I remember getting FF Tactics Advance as a birthday present when I was a kid, and I was disappointed at first because I had actually asked for a different FF game but my mum had gotten them mixed up. But I'm so glad she did, because I absolutely loved that game!
If you ever want to play a similar game, you should check out Tactics Ogre: Knights of Lodis. It was the last game Quest made in the Ogre Saga series before Square Enix bought them out and had them make FFTA.
Pokemon's the obvious choice, so I'm never mad when it's not included in lists like these. Not like we don't know about Pokemon already, might as well give other games a chance to shine.
Metroid: Zero Misson Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Zelda: The Minish Cap Super Mario World Advance 2 Yeah I maybe a total sellout but these games are so god damn fun.
i feel like i'm the only one who finds super mario world extremely boring. smb3 was so fun and had so many different power ups and stuff, and after that smw just felt so bland to me. i loved yoshi's island though, it added unique new gameplay and has the most amazing backgrounds i've seen in a 16 bit side scroller by far.
@@Jack_80 I mean honestly I do think it's probably you man. SMW had a ton of hidden shortcuts and endless ways to explore the levels with the Yoshi's. The world was so damn charming but the key win more than anything is the soundtrack. I think SMW has the best soundtrack in the series by a very long shot it just invigorates me to keep going. SMB3 was a great game but dying in it honestly irks me because for whatever dumbass reason the GBA version doesn't let you save wherever you want. And dying in that game is much easier than in SMW because the game legit does have challenge. I love it's world and secrets but I can rarely feel the want to pick it up and dive in ya know?
Lol same here but for my flash cart to use on a recently purchased game boy micro. The only game I had not heard of was Sigma Star Saga. Looks very interesting.
1. Castlevania Circle of the Moon 2. FF VI Advance 3. FF Tactics Advance 4. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow 5. FF IV Advance 6. Tactics Ogre Knight of Lodis 7. Golden Sun series 8. Legend of Zelda Link to the past 9. Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance 10. Fire Emblem The Sacred Stone
I always enjoy your lists, as you always have several less-popular games I've never heard of and likely would never give a second glance. Definitely several I hope to look into here, as I'm sorely lacking on GBA games!
My favorites in no particular order are: The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past/Four Swords Wario Land 4 Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3 Mario Kart Super Circuit Dragon Ball Z Buu's Fury Golden Sun & TLA Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga Mario VS Donkey Kong Dragon Ball Z Legacy of Goku 2
My top 5 gba games 5. Mario Kart Super Circuit 4. Metro Fusion 3. Mario and Luigi Super star saga 2. Final fantasy tactics advance 1. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
try these: *Cima: the enemy *megaman battle chip challenge *kingdom hearts: chain of memories *Yggdra Union *riviera *castlevania: circle of the moon *castlevania: harmony of despair *castlevania: aria of sorrow *king of fighters howling blood
I actually really appreciate that this is your personal favourite list, and not just the same "top GBA games" list that's copy pasted all over the internet! There are some really unique and interesting entry's here!
I recently played my older brother's GBA and the first game i actually played was Metroid Zero Mission. It's easily the best game i have played in recent years.
Absolutely! Circle of the moon to me is Metroid in Castlevania clothes!! Fantastic game! I’m actually just about finished. Collecting potions to get through the battle arena before heading to Dracula!! Soundtrack and map layout are phenomenal!!
Just finished circle of the moon I have 98 percent complete which sucks cause that means I have to run around and hit every wall lol I also got all the cards. This games best feature to me is the blending of old school castlevania with the new metroidvania type castlevania games like symphony. You move and attack like the classics and there is no shop(didn't like that at first but kind liked how it increased difficulty) but it has nonlinear castle map design as well as a leveling system and introduces magic attack again this time done a lil different and yeah I have my problems with system, the extremely low drop rate coupled with no way of knowing which enemies holds one can be pretty frustrating also how it won't say the move till you use the effect once (a whole segment is dedicated to these special power moves but never tells you ingame how to use them and it's kind of a long motion.. plus controls could be in the manual which I didn't get and if so i take it back) but it's highs outlay the lows and having played lots of 2d castlevania this one did a great job of standing out and made a strong impression. Oh and mega man. Battle network 4 that is all
My top five: 5. Spiderman 4. Yoshi's island 3. Doom 2. Doom II 1. Batman Begins. This is one of the few good movie games. It incorporated stealth, you got awesome gadgets, it was amazing. Ironically, since this game was hard I never got that far, my favorite part was training with Ra's Al Ghul and in my #1 game of all time, Batman Arkham City, my favorite part was also training with Ra's Al Ghul. Great game. Highly recommended.
I totally agree with the liking the shorter rpgs if they’re really good. I hate when games are just filler not killer. I’d much rather a shorter quality game than a longer game that feels like a chore to complete!
My top ten GBA games: 10. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories 9. Bomberman Tournament 8. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 7. Wario Land 4 6. Pokémon Sapphire 5. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 4. Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land 3. Metroid Zero Mission 2. Pokémon Leaf Green 1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Honourable Mentions: Golden Sun, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Game & Watch Gallery Advance, Crash Bandicoot XS, Metroid Fusion, the Super Mario Advance series, the Sonic Advance series, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Bubble Bobble Old & New
Here' my top 5: (In my opinion.) 5.super mario world 4A.wario ware 4B.donkey kong country 2 3. wario land 4 2.mario kart super circuit AND..... 1.Kirby's and the amazing mirror.
