GBA game suggestions

I think i'll get my partner a gba for christmas. Any comfy game suggestions to get with it? Gb and gbc games are also welcome. I may get her a flash cart with it though that can ruin the fun in a way. I could even try to make a rom...

Mario Cart is pretty good.

Super Metroid!

>I may get her a flash cart with it though that can ruin the fun in a way It can also add to the fun, since it adds the possibilities of homebrew and romhacks. If she thinks that that would ruin the fun of collecting games, then she could just try setting some rules for herself, like don't download officially released games, or only play romhacks of games you own, that kind of thing. You're the one who actually knows her though, so use your own judgment there. As far as game suggestions go, M&L Superstar Saga is a pretty good one.

You can never go wrong with some Pokèmon. If she likes racing games, F-Zero and Mario Kart is fun. I've heard Golden Sun is a good RPG. Drill Dozer is a pretty good platformer. I remember burrowing it from my friend and never returning it because I lost it.

Best GBA game

>>2531 lol, its fun, qt story too

>>2528 Do you not mean zero mission or fusion?

>>2536 Its pretty common and a personal preference for me due to my own associations with the words gf/bf.

>>2536 I use it regularly to refer to my "girlfriend" girlfriend/boyfriend is generally used in English up until maybe one's early 20s or so and then other words like "partner" are often used in preference to them as they sound quite juvenile.

Megaman battle network

I'm thinking of going back and playing Advance Wars again. Played 1 but never beat it. Never played 2. Which one should I try first?

Mario Party and Eggmania are just comfy. Mario & Luigi Super Star Saga and Advance Wars are must-play. Plz play MM Zero and MM Batlle Network.

Megaman Zero and Megaman Battle Network Zelda Minish Cap Mario & Luigi Super Star Saga Riviera: The Promised Land

Try Polarium Advance if you're into puzzle games. Highly recommend

>>2524 Pokemon Fire Red Pokemon Emerald Kuru kuru kurin

Honestly, there's a lot of crappy GB* games out there. I got an EZ flash 4 (I think, it's been a while) for my SP and loaded it up with: -Advance Wars 2 -WarioWare Inc (which is hilarious) -Pokies (Crystal and some hacked roms which were alright) -Donkey Kong Country -Super Mario World Other than those my all-time hall-of-fame: -WarioLand 4 (incredibly solid game) -Metroid Fusion -Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (great TB battle system with different spells and specials, a "pokedex" system for all enemies, people can wear equipment etc., secrets to find, I wanna hack the rom and make a new game out of it that's not HP related) My advice, game-quality-wise, would be to get a 1st gen DS with a flashcard which can also play GB* games anyway.

>>2536 I'm male and I use "partner" to refer to my girlfriend more often than the word "girlfriend," because I think it better reflects the commitment we have to each other.

>>2546 They're both fuarrrking amazing in their own right. The sequel has twice the amount of COs and some new units and landscape features (I'm Lash every time)

WarioWare Inc like >>2647 said And the Wario Land serie (Wario Land 3 is still one of my favorite game)

>>2524 Any of the MOTHER games.

I have many fond memories of playing Pokemon Fire Red in my junior year of high school. Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories is also on there. I have never played it, but I've always wanted to, so I want you to buy it and post a write up of your experience on pastebin so I can live vicariously through you, fusing with your flesh, looking through your eyes thinking thoughts that you do. >>2536 I try to use gender neutral language on the web. Helps maintain anonymity. Is OP gay or straight? Is OP a boy or a girl? I dunno and I don't need to. This is the GBA thread. Though I suppose you could hack your browser to autocorrect all occurances of the word "partner" to something more lively like "lover" or "sex slave."

Got alot of playtime out of Mario Luigi Superstar saga. It's a pretty unique RPG with lots of content. The combat can be a bit repetitive though.

Not a Pokemon fan or anything but Emerald is fun and very comfortable to play for someone who doesn't play a lot of videogames. You might consider getting her a Nintendo DS, it accepts GBA cartridges (at least my generation did) AND it has some nice games on its own like a port of Chrono Trigger.

