The game boy advance was easily my favorite console of all time. I played Golden Sun, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, Fire Red, and Castlevania RELIGIOUSLY on the school bus and the playground. When the SP came out with the backlight and rechargeable battery I lost my mind 😂
I wouldn't say it's overlooked, but it tends to overshadow the other game. Some personal evidence being the fact that I can't even remember what the other game is called lol
That and runescape were the games of my childhood also my brothers and all the neighbors neighbors dedicated games of choice too. The fun of the grind was surreal
Most people like Metroid ZM more than Fusion, mostly because Fusion was significantly more linear than typical Metroid game (which was mostly about exploring for early power-ups). I personally preferred Fusion, due to the awesome enemy (SA-X was truly terrifying). I also really appreciated the Baby saving Samus again (now, the Baby is a part of Samus).
I grew up pretty poor and was lucky to get a GBA close to launch on my Birthday. From there on out, us GBA players got kind of spoiled because of how many great games came out on the GBA it was like month after month, hit after hit waiting for the new game to come out, talking on the playground about , like I remember conversations going like, Dude I can't wait for 4 swords to come out. You have to get it!
If anyone sees this and likes Punch Out, I'd also recommend Wade Hixton's Counter Punch. It has core gameplay similar to Punch Out, has great graphics by GBA standards, and has quite a few twists on the formula outside the fighting. To start, there's an overworld map in place of the linear circuits from Punch Out, allowing you to take out any opponent in any order. This also directly affects the gameplay by allowing you to pull some of the unfair stuff that your opponents in Punch Out pull. You can do things like pay the referee to count slower when you're knocked down and use money to learn incredibly powerful special attacks, effectively flipping your underdog status on it's head (if you so choose). The game also has a story that (although minor) gives some fun context to your fights and highlights some of the characters. They aren't all designed like the traditional Punch Out boxers: they're even more over the top, if you can even believe that. You can also get fighter specific challenges that double your earned cash if you pass them, but they're quite the doozy. While the game isn't perfect (the fights can get a little redundant, the game is pretty short, and the difficulty can vary wildly if you so choose) I highly recommend it. While I wouldn't put it alongside the all time best game GBA games, it's certainly one of my favorites.
For those like me who’s first and only love was the Super Nintendo the GBA was a beautiful gift from Nintendo as those games got re-released or they got sequels.
Custom Robo GX is criminally underrated. I guess that's expected when it's a Japanese only game. Honestly, it's one of the most fun GBA games with lots of replayability.
That time of Pokemon games are simply awesome! i love what they're doing with breeding, iv's and whatnot nowadays, I think it got over the top though. Back then still had egg moves, and natures without it being crazy breeding 20 pokemon for the perfect one lol. Quarantine has been great, I beat dark souls, almost beat Sakiro, beat crystal version, now on to fire red :)
Man what a system this is! Some of the best 2D games of all time, all on one single portable system! Seriously, the GBA game library is an absolute treasure trove of AAA titles!
My favorite GBA games: -Kirby and the Amazing Mirror -Mario Kart: Super Circuit -Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -Spyro: Season of Flame -Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak -Rayman Advance -Pokemon: Fire Red/Leaf Green -Super Mario Advance 1-4 -Yu Yu Hakusho: Tournament Tactics
Bro THANK YOU for this list. I use to play Minish Cap all the time when I was younger but I forgot the name. Just hearing the name brings back so many memories.
Great list. The best thing is most of these are available on Wii U virtual console. Shame Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen have never been released on virtual console the way the Gameboy Pokémon games were for the 3DS
Warioland 4 is amazing. I have all of the Warioland games. Picked up a used copy years ago for $3 and was amazed. Got the rest of them soon after. It’s an amazing game with great controls
Holy Shit yes. Im surprised just the turn based battle concept alone hasn't developed into a turn based phone game of some sort that you can play with your friends. That would be cool....
i'm almost offended that Pokémon emerald wasn't even mentioned in this video. he talked about ruby and sapphire, but emerald has such a fun postgame that its a standalone title that should be included to many, including me
my favorite gba game outside of pokémon and sonic advance is kingdom hearts chain of memories, it’s such a slept on game for the kh series and it was one of the best times i’ve ever had playing a game
I replayed Fusion and Zero Mission just a couple of months back and Zero is the much shorter game and only has 2 main bosses. I wasn't too keen on the hand holding of Fusion when it first came out but its aged so well and the boss battles are fantastic (nowhere near as hard as Dread though lol).