Really good list! I almost agree on every title! Metroid Zero Mission and Fusion, Golden Sun 1 and 2, FFTA... These games are a big chunk of my childhood, and gave me so many good memories. Playing through the Golden Suns gives me tears any day. Sweet, sweet melancholy...
My favorite GBA game definitely comes down to either Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team or Metroid: Zero Mission. Red Rescue Team was the first game I ever owned (and an outstanding game by itself), which pretty much guarantees it a top spot, but Zero Mission is so fun and replayable that it's hard to choose between the two.
here's my top 10 GBA games 10: Lady Sia 9: Advance Wars 8: Drill Dozer 7: Harvest Moon:Friends/more Friends of Mineral town 6: Pokemon Ruby, Staffire, and emerald 5: Kirby and the amazing mirror 4: Sonic advance 1,2,&3 3: Wario land 4 2: Castlevania: aria of sorrow 1: Fire Emblem and Fire emblem sacred stone
My favorite GBA games were: Sonic Advance 3, Motocross Maniacs Advance, Urbz: Sims in the City, Idirion 2, Banjo and Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, Tak 2: The staff of Dreams, and Jimmy Neutron vs Jimmy Negatron.
1-.Metroid Fusion 2-.Metroid Zero Mision 3-.Wario Land 4 4-.Zelda Minish Cap 5-.Mario & Luigi Super Star Saga 6-.Megaman Zero 3 7-.Pokemon Sapphire 8-.Fire Emblem 9-.Golden Sun 10-.Advance Wars
The minish cap is my favorite Zelda game of all time the story was good and the artwork was beautiful and imaginative. I wish they could do an hd remake of that classic.
10. Zelda Minish Cap 9. SIGMA Star Saga 8. TONY hawk Pro Skater 2 7. Mario Vs Donkey Kong 6. GOLDEN SUN series 5. WarioWare inc. MicroGames 4. AstroBoy Omega Factor 3. Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga 2. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 1. Metroid Zero Mission
***** The purpose of the Gameboy Micro was the legacy of 'Game&Watch' and before you say "oh but the DS is", well the DS is the prodigy of 'Game&Watch'. You've got to look at Nintendo as a whole. So far they have done everything else except R.O.B.
I love the GBA micro. The screen is super sharp and the button layout is perfect. I'm 6'2" and have large hands, but still the micro fits perfectly. My only gripe is that you can't connect the micro to the GameCube.
Castlevania: Harmonny of Dissonance, Circle of the Moon, Wolfenstein 3d, Doom, Doom II, Duke Nukem Advance, Contra Advance, Altered Beast, Final Fight One, Double Dragon Advance, River City Ransom, King of Fighters 1 and 2, Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario World, Super Street Fighter, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Super Ghouls n Ghosts...???
1 per franchise: Megaman Battle Network 3, Castlevania Aria of Sorrow, Metroid Zero Mission, Mario & Luigi SS, Boktai 2, Advance Wars, Megaman Zero, F Zero Maximum Velocity, Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland, Game&Watch Gallery 4 starting to realize i didnt play many gba games
I imported the Japanese Famicom Version Gameboy Micro. It is pretty much the same as the US 20th anniversary GB Micro except the Japanese one has a "Happy Mario 20th" logo on the back and it came in a really cool Super Mario 8 Bit design on the inside of the box.
hey metal jesus I'm a 13 year old boy who has been learning a ton from your videos in fact I buy games from friends and it's all because you taught me just cannot thank you enough. Your like a teacher to me and it would be awesome to meet u and talk about games. you make great videos and it can cheer me up keep up the good work and thank you!
I gotta say, this is a *great* list! I haven't played all the games on your top ten, but of the ones I have, I agree with you that they're all amazing. Astro Boy: Omega Factor probably tops my own personal list.
I have Mario&Luigi Superstar Saga, got it for my 12th birthday, it was amazing, I must've played it over and over. another favourite that I have is Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. super fun rpg game on the GBA, a ton of hours went into that.
Golden Sun: you should check out Tales of Phantasia as well Metroid: I play both of the Metroid games and they are simply amazing P.S.: thank you for not including Pokemon. LITERALLY everyone already knows about them and how they're always #1, so excluding them gave you a better, longer, and more unique list in my opinion
ToP is amazing! Too bad we haven't gotten most of the other games except on mobile(which I refuse to play since they monetized it and made it several times harder).....
(No order) Gauntlet Dark Legacy(most criminally underrated game. Obviously better on ps2 tho) All Zelda games Pokemon Silver + all the others All Mario games Resident Evil 2 Yugioh World Championship + others Yoshi Island Alone in the Dark: New Nightmare
How can you be a hardcore gamer and not get a gba until the sp came out? Even as a teenager with no money I made sure I got one on launch day. It was a no brainer.
In no particular order, my favorites are Pokemon Fire Red Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow F-Zero Maximum Velocity Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga the port of Yoshi's Island and Megaman Zero
thanks to you And you videos I learnt about so many games that I didn't even knew that existed! thank you metal Jesus And I have to say that Astro boy for GBA was introduced to me through your videos and know is one of my old time favorite games!! thank you again And all the support from Greece
@@Bobbydiat maybe you dont like it, but its a very good franchise. Of course every person has its own opinion. For example I never got into Metal Gear but I can see or understand why so much people loves it.
