I played it all the way through on a flight once. The attendant came over and said I haven’t seen one of those for years. Everyone else was on their tablets playing shitty mobile games and I was rocking the SP (Ags101 ;)
crazy how amazing gba was... as a kid going to a pawn shops was amzing lol... Me and my dad would come home with so many games still have alot of this till this day
I've played all of these, Medabots being my favourite among these. The customization options are really staggering, and Metabee is generally more fun (and easier) than Rokusho.
5:19 THIS is honestly one of the best love-hate RPGs on the GBA. Each version allots you MOST of the medaparts in the game. However, it’s only possible to get 100% parts only thru trade or ActionReplay.
Big up! It's like you know 🔥 You always seem to drop at the perfect time, always when I'm looking for games to play that I've not tried. On the DS Handhelds hype lately but on them I mainly play GBA!
couldn't stop playing it back in the day, the replayability with teach class and the secrets to unlock were awesome. Also it had a great multiplayer option, it allowed up to 4 players at the same time
Hidden GBA gems are my favorite! Such a good system with so many good game's for the somewhat limited hardware Edit: How have i never heard of Blackbelt Challenge!? I am a conneseuir of obscure fighting games
Great video! I got myself a portable emulation device and I'm mostly playing GBA, too many good games. I just love how amazingly well done the animations were done in so many GBA titles. I feel like pixel art games, as far as retro devices go (not talking about the new wave of indie games), peaked on GBA.
said it last time you did a gba game, but the lord of the rings the 2 towers and return of the king are some of theost fun diablo clones on any system let alone the gba. The return of the king even has jas co-op. Would love for them a highlight. Nice video and thanks for the regular uploads man
I have to say, the writing on your vids is so good. You really give genuine critique of these games and encapsualte whats makes each experience unique, fun, or challenging. You could be a professional reviewer. I love that it's not some trite generic stuff that anybody with 5 minutes of google or a will to bs can come up with. It's obvious you actually played many of these games for a not insignificant amount of time. Thanks for your vids!
I know you've covered just about every gba game, but I'd love more gba content. Maybe a vid on on the best licensed games? Or one on unreleased games or homebrew games. I know there are a few that were basically finished but never got released or only recently got released (yes, new games are still being published lol), for example Motocross challenge, Travis Pastranos Pro Moto X, and Kien. There are also some crazy tech demos on gba you could cover, partial ports of minecraft, smash bros, 3d tomb raider, complete and better ports of Doom 1 and 2, a 3d game engine that operates on the gba, etc. Thanks for the vids!
Always look forward to these. I’ve already played through a couple of games you’ve recommended, and these videos have me adding more and more to the bucket list lol. Cheers! Can’t wait for the next installment of your gba vids!
Dragon Ball Advance Adventure is very fun! I still need to finish it though. The Metabots game I played as well though I got the Rokushou version. I found the game hard and while I did make some progress, I ended up getting stuck. Shining Soul I recently got for my collection after trying it on emulator. Seems pretty fun so far! I want to say I've played some of Fire Emblem Sacred Stones, but I actually played a partial rom hack that replaced the characters with characters from the Tales of games LOL! I probably shouldn't say I've played it then.
Coming from you, saying a a game is one of the best on the system means something... i was putting off buying twisted, but now im definitely picking it up soon
I own Gradius Galaxies, and certainly had a lot of fun with that in the past. I also do have Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, and made a great deal of progress in it, but never actually completed the story. I guess I got too distracted by other things. Perhaps one day I'll go back and finish the job.
One of the most underrated hidden gems ever! It's just as good as Diablo imo and it's handheld. This game deserves a new entry in the series or at least a remake, and/or port to the Switch
DragonBall Advanced Adventure looks right up my alley, and Dinotopia on GBA looks REALLY cool (and much better than the GC version lol). Never heard of Blackbelt Challenge, but I’ll give that a look as well 👍. Another awesome video I finally got a chance to catch up on!
It's a shame they didn't bring Shining Force 2 to the GBA and a tragedy we haven't gotten a Shining Force 4 or even a complete port of SF3 to any platform. Would love to have that on the Switch.
Don't forget we never got a the complete trilogy release of the gaiden series on game gear, which game gear only got the 2nd game in the US and sega cd only got gaiden 1 & 2 with 1 short additional scenario for each.
