Golden sun 1 and 2 are literally my 2 favorite games of all time. They combined ff style combat system zelda style puzzle solving in dungeons. The djinni had very unique mechanics. Each individual djinn had its own attack, buff, or debuff it provided and once used it goes into a standby mode. While in standby mode 1 or more of them can be used as very power summons. There were djinni of each element and certain combinations of different element djinni could use many different summons. Weapons and armor were also really cool as well, there were regular weapons and named weapons with secondary special attacks that would randomly proc instead of regular attacks. The special attacks. From penultimate weapons from both games even rivally the damage of adept skills and djinni attacks. As far as puzzle mechanics there are a number of adept skills that can be used outside of battle to remove obstacles. I.e. move: to puch objects, lift: to pick up objects, reveal: to show hidden onjects or paths. You could even hotkey two of these skills to l and r buttons to make puzzle solving alittle faster and easier
I just got into GBA, like 2 weeks ago, and I cant believe all the titles i've been missing. The graphic all look so amazing, and the 2D sprites are so comforting to look at lol.
A HD remake or remaster of them both as one game, with optional QOL changes and difficulty modes and online battling, and any GS character in Smash, and I would die a happy man.
I’ve never heard of Summon Night but I’d love to check it out now after seeing that bit of gameplay! Golden Sun 1 and 2 is one of my favourite games EVER. I still replay it on the GBA regularly lol. I so hope Nintendo remakes the series soon 😩🙏🏼
Logically I know a lot of people played Golden Sun, but no one talks about it anymore so I’m always happy to see it mentioned. Such a good duology on the GBA.
Great video. Thanks Erick Landon for the love of GBA. My Top 10: 1. Golden Sun 2. Fire Emblem Blazing Sword 3. Golden Sun The Lost Age 4. DBZ Legacy of Goku 2 5. Onimusha Tactics 6. Fire Emblem Sacred Stones 7. Riviera the Promised Land 8. Lufia Ruins of Lore 9. Shining Force Resurrection of the Dark Dragon 10. Eragon (western game, but J-RPG style) Not including ports. Just the remake of shining Force.
Golden Sun... That game was another level😍 The music, the landscape, the psynergy, the weapons, the djinn, the items, the characters. It was such a great experience to play this game.
True. What I like the most about this franchise is it offers puzzles to solve and not just fighting monsters. I like both Golden Sun and Golden Sun: Lost Age. I replayed Golden Sun yesterday and already finished it and I'm thinking of playing Golden Sun: Dark Dawn next.(since I'm also done with Lost Age)
@@yass6871 play Lufia 2 whenever you have the chance. Golden Sun 3 is not as good as it's 2 predecessors, but you'll love Lufia 2 and likely Wild Arms 1.
Agreed. Without a doubt best games on the GBA. I refinished Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age recently and started a new playthrough on Hard Mode on TLA. These 2 are just timeless and will always have a special place in my heart.
How dare you not put Tales of Phantasia with the World destroying KANGAROO! Seriously a great list, man. And as someone who just finished his first Fire Emblem with Blazing Blade, I definitely agree!
Agreed with the top three. After that my list would be pretty different. 4. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 5. Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis 6. Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 1 and 2 7. Golden Sun/Lost Age 8. Final Fantasy V 9. Mega Man Battle Network (later games are better, but the original I remember most fondly) 10. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (I prefer the story/style of the PS1 game but gameplay is still quite good)
Mother 3 is my fave. I know it never came out in the west. but worth considering and playing it however a person can. It's one of the systems greatest games and we really missed out. The writing, charm, emotion, and battling is all distinct
That video made me realised how important the GBA was in making me a JRPG fan (and then the DS). So many great titles. And there was enough variety to show me how rich the genre actually was.
My favorite GBA RPG is Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. (At least among the non-ports.) My favorite strategy RPG of all time is Final Fantasy Tactics on the PS1 and this scratches that same type of itch. It's so fun!
@Sadist Fake Bootleg Tiki okay, so I’ve played the first two golden sun games, and I really liked them both. The story was great and the puzzles were a perfect blend of creative and hard, but not too hard or weird. But, the biggest hole in the series would be the combat. It’s too simple repetitive and at times boring. I don’t hate it, mostly because the rest of the game is so good. The 2nd half of the games you can just mash “A” to win 98% if the battles. For this reason I can. It say it’s the best RPG ever.