Love of tactics advance. Gave my gameboy advance to my lil nephew before i moved to a diffrent state. It was my favorite on gameboy sp advance. Going to get a GBA SP & that game for an early bday gift to myself. Good vid bro. Brings back memories
It is also worth mentioning that _Mario Kart: Super Circuit_ includes all the tracks from the original _Super Mario Kart_ in addition to five cups of new courses (as opposed to most Mario Kart games' four).
My parents weren’t doing the best on money in my youth and when everyone had the new ds’s and all that I got a gameboy sp with a bunch of games and I had some of the best memories on that thing Pokémon wario land Zelda it was truly amazing I’m really glad my parents put in the effort to make sure I had something cause I had a great childhood with these games
When you beat Metroid Fusion you can plug it into your Gameboy Player on your Gamecube and unlock Samus' Fusion suit and the original NES Metroid in Metroid Prime.
@@crimesforkibble6912 or you can just download it because it runs on dead system. And if you buy it ,the money you paid arent coming to the company that made the game but to some random guy...
The only thing I would add is EarthBound Trilogy. It was only relased in Japan, but it's available on WiiU VC in English, and hackers also created English GBA cardridges.
I feel like almost everyone is sleeping on the medabots RPG series. Those were definetely some of my favorite GBA games when I was young and I would argue that they could give pokemon a run for their money but it's nowhere near as popular. Rokusho > Metabee btw.
Rayman Advance is up there for me. I picked that up recently for 5 quid boxed. I was shocked to see how good it looks, really didn’t think the GBA was capable of making an (at the time) relatively modern console port play so well. Definitely get this if you played the original Rayman. The soundtrack has been dulled down abit, but then it would have to be coming out of that tiny speaker! 😂
Metroid Fusion is one of my absolute favorite games, but to say it doesn't miss a beat is kinda overselling it. Some of the sounds in that game were over the top, and earsplitting (I'm looking at you, Power Bombs). No sequence breaking is allowed, except for Sector 4 which yields the secret message. Plus, there were a good handful of frame drops. Metroid Zero Mission on the other hand rectified all of that as well additional improvements, and made for the perfect GBA Metroid game.
And don't forget the best 3D ones : - 2006 FIFA World Cup - ATV Quad Power Racing - Big Mmutha Truckers - Cars Mater National Championship - Colin McRae 2.0 - Corvette Anniversary - Crazy Taxy Catch a Ride - Driv3r - Ford Racing 3 - GT Racers - Hot Wheels Stunt Track Challenge - Ice Nine - 007 Nightfire - Karnaaj Rally - Kill Switch - Killer 3D Pool - Lego Drome Racers - MX 2002 Featuring Ricky Carmichael - Monster Truck Madness - Monster Trucks - Need for Speed Underground - Need for Speed Underground 2 - Need for Speed Most Wanted - Need for Speed Carbon - Ozzy & Drix - Payback - Quad Desert Fury - Robot Wars Extreme Destruction - Street Racing Syndicate - SSX 3 - SSX Tricky - Serious Sam Advance - Smashing Drive - Smuggler's Run - Sonic Battle - Spyder Man 2 - Star X - Starsky & Hutch - Stuntman - Taxi 3 - Tokyo Xtreme Racer Advance - Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam - Top Gear Rally - Trick Star - V Rally 3 - Wing Commander Prophecy
Oh yeah, it was a Konami game huh? ...I miss those games, wished they make a new game for the 3DS. It might not be able to do the whole UV sensor thing, but they could use the camera instead. (they can figure something out to prevent cheating. xD)
I think you should had put both Golden Sun 1 & Golden Sun 2 in the fifth spot, not only because they are both great games, but also because I believe that the one completes the other!
Alright, I gotta say it... I've been trying to play Metroid and Castlevania in their various forms since they first came out for the original NES, and I just can't get through a couple of plays without getting bored and dropping them altogether. I mention this because every list includes them, and I want to let viewers know that if you find yourself underwhelmed with either of these games, you're not entirely alone.
It's so weird. I could never get into Metroid or Castlevania games *until* I tried their GBA versions. I think the focus on portable game playing, the games were stripped of a lot of their annoying/long sections and just the meat and potatoes are left in and it's much more enjoyable. I'd recommend trying to play Metroid (NES) until you get to Norfair. Then drop it altogether and fire up Zero Mission, you'll see what I mean.