>>2661 Oh also Final Fantasy Tactics and VI

I can back up the lainanons who mentioned Superstar Saga, Minish Cap and especially Wario Land 4. They're all stellar games. I'd like to add Super Mario Bros. 3 as well, great classic platforming game and it looks wonderful on the GBA.

The GBA Doom port is surprisingly decent, really fluid control scheme.

Warioware is awesome, and one of those games you can just zone out with

>>2652 >>2652 What this anon meant is mother 3 as the remakes are garbage quality on gba.

>>2524 >golden sun 1 and 2 >megaman zero 1/2/3/4 >battle network megamans >riviera the promised land >mario and luigi superstar saga >summon night 1 and 2 (and 3) >the pokemon games >zelda the minish cap >doom (2?) and wolfenstein 3d and dark arena and probably some cod was on it >flight of the falcon (because there is no star fox though this game is far to hard I beat it once) >tome raider (just because) >remakes like Lunar Legend are on it >dragon ball z legacy of goku 1/2/3 >metroid fusion >the catlevania games on it (3 of them?) of which are akin to SOTN for PSX >wario (don't recall how many) >kirby >tetris >all the good gameboy and color games too because it's a gba Can the cart play them all? >zelda links awakening >zelda oracle of ages >zelda oracle of seasons >super mario land 1 and 2 >donkeykong land >kirby >pokemon games >final fantasy adventure (gameboy secret of mana #1) >crystalis (different than nes version) >the wario games >the soykafty remakes of things like final fantasy and megaman I can't even remember. Tetris I guess.I liked that on the gameboy. It has that cool music. Everyone has their own taste I guess so I'm sure the GBA has a ton of games I'd not bother with. People might like Tome Raider on the GBA, or even that one silly Resident Evil for the color, I don't know.

Assuming you are going with flash carts, ill give you a few lists starting with the GBA. >GBA Games I actually completed Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is playable, but is painful early on due to it being RNG heavy in regards to accuracy. Final Fantasy 1 + 2 - Dawn of Souls are the only good remakes of the NES FF 1+2 (the Japanese 2 that never made it to the US on the NES). Golden sun is a decent turn based RPG, need a second GBA to transfer the save to the Sequel (but not mandatory). Megaman and Bass is a port and suffers from the GBA's reduced screen resolution from the SNES. Megaman Battle Network series is alright, 4 is probably the worst one. Cyberpunk for kids, so mandatory recommendation on here. Megaman Zero series is good, but not as great as the SNES Megaman X games because of the smaller screen resolution. Metroid Fusion and Metroid Zero mission are about as good as Super Metroid in my opinion. Pokemon games are fine if you are into that. River City Ransom EX is a good beat um up that made it from the NES, 2 player didnt make it (it has a stupid copy system thing instead) Robopon is like Pokemon but terrible. Shining Soul 1 and 2 are somewhere between Secret of Mana and Diablo, and probably the best multiplayer game on the system. Crafting system is soykaf however. Sonic Battle is a good fighting game, 3Dish maps in a similar vein to Soul Calibre. Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul if you want to try a card game but can't decide on one. They are all basically the same. >GBA Games I fired up a bit Dark Arena, and Ecks vs Sever 1 and 2, Doom 1 and 2, Wolfenstein 3D and are FPS games, and they aren't terrible all things considered. Mario Kart and the F-Zero games are better with another GBA, but doable solo. Sonic Advance 1-3 I couldn't get into, I hate the lack of screen resolution vs the Genesis games. >GBA Games I heard good things about Advance Wars 1+2 Asterix & Obelix XXL Castlevania series Fire Emblem series Super Mario Advance series