So nice to see FE at the top. I've just begun playing FE Path of Radiance, and being my first FE game ever, I can say that I'm hooked on it! Definitely looking forward to playing the GBA titles. ^^
I'm so glad I played most of these games growing up. I just wish the creator of Summon Night add more enhanced version of Swordcraft Story because they are way better than the main games and I also wish Camelot would make a new Golden Sun game because it's such a great game and has the potential to be one of the best JRPGs out there.
I feel like Fire Emblem fans would like the main series more, so he prob would rate them higher. Then again, if your profile pic is what I think it is then I'll go hush in a corner
@@doha057 Hold on - if you haven't played Summon Night 2, don't be so quick to hop on the Agree-Train. Golden Sun is amazing (calling it 1+2 makes it look like you dont know its really all one game - just saying) but when you get outside of battles, the pace starts feeling hilariously slow. Really a hardware issue imo, but i digress
@@theinktician if I was making this list then Golden Sun duo would be no.1, that game taught me JRPG, I still go back to it time to time, this game was the reason I mod my 3ds and bought like 7 in total, I still have 4. I played both Summon Night, they are in my 3ds too, but they are not JRPG actually, they are ARPG or action RPG to be precise. Not to nitpick but Fire Emblem is SRPG, but I don't mind putting them in JRPG lists, since RPG is the key word. I have finished Summon Night duo only once, tried to go back but can't dedicate enough time for it, on the contrary I have always time for Golden Sun, I probably finished them 10 times each, might be more, recently I started on Hard Mode for GS2, but right now playing something else, I intend to go back to it soon again.
I simply feel the need to cry of joy and nostalgia every time I see Golden Sun, IMO one of the best RPG ever, period, at least turn based. Everything about Golden Sun is so precious to me I will die still thinking it is one of the best things I was able to play in my life. BTW Fire Emblem as well, but most people know how good Fire Emblem is and until now every single new release remember us the whole saga, we even have the mobile game these days, but it is so much specific on their system and perma death that I can't even compare it to other game, IMO it is the best of its genre and the reason I buy Nintendo consoles until now.
My top 10: 10. Tales of Phantasia 9. Lunar Legend 8. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 7. Pokémon Fire Red/Leaf Green 6. Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword 5. Golden Sun/Golden Sun: The Lost Age 4. Final Fantasy VI Advance 3. Pokémon Emerald 2. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 1. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
My favorite thing is wandering into one of your list videos and realizing I own all of the games mentioned. :p I even agree with all the choices. Great work.
Tales of Phantasia was re-released on GBA, wasn't it? I like it more than basically everything on the list other than Final Fantasy VI. I'm in the VI is greatest FF camp. Phantasia's my favorte Tales though. I didn't really like how the sprites looked in the GBA remake. But the FFVI remake had issues, too.
Golden Sun's graphics and music are top tier for the console. Blew my mind that such a small console could do that. Now they just need to release them anywhere, please. My GBA is not going to live forever.
Isn't Ogre Battle: Knight of Lodis a prequel for the Ogre Battle MotWQ? Trying not to spoil things but the main character in Knight of Lodis is an important character for the other game, it's shocking actually.
I have to ask these two things - 1) what exactly is the intro music? Name please and thank you 2) What games are used in the intro? I'm interested in playing the one shown at 0.27. Looks so much fun and it's visually intriguing.
Golden Sun the Lost Age will always be top for me, don't know why people refer to the first game in this sort of lists (in the second game they did everything better). Another thing I never see in this lists is the Megaman Battle Network series, why? The 5th and 6th game have literally the best battle systems in any jRPG. Still, including Summon Night and Yggdra Union is a thing only someone who truly knows their jRpgs would do, so hats off to you anyway sir. Also, indeed, FFIV is the best version on the GBA.
@@Triattt Second introduce multi-elemental summons which encouraged more class experimentation with Djinn. Blacksmithing Artifact Weapons. Exploration was open world and not linear. 4 times more post game content and extra bosses. 8 characters instead of 4. 72 Djinn instead of 27, including far more classes and psynergy to get from these. Class changing items that could be equipped to anyone, these having their own Djinn combinations to get different stats and psynergy. Overall it just took what the first game did and gave it more and made it better.
@@BinaryDood Okay so I do fail to remember most of these. But it kinda is a product of it being the second part. Overall the game peaks at the second half but for these kinds of lists with recommendations in mind, makes sense to refer to the first more often than not because otherwise one might pick up the second without playing the first.
