Top 50 Game Boy Advance

[hydr0x]

with the DS being here and a possible GBA2 announced i'd say it's finally time to start a Top50 GBA game list :) of course there will be some possible entries in the future but not that many to make this list useless

the usual system will be used, a game needs two nominations (if there is a nomination that i'd agree 100% on then my vote counts as 2nd nomination, even without posting that) to get on the list (of course with giving a reason, especially for the not-so-well-known games) and i'd say 3 votes to be removed

games marked with * are conversions of older home console versions (like Yoshi's Island)

@mods: i'd like this to be a sticky for a while and then of course to be moved to the Classic Discussions

~~~~ Top 50 ~~~~

Advance Wars 1+2
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Boktai 1+2
Breath of Fire 1+2 *
Car Battler Joe
Castlevania (Series)
Donkey Kong Country (Series) *
Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls *
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Final Fight One
Fire Emblem
Gekido Advance: Kintaro's Revenge
Golden Sun 1+2
Gradius Advance / Gradius Galaxies
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
Klonoa (Series)
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past * (+ Four Swords)
Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator
Mega Man & Bass
Mega Man Zero (Series)
Metal Slug Advance
Metroid (Series)
Mr. Driller 1+2
Ninja Five-0
Onimusha Tactics
Phantasy Star Collection *
Pinball of the Dead
Pokemon (Series)
Racing Gears Advance
River City Ransom EX
Sheep
Shining Force: Ressurection of the Dark Dragon
Sonic Advance (Series)
Super Mario Advance (Series) *
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Tactics Ogre: The Knights of Lodis
Wario Ware Inc.

~~~~ 1 Nomination so far ~~~~

Activision Anthology
Advance Guardian Heroes
Boulder Dash EX
Broken Sword
Bubble Bobble Old & New
Chu Chu Rocket
Demikids: Dark & Light Versions
Double Dragon Advance
F-Zero
Grand Theft Auto Advance
Hikaru no Go 2 (import? if so tell me)
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Lunar Legends
Mario Golf Advance Tour
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Megaman Battle Chip Challenge
Megaman Battle Network
Megaman Battle Network 2
Motoracer Advance
Moto GP
Pac-Man Collection
Rayman (Series)
Robopon 2: Cross & Ring versions
Shaman King: Master of Spirits
Spyro (Series)
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Super Dodgeball
Super Ghouls N Ghosts
Turbo Turtle Adventure
Urban Yeti
Virtua Tennis
Virtual Kasparov
Wario Land 4
Worms World Party
Yu-Gi-Oh! Championships 2004
Zone of the Enders: Fist of Mars

[hydr0x]

and here's my first batch of nominations

Advance Wars 1+2
Boktai 1+2
Breath of Fire 1+2
Castlevania (Series)
Chu Chu Rocket
Donkey Kong Country
F-Zero
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fire Emblem
Golden Sun 1+2
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (+ Four Swords)
Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
Mario Golf Advance Tour
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator
Metal Slug Advance
Metroid (Series)
Onimusha Tactics
Phantasy Star Collection
Pokemon (Series)
Rayman (Series)
Sheep
Sonic Advance (Series)
Super Mario Advance (Series)
Super Puzzle Fighter II
Tactics Ogre
Wario Ware

[robotriot]

I'd like to add Gradius Advance, pretty much the only GBA game I've played for a prelonged period of time :)

[towerofsong]

Advance Wars 1 + 2
Golden Sun 1 + 2
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
Fire Emblem

My favourites by far

[Xantan the Foul]

I second Fire Emblem

[pookninja]

dont forget:super dodgeballfinal fight one

[mikeetler]

Activision Anthology (not perfect but still a great time killer)
Pinball of the Dead

and I second Wario Ware

[DigitalSpace]

A GBA top 50 list without Pinball Of The Dead just isn't right. It's a very fun pinball game based on The House Of The Dead games.

[maxlords]

I'd add:

Car Battler Joe
Ninja Five-O
Boulder Dash EX
Advance Guardian Heroes
Zone of the Enders: Fist of Mars

[philosophyst]

I second Donkey Kong Country

I third or fourth Wario Ware for sure...one of my favorites on GBA and GC

I nominate Harvest Moon.

[Jorpho]

What's so great about Sheep?

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Here goes..

Car Battler Joe
Golden Sun 1 & 2
Shaman King: Master of Spirits
Zelda: Minish Cap
Boktai 1 & 2
Phantasy Star Collection
Advance Wars 1 & 2
All GBA Castlevania games
Megaman Zero 1 & 2 (never played 3)
Breath of fire 2
Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls
Metroid: Zero Mission
Mario & Luigi
Fire Emblem

Edit-

Astro Boy
Metal Slug Advance

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Megaman and Bass
Megaman Zero
Boktai
Warioware
Super Mario Bros. 3 (advance 4?)
Yoshi's island (advance 3?)
Worms World Party (Not sure if this was a US release or not)
Mr. Driller (A us version is coming, I think)
Metal Slug Advance


Thats it for now, more soon (when I think some more)

[Xexyz]

Alright a GBA list! Some of my (too many) nominations are:

Ninja Five-0
The King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Super Puzzle Fighter II: Turbo
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Metal Slug Advance
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Racing Gears Advance
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Sonic Advance 3
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Fire Emblem
Tactics Ogre: The Knights of Lodis
Mega Man Zero
Mega Man Zero 2
Mega Man Zero 3
Mega Man & Bass
River City Ransom EX
Shining Force: Ressurection of the Dark Dragon
Gradius Galaxies
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams
Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament
Bubble Bobble Old & New
Gekido Advance: Kintaro's Revenge
Final Fight One
Metroid: Fusion
Metroid: Zero Mission

[Sosage]

We need to get Astro Boy in there also. =)

I'll third Pinball of the Dead.

