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Worthwile GBA Games *Unfinished*

by lcom

Spoiler, in general it's ports or sequels to games from the SNES era.

(Tho looking at it, I guess be aware I'm super baised towards platformers and tactics games...)

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Mega Man Zero

Mega Man Zero

At first it was just like "Hey we made more X but now you have gun and sword at once and maybe some other crazy weapon but hey we give you what you're looking for from the start" But then it got more overworldy RPG and stuff I think? I got distracted somewhere in Z2, but that was a hella great opening. Sucker for getting meta with menus and stuff.

Mega Man Battle Network

Mega Man Battle Network

Holy crap there were a lot of these, and as far as I can tell its the only one you can truly say is original to the GBA. Sure, its got MEGAMAN emblazoned right on the box, but its in brand only. Gameplay and characters unhooked from everything that came before it.

Fire Emblem

Fire Emblem

Great, but, started on nes. Just like Advance Wars.

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity

Cause you know, you want more Mode 7 racing games.

Super Mario Advance

Super Mario Advance

These are just SNES games. Like, possibly the best SNES games, plus the All-Stars versions of 2 great NES games, but still. So yes things you would want, but it's hard to really put them in the GBA's favor.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Some people swear by this version, haven't put in enough time into either to tell you the differences, but enough of the systems come over to make it a great entry.

Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis

Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis

Always over looked for FFT, Tactics Ogre has some die hards of it's own. And it sounds like this pattern carried over to the GBA as well.

Metroid: Zero Mission

Metroid: Zero Mission

A case of "what if we made a nes game for the snes era and released it on cart?"

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

"Link to the past was good, right? Let's do more of those."

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Man, this game is good too, but again started life as a NES series.

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