I subscribed a few weeks ago after lurking on this channel for over a year. Now on a MJR marathon! Love the channel and great selection of GBA games! One of my favorite systems of all time. Think I'll go play Zero Mission again now haha.
+ibanez2010 I never played the minish cap until a few months ago but I agree, it is a great adventure game, and this is coming from someone who never played a Zelda game before.
My faves: -Frogger temple of the frog -Pokemon emerald -mario tennis power tour -yugioh eternal duelist soul (best yugioh game of all time imo) -Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories -Fire emblem: Blazing Sword -Advance wars -sonic advance 2 -kirby nightmare in dreamland/amazing mirror -Medabots: Metabee -kuru kuru kururin -Drill Dozer
I'm really glad that Metroid: Zero Mission was #1 on your list. I logged many fun hours playing this game, as well as Metroid: Fusion. They're both fantastic games, and like you said, they're the only reason I still own my GBASP.
Ill just list the first 10 GBA games i can remember that i love 1. Megaman EXE 1-5 i didn't play 6 2. Mitroid Fusion 3. The three GBA Castevania games 4. Fianl Fantasy A 5. WarioLand 4 6. Kirby game (can't remember the name) 7. Sonic A games (was there 2 or 3 games) 8. Super Rubot Wars OG1+2 and the three main games 9. Megaman Zero 1-3 i played 4 on the DS 10. yugioh games
+Almozayaf Roman Dude, You have great taste, literally 8/10 games you listed there would've been in my top 10 as well (especially the megaman franchise, both EXE and Zero) :D
My top 10 Gameboy Advance games in no particular order are: 10. Final Fantasy VI Sound Restoration 9. Final Fantasy IV 8. Metroid Fusion 7. Shining Soul 2 6. Zelda Minish Cap 5. Guilty Gear Advance 4. Surge: Hive 3. Sonic Advance Series 1. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow/ Circle of the Moon Bonus: Fire Emblem: OG and Sacred Stones
1:11: 10. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 1:58: 9. Sigma Star Saga 2:59: 8. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 3:54: 7. Mario vs. Donkey Kong 4:48: 6. Golden Sun & Golden Sun: The Lost Age 5:41: 5. WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! 6:28: 4. Astro Boy: Omega Factor 7:16: 3. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 8:17: 2. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 9:12: 1. Metroid Zero Mission
The best top 16 GBA games that I played were: 1. Sonic Advance 1. 2. Sonic Battle. 3. Pac-Man Collection. 4. Cartoon Network Speedway. 5. Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II. 6. Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury. 7. Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors. 8. Gumby vs. The Astrobots. 9. Namco Museum. 10. Pokemon FireRed. 11. Pokemon Emerald. 12. Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure. 13. Pac-Man Pinball Advance. 14. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. 15. SongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! And 16. Bomberman (Classic NES Series).
3 best GBA games are Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones (really hard to pick). I am extremely partial to Tactics Ogre, Lunar Legends, Riviera, Lufia, Yddgra Union, Sword of Mana, of course Zelda: Minish Cap & M&L: Superstar Saga, and all the other ones MJR mentioned. O yea River City Ransom is great.
Also I dont care how much you've played Demon's Soul, anyones who's played Riviera knows there isnt a game that you'l die more in. It isnt even frustrating after a point, you just keep dying and retry'ing over and over. thats not even the worst part...its the lack of item storage, bane of any RPG fan.
ok i did really like that game, I honestly played it for the first time when i got a voucher for it as the ambassador thing for ppl who bought a 3ds before they lowered the price, im still playing it, pretty genius all in all.
damien hansen Dang it,now I wish I had a time machine. (I thought they wouldn't delete the gba games on the 3ds,turns out I'm wrong,that has to be a stupid mistake on Nintendo.)
yup, cant get em in the eshop, ambassador exclusive apparently, still not worth 80$ or how much ever that price drop was a month or two after the 3ds came out.
Great video man, my top 10 would probably be: (wanted to include both last 2, so I guess it’s a top 11 but oh well) 10. Teenage mutant ninja turtles 10. Lilo and stitch 2 9. Super monkey ball jr 8. Spyhunter 7. Kuru kuru kururin 6. Egg mania 5. Zelda the minish cap 4. Mario kart super circuit 3. Warioware inc. mega microgames 2. Rhythm Tengoku 1. Pokemon Emerald/Fire red
Where is the ADVANCE WARS! That game was GOD TIER AMAZINGNESS!!! Clean, Simple, Concise, Elegant, DEEP, with a HUGE skill gap. Thats all the good qualities I look for in a game! And because its turn-based you dont even have to have good reflexes at all, a pure military strategy game :D
I'm glad that you didn't include Pokemon. Not that it's not a great series from my perspective, but when lists are just packed with popular games that we see over and over, it gets a little old. Haven't watched the list yet, gonna make a cup of tea first, because I'm British, and it's obligatory. Note, I don't like the Pokemon games past D/P/P.
J I love your list!! Cripes - off the top of my head and in no order ... Golden Sun (pretty much the 1st rpg I ever played) Minish Cap Advance Wars 2 DOOM Chu Chu Rocket (never had a Dreamcast, loved this game.) Fire Red Gradius Advance FF iv Megaman Battle Network (series in general, have 5/6 in the series) Mario Kart Super Circuit. DKC (not as good as Snes, but had it at the time - so still love it a lot - Snes veesion is top 10 all time game for me.) FZero GP Legend Realised I just passed 10 oooops .... I never played Metroid or Fire Emblem on the GBA which I need to put right at some point. I had the GBA and Cube on release and most of the games in my list, very cool time for gamers and ninty fans. I still have these games, never sold them - sadly of the boxes I have left most are battered or missing. I still buy the occasional game even now to add into the collection - and while this era is easily emulated, i much prefer to play the games on original hardware.
