Ultimate top ten gba games

[noobish hat]

Looks just like Excitebike to me.

[noobish hat]

Anyway, switched King of Swing for Final Fight, even though it has no underboob. This list looking good to everyone? We have to sort out the order!

[Leon Retro]

Looks just like Excitebike to me.

Think Excitebike mixed with Sonic. The perspective is just like Sonic's Green Hill Zone - with loop-the-loops etc... You race against other characters( like Mario Kart ) and after each race you have a scoreboard. There are boosts etc.. to keep things interesting.

The visuals are excellent in every way. It deserved more recognition.

[Ouenben]

My favourite GBA games:

Originals:
Metroid fusion
Advance Wars
Kirby and the amazing Mirror
Zelda Minish cap
warioware
Mario kart: super circuit
Golden sun
Warioland 4

ports:
SMA 2,3,4
Donkey Kong Country
Rayman
Zelda: A link to the past
Harvest Moon: friends of mineral town

Remakes:
Metroid Zero Mission
Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland
Sword of Mana
Pokemon Leaf Green

[rmoxon]

Another one of my favorite GBA games is Pinball Of The Dead, its on a par with Metroid pinball for all round handheld pinball excellence IMO and is better than half of those ten games.

But I'm not sure many people played it to be honest.

[buster_broon]

I would argue a place for Final Fantasy Tactics as it is the GBA game I spent longest playing. A brilliant on the go game. Some prefer advance wars, but Tactics had more lastibility for me.

Onimusha tactics is just as good as final fantasy tactics, so that deserves a place

i also loved:

Metal Slug Advanced
The addition of the cards to add attributes made this a killer game in my opinion and it looks great on the GBA however, loads didnt like it

Mario advanced Golf
One of the only golf games i've played to the end, totally enthralling

Mario vs donkey kong
a breath of fresh air - just excellent

[buster_broon]

From now on, GBA exclusives only, so no SNES ports!

The current list;

4. Metroid Zero Mission

not wanting to be a 'bawbag' or anything but if you're blocking SNES ports then Zero mission shouldnt be allowed in the top 10 since its NES remake/port of Metroid

a lovely spot for Onimusha tactics or mario vs donkey kong has just opened up

[rmoxon]

Onimusha tactics is just as good as final fantasy tactics, so that deserves a place

i also loved:

Metal Slug Advanced
The addition of the cards to add attributes made this a killer game in my opinion and it looks great on the GBA however, loads didnt like it

I liked Metal Slug Advance alot but then I liked Gunstar Super Heroes too.

Metal Slug was pretty easy though and as a result far too short, yeah the cards added replay value but most people probabaly wouldnt bother with that anyway.

[rmoxon]

Oh yeah, what about Fire Emblem?

[buster_broon]

Metal Slug was pretty easy though and as a result far too short, yeah the cards added replay value but most people probabaly wouldnt bother with that anyway.

i went and got all 100, i'm sure others did when it was first released and the game wasnt easy if you were trying for all the cards

also isnt Fusion a remake of Metroid 2 (Super Metroid)

anyway thought of a few others

Alien Hominid
It just came from nowhere and suprised everybody - excellent gun and run game

Mario and luigi Superstar saga
It certainly has to be in the top 10, an amazing RPG style game

[noobish hat]

I don't know what a bawbag is, but Zero Mission is not a port! I reckon if they hadn't labelled it as a remake, no one would even have figured it out. It's a completely different experience to NES Metroid.

[buster_broon]

I don't know what a bawbag is, but Zero Mission is not a port! I reckon if they hadn't labelled it as a remake, no one would even have figured it out. It's a completely different experience to NES Metroid.

its more or less the same just with a nicer front end

btw i absolutely adore both Metroid games on the GBA

[noobish hat]

Argh you're doing my head in! First of all, I never said anything about blocking NES ports anyway, so it doesn't matter, but Zero Mission is more than a facelift of the original Metroid. Fusion isn't a remake of anything, and Super Metroid isn't Metroid 2 anyway, that title goes to.... Metroid 2. On Gameboy.

[buster_broon]

Argh you're doing my head in! First of all, I never said anything about blocking NES ports anyway, so it doesn't matter, but Zero Mission is more than a facelift of the original Metroid. Fusion isn't a remake of anything, and Super Metroid isn't Metroid 2 anyway, that title goes to.... Metroid 2. On Gameboy.

so you block SNES ports but dont block NES ports

list is a fix and flawed my young man

[noobish hat]

Tell you what Buster, will you be happy if I put Superstar saga in there?