):Please help me pick up a GBA game." , posted Sat 4 Oct 10:29

quote:

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
(Harmony of Dissonance or Circle of Moon)

Skip CotM if you don't have a GBASP or a GB Player... very difficult to play on normal GBA screen unless you sit under a light. Like in the bathroom. But it's an awesome game, far better than HoD in terms of difficulty and game length. HoD is a pushover, but still fun.

Phantasy Star Collection

I heard the ports weren't 100% great, but even still, nice collection of games... though I'm still kinda iffy on PS3.

Metroid Fusion

Good game... Not Super Metroid-great, but a must-own for GBA, I'd say.

Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis
FF Tactics Advance

Haven't played the former yet, but I just got FFTA and a GBASP yesterday, and I'm loving both. FFT is excellent, and I'd say worth the price of purchase of the GBA for FFT fans who didn't get enough with the PS game.

Sweet, I'm hoping to get a GBASP as soon as I get the NGPC so maybe I'll give COTM a shot like you said. Thx!

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Radish

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"Re(4):Please help me pick up a GBA game." , posted Sat 4 Oct 15:34

In my opinion if you've played CoTM, you really don't need to buy any of the other Castlevanias. They're all pretty similar in structure.

I picked up FFT and I'm liking it although the absense of sexes within races is kinda odd. It's much easier to pick up and play than TO and there seems to be a good level of depth.