THPS 2 was the first game I had for the system. I talked my mom into taking me to Walmart to get a gba for no reason, not a holiday or anything, which surprised me. I got a glacier gba and thps2. I couldn’t believe how much like actual thps it felt-ON A GAME BOY. It blew my mind coming from the game boy color. Tony hawk sucked on that system.
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I remember getting FF Tactics Advance as a birthday present when I was a kid, and I was disappointed at first because I had actually asked for a different FF game but my mum had gotten them mixed up.
But I'm so glad she did, because I absolutely loved that game!
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If you ever want to play a similar game, you should check out Tactics Ogre: Knights of Lodis. It was the last game Quest made in the Ogre Saga series before Square Enix bought them out and had them make FFTA.
Pokemon's the obvious choice, so I'm never mad when it's not included in lists like these.
Not like we don't know about Pokemon already, might as well give other games a chance to shine.
Exactly. Why do people whine about Pokemon not being on this list? There's nothing to say about them that hasn't been said before.
Exactly man. I know Jesus included Zelda on this but it's also great when that's not included as well.
LunarD3A7H Try Pokemon Emerald
LunarD3A7H pokemon is kinda shit anyways
Kakarot God of carrots Why do I see you everywhere in the comments?
Metroid: Zero Misson
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Zelda: The Minish Cap
Super Mario World Advance 2
Yeah I maybe a total sellout but these games are so god damn fun.
i feel like i'm the only one who finds super mario world extremely boring. smb3 was so fun and had so many different power ups and stuff, and after that smw just felt so bland to me. i loved yoshi's island though, it added unique new gameplay and has the most amazing backgrounds i've seen in a 16 bit side scroller by far.
@@Jack_80 I mean honestly I do think it's probably you man. SMW had a ton of hidden shortcuts and endless ways to explore the levels with the Yoshi's. The world was so damn charming but the key win more than anything is the soundtrack. I think SMW has the best soundtrack in the series by a very long shot it just invigorates me to keep going.
SMB3 was a great game but dying in it honestly irks me because for whatever dumbass reason the GBA version doesn't let you save wherever you want. And dying in that game is much easier than in SMW because the game legit does have challenge. I love it's world and secrets but I can rarely feel the want to pick it up and dive in ya know?
Am i the only one that watched this to see what roms to get for my phone
Lol same here but for my flash cart to use on a recently purchased game boy micro.
The only game I had not heard of was Sigma Star Saga. Looks very interesting.
Lol exactly what I was doing
the biscuit gamer Phone emulators fucking suck stay with pc emulators ( and same about the rom thing )
+Foxy Is bae (Alex Aguirre) but I can't just bring my computer with me anywhere I want
ok
I like how he started it with "There's no pokemon." Good call. It actually kept me interested, even though that's one of my favorite series'.
1. Castlevania Circle of the Moon
2. FF VI Advance
3. FF Tactics Advance
4. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
5. FF IV Advance
6. Tactics Ogre Knight of Lodis
7. Golden Sun series
8. Legend of Zelda Link to the past
9. Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance
10. Fire Emblem The Sacred Stone
I think Aria of Sorrow is better than Circle of the Moon but yeah Harmony belongs in the traaash
I always enjoy your lists, as you always have several less-popular games I've never heard of and likely would never give a second glance. Definitely several I hope to look into here, as I'm sorely lacking on GBA games!
man i love lgr and mjr (abbreviation overkill) and i love my gba i have the nes special addition one :)
i would wet my pants if you made a co-op vid with metal jesus
I totally read that in your voice.
LGR! Another Great channel!
My favorite on the GBA is Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Was very glad to see Astro Boy on your top 10 - it's a masterpiece.
I love the Minish Cap... I am now waiting for a flood of likes that agree with me.
So ur telling me that u say that just for the likes?
Disco Train Is minish cap good
Disco Train I read the minish cap book is vaati in it
Marianela Miller yes she's the final boss
Renz 410 Vaati's a guy
When you said you got that pokemon gameboy for $1-$2 I jumped out of my window
Same
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It’s literally 2019 and......... I’m try to get a copy of Zelda minish cap.
Skai You Are wise, indeed!
I just download an app call "my boy" and I am playing that beautiful game. Greetings from Colombia
I downloaded it for my Wii U.
*Cough* *Cough* Emulators *Cough* *Cough*
Jansen Ward cough cough just got it today cough cough
Metal Jesus rocks is the original gansta of TH-cam gaming don't watch the channel much anymore but I always enjoy it
My favorites in no particular order are:
The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past/Four Swords
Wario Land 4
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Dragon Ball Z Buu's Fury
Golden Sun & TLA
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
Mario VS Donkey Kong
Dragon Ball Z Legacy of Goku 2
My top 5 gba games
5. Mario Kart Super Circuit
4. Metro Fusion
3. Mario and Luigi Super star saga
2. Final fantasy tactics advance
1. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
Alpha Royale Beautiful
Yes! FFTA is my favorite gba title I recently started playing again on my 2D X l
try these:
*Cima: the enemy
*megaman battle chip challenge
*kingdom hearts: chain of memories
*Yggdra Union
*riviera
*castlevania: circle of the moon
*castlevania: harmony of despair
*castlevania: aria of sorrow
*king of fighters howling blood
I think tactics ogre is a little better than ffta. Played both btw
@@JezzY8ValentinE It's harmony of dissonance
I actually really appreciate that this is your personal favourite list, and not just the same "top GBA games" list that's copy pasted all over the internet!