>GBC Games I actually completed Dragon Warrior Monsters (1+2) sits between pokemon and robopon, and is alright. Pokemon YGSC are pokemon... Pokemon Pinball is actually a pretty good pinball game. Pokemon Puzzle Challenge is a rebranded Tetris attack, panel de pon, puzzle challange, etc. Sliding block doodad. Robopon is crap. Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories is crap. >GBC Games I fired up a bit Perfect Dark for like 5 mins, I literally bought it to unlock cheats in the N64 game. >GBC Games I heard good things about Crystalis Gameboy Wars (japanese only) Harvest Moon 2+3 R-Type DX Shantae Wario Land series Zelda series Warlocked >GB Games I actually completed. Bust-A-Move 2+3 are bobble popping puzzle things, which I actually don't care for. Donkey Kong Land series are in the same vein as the SNES games and I loved em. Metroid II is good, but probably the worst of the series. Pokemon. Tetris Attack is the sliding block game, and I'm a fan. Torpedo Range was the best bargin bin game I've played. >GB Games I fired up a bit Faceball 2000 is a 4 player FPS, and I'd kill to try it with people IRL. Gauntlet II is pretty good for what it is, better with a friend probably. Kirby's Dream Land (1+2) I've been meaning to pick back up Megaman ports aren't terrible. >GB Games I heard good things about Bomber Man Series (some are japan only) Harvest Moon Legend of Zelda, The - Link's Awakening R-Type (1+2) Super Mario Land (1+2) Tetris (1+2) Wario Land (1+2)

>>2893 >tome raider *tomb kill me also they had mario flashback thingies that I ought to have mentioned, and a mario kart (super circuit) for the gba of it's own version.

I'd highly recommend the Crystal Clear romhack. It has impressed just about everyone that has played it. And allows a lot of freedom (and with more freedom in each update). If you can get a flashable cart with working RTC it'll make it better.

Yggdra union is an underrated and unique card based strategy game. Mother 3 if you grab the english patch which is well done. All 3 fire emblem games, will have to get the patch for the first one tho. Megaman Zero games. Mario and Luigi superstar saga. Mario Power tennis, you get to make your own character and use different power shots, it's very cool fun and comfy. There's Mario golf too which is similar in that respect. Golden Sun 1 and 2. Megaman Battle Network series. There's the donkey kong country games. Also advance wars games. Pokemon games with the Randomizer program are quite fun I find. Sometimes challenging as soykaf too if you're doing a nuzlocke run in addition to it.

>>3017 I played Crystal Clear a few months ago: It is a good game... except it gives literally everyone potions. Team Rocket grunts hyper potioning their Zubat gets really tiring after a while, but other than that it's a good hack.

>>3023 >Yggdra >unique Isn't it literally Riviera The Promised Land number two?

My favorite GBA game is probably Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. I like the colorful art, fun game mechanics and the overall cuteness. All in all, I haven't played many GameBoy games or other Kirby games, but that one I especially like.

>>3325 I can second this, Nightmare in Dreamland was by far my favorite game for the gameboy. Also recommend the Advance Wars series.

>>3325 >I haven't played many GameBoy games or other Kirby games And it shows, since Nightmare in Dream Land is a half-assed remake of Kirby's Adventure. Universally considered as one of the worst Kirby remakes ever. >However, on top of all the upgrades are some gameplay and aesthetic downgrades. The graphics, while vibrant, were different at the time to the established Kirby style - the imagery seems to be very twisty and distant compared to the other games in the series, and the backgrounds are now static and are never animated. Hidden doors are more easily noticed as they are marked with certain objects, such as ventilation shafts, holes, and (most commonly) darkened areas. Several instances that pushed the NES hardware to its capabilities were strangely removed, such as Butter Building's rotating towers (which makes the Wheel ability far less useful around there). While the Ball and Hi-Jump abilities were upgraded, most abilities like Fire and Cutter were given some lag time due to the new frames of animation. While Tornado Kirby in the NES version remains invincible during the end of his animation while attacking an enemy, Tornado Kirby in the GBA version will get damaged while his animation is ending while attacking an enemy. Most of the bosses and all of the mid-bosses were made larger, but they are now somewhat clumsy and are not as threatening and precise as their NES counterparts (aside from the esoteric route found at the beginning of 7-2 and Phan Phan in 6-1). Outside of possibly Meta Knightmare, the game was generally made easier and more forgiving (as was common with Nintendo's other Game Boy Advance ports). https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/Kirby:_Nightmare_in_Dream_Land Kirby & The Amazing Mirror is an infinitely better game, I'd recommend that one instead.