Great list! Been wanting to build up my gba collection again. Wanted to see what other games are good. Not sure if you guys know about Summon Night 2. It's my favourite gba game
Garrett Stubbs There were three games, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, F-Zero: GP Legend and F-Zero Climax, the third game was released exclusively in Japan however.
Watching this for the first time and what a lovely nostalgia ride was, my GBA must be collecting dust on a drawer in my parents house but will sure play some on my phone's emulator. Thank you Nintendo Life
No mention of the MegaMan battle network series?! Blasphemy! Sonic battle was pretty great too. And I don't understand how that Street fighter got chosen over Tekken advance
I was really sad to not see the megaman battle network on here...any of them! We fans argue about which one is better until the cow comes home, but we all agree they are some of the best GBA games out there (at least anyone that I talked to that has ever played one.)
Micah Vincent I agree, and fire emblem should be higher. Top 5 should be (at random) fire emblem/Pokemon emerald/megaman battle network 3 Blue/Metroid/golden sun
Battle Network 3 and 2 are generally considered the best in the series and I definitely think one of them should have made this list. I also think Fire Emblem was placed far too low.
Hmm. I'm surprised you didn't include Sonic Battle. I'm also surprised Aria of Sorrow isn't #1. (sees Metroid and Zelda) Oh yeah, I forgot about those. It's really hard between Metroid, Zelda, and Castlevania.
yoshi's island, kirby and the amazing mirror, ff tactics, aria of sorrow and sonic advance 3 are my personal favorite GBA games. so many childhood memories with them
I'll just share some of the games I've played to death...in no particular order: 1. Zoids Legacy (Zoids Saga 2) 2. Gundam Seed Battle Assault 3. Super Mario Advance 2 Super Mario World 4. Medabots 5. Duel Masters Kaijudo Showdown
No Megaman Battle Network........ I sad
Falzar or Gregar?
Vlad Segundo
Worio wear over battle network
Complete robbery
I sad too
The game boy advance was easily my favorite console of all time. I played Golden Sun, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, Fire Red, and Castlevania RELIGIOUSLY on the school bus and the playground. When the SP came out with the backlight and rechargeable battery I lost my mind 😂
Minish Cap is so great, yet often overlooked among the best Zelda games.
It's my favorite in the series. Extremely nostalgic!
What's the best Zelda games available for myboy
@@zett.9813I mean there's only 2 (technically 3) so don't get your hopes up too high
I wouldn't say it's overlooked, but it tends to overshadow the other game. Some personal evidence being the fact that I can't even remember what the other game is called lol
I've probably beaten Metroid Zero Mission about 6 times. Amazing game.
7 on Metroid fusion for me
Additionally, Pokemon FireRed has always been used by fan developers to create the great rom hacks like Dark Rising, Light Platinum, etc.
That and runescape were the games of my childhood also my brothers and all the neighbors neighbors dedicated games of choice too. The fun of the grind was surreal
Most people like Metroid ZM more than Fusion, mostly because Fusion was significantly more linear than typical Metroid game (which was mostly about exploring for early power-ups). I personally preferred Fusion, due to the awesome enemy (SA-X was truly terrifying). I also really appreciated the Baby saving Samus again (now, the Baby is a part of Samus).
I agree but the problem w metroid zm it is sooo short
I grew up pretty poor and was lucky to get a GBA close to launch on my Birthday. From there on out, us GBA players got kind of spoiled because of how many great games came out on the GBA it was like month after month, hit after hit waiting for the new game to come out, talking on the playground about , like I remember conversations going like, Dude I can't wait for 4 swords to come out. You have to get it!
I really love how pretty some GBA games are. They have enough pixels and they're colorful enough to stand up to or outdo some modern pixel art games.
Yeah absolutely. What were some of your favs on the GBA for pixel visuals?
I knew this dude is a man of culture when I heard that Mercury Lighthouse theme at the begining of the video
6:39 "Just as with Mario Golf this is an extremely solid tennis game"
I am ashamed to admit, I owned a Gameboy Advance, and I only ever play Pokemon on it. But I'm here to make amends, and find games to try.