There are some really unique and interesting entry's here!
I agree! I love seeing a personal list like this that doesn't follow the default society opinions
Mega Man Zero, Gunstar Super Heroes, Drill Dozer are some of my faves on the system! Very underrated in my opinion.
I recently played my older brother's
GBA and the first game i actually played
was Metroid Zero Mission. It's easily the
best game i have played in recent years.
I actually love Circle of the Moon. So good.
Yeah I really love that game. I’m super close to finishing it. Perfect mix between challenge and standard
Absolutely! Circle of the moon to me is Metroid in Castlevania clothes!! Fantastic game! I’m actually just about finished. Collecting potions to get through the battle arena before heading to Dracula!! Soundtrack and map layout are phenomenal!!
Actually is my favorite too. I have 98% in all the modes
I really like the card system in Circle of the Moon
Just finished circle of the moon I have 98 percent complete which sucks cause that means I have to run around and hit every wall lol I also got all the cards. This games best feature to me is the blending of old school castlevania with the new metroidvania type castlevania games like symphony. You move and attack like the classics and there is no shop(didn't like that at first but kind liked how it increased difficulty) but it has nonlinear castle map design as well as a leveling system and introduces magic attack again this time done a lil different and yeah I have my problems with system, the extremely low drop rate coupled with no way of knowing which enemies holds one can be pretty frustrating also how it won't say the move till you use the effect once (a whole segment is dedicated to these special power moves but never tells you ingame how to use them and it's kind of a long motion.. plus controls could be in the manual which I didn't get and if so i take it back) but it's highs outlay the lows and having played lots of 2d castlevania this one did a great job of standing out and made a strong impression. Oh and mega man. Battle network 4 that is all
My top five:
5. Spiderman
4. Yoshi's island
3. Doom
2. Doom II
1. Batman Begins. This is one of the few good movie games. It incorporated stealth, you got awesome gadgets, it was amazing. Ironically, since this game was hard I never got that far, my favorite part was training with Ra's Al Ghul and in my #1 game of all time, Batman Arkham City, my favorite part was also training with Ra's Al Ghul. Great game. Highly recommended.
I love your videos dude they are awesome
Chayse Blaum Thanks very much!
Have you beaten the original 'Metroid' on the NES? It's a totally different game from 'Zero Mission'.
MetalJesusRocks yes u rock
I totally agree with the liking the shorter rpgs if they’re really good. I hate when games are just filler not killer. I’d much rather a shorter quality game than a longer game that feels like a chore to complete!
My top ten GBA games:
10. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
9. Bomberman Tournament
8. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
7. Wario Land 4
6. Pokémon Sapphire
5. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
4. Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
3. Metroid Zero Mission
2. Pokémon Leaf Green
1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Honourable Mentions: Golden Sun, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Game & Watch Gallery Advance, Crash Bandicoot XS, Metroid Fusion, the Super Mario Advance series, the Sonic Advance series, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Bubble Bobble Old & New
to me,wario land 4 should be number 3,but it's your opinion.
I agree with just about all of these
Here' my top 5: (In my opinion.)
5.super mario world
4A.wario ware
4B.donkey kong country 2
3. wario land 4
2.mario kart super circuit
AND.....
1.Kirby's and the amazing mirror.
i just have to say, I didn't come here to see a specific game.
I came to see what *your* favourites are, and possibly improve my collection.
Me too 😄
5. Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
4. FF6 Advance
3. Metroid Fusion
2. Pokémon Emerald
1. Zelda MC
Really good list! I almost agree on every title! Metroid Zero Mission and Fusion, Golden Sun 1 and 2, FFTA... These games are a big chunk of my childhood, and gave me so many good memories. Playing through the Golden Suns gives me tears any day. Sweet, sweet melancholy...
i will never get tired of watching your videos i love your opinion on smups
I'm so happy that FFTA was at number 2. it's my favorite game of all time! I'm glad you liked it too.
My favorite GBA game definitely comes down to either Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team or Metroid: Zero Mission. Red Rescue Team was the first game I ever owned (and an outstanding game by itself), which pretty much guarantees it a top spot, but Zero Mission is so fun and replayable that it's hard to choose between the two.
Golden Sun was amazing! First game I had to use a walk-through for.
"Donkey Kong, that sneaky bastard" is the greatest string of words ever conceived.
here's my top 10 GBA games
10: Lady Sia
9: Advance Wars
8: Drill Dozer
7: Harvest Moon:Friends/more Friends of Mineral town
6: Pokemon Ruby, Staffire, and emerald
5: Kirby and the amazing mirror
4: Sonic advance 1,2,&3
3: Wario land 4
2: Castlevania: aria of sorrow
1: Fire Emblem and Fire emblem sacred stone
>Astro Boy, Drill Dozer, and Aria of Sorrow
My nigga.
Peedi Piper Fire Emblem games are the best 👍
B l u r r y ikr, I prefer fire emblem than, all the mario, kirby, and legend of Zelda games
Peedi Piper haha same 😁
Try Advance Wars & FFTA
Another master class video I'm glad I saved alot of your older videos for times like this
5 years later, I'm here trying to challenge me on finishing your Top 10 List.