Summon Night... I read about that in Nintendo Power. Really liked it since that type of Tales of gameplay was new to me. (Still need to play one of those games). Liked 2 as well but never finished it since I lent a friend my copy plus a GBA Sp and never saw it again. I'm still upset we never got Summon Night X here and the English translations patch doesn't seem to be 100% complete.
Dude, what's your accent...I can't quite place it. It's cool though, don't get me wrong and your English is good (I'm English and you speak better English than some of the English people I know!). Good video, useful info :)
To be fair, there were other things wrong with the GBA Tales of Phantasia other than the slowed down battle system, like the shoddy dub and the fact that it overcompensated for the lack of a backlight in the original GBA, which made it really washed out looking when the GBA started making backlit models.
@@TheMissSerena I got one for $60 but it didnt come with the instruction manual. I got the game, box and the promotional stuff that came with it. That's def a lot for an old gba game.
Since I like your taste in RPG'S, what do you think of the Battle Chasers: Night War? I read the comic as a child and was sad when it seemed to disappear, then I was ecstatic when it was turned into a game.
Fire emblem sacred stones was one of my first JRPG’s ever that wasn’t pokemon, along with FFV when I was a kid I spend hours on my gba playing these games…
Surprised not to see Final Fantasy Tactics Advance or Phantasy Star Collection here. Given the criteria for jrpg you've used in other videos, I think the Castlevania games would absolutely fit too. Harmony of Dissonance & Aria of Sorrow are two of the very best games on the console. Love the two Fire Emblem games though. Finished Sacred Stones back in November & it prompted me to run out & get a Switch to play Three Houses (a good decision).
Thanks for the video. Where do you get the time to play all these long RPG's? Or are you speaking from memory... Growing up took all my time for games 😒
You should have avoided the ports because there are enough GBA exclusive JRPGs. How could you forget Mario Luigi Super Star Saga!!! FF5 deserved to be here more since it was finally localized. Some of the best was Japan exclusive, best in the series, the 3rd Summon Night is being translated slowly and Mother 3. Zelda Minish Cap or Pokemon (I know you are not a fan), but play the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, you will love it, its not like traditional Pokemon games.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team was the only PMD for GBA, right? I hear the DS was the golden age for PMD and where anyone new to the series should start, I found Explorers of Sky while bargain-hunting.
@@autobotstarscream765 Yeah, Blue rescue was the DS version which was exactly same just with added touch control. And yeah 2nd Mystery Dungeon is epic, a masterpiece.
Man can I ask a question a bit out of subject? I am mostly love western RPG but there is one game that I really fell in love - Final Fantasy X. It was the strongest impression. The story was perfect, extremely emotional. Can you recommend something similar?
Tales Of Symphonia has similar characterization and themes but is an Action RPG for Gamecube. Persona 5 for PS4 remains one of the strongest fantasy RPG'S ever with powerful themes. Final Fantasy 7-9 are not as pretty and dont feature voice acting but are the closest to capturing the magic and structure of FFX. Unfortunately many games are quite standalone in the experience they offer. But you cant go wrong with any Final Fantasy.
@@sherrdreamz7232 I played other FFs - some was nice, some not, but they're not like my favorite X. The closest one among one's I played was Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria. Great game bit still not the same:)
My favorites: 1. Tactics Ogre : Knight of the Lodis 2. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 3. Fire Emblem Blazing Sword 4. Fire Emblem Sacred Stones 5. Final Fantasy V 6. Final Fantasy I & II. Love FF2 7. Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green 8. Pokemon Emerald 9. Final Fantasy VI 10. Final Fantasy IV
A very good list. Without a doubt. But everyone has his own list and preferences 😄 For me Golden Sun, Golden Sun: The Lost Age and Final Fantasy 6 (the Advance version) are on my top 20 best games of all time and ranked within the top 10 pretty close to each other (as I treat the 3 Golden Sun games equally). And I agree on what you said about Tales of Phantasia. But you forgot the interface of the script and the backlight. The PSX version is the superior version of all. At least for me.
Just bought final fantasy 4 a week ago , i use to have so many games for so many consoles , after 5th grade i started smoking weed everyday , smoke so much i got desperate and started selling toys, games , etc. Just to get high. my god the regrets i have for selling my games from sega genesis, n64, gameboy, xbox, so many etc each for a dollar. Life's a bitch you guys respect your body and love yourself surround yourself with people with good intentions , sometimes we lose ourselves for people or Material, god bless all of you who havent tried coke , meth etc. Weed wasn't bad but when you take advantage of your body , you will lose so much in the end , physically , mentally , spiritually.