Shining soul 1&2 are fantastic games. But of you going to play one of them play 2. I bought 3 copies of shining soul 2 just to play with friends and my bro. Love that game.
Normally hate this kind of stuff nowadays, but you're one of the very few I still subscribe and watch. When I'vr thought, it's because you do so much right. 1. No intro explaining what a GBA game is or the history of the GBA to pad time. 2. You have some real obscure picks so I have new games to explore. 3. No reminders to subscribe every five minutes like the modern creators in this style do. 4. No corporate jokes so cheesy that little people really laughs at. For real, appreciate your channel being as great as it is.
So not only am I wondering why Android 18 is on the thumbnail for this video when she doesn't appear in a single game on this list, but I'm also wonder why it's really bad AI art of her on top of that.
@@EricFraga That's still playable on another platform. Even some official ports of games on consoles today are done through emulation. Like all the PS2 and PS1 classics you can play on the PS4 and PS5 for example. To me stuck on a platform would mean you cant even emulate it.
@@EricFraga So I guess unless Nintendo releases an officiail emulated version on the Switch for money it don't count to you even though that official version is technically the same as using a rom on another device? Alright then. Well pretty much all GBA games can be played on the Analogue Pocket handheld and before you go off saying "hur hur its software emulating" no it's not. There's no emulation on the Pocket it's actually running the game. So technically my point is still valid even if we follow your flawed and technically incorrect view. The game's playable on another device thus it's not stuck on the GBA. I mean I can also insert the game into a GB Player and run it on a Gamecube which is obviously not a GBA and there's also the DS and DS lite which both can play GBA carts without emulation. So if you dont count revisions and emulation there's at least 3 other devices that are not GBAs that can play these games. The games are hardly stuck on GBA.
@@smudgey5000 I have a MiSTer since the first days of the device. Its about the plataform -- you're overthinking. Its an exclusive game to GBA plataform, just that.
DragonBall Advanced Adventure is a GREAT game, and the "short" length never bothered me. It is short but quality 👌
One of the best DBZ games!
That's what I tell the ladies
Just like all the GBA DBZ games. Legacy of Goku, Buu's Fury, GT Transformation, etc.
GBA had a lot of quality DBZ games.
legacy of goku 2 and 3 are the best GBA Games imo
I played it all the way through on a flight once. The attendant came over and said I haven’t seen one of those for years. Everyone else was on their tablets playing shitty mobile games and I was rocking the SP (Ags101 ;)
My favorite part of this guy's videos is how he uses songs from Megaman Starforce as background music. Only the realest know the glory of Starforce!
Fire emblem games for the GBA are so much fun and the anime characters design is on point.
I sank SOOOOOO many hours into Gradius Galaxies. Phenomenal entry.
Don't know how but you always bring out games no one else seems to mention👍🔥💯
Thanks Des!
crazy how amazing gba was... as a kid going to a pawn shops was amzing lol... Me and my dad would come home with so many games still have alot of this till this day
Amen to the pawn shops
@boshuawin7800 I will never forget going one time and legit every rpg was there I'm talking all the final fantasys lunars xenosaga man miss those days
Time to dust off that GBA
Hope you find something new!
Mine never collected dust. 😅
@@socialistprofessor3206...this and indeed stay cleanin my devices when I can 🎮💯
@@thatvideogamesshow Hey bro, it's me BlargMan from years ago when you had only 100 subs ... CONGRATULATIONS on your progress !!!
@@socialistprofessor3206
It's on my night stand, with nice ips screen and Li accu. 😎
I've played all of these, Medabots being my favourite among these. The customization options are really staggering, and Metabee is generally more fun (and easier) than Rokusho.
5:19 THIS is honestly one of the best love-hate RPGs on the GBA.
Each version allots you MOST of the medaparts in the game. However, it’s only possible to get 100% parts only thru trade or ActionReplay.
So it really is like pokemon.
Big up! It's like you know 🔥 You always seem to drop at the perfect time, always when I'm looking for games to play that I've not tried. On the DS Handhelds hype lately but on them I mainly play GBA!
I hope you find something you want to play!