Guess I'm up to some real fun, thanks!
Hidden Gem for you MJR - Bruce Lee: Return of a Legend. I purchased a Dingo A230 and it was on it. Holy cow is this game good.
My favorite GBA games were: Sonic Advance 3, Motocross Maniacs Advance, Urbz: Sims in the City, Idirion 2, Banjo and Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, Tak 2: The staff of Dreams, and Jimmy Neutron vs Jimmy Negatron.
I always had a very special place in my heart for Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon. Great game
really loved the old legacy of Goku games for the game boy advance. Played that thing religiously!
Love your videos. Thank you for not using a million jump cuts like other folks over use to death.
1-.Metroid Fusion
2-.Metroid Zero Mision
3-.Wario Land 4
4-.Zelda Minish Cap
5-.Mario & Luigi Super Star Saga
6-.Megaman Zero 3
7-.Pokemon Sapphire
8-.Fire Emblem
9-.Golden Sun
10-.Advance Wars
The minish cap is my favorite Zelda game of all time the story was good and the artwork was beautiful and imaginative. I wish they could do an hd remake of that classic.
Astro boys my favorite gba game because my childhood and just because this video I want to start playing all of those games again
(Don't have metroid)
What I like about these non-conventional best games lists is that we get a chance to discover good games we might not have heard of before.
10. Zelda Minish Cap
9. SIGMA Star Saga
8. TONY hawk Pro Skater 2
7. Mario Vs Donkey Kong
6. GOLDEN SUN series
5. WarioWare inc. MicroGames
4. AstroBoy Omega Factor
3. Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
2. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
1. Metroid Zero Mission
your GBA collection is not complete without a gameboy micro
***** The purpose of the Gameboy Micro was the legacy of 'Game&Watch' and before you say "oh but the DS is", well the DS is the prodigy of 'Game&Watch'. You've got to look at Nintendo as a whole. So far they have done everything else except R.O.B.
***** I guess you're blind
I love the GBA micro. The screen is super sharp and the button layout is perfect. I'm 6'2" and have large hands, but still the micro fits perfectly. My only gripe is that you can't connect the micro to the GameCube.
+Plant-based Parenting it can be done if you look hard enough, I think I saw a tutorial on that once...
Castlevania: Harmonny of Dissonance, Circle of the Moon, Wolfenstein 3d, Doom, Doom II, Duke Nukem Advance, Contra Advance, Altered Beast, Final Fight One, Double Dragon Advance, River City Ransom, King of Fighters 1 and 2, Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario World, Super Street Fighter, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Super Ghouls n Ghosts...???
Best TH-cam Game Collector Ive ever Seen Since AVGN
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Hey, Metal Jesus. How about a GBA Hidden Gems video?
1 per franchise:
Megaman Battle Network 3,
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow,
Metroid Zero Mission,
Mario & Luigi SS,
Boktai 2,
Advance Wars,
Megaman Zero,
F Zero Maximum Velocity,
Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland,
Game&Watch Gallery 4
starting to realize i didnt play many gba games
Do any of you own a rare or unusual GBA console variant? What is your favorite color of system?
I imported the Japanese Famicom Version Gameboy Micro. It is pretty much the same as the US 20th anniversary GB Micro except the Japanese one has a "Happy Mario 20th" logo on the back and it came in a really cool Super Mario 8 Bit design on the inside of the box.
1:Nope
2: But the classic purple GBA has a steadfast place in my heart
***** Nice! I really like the NES version too. Had a chance to buy it once...and passed on it like a dork
Another one for the NES GBA version! ^>^
I own that game boy advanced SP silver version. Such a better upgrade to the first version I had.
i Dont have a top ten but my favorite GBA game i own is the A Link to The Past remake. It was my first Gba game.
I can't listen to link yell everytime he sings his sword. It may be my favorite access SNES game though.
hey metal jesus I'm a 13 year old boy who has been learning a ton from your videos in fact I buy games from friends and it's all because you taught me just cannot thank you enough. Your like a teacher to me and it would be awesome to meet u and talk about games. you make great videos and it can cheer me up keep up the good work and thank you!
Thank you for sharing your personal list.
I'm so sorry that the story of Golden Sun didn't capture you. It's way more complex of a story than most people realize.
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I'm so happy you mentioned Sigma Star Saga thats one of my favorite gameboy advance games and most different
I gotta say, this is a *great* list! I haven't played all the games on your top ten, but of the ones I have, I agree with you that they're all amazing. Astro Boy: Omega Factor probably tops my own personal list.
cant think of 10 but i can think of 1. In fact, also my favorite of all time, Mother 3
I'm playing mother 3 right now lol
@@finnjake6663 the fan translation got an update in April!
@@TheMegaRedHead just finished the game 3 days ago lol
@@finnjake6663 I'm going to play it for the first time ever! On my RG351M.
I have Mario&Luigi Superstar Saga, got it for my 12th birthday, it was amazing, I must've played it over and over. another favourite that I have is Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. super fun rpg game on the GBA, a ton of hours went into that.
Golden Sun: you should check out Tales of Phantasia as well
Metroid: I play both of the Metroid games and they are simply amazing
P.S.: thank you for not including Pokemon. LITERALLY everyone already knows about them and how they're always #1, so excluding them gave you a better, longer, and more unique list in my opinion
ToP is amazing! Too bad we haven't gotten most of the other games except on mobile(which I refuse to play since they monetized it and made it several times harder).....