>>2649 Lash is the best CO in the game, hands fuarrrking down.

>>2546 I like the original because it's very straightforward, but the added complexity of the sequel is great too. Plus my favorite CO, Lash, is in the second one.

>>3023 >>3323 >it is the second act >download >realize played before >remember why deleted it No thanks. Act one is great but this card game soykaf to be played on a grid is unplayable for me.

Gbc has a Grandia game and with an eng patch. Azure Dreams has a gbc 'port' too.

>>3369 >>2536 Also, even if he were male that makes everyone tilt their heads at why the normal user would be here, and if female with a boyfriend they all get thirsty.

>>3369 Have sex

>>3435 >if you tell the truth you are x strawman Not an argument retard.

>>3369 >gays live life on easy mode Which country do you live in? I only know a couple of open gays; one was disowned for it and the other was bullied by Christians and assaulted by police when they stormed a pride march last decade for no real reason. The only part of gay that seems easy mode is that if your boyfriend is being a soykaf, it's socially acceptable to punch them in the head. I've only seen gays flamed on /P0L/ boards, because they are homosexuals which is nothing to do with 'easy mode', and women (specifically, women who revealed they are women) were primarily flamed on /b/ back in the day to defend against identity-based attention whoring and orbiters. It was a social self defense mechanism of anon culture after the site got popular, along with much of the ironic edgy culture was. Sure, there were a few insecure or gay guys who were all no girl sekrit club about the site but that was secondary. Wanna take this to /r/ or /hum/? This is far off-topic. >>3435 What a waste of bandwidth.

>>3625 >tell truth >>wow just wow this is off topic I'm not the one that started it. I merely explained it to the person that opened the actual bait tier conversation by playing the pronoun game. And now you bait further by "wow just wow" posting. The OP played the pronoun game to avoid drama, then >>2536 started it anyway, and then I: >>3369 tried to finish it, but then here comes the unabashed retardation with no retorts. Well, you retorted, but you didn't do it with grace due to the wowing. Anyway, first worlders made imageboards. People from soykaftier nations showing up when they were all hosted in the USA don't count. IF I were to meander on about every single irrelevant nations ethics then culture itself would be destroyed through culture shocks via the mixing of cultures. That's just the way things are. So yeah, it wasn't about taking things anywhere, it was about my educating people, but as usual every single time I do it a wild sjw type comes out (and censors me) due to it being the modern cyberhumped web that we have today, of which is devoid of common sense. Someone with common sense would recognize the bait, now days no one does. The bait starts here: >>2536 not here: >>3369 and the ruler of the net skews things by being the sjw type that posts like this that censors free thought here: >>3435 leading to your ignorance of things. I also posted >>2893 but the hyper vigilant anti-though users of the Internet ignore my other posts. You wonder why people do end up baiting? You reward bad behavior. At least when I'm 'spicy' I do it without disingenuous goading.

>>3627 >I'm not the one that started it. Yes but you revived it after 30+ posts of regular topic discussion. You restarted it. I suggested we move it elsewhere if you want to continue a good-faith discussion of whether or not it's truth, because a back and forth argument about this topic tends to get more negative emotional reactions than game suggestions, especially when nonfat-soykaf drinkers like >>3435 notice. If we don't want to move it elsewhere, I'll just ignore this chain and hope others do to.

Mario Cart and Pokemon, I never put in more effort to find good games myself.

I've got none that weren't already said. Mario games and Pokemons if they aren't an experienced gamer.

