your gba top ten

[Arthur-Otaku]

I'm starting a real collection of gba games, plz post your top ten gba games here, thanks

[shvnsth]

advance wars
zelda-link to the past
zelda-minish cap
fire emblem
metroid fusion
wario ware
castlevania (all 3)
golden sun

[AlexKidd]

Castlevania:aria of sorrow
Metal Slug advance
Contra:the alien wars
Final Fantasy 1 and 2
Fire Emblem
Gradius Galaxies
Namco Museum
Phantasy Star Collection
Super Mario World(and Yoshi's Island)
Zelda:minish cap

[Xexyz]

I only own about 55 games or so but I'm sure some people would consider that quite a bit for a system still in production.

My top 10 (some happen to be ports/remakes):

1.) Astro Boy: Omega Factor
2.) Ninja Five-0
3.) Mario & Luigi: Super Star Saga
4.) Mega Man Zero 3
5.) Super Puzzle Fighter II: Turbo
6.) Fire Emblem
7.) Metroid: Zero Mission
8.) Street Fighter Alpha 3 (It's a mazing how well the GBA handels this game. The only negative points are due to the hardware: the weak audio and the lack of 6 buttons on the GBA)
9.) Mega Man Zero 2
10.) Advance guardian Heroes (Despite popular belief, this game doesn't suck. People just like to compare games to other games)

The whole ist will eventually be bumped down two slots, taking the current #9 and #10 off the list. Gunstar Super Heroes and Metal Slug (port of the origional) will no doubt be the new occupants of the #1 and #2 spots respectively.

[Sosage]

I could have sworn we have done a list like this before. I am too lazy to dig through the forums and find it...so here is mine in no particular order:

Advance Wars
Advance Wars 2
Astro Boy
Advance Guardian Heroes
Super Puzzle Fighter
Phantasy Star Collection
Metroid Fusion
Pac-Man Collections
Pinball of the Dead
Boktai: The Sun Is In Your Hands

[Arthur-Otaku]

Very interesting lists, I'm happy to see that gba guardian heroes is really a good game not an crap like internet reviewers say

Gradius galaxies looks like an "new" gradius or an port of oldies gradius?

[Half Japanese]

I haven't really played enough to compile a truly definitive top ten list, but here are a few of my favorites:

- Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
- Advance Wars 2
- River City Ransom EX
- Shining Soul
- Rock n' Roll Racing
- Iridion 2
- Mario Golf: Advance Tour
- Mario vs Donkey Kong
- Metroid Fusion
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

[poopnes]

I've played less and less GB ever since the color version hit. So I haven't even played that many Advance games. But I will say you MUST own Advance Wars. Hands down my favorite GBA game, and my third favorite GB game ever (behind Mario's Picross and Tetris).

[Gemini-Phoenix]

My favourite top ten GBA games are:

1. Zelda - Link To The Past & Minish Cap
2. Sword Of Mana
3. Breath Of Fire I & II
4. Metroid - Fusion & Zero Mission
5. Final Fantasy - Tactics Advance & Dawn Of Souls
6. Golden Sun - I & II
7. Broken Sword
8. Mario Advance I, II, III, IV, & Superstar Saga
9. Kirby - Nightmare In Dreamland & Amazing Mirror
10. Metal Slug Advance

Yes, I cheated somewhat, but I think you'll agree that you can't really split som series - Especially things like Golden Sun which is technically one game separated into two parts...

[SamuraiSmurfette]

In no order, based on the amount of playtime I've spent:

-Astro Boy Omega factor
-Mario & Luigi Superstar saga
-Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
-Iridion 2
-Bubble Bobble old and new
-Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland
-Pokemon Pinball
-Bookworm
-Warioware
-Mario Picross (it works on a gba, so it counts, right?) :P

[maxlords]

No order here:

Fire Emblem
Boktai
Car Battler Joe
Zone of the Enders: Fist of Mars
Shining Force: The Ressurection of Dark Dragon
Ninja Five-O
Metroid Fusion
Advance Guardian Heroes
Rock N' Roll Racing
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis

[sharp]

Very interesting lists, I'm happy to see that gba guardian heroes is really a good game not an crap like internet reviewers say

Gradius galaxies looks like an "new" gradius or an port of oldies gradius?