(No order)
Gauntlet Dark Legacy(most criminally underrated game. Obviously better on ps2 tho)
All Zelda games
Pokemon Silver + all the others
All Mario games
Resident Evil 2
Yugioh World Championship + others
Yoshi Island
Alone in the Dark: New Nightmare
How can you be a hardcore gamer and not get a gba until the sp came out? Even as a teenager with no money I made sure I got one on launch day. It was a no brainer.
What a great list. Interesting and great choices. I miss Advance Wars on the list, but I won't nit-pick :)
In no particular order, my favorites are
Pokemon Fire Red
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
F-Zero Maximum Velocity
Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
the port of Yoshi's Island
and Megaman Zero
Ohhhhhh yeah those GBA Castlevanias
WHERE'S KIRBY?
thanks to you And you videos I learnt about so many games that I didn't even knew that existed! thank you metal Jesus And I have to say that Astro boy for GBA was introduced to me through your videos and know is one of my old time favorite games!! thank you again And all the support from Greece
Two words. Fire. Emblem.
Isaiah Leblanc another two are Advance wars
I actually finished one those, what makes you like the game. I can't even remember anything from it
Two vastly superior words ADVANCE WARS
@@Bobbydiat maybe you dont like it, but its a very good franchise. Of course every person has its own opinion. For example I never got into Metal Gear but I can see or understand why so much people loves it.
That's four
Metal Jesus? BEST. NAME. EVER.
I subscribed a few weeks ago after lurking on this channel for over a year. Now on a MJR marathon! Love the channel and great selection of GBA games! One of my favorite systems of all time. Think I'll go play Zero Mission again now haha.
Minish Cap was such a high quality and polished game. Definitely an underrated gem!
+ibanez2010 I never played the minish cap until a few months ago but I agree, it is a great adventure game, and this is coming from someone who never played a Zelda game before.
ibanez2010 its a really great game. Its really challenging and I just finished it few hours ago
Sigma Star Saga looks really good. I have to remember that. Thank you :-)
I love these top 10 videos. So many good games. I love the Castlevania games. Metroid Zero Mission, Fire Emblem, Shining Soul, Dragon Ball Z
Your videos are very entertaining to me. Thanks.
My favorites for the GBA is the Advanced Wars games. I played them much more than any other game on the handheld :) Wish for AW3DS ;)
My faves:
-Frogger temple of the frog
-Pokemon emerald
-mario tennis power tour
-yugioh eternal duelist soul (best yugioh game of all time imo)
-Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
-Fire emblem: Blazing Sword
-Advance wars
-sonic advance 2
-kirby nightmare in dreamland/amazing mirror
-Medabots: Metabee
-kuru kuru kururin
-Drill Dozer
I'm really glad that Metroid: Zero Mission was #1 on your list. I logged many fun hours playing this game, as well as Metroid: Fusion.
They're both fantastic games, and like you said, they're the only reason I still own my GBASP.
Ill just list the first 10 GBA games i can remember that i love
1. Megaman EXE 1-5 i didn't play 6
2. Mitroid Fusion
3. The three GBA Castevania games
4. Fianl Fantasy A
5. WarioLand 4
6. Kirby game (can't remember the name)
7. Sonic A games (was there 2 or 3 games)
8. Super Rubot Wars OG1+2 and the three main games
9. Megaman Zero 1-3 i played 4 on the DS
10. yugioh games
was the Kirby game nightmare in dreamland or amazing mirror
AwesomeAndy
I forget that was 15 years ago
+Almozayaf Roman Dude, You have great taste, literally 8/10 games you listed there would've been in my top 10 as well (especially the megaman franchise, both EXE and Zero) :D
+Brandon Rogers can can I have one
megaman battle network 6 is the best of all megaman battle networks
My top 10 Gameboy Advance games in no particular order are:
10. Final Fantasy VI Sound Restoration
9. Final Fantasy IV
8. Metroid Fusion
7. Shining Soul 2
6. Zelda Minish Cap
5. Guilty Gear Advance
4. Surge: Hive
3. Sonic Advance Series
1. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow/ Circle of the Moon
Bonus: Fire Emblem: OG and Sacred Stones
I love SuperStar Saga, gave us one of the best villains ever
None of the Megaman Battle Network games made this list? That was my childhood. Also Advance Wars.
3rd Decibel this dude is like 50...
Am I the only person who hates Battle Network?
1:11: 10. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
1:58: 9. Sigma Star Saga
2:59: 8. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
3:54: 7. Mario vs. Donkey Kong
4:48: 6. Golden Sun & Golden Sun: The Lost Age
5:41: 5. WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
6:28: 4. Astro Boy: Omega Factor
7:16: 3. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
8:17: 2. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
9:12: 1. Metroid Zero Mission
The best top 16 GBA games that I played were:
1. Sonic Advance 1.
2. Sonic Battle.
3. Pac-Man Collection.
4. Cartoon Network Speedway.
5. Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II.
6. Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury.
7. Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors.
8. Gumby vs. The Astrobots.
9. Namco Museum.
10. Pokemon FireRed.
11. Pokemon Emerald.
12. Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure.
13. Pac-Man Pinball Advance.
14. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
15. SongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!
And 16. Bomberman (Classic NES Series).