Metroid Fusion is just AMAZING, so good, even by Metroid standards this is one of the best
If anyone sees this and likes Punch Out, I'd also recommend Wade Hixton's Counter Punch. It has core gameplay similar to Punch Out, has great graphics by GBA standards, and has quite a few twists on the formula outside the fighting.
To start, there's an overworld map in place of the linear circuits from Punch Out, allowing you to take out any opponent in any order. This also directly affects the gameplay by allowing you to pull some of the unfair stuff that your opponents in Punch Out pull. You can do things like pay the referee to count slower when you're knocked down and use money to learn incredibly powerful special attacks, effectively flipping your underdog status on it's head (if you so choose).
The game also has a story that (although minor) gives some fun context to your fights and highlights some of the characters. They aren't all designed like the traditional Punch Out boxers: they're even more over the top, if you can even believe that. You can also get fighter specific challenges that double your earned cash if you pass them, but they're quite the doozy.
While the game isn't perfect (the fights can get a little redundant, the game is pretty short, and the difficulty can vary wildly if you so choose) I highly recommend it. While I wouldn't put it alongside the all time best game GBA games, it's certainly one of my favorites.
Good fucking call on metroid fusion. Truly a underrated gem
Who’s here after the gba on switch leak?
For those like me who’s first and only love was the Super Nintendo the GBA was a beautiful gift from Nintendo as those games got re-released or they got sequels.
TLoZ Minish Cap looks incredible. These are graphics I'd expect from the DS. Thanks for sharing.
Custom Robo GX is criminally underrated. I guess that's expected when it's a Japanese only game. Honestly, it's one of the most fun GBA games with lots of replayability.
That time of Pokemon games are simply awesome! i love what they're doing with breeding, iv's and whatnot nowadays, I think it got over the top though. Back then still had egg moves, and natures without it being crazy breeding 20 pokemon for the perfect one lol. Quarantine has been great, I beat dark souls, almost beat Sakiro, beat crystal version, now on to fire red :)
Man what a system this is! Some of the best 2D games of all time, all on one single portable system! Seriously, the GBA game library is an absolute treasure trove of AAA titles!
You mean AA titles. Remember?
@@jacobgamber5407 Are you referring to the fact that the system takes AA batteries? Lol if so, clever.
@@skins4thewin yup
"The best version of Super Mario Bros 3". Mother of God.
He's right though!
@@IonSquared no
Mother 3 of god
I'm so happy Golden Sun made top 5, it's one of my all time favorites
Anyone here after gba games released on Nintendo switch
Golden Sun is my all time favorite game. So many good memories
My favorite GBA games:
-Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
-Mario Kart: Super Circuit
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
-Spyro: Season of Flame
-Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak
-Rayman Advance
-Pokemon: Fire Red/Leaf Green
-Super Mario Advance 1-4
-Yu Yu Hakusho: Tournament Tactics
Bro THANK YOU for this list. I use to play Minish Cap all the time when I was younger but I forgot the name. Just hearing the name brings back so many memories.
Great list. The best thing is most of these are available on Wii U virtual console. Shame Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen have never been released on virtual console the way the Gameboy Pokémon games were for the 3DS
Warioland 4 is amazing. I have all of the Warioland games. Picked up a used copy years ago for $3 and was amazed. Got the rest of them soon after. It’s an amazing game with great controls
Hands down, the GBA SP was my favorite handheld system. The games for this system were just incredible.
Advance wars is the one that I really want to see on the switch😞
Holy Shit yes. Im surprised just the turn based battle concept alone hasn't developed into a turn based phone game of some sort that you can play with your friends. That would be cool....
You're in luck!
@@teylow8195 yup, I think everyone and their dogs knows by now. Can't wait
i'm almost offended that Pokémon emerald wasn't even mentioned in this video. he talked about ruby and sapphire, but emerald has such a fun postgame that its a standalone title that should be included to many, including me
my favorite gba game outside of pokémon and sonic advance is kingdom hearts chain of memories, it’s such a slept on game for the kh series and it was one of the best times i’ve ever had playing a game
'Why don't we just have a chao garden game?"
Sonic Adventure 2 is still the best Sonic game for pretty much that exact reason, fight me
I have much more fun A ranking all the emerald hunting stages than raising a Chao. But I think they're pretty cute.