SHINING FORCE IS THE GOAT
Such a solid RPG!
couldn't stop playing it back in the day, the replayability with teach class and the secrets to unlock were awesome. Also it had a great multiplayer option, it allowed up to 4 players at the same time
@@DaedalosC9 hell yeh. Check out 2 and 3 if you haven't.
I got my cousin into RPGs with Shining Force. He barely plays video games at all, but something about that game had him hooked!
@@the-engneer it's very charming
Hidden GBA gems are my favorite! Such a good system with so many good game's for the somewhat limited hardware
Edit: How have i never heard of Blackbelt Challenge!? I am a conneseuir of obscure fighting games
Great video! I got myself a portable emulation device and I'm mostly playing GBA, too many good games. I just love how amazingly well done the animations were done in so many GBA titles.
I feel like pixel art games, as far as retro devices go (not talking about the new wave of indie games), peaked on GBA.
Car battleer Joe was made by the same dev that made Streets of Rage 2.
You had me at Dragon Ball advanced adventure
He’s back in action handheld time with the GBA
Car Battler Joe is so slept on. Sure it's a bit dated and the story is pretty flimsy, but it's one of the most unique RPGs on gba if not the most.
CarPG! Something I wish they would make more of
Dont know how I missed Dragonball advanced adventure. I used to have legacy of goku 1 and 2 and buu's fury but havent seen this anywhere.
Late release. Came out in 05-06? Something like that.
I was wrong 2004.🫠🤦🏻♂️
I played it a lot. Amazing little game
Have you done any videos on Gameboy/colour games? There's some really great stuff hidden there - my favourites being Shantae and Power Quest.
Dinotopia unexpectedly appearing in the list made the video an automatic like for me. I love that game!
Medabots is amazing, such a good game
I'll have to check out advanced adventures
It was a shame we didn't get a Shining Force 2 remake like the first one did on GBA.
I’ll second that, would loved to have seen it!
I'd do horrible things to have that
I first played Shining Force on my Dreamcast Sega Smash Pack. Friggin awesome game.
said it last time you did a gba game, but the lord of the rings the 2 towers and return of the king are some of theost fun diablo clones on any system let alone the gba. The return of the king even has jas co-op. Would love for them a highlight. Nice video and thanks for the regular uploads man
Those are good game's! I forgot about them. I love GBA game's so much
shining soul series on gba can be considered the 'diablo' of the platform.
I have to say, the writing on your vids is so good. You really give genuine critique of these games and encapsualte whats makes each experience unique, fun, or challenging. You could be a professional reviewer. I love that it's not some trite generic stuff that anybody with 5 minutes of google or a will to bs can come up with. It's obvious you actually played many of these games for a not insignificant amount of time. Thanks for your vids!
DB Advanced Adventures needs to be played by every DB fan
I’ll second that!
i played it but imo legacy of goku and buus fury are way better games
I know you've covered just about every gba game, but I'd love more gba content. Maybe a vid on on the best licensed games? Or one on unreleased games or homebrew games. I know there are a few that were basically finished but never got released or only recently got released (yes, new games are still being published lol), for example Motocross challenge, Travis Pastranos Pro Moto X, and Kien. There are also some crazy tech demos on gba you could cover, partial ports of minecraft, smash bros, 3d tomb raider, complete and better ports of Doom 1 and 2, a 3d game engine that operates on the gba, etc. Thanks for the vids!
The GBA Fire Emblem games are GOD TIER.
Glad to have all of these physical cib, love every single one of these. Great vid.
Thanks for watching!
These are indeed good games stuck on the gba
dang dinotopia was a childhood game I just recalled when I watches your video! More like this please!
There was a GameCube dinotopia as well. I didn't even know about a GBA one, but I played the crap out of the GameCube one as a kid 🎉
I’ve still got my GBA and that Dragonball game too.
I could watch these videos all day long.
Always look forward to these. I’ve already played through a couple of games you’ve recommended, and these videos have me adding more and more to the bucket list lol. Cheers! Can’t wait for the next installment of your gba vids!
Glad the videos have helped out! More to come 🙂
WarioWare Twisted needs to come to NSO immediately. The original cart is so expensive now
Wario Ware Gold "borrow" some mini-games from here, but never enough
Where is the guy that gives timestampes.