>leaving up the 'have sex' comment kill yourself alert

golden sun & golden sun: the lost age

I think just about all the essentials have been posted, so just vouching for >Warioland 4 >Aria of Sorrow >Metroid Fusion >Superstar Saga >Advance Wars 2 That’s the best of the best imo Rhythm Tengoku may be worth checking out as well if you’re into rhythm games

>>2524 It also has Klonoa games.

>>3323 It's nothing like Riviera. It's kinda like Fire Emblem/Final Fantasy Tactics IIRC.

>>3644 Metroid Fusion is garbage and Wario Land 4 was easily the worst Wario game until Master of Disguise. Why would you post these?

>>3330 Amazing Mirror really was amazing, I always dreamed of playing it with four players but the closest I got was playing it with friends on three instances of VBA running at choppy framerate and squeezed on a single monitor. I don't get why they didn't try the concept again once handhelds with wireless/internet connectivity became a thing.

>>2524 >partner just go play normal user AAA trash

>>3325 damn, i was so excited for this game when i was a kid. i had a really long bus ride after school as a kid and me and my frens used to play gba games and stuff. being a kid is so comfy.

>>3889 Believe it or not... some people do have boyfriends, girlfriends, spouses, etc.

>>3894 > everyone who has friends or a social life is reddit Ok.

>>3894 Why do you have these images saved

>>3902 >>3895 >>3891 you guys even argue like redditors. why can't normal users just stay in their containment zones? you guys ruin everything you touch.

>>3903 cope lonecvck

>>3894 >>3903 I'm not at all fond of the nintendo (sub)culture, but I very much wouldn't like to see any form of wojak on lainchan, even if soyjack captures the culture's core audience's main characteristics. Take those somewhere else.

>>3905 i can appreciate that anon, i'm just frustrated that more normal users have been finding this place

>>3907 >>3903 I've been coming here for five or six years, it's people like you who treat this place like it was /b/ since covid lockdown which I identify as the real newcomers.

>>3894 >>3903 Aren't you embarrassed to be posting this sort of soykaf? Can't you get the hint that you're not on 4/v/? Have some dignity.

>>3903 >not only is have sex still up but this is up now >>3904 >redditor cope meme is up too >>3630 Oh yes, my shutting up helped didn't it, rather than delete all of the arguing, just delete the toxic masculinity that created such websites in the first place. Very good idea. Look at how well you're doing so far. If you leave up bait people eventually take it. >>3905 So you fell for a strawman meme yet at the same time don't like it? >>3908 I got pissed at this thread before the overblown virus normalglitterboys cannot shut up about, hint and nudge, came into the thread.

Dont want to make a new thread for just one question, so here I ask: do any lainons use the game boy camera? I bought one for fun and its fine to take art pictures with! My one problem is. Im not sure how to get the pictures to my pc? I dont have a phone just a cheap camera recording I find in my basement so webm is best quality I get. Any advice? Im am low on space but I dont want to delete the old specimens in case I need them.

>>4483 https://gameboymaniac.com/how-to-tranfer-photos-from-the-game-boy-camera-to-your-computer/

>>4484 thanks, i will look in it!

You could try homebrew. https://pdroms.de/news/nintendo-gameboyadvance-gba/ THE POST WAS TOO SHORT OR TOO EMPTY how this board despises brevity. Perhaps I should wax sesquipedalian grandiloquence like our beloved BO

Megaman Battle Network series(except 4) is good, even if the best version of BN1 is on DS also, the entire Boktai trilogy Metroid Fusion F ZERO in general

>>2659 I can tell you are gay from this post and I don't need to. All the Metroid games are great. I've also had pretty good luck lately with Chinese knockoff carts, like 603-in-one or whatever. Some of the titles are lies, but the last one I got had double dragon 2 included, which is awesome. And for 12-15 bux, you can't go wrong. Pic unrelated.

The Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance were perhaps the most vaporwave/seapunk aesthetic consoles ever to be released. They are more of an accessory than anything else. You can find some pretty cool games that are just plain and dumb fun. I would encourage browsing through the entire catalog of games, especially of the GBC games, but I made a list of some of the good and the bad on both consoles. I would honestly recommend: >Mother 3 >WarioWare Inc. >Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland >Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 Jet Set Radio is a neat alternative. >Yoshi's Island This game came with a remake of Mario Brothers and it might be one of the greatest remakes of all-time, on par with Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. >Pokemon leafgreen/firered or Emerald >Metroid Fusion This is a clone of Super Metroid and is the sequal. I beat it under 2 hours. >Advance Wars >Mr. Game & Watch Gallery 3&4 >Zelda minish cap >Zelda A Link To The Past These two LoZ games were done by the same director as Oracle of Ages/Seasons >F Zero: Maximum Velocity This was a launch title and is just a really great racing game. >Mario Kart This had plenty of clones, Crazy Frog was one of them. >Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow I suppose it's a good game if you happen to be in a psychward >GoldenSun idk i never played it, heard it was good. Game Boy Color: >Shantae >The Legend of Zelda Oracle Of Ages/Seasons ages is the better one, focusing on puzzles >Super Mario Bros. Deluxe >Pokemon Silver Games to avoid: >Mega Man Battle Network Game is played on grid, strange gimmick and not fun >Mega Man Zero the camera is nauseating as it is fixed on zero the entire time in middle of this tiny window for a screen. >Final Fantasy Tactics This is one of those exacerbated RPGs that take longer than they should. Don't waste your time. >Fire Emblem Honestly, The RPG mechanic in this game is utterly broken and painfully shallow. I don't understand all the hype behind this game. You'd have to have a low IQ to think it is good. A lot of games on the GBA have pointless gimmicks such as this one the require a very low IQ to find fun. >Mario & Luigi Super Star Saga >Metroid Zero Mission >F Zero GP Legends >Yu Gi Oh Card Games >Sonic Advance >Mario Vs. Donkey Kong It's not what you think it is. >Nes Classics I would say that once NES Classics were released and the NES Edition of the gba sp were released, Nintendo started making this superficial entries in their series' of games and games like F Zero GP Legends, Mario & Luigi SSS, and Mario vs. Donkey Kong were created along with other really bad ones. They lacked the same niche that GBA and GBC games had had before them. It was probably related to a money laundering scheme from Nintendo/China/and The Criminal Underworld. I wouldn't put it past them. >>3325 This game had one of the best end stages in history.

>>4850 > Games to avoid Shit taste.

>>2531 what is the name of the game I want to play it

>>4849 so true and so is op

>>4850 >Games to avoid: >>Mega Man Zero

Try Gunstar Super Heroes; not as good as the Genesis one...but still great.

>>5423 Honestly treasure's best game on GBA is Astro Boy : Omega Factor. Iridion and its sequel are also pretty great space shooters, with some banging tunes and the technical prowess you'd expect from shin'en.

>>5424 Sample from Iridion 3d's first stage: https://yewtu.be/EqhSCWs0o0w?listen=1

>>5425 Gunstar Anon here. Iridion 1 & 2 were beautiful. The soundtrack pretty good too. Iridion 1's gameplay kinda sucked though.

>>5426 I like 3D better than II myself. Shin'en always had a problem understanding arcade game design, but I think the original Iridion 3D has the most arcade-like design of all their shooters.

>>2524 Get an ez flash omega most of the actually good GBA carts are expensive as soykaf now Just load a couple of the classics onto it and let them fill out the rest

lol GBA is like kicking dead whales down the beach you should play Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, Google Stadia, etc.

>Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone Strategy with some cards elements > Golden Sun I & II An absolute Must-play > Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Similar to SOTN but you can get a unique ability ("soul") from each enemy >>5772 lmao

>>5412 I just think it is a very isolated game. If someone had never played a game before and saw MMZ, they'd probably think it looks great but behind all of that, the game is truly irrelevant. Check out the shmup catagory. It's actually a decent console for it.