I replayed Fusion and Zero Mission just a couple of months back and Zero is the much shorter game and only has 2 main bosses. I wasn't too keen on the hand holding of Fusion when it first came out but its aged so well and the boss battles are fantastic (nowhere near as hard as Dread though lol).
After playing through Fusion and Dread I found them both very similar. Although Dreads final boss was definitely harder I'll give ya that.
Love of tactics advance. Gave my gameboy advance to my lil nephew before i moved to a diffrent state. It was my favorite on gameboy sp advance. Going to get a GBA SP & that game for an early bday gift to myself. Good vid bro. Brings back memories
Mario Kart DS has challenge mode
It is also worth mentioning that _Mario Kart: Super Circuit_ includes all the tracks from the original _Super Mario Kart_ in addition to five cups of new courses (as opposed to most Mario Kart games' four).
All it needed was Mother 3 and the list would’ve been complete
My parents weren’t doing the best on money in my youth and when everyone had the new ds’s and all that I got a gameboy sp with a bunch of games and I had some of the best memories on that thing Pokémon wario land Zelda it was truly amazing I’m really glad my parents put in the effort to make sure I had something cause I had a great childhood with these games
When you beat Metroid Fusion you can plug it into your Gameboy Player on your Gamecube and unlock Samus' Fusion suit and the original NES Metroid in Metroid Prime.
THANK YOU for putting Golden Sun in the top 5! That series deserves so much more love and attention
5. Golden Sun
4. Metroid Fusion
3. Final Fantasy VI
2. Fire Emblem (6 7 8 are all fantastic)
1. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
I assure you that mother 3 would be on here except for the fact that I T S J A P A N O N L Y
You can get translated repro GBA carts of mother 3 on eBay for $20 I have one and it's great
@@crimesforkibble6912 or you can just download it because it runs on dead system. And if you buy it ,the money you paid arent coming to the company that made the game but to some random guy...
It’s Alex from NintendoLife here! Alex is awesome!
Is it just me or do you crack up whenever mario yells FIRE! in superstar saga?
Or Luigi going THUNDERRRR
The only thing I would add is EarthBound Trilogy. It was only relased in Japan, but it's available on WiiU VC in English, and hackers also created English GBA cardridges.
I've never seen a English hack of Mother 1+2 for the GBA
Who else just got an emulator and looking for some games to play
5. Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
4. FF6 Advance
3. Metroid Fusion
2. Pokémon Emerald
1. Zelda MC
14:30 that menu made me fall in love
i dont understand what happened my heart just fell down, and i thought that that was so cute, but idk why
Hold the phone my son. MOTHER 3 ISN'T HERE!??!?!??! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I know its only Japan but still...
Wtf r u talking about? U already drunk because of new year?
@@oi.meunomeejaorampvp5846 Wut? Mother 3 is clearly the best GBA game ever, and dare I say maybe even the best game of all time.
@@oi.meunomeejaorampvp5846 wth.are you talking about?
andre gribble I wouldn’t say best game of all time but easily in a top 15.
@@daddymanthiccboi opinion
I feel like almost everyone is sleeping on the medabots RPG series. Those were definetely some of my favorite GBA games when I was young and I would argue that they could give pokemon a run for their money but it's nowhere near as popular.
Rokusho > Metabee btw.
Rayman Advance is up there for me. I picked that up recently for 5 quid boxed. I was shocked to see how good it looks, really didn’t think the GBA was capable of making an (at the time) relatively modern console port play so well. Definitely get this if you played the original Rayman. The soundtrack has been dulled down abit, but then it would have to be coming out of that tiny speaker! 😂
Man, Golden Sun's music is so good
I still need to play it tho
Camelot found its way onto so many entries in this list. Seriously though, Golden Sun is SO amazing!
The Megaman Battle Network series needs more love
Amen you talk about the truth.
Just like any other diehard, I'm gonna say it right here, right now:
GIVE US MOTHER 3
THE VIDEO STARTED WITH GOLDEN SUN MUSIC I AM IN TEARS!
GOD DAMN IT, IT EVEN ENDED WITH GOLDEN SUN MUSIC!!!!
Dragon ball z buus fury, maybe only if you like dragon ball, but what an awesome game.
Supersonic Warriors was also amazing. Easily the best DBZ fighting game at the time of its release.
Hell im playing through Metroid Zero Mission right now as it is and even though it’s 2021 it’s still fantastic!!