Good list Eric. I am glad maybe even giddy to see Fire Emblem as the Top 2. I can agree why FF6 is 3rd, its great but a few sacrifices were made for it like its sound. FF4 I am glad is listed, as awesome as the DS remake is. The randomness to gain Perfect Stats(99 in everything except HP/MP) is offset by the fact that the rest of the cast can be reacquired. I remember bringing Yang to the final battle and shedding Manly Tears it was awesome. The Knight of Lodis is a prequel to Let Us Cling Together.
1. Mother 3 2. Mario & Luigi: SSS 3. Golden Sun and The Lost Age 4. Fire Emblem 7 and 8 I don't like to count ports. Don't really care for tRPG either but FE get a pass from me.
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Golden sun 1 and 2 are literally my 2 favorite games of all time. They combined ff style combat system zelda style puzzle solving in dungeons. The djinni had very unique mechanics. Each individual djinn had its own attack, buff, or debuff it provided and once used it goes into a standby mode. While in standby mode 1 or more of them can be used as very power summons. There were djinni of each element and certain combinations of different element djinni could use many different summons. Weapons and armor were also really cool as well, there were regular weapons and named weapons with secondary special attacks that would randomly proc instead of regular attacks. The special attacks. From penultimate weapons from both games even rivally the damage of adept skills and djinni attacks. As far as puzzle mechanics there are a number of adept skills that can be used outside of battle to remove obstacles. I.e. move: to puch objects, lift: to pick up objects, reveal: to show hidden onjects or paths. You could even hotkey two of these skills to l and r buttons to make puzzle solving alittle faster and easier
Without a doubt best games on the GBA.
you also forgot to mention that djinn and party members could be combined to create different classes and skills
Man I really want a remake on the switch! I would be so fucking ecstatic! That and mega man were my go to games
It was the ideal game to discover the JRPG genre. I honestly feel very lucky to have it as one of my first game.
The summons graphic are totally on the next level . The greatest on gba
>*sees Shining Force*
This makes me very happy. One of my favorite games of all time.
Yes sir
to be fair, gba jrpgs are generally really good.
Agreed. I felt like it was a natural progression from SNES and PS1 era rpgs. And what they were able to do on the gba was impressive.
I just got into GBA, like 2 weeks ago, and I cant believe all the titles i've been missing. The graphic all look so amazing, and the 2D sprites are so comforting to look at lol.
They need to bring back Golden Sun on Switch
y e s
Beautiful game, damn.
I’d even take a remaster
A HD remake or remaster of them both as one game, with optional QOL changes and difficulty modes and online battling, and any GS character in Smash, and I would die a happy man.
A full on remake
An often overlooked Final Fantasy game is 5.
It's really good, so much fun.
The Advance is probably the best way to play the game.
Play it
this guy always has the best taste in rpgs
I’ve never heard of Summon Night but I’d love to check it out now after seeing that bit of gameplay! Golden Sun 1 and 2 is one of my favourite games EVER. I still replay it on the GBA regularly lol. I so hope Nintendo remakes the series soon 😩🙏🏼
Logically I know a lot of people played Golden Sun, but no one talks about it anymore so I’m always happy to see it mentioned. Such a good duology on the GBA.
Great video. Thanks Erick Landon for the love of GBA.
My Top 10:
1. Golden Sun
2. Fire Emblem Blazing Sword
3. Golden Sun The Lost Age
4. DBZ Legacy of Goku 2
5. Onimusha Tactics
6. Fire Emblem Sacred Stones
7. Riviera the Promised Land
8. Lufia Ruins of Lore
9. Shining Force Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
10. Eragon (western game, but J-RPG style)
Not including ports. Just the remake of shining Force.
Golden Sun... That game was another level😍
The music, the landscape, the psynergy, the weapons, the djinn, the items, the characters.
It was such a great experience to play this game.
True. What I like the most about this franchise is it offers puzzles to solve and not just fighting monsters. I like both Golden Sun and Golden Sun: Lost Age. I replayed Golden Sun yesterday and already finished it and I'm thinking of playing Golden Sun: Dark Dawn next.(since I'm also done with Lost Age)
@@yass6871 play Lufia 2 whenever you have the chance. Golden Sun 3 is not as good as it's 2 predecessors, but you'll love Lufia 2 and likely Wild Arms 1.
Agreed. Without a doubt best games on the GBA.
