Necessary GBA imports?

[Austin]

I've recently picked up a GBA and a bunch of games. I usually try to follow all of the games that don't make it stateside on consoles, but since this is my first real handheld system, I have no knowledge of what those could be. Are there any really good games that we never got, that don't have heavy Japanese language requirements?

[Poofta!]

not really, i follow gba releases pretty close, the only ones i can think of are:

in japan, they had more 'classic nes' series of games, they also were available in big red collector's cases that hold i believe 8 or 10 games, that have '20th anniversary' etched in gold font on the cover.

also Mother 1+2 didnt make it stateside, but that has pretty heavy japanese in it of course.

i cant really think of any must play games that we didnt get, nintendo or whoever did a pretty good job of getting games here. there are some anime games that didnt make it, but screw that noise lol.

[Richter Belmount]

heaven japanese in mother 1 and 2 port? dude that game is in hiragana i think =P = )
oooh some fire emblem ports didnt make it here , and metal slug advance japanese the blood wasnt censored.

[KJN]

Guru Logic Champ
http://www.ntsc-uk.com/reviews/gba/GuruLogicChamp/04.jpghttp://www.ntsc-uk.com/reviews/gba/GuruLogicChamp/06.jpg
Brilliant puzzle game, easily on of the best on the GBA, unfortunately it's a bit hard to find these days. Here is a PC demo (800kb) (http://www.msephton.plus.com/champ.zip) that will give you a good idea on how it plays (use z and x to rotate the picture, up to fire a block, down to retrieve it).

Mr Driller Ace. Best portable version of Mr Driller.

Kururin Paradise.
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http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/a9qj/minigame/game05.gifhttp://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/a9qj/minigame/game09.gif
Sequel to Kuru Kuru Kururin. The first game was released in Europe, get that to if you haven't.
Movie 1 (2.7 meg) (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/a9qj/movie/star.wmv)
Movie 2 (1.9 meg) (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/a9qj/super/super04.wmv)
Movie 3 (1.4 meg) (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/a9qj/movie/cyou.wmv)

[jajaja]

Ah, i didnt know there was a sequal for Kuru Kuru Kururin :) I love this game. One of the few games where i had to unlock all stuff hehe. Was hard. Have to make all levels without hitting the walls, not even once. Now i must pick up Kururin Paradise too.

[odyeiop]

Handhelds are non-region specific? Or am I totally wrong on this.. I heard that they weren't, and this would most definitely be the best place to find out whether I've been played for a moron or not =D

[jajaja]

There are no region stuff on handhelds.

[Austin]

Thanks, guys. Kurkuru definitely looks like something to grab. This'll go a long way to making my subway trips seem less long and boring.

[Julio III]

Yes to KuruKuru Kururin - its one of my favourite games of all time - European and Japan exclusive.

Kururin Paradise in my opinion is not as good but still - its more kururin loveliness, Japan release only - adds a lot of new stuff to the old Kururin formula. I actually have a spare copy if anyone's interested, i'm in the UK though

[Amy Rose]

Holy crap that Kuru sequel looks gorgeous!

Is the Mr Driller anything like the DS version or is it better? Worse? Longer? Shorter? I love Mr Driller. :)

[ubersaurus]

Super Mario Bros 2 from the famicom mini line. There's a boatload more that got released there but not here worth noting.

If you can read the basic japanese written languages, the three Mother games are worth the effort.

[milhouseOFpain]

the Goemon game(s) released for the GBA was pretty ok, not a must have but if you can find it cheap its worth picking up.

[Daniel Thomas]

Hikaru no Go 2. (http://www.danielthomas.org/pop/videogames/go.htm)

Always has been one of my favorite GBA games; ironically, now that the comic it's based on is appearing in the States, we've moved on to the DS. In a perfect world, Konami would have brought it over here so everyone could have a play.

Screenshots:

http://www.danielthomas.org/Assets/go3.gif

http://www.danielthomas.org/Assets/go7.gif

http://www.danielthomas.org/Assets/go11.gif

http://www.danielthomas.org/Assets/go9.gif

[Leo_A]

We didn't get the last F-Zero either.