Metroid Fusion is one of my absolute favorite games, but to say it doesn't miss a beat is kinda overselling it.
Some of the sounds in that game were over the top, and earsplitting (I'm looking at you, Power Bombs). No sequence breaking is allowed, except for Sector 4 which yields the secret message. Plus, there were a good handful of frame drops.
Metroid Zero Mission on the other hand rectified all of that as well additional improvements, and made for the perfect GBA Metroid game.
"Imagine Mario Tennis Ultra Smash with a story" and then we actually got it
What no love for the Mega Man Battle Network games NintendoLife?!
9:16 "Best racer on the GBA". No sir, that would be Konami's Krazy Racers
“Link to The Parst was an absolute marsterpiece”
3 Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
2 Metroid Fusion
1 Megaman Zero
Golden sun is the best. Even better than the final fantasy series, but i like them both.
Fight me, right now
You really wanted 69 coins there 19:10
And don't forget the best 3D ones :
- 2006 FIFA World Cup
- ATV Quad Power Racing
- Big Mmutha Truckers
- Cars Mater National Championship
- Colin McRae 2.0
- Corvette Anniversary
- Crazy Taxy Catch a Ride
- Driv3r
- Ford Racing 3
- GT Racers
- Hot Wheels Stunt Track Challenge
- Ice Nine
- 007 Nightfire
- Karnaaj Rally
- Kill Switch
- Killer 3D Pool
- Lego Drome Racers
- MX 2002 Featuring Ricky Carmichael
- Monster Truck Madness
- Monster Trucks
- Need for Speed Underground
- Need for Speed Underground 2
- Need for Speed Most Wanted
- Need for Speed Carbon
- Ozzy & Drix
- Payback
- Quad Desert Fury
- Robot Wars Extreme Destruction
- Street Racing Syndicate
- SSX 3
- SSX Tricky
- Serious Sam Advance
- Smashing Drive
- Smuggler's Run
- Sonic Battle
- Spyder Man 2
- Star X
- Starsky & Hutch
- Stuntman
- Taxi 3
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer Advance
- Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
- Top Gear Rally
- Trick Star
- V Rally 3
- Wing Commander Prophecy
Here’s my fav gba games (the three that I owned)
3. Lego Island 2
2. Pokémon Ruby
1. TLoZ Minish Cap
I ❤ur games and u
I was poor so mine were Spyro (the Ice one) Super Mario World and Advance Wars 2
Honestly this list is great except for the crown jewel of the GBA is missing. Where is Mother 3?!?!?
Exactly.
Japan and only Japan.
Harvest moon friends of mineral town was the best for me 😍😍😍 playing it for hours
mario and luigi superstar saga is my favorite gameboy game it is amazing
"Ruby and Sapphire are _clearly_ superior." I personally think Emerald is superior to both...
Ironically , i used absol in pokémon emerald , it's a good pokemon
YEAH
Oh yeah, a personal favorite of mine that was overlooked by almost every gBA owner out there...
Boktai.
YES OMG. I didn't know till recently it was made by Hideo Kojima!
Oh yeah, it was a Konami game huh?
...I miss those games, wished they make a new game for the 3DS. It might not be able to do the whole UV sensor thing, but they could use the camera instead. (they can figure something out to prevent cheating. xD)
It's always good to see another Boktai fan! It's a shame the 3rd game never got an official release outside of Japan.
I love boktai
The sun is in your hands
you had to go outside for that game, so... lame :P
I think you should had put both Golden Sun 1 & Golden Sun 2 in the fifth spot, not only because they are both great games, but also because I believe that the one completes the other!
When you moved the menu to the music for Sonic Advance 3, I lost it 😂
I’m a simple man, I see Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, I’m gonna hit that like button
The fact that they were playing golden sun music in the beginning is so dope💪💪😁
chris butler Venus Lighthouse, my friend, Venus Lighthouse
You memorized it omg klug
Sheldon Kelly Of course I do, I am not a JRPG-Love-Imposter
Alright, I gotta say it... I've been trying to play Metroid and Castlevania in their various forms since they first came out for the original NES, and I just can't get through a couple of plays without getting bored and dropping them altogether. I mention this because every list includes them, and I want to let viewers know that if you find yourself underwhelmed with either of these games, you're not entirely alone.
It's so weird. I could never get into Metroid or Castlevania games *until* I tried their GBA versions.