3 best GBA games are Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones (really hard to pick). I am extremely partial to Tactics Ogre, Lunar Legends, Riviera, Lufia, Yddgra Union, Sword of Mana, of course Zelda: Minish Cap & M&L: Superstar Saga, and all the other ones MJR mentioned. O yea River City Ransom is great.
Also I dont care how much you've played Demon's Soul, anyones who's played Riviera knows there isnt a game that you'l die more in. It isnt even frustrating after a point, you just keep dying and retry'ing over and over. thats not even the worst part...its the lack of item storage, bane of any RPG fan.
damien hansen
what about wario ware?
ok i did really like that game, I honestly played it for the first time when i got a voucher for it as the ambassador thing for ppl who bought a 3ds before they lowered the price, im still playing it, pretty genius all in all.
damien hansen
Dang it,now I wish I had a time machine. (I thought they wouldn't delete the gba games on the 3ds,turns out I'm wrong,that has to be a stupid mistake on Nintendo.)
yup, cant get em in the eshop, ambassador exclusive apparently, still not worth 80$ or how much ever that price drop was a month or two after the 3ds came out.
I just got a retro handheld console and I keep going back to the GameBoy Advance games. I never had one back in its day. Wish I did.
Rhythm tengoku is love Rhythm tengoku is life
few of my favorites are advanced wars 2, fire embelms, Golden sun and minish cap :3
Jesse Salo You do Really know ;)
Great video man, my top 10 would probably be: (wanted to include both last 2, so I guess it’s a top 11 but oh well)
10. Teenage mutant ninja turtles
10. Lilo and stitch 2
9. Super monkey ball jr
8. Spyhunter
7. Kuru kuru kururin
6. Egg mania
5. Zelda the minish cap
4. Mario kart super circuit
3. Warioware inc. mega microgames
2. Rhythm Tengoku
1. Pokemon Emerald/Fire red
Golden Sun series are awesome.
Where is the ADVANCE WARS! That game was GOD TIER AMAZINGNESS!!!
Clean, Simple, Concise, Elegant, DEEP, with a HUGE skill gap. Thats all the good qualities I look for in a game! And because its turn-based you dont even have to have good reflexes at all, a pure military strategy game :D
Advance Bores!
lol you must have never played it. Its not for everyone, either. You have to enjoy military strategy and RTS games to enjoy it.James Cree
+Sun Tzu Advance Snores!
+Sun Tzu do you mean strategy games
Panda Plays
its a strategy game from the military spectrum of things
I cannot have enough of your content is soo good, thank you metal jesus I am a huge Nicaraguan fan
I got zero mission the day it was released and I love it, my favorite Metroid game!!!.. But Federation force tho..... :(
I'm glad that you didn't include Pokemon. Not that it's not a great series from my perspective, but when lists are just packed with popular games that we see over and over, it gets a little old. Haven't watched the list yet, gonna make a cup of tea first, because I'm British, and it's obligatory.
Note, I don't like the Pokemon games past D/P/P.
J I love your list!!
Cripes - off the top of my head and in no order ...
Golden Sun (pretty much the 1st rpg I ever played)
Minish Cap
Advance Wars 2
DOOM
Chu Chu Rocket (never had a Dreamcast, loved this game.)
Fire Red
Gradius Advance
FF iv
Megaman Battle Network (series in general, have 5/6 in the series)
Mario Kart Super Circuit.
DKC (not as good as Snes, but had it at the time - so still love it a lot - Snes veesion is top 10 all time game for me.)
FZero GP Legend
Realised I just passed 10 oooops ....
I never played Metroid or Fire Emblem on the GBA which I need to put right at some point.
I had the GBA and Cube on release and most of the games in my list, very cool time for gamers and ninty fans.
I still have these games, never sold them - sadly of the boxes I have left most are battered or missing.
I still buy the occasional game even now to add into the collection - and while this era is easily emulated, i much prefer to play the games on original hardware.
WOW! u forgot Kirby's nightmare in dreamland.
Is Lunar really that underrated of a game? I rarely see the name in lists. It's a really great rpg!
Mine (if you allow SNES/NES ports)
1. Mario Advance 2 (Super Mario World)
2. Mario Advance 3 (Yoshi’s Island)
3. Mario Advance 4 (Mario Bros 3)
4. Rayman Advance
5. Pokemon: Sapphire
6. Magical Quest (Micky Mouse)
7. Magical Quest 2
8. Castlevania
9. Pokemon: Fire Red
10. Wario Land 4
THPS 2 was the first game I had for the system. I talked my mom into taking me to Walmart to get a gba for no reason, not a holiday or anything, which surprised me. I got a glacier gba and thps2. I couldn’t believe how much like actual thps it felt-ON A GAME BOY. It blew my mind coming from the game boy color. Tony hawk sucked on that system.
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow is my favorite GBA game
It's actually my favourite game ever.
Gunstar Super Heroes, Metal Slug Advance, Rayman and Drill Dozer are some of my favorites games for Game Boy Advance.
Well here's my list:
1. It's Mr Pants
2. It's Mr Pants
3. It's Mr Pants
4. It's Mr Pants
5. It's Mr Pants
6. It's Mr Pants
7. It's Mr Pants
8. It's Mr Pants
9. It's Mr Pants
10. It's Mr Pants
GOLDEN SUN IS SO GOOD.
Metal Jesus!!! I'm a huge fan! Love what you do bro!
Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga was my favorite growing up, but Metroid Zero Mission is my #1 GBA game now.
Both are fantastic overall.