I refinished Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age recently and started a new playthrough on Hard Mode on TLA.
These 2 are just timeless and will always have a special place in my heart.
@@niespeludo Lufia 2 is also a pretty good game and on my top 20 best games of all time.
Not the story, though.
Golden Sun!!! Wish in future we'll see a Remake version on Switch. PLEASE CAMELOT!!!!
Might be my all time favorite, just finished another playthrough
camelot: No, we will be doing regular mario tennis at the Olympic Games, while the Nintendo is hammering us in the ass.
Why switch? It will kill the nostalgia for gba
@@BrunoidGames xF
The blazing sword ate so many hours of my childhood, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Never beat it though. Now I want to go back and revisit it.
Blazing sword was my first fire emblem and i love it
How dare you not put Tales of Phantasia with the World destroying KANGAROO!
Seriously a great list, man. And as someone who just finished his first Fire Emblem with Blazing Blade, I definitely agree!
Another Tales of Phantasia fan. Mitsukete your dreams, fam!
Agreed with the top three. After that my list would be pretty different.
4. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
5. Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis
6. Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 1 and 2
7. Golden Sun/Lost Age
8. Final Fantasy V
9. Mega Man Battle Network (later games are better, but the original I remember most fondly)
10. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (I prefer the story/style of the PS1 game but gameplay is still quite good)
Mother 3 is my fave. I know it never came out in the west. but worth considering and playing it however a person can. It's one of the systems greatest games and we really missed out. The writing, charm, emotion, and battling is all distinct
Having a gameboy player on your GameCube makes all these games all the better too.
Bro Golden Sun is sooo good.
@Sadist Fake Bootleg Tiki you meant tactics advance, right? I hope.
That video made me realised how important the GBA was in making me a JRPG fan (and then the DS). So many great titles.
And there was enough variety to show me how rich the genre actually was.
My favorite GBA RPG is Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. (At least among the non-ports.) My favorite strategy RPG of all time is Final Fantasy Tactics on the PS1 and this scratches that same type of itch. It's so fun!
I love your top 3. Sacred Stones was my first Fire Emblem game, and now it’s one of my favorite franchises.
Mother 3 is the best JRPG for GBA (in my opinion, of course)
The end almost made me cry... Almost.
Soma should prefer Castlevania aria of sorrow as a metroidvania but Mothers 3 is the best jrpg
I’ve never played, but have heard that many times.
Oh. To be fair he stated in the description that he wasn't including fan translated games.
@Sadist Fake Bootleg Tiki okay, so I’ve played the first two golden sun games, and I really liked them both. The story was great and the puzzles were a perfect blend of creative and hard, but not too hard or weird. But, the biggest hole in the series would be the combat. It’s too simple repetitive and at times boring. I don’t hate it, mostly because the rest of the game is so good. The 2nd half of the games you can just mash “A” to win 98% if the battles. For this reason I can. It say it’s the best RPG ever.
Riviera the Promised Land the best game on GBA.
I like it, but the best? I dunno about that. It's more like a visual novel with rpg elements than an rpg with visual novel elements.
*See Golden Sun characters in the thumbnail.*
Likes the video immediately. Thanks for the love!
Love your channel man!
One of my favorites on the GBA is Swords of Mana!
appreciate that tip about Tales of Phantasia at the end!
I've been bingeing your videos, it's great seeing how you've improved over time!
Love the list, but a few I'd add are Mario and Luigi: superstar saga(which is top 5 for me), ff 5, sword of mana, and boktai
Eric P fire emblem 5 wasn’t on the gba
@@meeeeeena134 I wrote ff 5, not fe 5
Boktai was so underrated.It is rare to even see people mention it these days.
So nice to see FE at the top. I've just begun playing FE Path of Radiance, and being my first FE game ever, I can say that I'm hooked on it! Definitely looking forward to playing the GBA titles. ^^
GS thumbnail? Insta like.
I loved Tales of Phantasia on the GBA despite it's... weaknesses,
But yeah, play the fan translation
I'm so glad I played most of these games growing up. I just wish the creator of Summon Night add more enhanced version of Swordcraft Story because they are way better than the main games and I also wish Camelot would make a new Golden Sun game because it's such a great game and has the potential to be one of the best JRPGs out there.
I feel like Fire Emblem fans would like the main series more, so he prob would rate them higher. Then again, if your profile pic is what I think it is then I'll go hush in a corner
Wow, I can't believe some of these games ranked above things like Advance Wars, FFTA, and Phantasy Star Collection... I'll have to give them a try.