Warioware brought me so much joy as a youngin. Still does today too
Wonder how many of these I have on my totally legal Ayn Odi--Game Boy Advance
Lol yeah if use a last Gen lg phone with a 5g snapdragon in it with a razer kishi controller.
Dragon Ball Advance Adventure is very fun! I still need to finish it though. The Metabots game I played as well though I got the Rokushou version. I found the game hard and while I did make some progress, I ended up getting stuck. Shining Soul I recently got for my collection after trying it on emulator. Seems pretty fun so far! I want to say I've played some of Fire Emblem Sacred Stones, but I actually played a partial rom hack that replaced the characters with characters from the Tales of games LOL! I probably shouldn't say I've played it then.
Coming from you, saying a a game is one of the best on the system means something... i was putting off buying twisted, but now im definitely picking it up soon
First time seeing dinotopia …looks like lady sia to me
My cousin used to have Metal Slug Advance and holy crap I wish he never got rid of it. Prices are insane now.
I own Gradius Galaxies, and certainly had a lot of fun with that in the past. I also do have Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, and made a great deal of progress in it, but never actually completed the story. I guess I got too distracted by other things. Perhaps one day I'll go back and finish the job.
The amount of hours i racked up on shining soul 2...
So addictive!
One of the most underrated hidden gems ever! It's just as good as Diablo imo and it's handheld. This game deserves a new entry in the series or at least a remake, and/or port to the Switch
@@the-engneer Id take a port at this point!
Gotta download your recommendation to my DS Flashcart.
brooooo sacred stones and shining souls 2 were so awesome. i still have both of my physical copies of them
I have some of these on an emulator, so much fun to play!!
Best account for hidden gems
Thank you!
It truly is
DragonBall Advanced Adventure looks right up my alley, and Dinotopia on GBA looks REALLY cool (and much better than the GC version lol). Never heard of Blackbelt Challenge, but I’ll give that a look as well 👍. Another awesome video I finally got a chance to catch up on!
Hope you enjoy them mate!
Dragonball Advance is the best Dragonball game.
In the immortal words of (TFS) Android 16- "Let's not get crazy!"
Cool vid bro, Dinotopia looks interesting! 👌🤙🤘👍😄
Cheers!
Another video already? Nice. You've earned my sub.
Love dragon ball advanced adventure. Wish I still had a copy of it.
The original tekken song in the beginning was epic
It's a shame they didn't bring Shining Force 2 to the GBA and a tragedy we haven't gotten a Shining Force 4 or even a complete port of SF3 to any platform. Would love to have that on the Switch.
Don't forget we never got a the complete trilogy release of the gaiden series on game gear, which game gear only got the 2nd game in the US and sega cd only got gaiden 1 & 2 with 1 short additional scenario for each.
I misread "SF3" as being "Street Fighter III". I really got to stop playing Third Strike.
Awesome selections! Great choice of games!
Thanks!
Shining Soul 2 is amazing 👌
18 looking good!
Never heard of Shining Soul 2, but definitely looks right up my alley
Well worth giving a go!
Dude, Mario Tennis Power Tour!!! Best freaking tennis game!!! 🔥
Shining soul 1&2 are fantastic games. But of you going to play one of them play 2. I bought 3 copies of shining soul 2 just to play with friends and my bro. Love that game.
nice thumbnail
Thank you!
The music in the background of this video is that advanced variable geo 2 lol
Gonna play these on my rg35xxsp
Nice! Picked up an R36S three weeks ago and am having a blast going on a Castlevania run 👍🏽
Very nice informative and great video
Thanks a lot!
video was good 😊
Thanks 😁
have played the Dragonball game and it´s actually really good . would totally recommend it
Confieso, no se inglés, pero me gusta ver tus vídeos sin subtítulos.
Puedes usar subtítulos traducidos en las opciones del vídeo
Blackbelt goes hard never heard of it beforr
Great Stuff, as always!
ya nice selection.
Cheers Mekman!
@@thatvideogamesshow Thank you for the reply! ‘Love your content! Keep up the diligent work!
Still think teen titans on the GBA is one of the best platformer style combat games I've played on the GBA
It's so sad that gba games are so dang expensive for physical version. Just the cartridge is like 180$ and complete is easily 350$
Car Battler Joe looks heckin' fun
It's well worth playing!
