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Gba game library was so good, most of the games in the top 40 of this list can easily be in the top 10. The game library was absolutely stacked, my favorite handheld of all time and just video game system overall
I had the exaxct same thought. I would have put Castlevania circle of the moon, F-Zero, Donkey Kong country 2, Wario Land 4 and others much higher than that. But it is just a personal list and I respect that.
Such an amazing system. Anybody who loves the 16 bit era and hasn’t explored the GBA library yet is in for a treat. Honestly one of the all time best game libraries.
I almost never put remakes in my top 10 list because most of them are basically a repeat of the same thing, but honestly Metroid Zero Mission is so drastically different from the original that you might as well call it a sequel. And a damn good one.
@@ultimategamer2669 "most of them are basically a repeat of the same thing" isn't that literally what a remake is supposed to be? how is that a bad thing?
I really like that you've put a couple of notes, pros of each game. Great video thanks. I recently jumped into the retro handheld craze and I'm always looking for ideas on what to play because even though I'm 37 already, I've never owned any console as a child.
Phew... you had me worried for a second there. Was about to say "No Zero Mission!?" but you put it in first and while I'm not a huge Metroid fan in terms of gameplay, I love the aesthetic and it's the only Metroid game I've ever put in the time to beat. I loved the hell out of it, fantastic game. It's a _prime_ example of how to do a remake.
I forgot the name of the Japanese GBA game title where the character has a weapon, namely a hat that can be thrown. and this is an action advance adventure type game. With theme castle, carnival & magician skill. If you know the name of this game, you are a pro game player of all genres.
Pretty good list! Definitely one of the better ones I've seen. You can definitely tell you made the list based on your own personal preference as opposed to reviews or the community hype around them. You even mentioned MegaMan Battle Network albeit at a pretty high number but still, no other video I've watched so far even talks about those games and they're amazing. In any case, thanks for the list. Gonna start downloading some of these again.
22:00 It was disrespectful for me to see this Fire Emblem in 35th place. For me this is easily top 3. first to come to the West, stupendous soundtrack, highly polished gameplay. It was this game that made me a fan of strategy games.
In 35th place you put Fire emblem 7, Blazing sword, which is indeed the first one that came to the west.... But the gameplay shown is fire emblem 6 with English fan translation xd
Theres this taiwanese published weekly or monthly comic (kinda of like shounen jump but its not) ,it has the games,toys and comics trending at that time (when i was 9,10 years old,20over years ago), megaman battle network and war advance always featured inside, that lead me to trying other games like golden sun, legend of zelda and yugioh. I would say gameboy is really one of the best handheld console and my fave till now. Thank you for making this video, alot of wonderful childhood memories 😊
Really nice job putting this together. Great video, just the right amount of gameplay video per game, great job including the cover art and the title graphics are really nice. Kudos.
I know they exist, I'm sure of it, but I've never met anyone that would rather play bust a move over klonoa lol I do enjoy the presentation of your videos, thank you for taking the time.
As a kid, I always thought the GBA was just a portable SNES (which, don't get me wrong, blew me away), but after revisiting the line up, it seems like it handled 3D perspective better. Is this because the device is more capable than the SNES or is it because devs were starting to get better at making games that weren't too down RPGs and side scrolling platformers around this time?
That's not Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade footage. That's the translation footage for the previous title, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. Still, I admire this video.
really super happy you have gradius galaxies as a personal favorite. I always had to borrow games from cousins & while my tiny brain could barely stand golden sun, he gave me gradius as well T-T
I was about to say if i don't see Binding Blade on this list... but I guess you technically put it on there...? Number 35 on this list is Fire Emblem, but I see Fire Emblem Binding Blade footage. Sacred Stones is definitely in the top 15!
I'd forgotten about the Episode III Revenge of the Sith, but that was a fun game - it was great how there were different playthroughs for Anakin and Obi-Wan. Nice list!
@@ultimategamer2669he was certainly talking about a classic platformer game. Like Super Mario Land for the Game Boy and New Super Mario Bros for the DS. And i agree, it's a bit disappointing that the GBA just got some ports/remakes of classic Mario games...
@@ultimategamer2669 he means a 2D plataformer Mario game... considering Mario vs DK as a "Mario Game, is like saying Tri Force Heroes is a main Zelda game.
Spyro 2 Season of Flame is SERIOUSLY under rated. If you loved Spyro 3 on PS1, you'll love this. They're still cheap to buy, so now is your chance. A lot of the other games on this list have rocketed in value.
The gba version of gta wasn’t a port of the pc original, it was in the top down style but it was a completely new title in its own right. It wasn’t perfect, but it sure did entertain me through long road trips.