Just discovered your channel. Keep up the good work. Your videos are awesome.
In my opinion, the best Jrpg from GBA is Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 1 and 2
nah golden sun 1+2 beats all
@@cazimim3375 Preach
@@doha057 Hold on - if you haven't played Summon Night 2, don't be so quick to hop on the Agree-Train. Golden Sun is amazing (calling it 1+2 makes it look like you dont know its really all one game - just saying) but when you get outside of battles, the pace starts feeling hilariously slow. Really a hardware issue imo, but i digress
@@theinktician if I was making this list then Golden Sun duo would be no.1, that game taught me JRPG, I still go back to it time to time, this game was the reason I mod my 3ds and bought like 7 in total, I still have 4. I played both Summon Night, they are in my 3ds too, but they are not JRPG actually, they are ARPG or action RPG to be precise. Not to nitpick but Fire Emblem is SRPG, but I don't mind putting them in JRPG lists, since RPG is the key word. I have finished Summon Night duo only once, tried to go back but can't dedicate enough time for it, on the contrary I have always time for Golden Sun, I probably finished them 10 times each, might be more, recently I started on Hard Mode for GS2, but right now playing something else, I intend to go back to it soon again.
@@doha057 there is also hard mods for golden sun if u play it on a pc
I was so happy to search for this on TH-cam, and see that he's already done this.
YES TACTICS OGRE!!! Getting the attention it deserves!!!
I simply feel the need to cry of joy and nostalgia every time I see Golden Sun, IMO one of the best RPG ever, period, at least turn based. Everything about Golden Sun is so precious to me I will die still thinking it is one of the best things I was able to play in my life.
BTW Fire Emblem as well, but most people know how good Fire Emblem is and until now every single new release remember us the whole saga, we even have the mobile game these days, but it is so much specific on their system and perma death that I can't even compare it to other game, IMO it is the best of its genre and the reason I buy Nintendo consoles until now.
My top 10:
10. Tales of Phantasia
9. Lunar Legend
8. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
7. Pokémon Fire Red/Leaf Green
6. Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword
5. Golden Sun/Golden Sun: The Lost Age
4. Final Fantasy VI Advance
3. Pokémon Emerald
2. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
1. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Your channel is awesome man, Keep up the good work.
My favorite thing is wandering into one of your list videos and realizing I own all of the games mentioned. :p
I even agree with all the choices. Great work.
Is the footage for Yggdra you used from the PSP version? Because my GBA version doesn't look nearly as nice.
Emulator can upscale it possibly.
Yep, it's the psp one lol
It's PSP version because Mistel is there and she is PSP version exclusive.
I don't like the gba ports for breath of fire(s) and shining force (i like these games on snes and genesis), i 'll put FFTA and FF5 in their spots.
I can proudly say that I own all games mentioned in this video. Great list!
Tales of Phantasia was re-released on GBA, wasn't it? I like it more than basically everything on the list other than Final Fantasy VI. I'm in the VI is greatest FF camp. Phantasia's my favorte Tales though. I didn't really like how the sprites looked in the GBA remake. But the FFVI remake had issues, too.
Golden Sun's graphics and music are top tier for the console. Blew my mind that such a small console could do that. Now they just need to release them anywhere, please. My GBA is not going to live forever.
Knight of Lodis was my favorite game growing up. Snapdragons and having party members come back as angels. Heavy Biblical themes
Isn't Ogre Battle: Knight of Lodis a prequel for the Ogre Battle MotWQ? Trying not to spoil things but the main character in Knight of Lodis is an important character for the other game, it's shocking actually.
It's a prequel to Let us Cling Together.
***SPOILERS*** It the back story of the Dark Knight Lancelot Tartaros
Great video, Erick.
I have to ask these two things -
1) what exactly is the intro music? Name please and thank you
2) What games are used in the intro? I'm interested in playing the one shown at 0.27. Looks so much fun and it's visually intriguing.
i wouldve put mario and luigi star saga some where in there but overall excellent video
Love that game. Best Mario game since Mario Rpg and Luigi Mansion.
Finally catching up on videos after a busy week. XD great to see a GBA video again. :D
Golden Sun the Lost Age will always be top for me, don't know why people refer to the first game in this sort of lists (in the second game they did everything better). Another thing I never see in this lists is the Megaman Battle Network series, why? The 5th and 6th game have literally the best battle systems in any jRPG.