I think the focus on portable game playing, the games were stripped of a lot of their annoying/long sections and just the meat and potatoes are left in and it's much more enjoyable.
I'd recommend trying to play Metroid (NES) until you get to Norfair.
Then drop it altogether and fire up Zero Mission, you'll see what I mean.
Wow I finally found someone else that doesn't care about either franchise.
The GBA is a remake machine. It has remakes of: Pokemon, Mario, Kirby, Zelda, Final Fantasy, & Metroid.
Oh that Venus lighthouse music from Golden Sun . I need a Golden Sun 4 switch so badly
Camelot did really shine on the GBA (Golf, Golden Sun)
Let's hope werden forget their roots and that they did other things besides „Marro Tennis“
We need it badly
Well there's still hope in the sort that yooka laylee had. Remember live a live? Now look at octopath traveler. Get what i mean guys? WE HAVE MF HOPE.
he didn't put mother 3 on the list
I feel the exact same
Its my favourite game
Metroid fusion and Golden Sun are masterpieces
Great list! Been wanting to build up my gba collection again. Wanted to see what other games are good.
Not sure if you guys know about Summon Night 2. It's my favourite gba game
No Mother 3?
Seriously? No F-zero? Either of them?
They seriously fucked up the Handling on the gba f zeros imho
A Glass of Purified Water Last Name F-Zero wasn't even on GBA, was it?
Garrett Stubbs There were three games, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, F-Zero: GP Legend and F-Zero Climax, the third game was released exclusively in Japan however.
Real ones know that sims bustin out and sims urbz some of the best unappreciated and underrated titles released on gba.
Disappointing not to see Astro Boy: Omega Factor on this list, That is defiantly one of the greatest GBA games
Vortex Traveller. have to agree with you there. amazing game.
Loved Astro boy and how complex the story was for a gba game
Its top 3 at least.
You brought me back man. Time to download some roms.
Watching this for the first time and what a lovely nostalgia ride was, my GBA must be collecting dust on a drawer in my parents house but will sure play some on my phone's emulator. Thank you Nintendo Life
WarioLand4 and Mariokart Super Circut are my favorites
It's no use saying what games were a missed opportunity but Legacy of Goku was a good one.
I am one of the few people who actually liked the first legacy of goku game but legacy of goku 2 and buu's fury are a million times better.
@@chesspunk489 Yes I agree with you. I like Legacy of Goku 1 and I agree it's not as good as the other 2 but I still like it you know?
Such a good list. Love the love for firered and leafgreen!
"new graphics new gameplay" -literally a port of the game with next to no changes, and no graphical updates at all whatsoever
And this beat mother 3 ?!!!!!
"I'm not giving multiple spots to games of the same series"
*fifty million mario games*
Mario Tennis and Super Mario 3 are different series
No mention of the MegaMan battle network series?! Blasphemy!
Sonic battle was pretty great too.
And I don't understand how that Street fighter got chosen over Tekken advance
I was really sad to not see the megaman battle network on here...any of them! We fans argue about which one is better until the cow comes home, but we all agree they are some of the best GBA games out there (at least anyone that I talked to that has ever played one.)
Micah Vincent AND KINGDOM HEARTS CHAIN OF MEMORIES?!?!
I hate mega man battle network with a passion
Micah Vincent I agree, and fire emblem should be higher. Top 5 should be (at random) fire emblem/Pokemon emerald/megaman battle network 3 Blue/Metroid/golden sun
Battle Network 3 and 2 are generally considered the best in the series and I definitely think one of them should have made this list.
I also think Fire Emblem was placed far too low.
Hmm. I'm surprised you didn't include Sonic Battle. I'm also surprised Aria of Sorrow isn't #1.
(sees Metroid and Zelda)
Oh yeah, I forgot about those. It's really hard between Metroid, Zelda, and Castlevania.
yoshi's island, kirby and the amazing mirror, ff tactics, aria of sorrow and sonic advance 3 are my personal favorite GBA games. so many childhood memories with them
21:50 “yes we’ve broken some rules but we had fun along the way” is gonna be my defense at the geneva convention
I'll just share some of the games I've played to death...in no particular order:
1. Zoids Legacy (Zoids Saga 2)
2. Gundam Seed Battle Assault
3. Super Mario Advance 2 Super Mario World
4. Medabots
5. Duel Masters Kaijudo Showdown