Gunstar Super Heroes is great but isn't talked about often.

i've been having a lot of fun playing fire emblem the sacred stones on emulator lately

Check out this GB homebrew title The Machine. It's a sci-fi dystopia life sim with choose-your-own adventure storytelling and over 25 different endings, and personally I've never seen this cyoa approach done so well or compelling as this title has.

>>6045 Just played the demo of this here https://benjelter.itch.io/the-machine Looks neat, think I'll get the digital edition (i.e. ROM)

>>2546 I came here to post this. I got to the last mission of the first last year but didn't finish it. They're the best multiplayer strategy games I've ever played. The DS version is worth playing too, though not as good. I just wish the AI was better. Also these >>2647. I don't know the second list, except for Harry Potter, which I found good on GBA. The advice of getting a DS is a good one since the quality is better. Good memories on school trips.

>>2647 This might just be my inexperience with flash carts showing, but the impression I got from trying to run GBA games on the DS is that you need a separate GBA flash cart for best results. When you try running GBA games off of a DS flash cart, you'd think it'd use the DS's GBA port to somehow play the game, but it emulates it instead, and the emulators I could find all had horrendous inaccuracies when it came to the games' audio (Dungeondice Monsters's music is a particular example that comes to mind). But even if you get a GBA flash cart, I've heard some people complain that the DS's screen is "too small" for GBA games, so if all you care about is GBA games it might be better to get the actual GBA instead of using a DS.

Can't go wrong with Tetris and Dr. Mario. The Kirby and Wario games are also good.

>>2524 I'll recommend the ones I enjoyed enough to complete: >Game Boy The Amazing Spider-Man Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters >Game Boy Color Spider-Man Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories >Game Boy Advance Crash Bandicoot: XS Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace Yu-Gi-Oh! Stairway to the Destined Duel Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards

I personally use a EZ-FLASH omega, it has come nice features like save states and rumble (for drill dozer idk if other games use it). It supports NES game emulation as well as other handhelds such as gamegear through the use of custom firmware! Also if you like modding consoles at all i'd recommend putting in a ISP display, i have one in mine and it's very cool! https://files.catbox.moe/sei590.mp4

I haven't played a lot of gameboy titles, but I really like the GBA Dragon Ball games. Legacy of Goku 2/3 follow the anime story for the Cell and Buu sagas quite well as far as I remember, better than pretty much any other DB game I played, the RPG elements are well put together and the combat is very fun imo. Certainly worth playing for anyone who likes Dragon Ball and retro games.

Learn how to break tetris https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/01/someone-has-finally-beaten-nes-tetris/

Just went through the Mega Man Battle Network games and they are quite good, though i recommend skipping 1 and 4. The stories are rather simple and episodic so you wont be missing much.

Boktai is expensive, but it's fun. you go outside to power up your gun, but you can sneak by most enemies, so it's only necessary sometimes. Pokemon is an easy recommendation, especially Crystal since you can play as a girl and she might like that. Star Ocean Blue Sphere is good, but it's a sequel to Star Ocean 2. i wish i had more, but i'm drawing blanks. sorry!

>>2524 Kirby and the Amazing Mirror Zelda: Minish Cap Final Fantasy VI Pokemon Emerald Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town ↑certified SOVL

>>7990 this thread is 5 years old i remember when it was first posted which is worse? but nice to have a GBA thread anyways

>>7990 >Friends of Mineral Town Boring non-game. People recommended this for years among the Holy Trinity of Harvest Moon games, but it turns out that even though it has some nice mechanical improvements over HM64 and Back to Nature, they are completely wasted on the fact that there's no goals, objectives, or ending. You just farm aimlessly until you get bored. What a sad way to soykaf the bed.

Mother 3 or Final Fantasy Tactics desu.