19:24 Great game. You really had to play it back in the day, though, with a genuine cartridge, an original GBA and a window on a sunny day you were desperately trying to get as much sunlight in to hit the sensor. I've still yet to beat the game, even with the advantages of an emulator with save states and cheats. It's so easy to get lost in. It's far from perfect, but there is serious novelty in the concept of using actual real-world sunlight to power your weapon (and change your environments) and the game's aesthetic and setting is pretty good. I'd liken it visually to a more child-friendly Castlevania or something, I guess. The world is dark, but not edgy dark or anything, and the emphasis on monsters and vampires will catch the eye of anyone who enjoys a supernatural game or two. Also, you literally cannot complete this game without sunlight or a modded ROM to emulate the sunlight sensor. One of the bosses literally goes into a coffin and requires sunlight on the sensor in order to charge up the markings you put him on and properly defeat him. Oh and as for the weaponry, you actually get a ton of various alterations in the form of "frames" and "lenses". Frames can change the spread and I believe lenses change the type of attack. So you don't just have to shoot little orbs at people, you can create an arc kind of like... idk, a controlled flamethrower, and literally add the fire type to it to burn enemies while you're at it. It works very well. There are even stealth elements in the game and you can lure enemies by leaning against a wall and tapping on it Solid Snake style. Considering it was published by Konami, I doubt the similarities are accidental, but they're relatively small. EDIT: For those who want to play via emulation, I should mention there's an excellent Solar Sensor Patch by Prof9 on Github that works for all three games, including the Japanese title that never released in the west, Boktai 3.
I have been looking for an old game for the GBA for years now. It was a game in which you would control little aliens/monsters from a top down view. The little monsters/aliens would transfer their consciousness to other ones in different parts of the level and solve puzzles until you got them all together or a specific # of them to pass the level or area and progress to the other part. In some sections you would have as if it was poop monsters and the dynamic was the same, the only difference was you would flush them down a “toilet” and you would need a specific number of them to pass. If you somehow got any of them hurt/killed you could not advance. Anybody remember the name or know about this game?
Hmmm maybe some other details you remember? The GBA library only has around 1500 games, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find out what you're looking for. Also are you sure it was a GBA game and not a Game Boy Color game since the GBA was backwards compatible with that.
I loved Kingdom Hearts but I could never beat one of the final bosses. Interesting that I played a bunch of the games in this list as a child. Feels good I was lucky to own some of them.
Imo the GBA (including the GBA SP) is tied with the NES/Famicom for being not just the best console hardware but the best overall console ecosystems (taking into account the time and state of the gaming landscape into which they were released) that Nintendo has ever produced. To me, and I have a feeling I'm not the only one that feels this way, the GBA feels like the culmination of everything that Nintendo had learned about gaming (in particular 2D games, but also some limited 3D) up to that point. There are so many fantastic games for the GBA that utilize the hardware in such a wide variety of interesting ways that I suspect it is virtually impossible to play them all even if you are only playing the best games the system has to offer.
Just a note, Fire Emblem gameplay shown is from The Binding Blade starring Roy (which now has English translations available) but the game listed is 'Fire Emblem' (The Blazing Blade OR Rekka no Ken) starring his father Eliwood. Both are great :)
@@JohnnySoCal It happens! I am not a creator so I don't know if comments like that are helpful (in case edits are possible) or just annoying so I apologize if it's the latter. Thanks for the video it was a great list! :)
I always do tons of research on what roms to get and I feel super nostalgic while doing so because the GBA was absolutely amazing when I was younger. Then I sit down to play the games and get bored of them super quickly and realize fast that I'd just rather play newer games.
Its such a shame the third summon night never got a proper English translation. SERIOUSLY??? They added bows too which is such a cool addition to the weapons. Swordcraft story series were one of my most thoroughly enjoyed gbas and i wanted to see through the plt of the third one so bad
Curious that you bunched up Battle Networks 1-4 all on one entry. I probably would have included 3 and 6 on the list separately, as they are the best of each half of the series (3 has the best story of the whole set and greatly refined the gameplay, and 6 takes the gameplay to a whole new level). Alternatively, group 2, 3, 5, and 6 together as one entry and leave out 1 and 4 which are the weakest games owing to 1 being the most basic and 4 being the most tedious.
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Yes, I was waiting for the Sims Urbz. I played that game a lot back in the day, also Legacy of Goku should be in the top 10 at least
Gunstar Heroes
My personal favorite is Dungeon Dice Monsters.
Shining Force Resurrection of the Dark Dragon?
Dogz & Dogz 2 hehe
Gba game library was so good, most of the games in the top 40 of this list can easily be in the top 10. The game library was absolutely stacked, my favorite handheld of all time and just video game system overall
I play gba games with my boy emulator it's better than mobile games
I play gba games with my boy emulator it's better than mobile games
I play gba games with my boy emulator it's better than mobile games
I had the exaxct same thought.
I would have put Castlevania circle of the moon, F-Zero, Donkey Kong country 2, Wario Land 4 and others much higher than that.