Edit:NM...I didnt see people add Astro Boy to the list. =P

[Crush Crawfish]

Here's my nominees:

Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire 2
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Demikids: Dark & Light Versions
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Double Dragon Advance
Gradius Galaxies
Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams
Mario & Luigi
Megaman & Bass
Megaman Battle Chip Challenge
Megaman Battle Network
Megaman Battle Network 2
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Zero Mission
Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire
River City Ransom EX
Robopon 2: Cross & Ring versions
Shining Force
Sonic Advance 3
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Super maro Advance 1-4
Tactics Ogre
Wario Ware
Zelda: A Link to the past
Zelda: minish cap

Sorry if that was too many!

[mikeetler]

Gradius Advance and Gradius Galaxies are one and the same (Euro & US names respectively).

There's also two Mr Driller games, Ace (Japan only) and 2 (currently Japan & Europe, US sometime this year). I strongly second 2 but haven't played enough of Ace to nominate it.

I also second the Klonoa series.

-Mike

[gopro]

Haha Cant name 50 GBA games, heres my list

Astro Boy
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Golden Sun
Advance Wars
Yugioh Championships 2004
Breath of Fire
Metroid Fusion
Mario Luigi Superstar Saga
Megaman Zero
Final Fantasy1/2

Basically all RPGs. I hate Zelda games sick of Young Link.

[GameNinja]

I would like to second Onimusha Tactics and add Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

[josekortez]

Didn't GMR magazine do a top 50 list once, if I'm not mistaken?

And does anyone else think Urban Yeti needs a nod?

[Daniel Thomas]

Here's my list of games to add. I'm trying to pick some of the more overlooked gems from the Advance, and there really are a lot of good games if you're willing to dig around. We already know about the SNES ports.


Advance Wars 2
Zelda: Minish Cap
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
Motoracer Advance
Moto GP
Hikaru no Go 2
Pinball of the Dead
Pac-Man Collection
Virtual Kasparov
Lunar Legends
Turbo Turtle Adventure
Sheep
Broken Sword
Bar Battler Joe
Tactics Ogre
Gekido Advance
Racing Gears Advance
Medal of Honor: Infiltration
Mr. Driller 2
Wario Land 4
and, or course...Wario Ware

If you're not familiar with some of these titles, give 'em a bit of your time. Cough.

[Drexel923]

I'd add these to the list:

Grand Theft Auto Advance
Spyro series
Virtua Tennis

I'd also like to second these:

Klonoa: Empire of Dreams
Mario vs Donkey Kong

[robotriot]

hydr0x: Gradius Advance = Gradius Galaxies in your 1 nominations list ;) Galaxies is the Japanese name iirc.

[hydr0x]

updated once again, thx for your input

[PentiumMMX]

I'm voting for:

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Mega Man Battle Network (Series)
Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (Mayl is playable!)

[ubersaurus]

I'll second wario land 4.
Lady Sia and Chu Chu Rocket were sweet too, though I question if they're top 50 material.

[nate1749]

Thread definitely in need of an update (and should probably be moved to classics section).

I'm definitely putting a vote in for Mario Kart and I'm not sure of the name of the other game I loved on GBA. You drove around a car for stunts (like movie stunts), it was really fun and quite popular, the name is on the tip of my tongue, can anyone help me out?

Nate

[Poofta!]

meh i didnt think mario kart was that good (or any good). i believe that game didnt start getting good till it hit real 3d (n64, gc, ds ONLY)

[Jorpho]

WarioWare Twisted is the most glaring omission I can see. If you want to throw in some import games, Rhythm Tengoku (http://www.hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/rhythmtengoku/rhythmtengoku.htm) and Mother 3 have their fans. And of course there are the other Final Fantasy remakes.

(Breath of Fire and Boktai are a bit out of place on that list, no?)

[josekortez]

Scrabble Blast because I've lost many hours of my life to this game. But it probably won't make it because it is severely underrated.

[Nebagram]

WarioWare Twisted is the most glaring omission I can see.

Seconded. I'd also stick Mario Kart in there too, purely for its addictiveness. Also SF alpha 3.

[Barbarianoutkast85]

I've been looking for Metal Slug Advance and havent found it yet at any EB's.

[Julio III]

Yes, i believe KuruKuru Kururin and Rhythm Tengoku need more votes. They are both utterly brilliant.

[j_factor]

I know this thread predates it, but Drill Dozer is awesome and definitely Top-50 material.

I would also like to third Wario Land 4.

[PresidentLeever]

I'll second these:

Broken Sword
Bubble Bobble Old & New
Chu Chu Rocket
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Rhythm Tengoku
Super Dodgeball
Wario Land 4
Zone of the Enders: Fist of Mars

And I'd like to nominate these:
Kururin Paradise - Sequel to Kuru Kuru.. and a great improvement as well.
Densetsu no Stafy games - cutesy series of platformers similar to Ristar.
Riviera: The Promised Land
Scurge: Hive

[ubersaurus]

I will second Activision Anthology.

I will also nominate Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Gunstar Super Heroes, and Iridion 2.