The Spyro Seasons of Flame and Ice game are interesting attempts at bringing a 3D platformer to a mostly 2D console. They're isometric so platforming can be a little frustrating at times, but they still capture the PS1 games and pretty comfy. You also have the Max Payne demake which is another "let's bring a 3D game to a 2D handheld" attempt. I really love all the weird ports/demakes that existed on the GBA and DS. You either get complete trash or a weird but interesting experience that differs from the console games. Also, if you want to play around with a really janky anime fighter on the GBA play the Guilty Gear X port where Potemkin can airdash for some reason.

I'm shocked it hasn't been mentioned yet, but for wrasslin' fans, it doesn't get better on the GBA than >Fire Pro Wrestling (2001) >Fire Pro Wrestling 2 (2002) Both are isometric, timing-based games with detailed sprites, deep movesets, and hundreds of wrestlers from Japanese, US, and Mexican promotions.

>>2524 GBA has all the best Pokemon ROM hacks: >Pokemon Adventure - Red Chapter: Manga adaptation. Multiple regions to explore, day and night system, lots of mons from every generation. Absurdly popular ROM hack, can't go wrong. >Pokemon Unbound: Best ROM hack if you're looking for a totally new region. >Pokemon Inclement Emerald: My personal favorite difficulty/chatch-em-all style hack. Only up to gen 7 though, and no battle frontier yet. >Pokemon Radical Red: Probably the most popular difficulty/catch-em-all style hack. Goes up to gen 8. Only downside is playing through Kanto yet again. >Pokemon Clover: My personal favorite joke/full custom dex hack. Pokemon designed by 4chan.

>>8426 Oh yeah there's also Mariomon that just came out, seems to be popular. Another choice if you want an all-new dex.

>>2524 Disney/Nickelodeon licensed IPs are usually big with women.

>>2524 super mario advance 3 is the best mario advance

The Insane Engineering of the Gameboy Real Engineering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKm45Az02YE I love and still play my GB.

>>2524 This game is fun but too long

>>2898 >pokemon pinpall nice actually mentioned i got an old gba with this game and though it was shovelware but its actually best pinball ive ever played. They made hitting different targets to change the game state how you select a region and catch different pokemon. So unlike regular pinball where its just keep the game going for higher score you have to hit here precisely specific targets in a chain to target capture missing pokemon for your collection. Its such a simple yet efficient way to extend the gameplay im surprised nobody copied them.

>>2524 Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace is my favorite GBA title. As a kid I loved the duology on PS1 by Neversoft and Vicarious Visions, always wished that we got a 3rd title, though it never happened... or so I thought, first I found out about the GBC port of the OG tite, and it's sequel, and they were incredible... then I learned there was a 3rd installments, it's not what my younger self had in mind exactly, but nowadays? I dig it, it's the closest I'll get. It's non linear and has a few elements I'd even call MetroidVania, though not as much as the 1st GBC title, anyways it's 2D Spider-Man at its peak for me really.

>>8900 Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.

picrel was my first ever Zelda game. Funny enough, I played it on PSP instead of GBA. basically my friend's little brother was a tech wiz (compared to us at the time) and saw my PSP and was like "hey dude can I try something with that?". I said sure. Later he gives it back and it has a bunch of SNES and GBA games on it Back on topic, I think MC is really underrated when it comes to Zelda games. The world is really fun to explore, and the kinstone system makes digging into every little corner of the world worth it. The music is incredible too

>>8901 It's always nice to see a fellow Mysterio's Menace fan! It's such an underrated title that rarely gets talked about. Have a good one, anon.

>>8903 It's a seriously underrated gem, I played it for so long when I was a kid. I still remember wanting to make a rom hack of it, I even had a couple of sprites ready. Good times. Have a good one too, anon!

>>2524 Terminator 2D: No Fate is getting a lot of attention now, but I'd love to bring up some attention to Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines on GBA, it's a film I enjoyed despite being mediocre, and the video game it got on GBA is a fun isometric title, I recommend if even if you don't care about the IP, but if you do it's even better, actually playing more of the future war, however you play a lot in the present too, so it feels just right, like I'm playing an extended version of the film I like.