Still, including Summon Night and Yggdra Union is a thing only someone who truly knows their jRpgs would do, so hats off to you anyway sir.
Also, indeed, FFIV is the best version on the GBA.
Isn't it the same game just divided in two cartridges? I can't remember that many differences between the first and the second...
@@Triattt Second introduce multi-elemental summons which encouraged more class experimentation with Djinn. Blacksmithing Artifact Weapons. Exploration was open world and not linear. 4 times more post game content and extra bosses. 8 characters instead of 4. 72 Djinn instead of 27, including far more classes and psynergy to get from these. Class changing items that could be equipped to anyone, these having their own Djinn combinations to get different stats and psynergy. Overall it just took what the first game did and gave it more and made it better.
@@BinaryDood Okay so I do fail to remember most of these. But it kinda is a product of it being the second part. Overall the game peaks at the second half but for these kinds of lists with recommendations in mind, makes sense to refer to the first more often than not because otherwise one might pick up the second without playing the first.
Summon Night... I read about that in Nintendo Power. Really liked it since that type of Tales of gameplay was new to me. (Still need to play one of those games). Liked 2 as well but never finished it since I lent a friend my copy plus a GBA Sp and never saw it again. I'm still upset we never got Summon Night X here and the English translations patch doesn't seem to be 100% complete.
Dude, what's your accent...I can't quite place it. It's cool though, don't get me wrong and your English is good (I'm English and you speak better English than some of the English people I know!). Good video, useful info :)
I'm a weak man. I see Golden Sun, I like. Forgive me.
To be fair, there were other things wrong with the GBA Tales of Phantasia other than the slowed down battle system, like the shoddy dub and the fact that it overcompensated for the lack of a backlight in the original GBA, which made it really washed out looking when the GBA started making backlit models.
Loved you in Game of Thrones, man.
Blazing Blade number 1? Mad respect man 👍
I dont really collect for the GBA but theres one game I had to have complete in box: Fire Emblem Blazing Sword.
Joey that’s gonna cost a pretty penny
@@TheMissSerena I got one for $60 but it didnt come with the instruction manual. I got the game, box and the promotional stuff that came with it. That's def a lot for an old gba game.
summon night, golden sun and fire emblem are my favorites
Since I like your taste in RPG'S, what do you think of the Battle Chasers: Night War?
I read the comic as a child and was sad when it seemed to disappear, then I was ecstatic when it was turned into a game.
Fire emblem sacred stones was one of my first JRPG’s ever that wasn’t pokemon, along with FFV when I was a kid I spend hours on my gba playing these games…
Golden sun, summon night, tactics ogre... ahh such good memories
Surprised not to see Final Fantasy Tactics Advance or Phantasy Star Collection here. Given the criteria for jrpg you've used in other videos, I think the Castlevania games would absolutely fit too. Harmony of Dissonance & Aria of Sorrow are two of the very best games on the console. Love the two Fire Emblem games though. Finished Sacred Stones back in November & it prompted me to run out & get a Switch to play Three Houses (a good decision).
Thanks for the video. Where do you get the time to play all these long RPG's? Or are you speaking from memory... Growing up took all my time for games 😒
You should have avoided the ports because there are enough GBA exclusive JRPGs. How could you forget Mario Luigi Super Star Saga!!! FF5 deserved to be here more since it was finally localized. Some of the best was Japan exclusive, best in the series, the 3rd Summon Night is being translated slowly and Mother 3. Zelda Minish Cap or Pokemon (I know you are not a fan), but play the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, you will love it, its not like traditional Pokemon games.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team was the only PMD for GBA, right?
I hear the DS was the golden age for PMD and where anyone new to the series should start, I found Explorers of Sky while bargain-hunting.
@@autobotstarscream765 Yeah, Blue rescue was the DS version which was exactly same just with added touch control. And yeah 2nd Mystery Dungeon is epic, a masterpiece.
Me: SUmmon Night better be here....
him: 1 AND 2
Me: How dare he not give them their own spots. Everyone KNOWS the 2nd was way better
For me #1 gba game is Mother 3. Such a bizarre and unique game.
really love Golden Sun, I cried when I finished that game
Ah, the good old GBA-
Man can I ask a question a bit out of subject?
I am mostly love western RPG but there is one game that I really fell in love - Final Fantasy X. It was the strongest impression. The story was perfect, extremely emotional.
Can you recommend something similar?
Tales Of Symphonia has similar characterization and themes but is an Action RPG for Gamecube.