But it is just a personal list and I respect that.
That doesn't make sense.
Such an amazing system. Anybody who loves the 16 bit era and hasn’t explored the GBA library yet is in for a treat. Honestly one of the all time best game libraries.
Your edit is so nice man. I appreciate you adding the name and box art. Keep up the good work
Its really good! Thanks for the work! :)
I’ve seen SOOO MANY of these videos! And let me just say this one was a nice change of pace from the normal show a clip and count down to 1.
22:50 Golden Sun was to me the peak of GBA, of what it can do, but pro tony hawk s looks incredible too for this console.
Metroid Zero Mission is awesome.
I almost never put remakes in my top 10 list because most of them are basically a repeat of the same thing, but honestly Metroid Zero Mission is so drastically different from the original that you might as well call it a sequel. And a damn good one.
@ultimategamer2669 here's the bug twist, no one, I mean not a soul, cares about your top 10 list I promise 😂 try and see how many ppl care
@@ultimategamer2669 "most of them are basically a repeat of the same thing"
isn't that literally what a remake is supposed to be? how is that a bad thing?
I really like that you've put a couple of notes, pros of each game. Great video thanks. I recently jumped into the retro handheld craze and I'm always looking for ideas on what to play because even though I'm 37 already, I've never owned any console as a child.
@@Zpicismrad thanks... make sure to check out my other 100 countdowns. And many more to come in the future!
@@JohnnySoCal I sure will, thanks!
Well documented and informative review ❤
Great list and great production value on the video! Glad to see Advanced Wars and Sonic Advance 2 get appropriate ratings. 💯
Your presentation is great! The design, the short overview, the length of the gameplay - top quality 👍
Phew... you had me worried for a second there. Was about to say "No Zero Mission!?" but you put it in first and while I'm not a huge Metroid fan in terms of gameplay, I love the aesthetic and it's the only Metroid game I've ever put in the time to beat. I loved the hell out of it, fantastic game. It's a _prime_ example of how to do a remake.
best video & recompilation i saw about this awesome system. Thanks, and merry christmas
Thank you so much for not doing the same 20 games. like I know they’re great but let me get some variety!
Always glad to see Dodgeball Advanced get love...I had that game in 2001 and was absolutely obsessed with it.
Nice list and very nicely presented for someone like me discovering GBA games years after the console prime 👍🏼
I great list!
I miss Medabots in this list. It was a great game
In my 30s I finally tried advance wars…. Omg such a good little gem that game is.
Great list. I still play Advance Wars now and again. I also really liked Double Dragon.
Advance Wars has always been a go to game for me and my friends. Still holds up.
Double Dragon Advance is amazing! I love it! First GBA game I beat
Great video showing gameplay and information of each game
Thank you for these lists! I know for more games i can search for my console ^^!
3DS list coming soon
Sonic Battle at 83rd place broke my heart😭. I love that game!
Okay you placed Aria of Sorrow higher than I thought it would be
Honestly these rankings are so all over the place it's insane lmao
I forgot the name of the Japanese GBA game title where the character has a weapon, namely a hat that can be thrown. and this is an action advance adventure type game. With theme castle, carnival & magician skill. If you know the name of this game, you are a pro game player of all genres.
Not a Japanese game but maybe Fievel's Gold Rush is what you're looking for. Do you remember any other details? How does the protagonist look like?
Pretty good list! Definitely one of the better ones I've seen. You can definitely tell you made the list based on your own personal preference as opposed to reviews or the community hype around them. You even mentioned MegaMan Battle Network albeit at a pretty high number but still, no other video I've watched so far even talks about those games and they're amazing.
In any case, thanks for the list. Gonna start downloading some of these again.
Good job man!! Awesome quality and more gameplay time!! Thanks a lot!!!
22:00 It was disrespectful for me to see this Fire Emblem in 35th place. For me this is easily top 3. first to come to the West, stupendous soundtrack, highly polished gameplay. It was this game that made me a fan of strategy games.
5. Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
4. FF6 Advance
3. Metroid Fusion
2. Pokémon Emerald
1. Zelda MC
In 35th place you put Fire emblem 7, Blazing sword, which is indeed the first one that came to the west.... But the gameplay shown is fire emblem 6 with English fan translation xd
Theres this taiwanese published weekly or monthly comic (kinda of like shounen jump but its not) ,it has the games,toys and comics trending at that time (when i was 9,10 years old,20over years ago), megaman battle network and war advance always featured inside, that lead me to trying other games like golden sun, legend of zelda and yugioh.
I would say gameboy is really one of the best handheld console and my fave till now.
Thank you for making this video, alot of wonderful childhood memories 😊
ugh chain of memories was incredible. i remember getting so excited just from the tv commercial
Really nice job putting this together. Great video, just the right amount of gameplay video per game, great job including the cover art and the title graphics are really nice. Kudos.