Gradius Advance (I think it's the same game with european name) has new stages, but plays really old-school. Personal I never got into the game as I can't play shooters on such a small screen. The graphics are great, that's for sure, so if you have no problem play shooters on a handheld I can recommand the game.

My other favorites are:
Castlevania (all the games)
NES Classics, or go for the import ones with have a much nicer box with mini famicom covers inside.
King of Fighters EX (both, but they don't play as well as the R series on the NGP)
Metal Slug Advance (even better then the NGPC versions)
ChuChu Rocket (Nothing needs to be said I think)
Sonic Advance (all 3 are great Sonic games, and I like them more then the Adventure series as this is the real 2D sonic, with a new style)


Think this are the games I played most on it. (ok I play more early GB B/W on my system, but that's something different).

Edit. I fotgot Bubble Bobble Old & New, a great version of the alltime classic.

[Drexel923]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Metroid Fusion
Wario Ware, Inc: Mega Microgame$
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Golden Sun
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Mario vs Donkey Kong
Advance Wars
Astro Boy: Omega Factor

[FantasiaWHT]

In no particular order...

-Fire Emblem 1 & 2
-Golden Sun
-Golden Sun: The Lost Age
-Super Mario Advance 2-4 (SMB3, SMW, Yoshi's Island)
-Advance Wars 1 & 2
-Phantasy Star Collection

[Windy Miller]

I'm going to cheat here a little so....

Mr Driller 2/Mr Driller Ace
Advance Wars 1/Advance Wars 2
Boktai The Sun is in your Hand
Kuri Kuri Kururin/Kuri Kururin Paradise
Klonoa:Empire of Dreams
Metal Slug Advance
Chu Chu Rocket
Tactics Ogre
Hamtaro Ham Ham Heartbreak
Mario Golf Advance

All of those games have given (and are still giving) me many hours worth of gaming pleasure.

[Lady Jaye]

This is already been discussed in the classic discussion forum, please feel free to update the thread:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/view...&highlight=gba

[MegaDrive20XX]

Bubble Bobble Old and New
Famicom Mini Vol. 21- Super Mario Bros. 2 (aka Lost Levels)
Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
Metroid Zero Mission
CastleVania Aria of Sorrow (Yet I love the first pair)
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Final Fantasy 1 & 2 Dawn of Souls
WarioWare Inc.: Mega MicroGame$
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
NES Classic Series: The Legend of Zelda

[calthaer]

Gonna make this a shorter list - I have a bunch of GBA games, but have not had time to play them all. I spend 75% or more of my GBA time on the Pokemon series, which IMO is the perfect GBA game.

-Pokemon series (Fire Red / Leaf Green / Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald)
-Advance Wars
-Castlevania series (Aria of Sorrow is best, but others are good, too)
-River City Ransom EX
-Wario Ware: Mega Microgame$
-SMA 2: Super Mario World (I feel that the addition of Luigi as a playable guy made enough changes to merit its inclusion)

Only reason Zelda: Minish Cap isn't there is because I haven't had time to play it yet.

[Sosage]

Very interesting lists, I'm happy to see that gba guardian heroes is really a good game not an crap like internet reviewers say

There is a slightly steep "learning hump" from the moment the game begins. The first time through, most people tend to die a LOT before they even reach stage 2 (or...at least...everyone I have talked to). Once you're over that hump, however, the difficulty dips and the gameplay becomes very addicting (I've played through it at least 10 times now). For myself, it was simply learning how to take advantage of the reflect system.

Average Joe Blow, unfortunately, doesn't have time to climb humps. He wants his games to be obvious right away. No time to figure things out you know. So it gets a shitty score. I do, however, have time to climb humps now days. So I'd give it a very good score. *shrug* my 2 cents.

[Xexyz]

Aww man, I hate doing these types of lists off the top of my head. I completely forgot about two of Konami's best titles for this system, one which would have definately made the top 10. Gradius Galaxies is a great addition to the Gradius series and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow is a masterpiece, almost as good as SoTN in my books.