I'll die on the hill of all the best Dragonball games were on GBA
Goku's trusty rod is called
A power pole
I with barnyard, avatar and law of ueki be here.
Normally hate this kind of stuff nowadays, but you're one of the very few I still subscribe and watch. When I'vr thought, it's because you do so much right.
1. No intro explaining what a GBA game is or the history of the GBA to pad time.
2. You have some real obscure picks so I have new games to explore.
3. No reminders to subscribe every five minutes like the modern creators in this style do.
4. No corporate jokes so cheesy that little people really laughs at.
For real, appreciate your channel being as great as it is.
That means a lot, thanks man!
Omg medabots, loved that show and game and completly forgot about them
Wait there is a remake of shining force??? I love the original game I have to go try this out.
Love the wario ware series.
Amazing pics thanks
Glad you like them!
Very good games.
Pronouncing kamehameha in that fortnite meme way broke me 😅
There is a game based on James Gurney's Dinotopia?!
There was an xbox and gamecube game too called dinotopia the sunstone odyssey, i had the xbox version
@@clintbrew Thanks. Was it any good?
Yeah the GBA game is based on that series though idk if it has any connection to the console version that the other guy mentioned.
So not only am I wondering why Android 18 is on the thumbnail for this video when she doesn't appear in a single game on this list, but I'm also wonder why it's really bad AI art of her on top of that.
You know it's click bait and it works because we both clicked.🤣
which of these features the character in the thumbnail?
I know I've played whatever game it is, but I can't remember what it was! Maybe it will randomly come too me
It was a trick question, because none of them do :) they just love using this DBZ character as thumbnail thirst
@@alechemy What is it from then?! I know I've played it, but I've played so many darn video game's in my life lol
Medabots was great fun
fire emblem mentioned 💥💥💥💥💥
Im going to have to look these games 🎮 up
Hope you enjoy them!
@@thatvideogamesshow I will
Huh these worked on my steamdeck
So like, these videos are written by Chat GPT right?
Metroid Fusion
Giga Based Awesomeness
Would you happen to know where I can find an audio file of that intro beat?
It’s the Tekken 2 intro song 🙂
@@thatvideogamesshow
I feel so stupid! How did I not recognize that!
Thanks dude!
Lady sya stuck onda gba too D:
no rythm tengoku?
Please use chapters
Is it just me or did TVGS, deleted some videos and changed some thumbnails?
I was looking for an old video and couldn't find it, maybe it's just my memory.
I haven’t deleted any videos but have changed a couple of thumbnails. Do you remember what the video you’re looking for was about?
@@thatvideogamesshow Super Robot Taisen OG Saga was the one I was looking for. I remember watching it a couple years ago. Thank you for the reply!
Yup
Stuck on GBA? Right. I just played these on the PS Vita.
On a software emulating the GBA, so, yes, the games are stuck on GBA. Unless you actually ported by yourself.
@@EricFraga That's still playable on another platform. Even some official ports of games on consoles today are done through emulation. Like all the PS2 and PS1 classics you can play on the PS4 and PS5 for example. To me stuck on a platform would mean you cant even emulate it.
@@smudgey5000 But it is not. A game "stuck on intert-console-here" is a game that was only released on that platform. It's that simple.
@@EricFraga So I guess unless Nintendo releases an officiail emulated version on the Switch for money it don't count to you even though that official version is technically the same as using a rom on another device? Alright then. Well pretty much all GBA games can be played on the Analogue Pocket handheld and before you go off saying "hur hur its software emulating" no it's not. There's no emulation on the Pocket it's actually running the game. So technically my point is still valid even if we follow your flawed and technically incorrect view. The game's playable on another device thus it's not stuck on the GBA. I mean I can also insert the game into a GB Player and run it on a Gamecube which is obviously not a GBA and there's also the DS and DS lite which both can play GBA carts without emulation. So if you dont count revisions and emulation there's at least 3 other devices that are not GBAs that can play these games. The games are hardly stuck on GBA.
@@smudgey5000 I have a MiSTer since the first days of the device. Its about the plataform -- you're overthinking. Its an exclusive game to GBA plataform, just that.