Persona 5 for PS4 remains one of the strongest fantasy RPG'S ever with powerful themes.
Final Fantasy 7-9 are not as pretty and dont feature voice acting but are the closest to capturing the magic and structure of FFX.
Unfortunately many games are quite standalone in the experience they offer. But you cant go wrong with any Final Fantasy.
@@sherrdreamz7232 I played other FFs - some was nice, some not, but they're not like my favorite X.
The closest one among one's I played was Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria. Great game bit still not the same:)
@@sherrdreamz7232 I'm thinking of Persona 5 but I don't like Japanese school themes
I’ve seen some people who really like FFX also like dragon quest XI
@@supermellow6120 really? DQ isn't story driven as I know
It's funny in timestamp, it's say "Eat Dry" instead "Yggdra" 😭😂
Tactics ogre is one of those games I always intended on picking up. I’d see it at GameStop and always say “next time”. I never bought it. I regret it
Wow. I think this is the first time that I've had every game on the list. I was looking for a few new games to play, but oh well!
I downloaded summon nights 1 and 2 for gba rom and I got to say I love these games thanks for the recommendation
My favorites:
1. Tactics Ogre : Knight of the Lodis
2. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
3. Fire Emblem Blazing Sword
4. Fire Emblem Sacred Stones
5. Final Fantasy V
6. Final Fantasy I & II. Love FF2
7. Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green
8. Pokemon Emerald
9. Final Fantasy VI
10. Final Fantasy IV
I'm a little bummed Sword of Mana didn't hit the list. That's a pretty good remake.
A very good list. Without a doubt. But everyone has his own list and preferences 😄
For me Golden Sun, Golden Sun: The Lost Age and Final Fantasy 6 (the Advance version) are on my top 20 best games of all time and ranked within the top 10 pretty close to each other (as I treat the 3 Golden Sun games equally).
And I agree on what you said about Tales of Phantasia. But you forgot the interface of the script and the backlight. The PSX version is the superior version of all. At least for me.
you have a video for EVERYTHING
OMG I loved the Summon Night Sword games. The battle system was superb and loved making weapons. I really want them back T_T.
I never met anything harder than yggdra union
What a fantastic list. I agree with the vast majority of this list. And I will share this video with my friends.
surprised that you didnt have Onimusha Tactics on that list.
I know! I'm not even an srpg fan but I absolutely love Onimisha Tactics!
How could I've missed that!!! Is one of my favorites of alltime!!! Just guessing some FIRE EMBLEM may have be in the first position!!!
Just bought final fantasy 4 a week ago , i use to have so many games for so many consoles , after 5th grade i started smoking weed everyday , smoke so much i got desperate and started selling toys, games , etc. Just to get high. my god the regrets i have for selling my games from sega genesis, n64, gameboy, xbox, so many etc each for a dollar. Life's a bitch you guys respect your body and love yourself surround yourself with people with good intentions , sometimes we lose ourselves for people or Material, god bless all of you who havent tried coke , meth etc. Weed wasn't bad but when you take advantage of your body , you will lose so much in the end , physically , mentally , spiritually.
Im replaying most of these and I love them.
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Good list Eric. I am glad maybe even giddy to see Fire Emblem as the Top 2. I can agree why FF6 is 3rd, its great but a few sacrifices were made for it like its sound. FF4 I am glad is listed, as awesome as the DS remake is. The randomness to gain Perfect Stats(99 in everything except HP/MP) is offset by the fact that the rest of the cast can be reacquired. I remember bringing Yang to the final battle and shedding Manly Tears it was awesome. The Knight of Lodis is a prequel to Let Us Cling Together.
Yggdra union was just so hard, I started replaying it in emulator and cheat my way through
Your insane breath of fire 2 may be the best mystery in a jrpg of all time
cool vid as always
Can you make a top 10 of your favorite non RPG games? I am sincerely interested!
Lufia is another great jrpg.. also sword of mana was so much fun to play.. also just wondering.. what is your take on pokemon as a jrpg??
Here's hoping that both of the first Breath of Fire games get Remakes next year or the year after!
1. Mother 3
2. Mario & Luigi: SSS
3. Golden Sun and The Lost Age
4. Fire Emblem 7 and 8
I don't like to count ports.
Don't really care for tRPG either but FE get a pass from me.
No ports list incoming?
My main problem is with FF IV as the DS port is far superior.
I was expecting riviera
AHEM, thank u for this list... Especially since these games are _so_ easy to get now... u know what I mean ;)