I know they exist, I'm sure of it, but I've never met anyone that would rather play bust a move over klonoa lol I do enjoy the presentation of your videos, thank you for taking the time.
Great list, I love it! ✌️😁🎮
As a kid, I always thought the GBA was just a portable SNES (which, don't get me wrong, blew me away), but after revisiting the line up, it seems like it handled 3D perspective better. Is this because the device is more capable than the SNES or is it because devs were starting to get better at making games that weren't too down RPGs and side scrolling platformers around this time?
That's not Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade footage. That's the translation footage for the previous title, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
Still, I admire this video.
Several gamers have noticed it... I'll be uploading an improved GBA video soon with that correction.
really super happy you have gradius galaxies as a personal favorite. I always had to borrow games from cousins & while my tiny brain could barely stand golden sun, he gave me gradius as well T-T
Solid list! Came across a rom set that has most of these at the very least so I'm pretty much set for my GBA library.
Fantastic list! I've got all of em.
love the list! Can you make one for top 100 ps1 games?
Wow dude thats such a great list! Bomberman advance was a personal favourite not there. Golden sun all time
here after apple removed emulator bans from the app store
Lmao, 🤣 apple user loser
No Hamtaro Rainbow Rescue, such a shame :(
Ngl, having battle network 1-4 in the same spot is CRAZY, 3 stands leagues above those games, and not having 6 is a travesty.
I was about to say if i don't see Binding Blade on this list... but I guess you technically put it on there...? Number 35 on this list is Fire Emblem, but I see Fire Emblem Binding Blade footage. Sacred Stones is definitely in the top 15!
Thank you! I'm going to download some of these games on my phone to play the heck out of them.
Loving Golden sun so far.
GBA for life!
How?
Good recommendations overall
I'd forgotten about the Episode III Revenge of the Sith, but that was a fun game - it was great how there were different playthroughs for Anakin and Obi-Wan. Nice list!
Very well presented, I would say Nightmare Before Christmas also deserves to be up there.
Should try Shaman King Master of Spirits 1 and 2, they have the gameplay of Castlevania and would surely take a spot here
The only mistake gba has is not having its own mario
Have you ever heard of Mario vs. Donkey Kong?
@@ultimategamer2669he was certainly talking about a classic platformer game. Like Super Mario Land for the Game Boy and New Super Mario Bros for the DS. And i agree, it's a bit disappointing that the GBA just got some ports/remakes of classic Mario games...
@@ultimategamer2669 he means a 2D plataformer Mario game... considering Mario vs DK as a "Mario Game, is like saying Tri Force Heroes is a main Zelda game.
Amazing editing. Terrible order. Great video!
There's a new GBA 2024 update video
The best FF of all times at 21st shows how great GBA is
Spyro 2 Season of Flame is SERIOUSLY under rated. If you loved Spyro 3 on PS1, you'll love this. They're still cheap to buy, so now is your chance. A lot of the other games on this list have rocketed in value.
Yo thank you so much for this! I've discovered new games!
Imagine you put all Gameboy Advance games on your Super Famicon/ Super Nintendo Mini, that will be satisfied and addicted. 😅😅
The gba version of gta wasn’t a port of the pc original, it was in the top down style but it was a completely new title in its own right. It wasn’t perfect, but it sure did entertain me through long road trips.
Is the Device pictured for each game the Device you Prefer to play it on?
19:24 Great game. You really had to play it back in the day, though, with a genuine cartridge, an original GBA and a window on a sunny day you were desperately trying to get as much sunlight in to hit the sensor.
I've still yet to beat the game, even with the advantages of an emulator with save states and cheats. It's so easy to get lost in. It's far from perfect, but there is serious novelty in the concept of using actual real-world sunlight to power your weapon (and change your environments) and the game's aesthetic and setting is pretty good. I'd liken it visually to a more child-friendly Castlevania or something, I guess. The world is dark, but not edgy dark or anything, and the emphasis on monsters and vampires will catch the eye of anyone who enjoys a supernatural game or two.
Also, you literally cannot complete this game without sunlight or a modded ROM to emulate the sunlight sensor. One of the bosses literally goes into a coffin and requires sunlight on the sensor in order to charge up the markings you put him on and properly defeat him.
Oh and as for the weaponry, you actually get a ton of various alterations in the form of "frames" and "lenses". Frames can change the spread and I believe lenses change the type of attack. So you don't just have to shoot little orbs at people, you can create an arc kind of like... idk, a controlled flamethrower, and literally add the fire type to it to burn enemies while you're at it. It works very well. There are even stealth elements in the game and you can lure enemies by leaning against a wall and tapping on it Solid Snake style. Considering it was published by Konami, I doubt the similarities are accidental, but they're relatively small.
EDIT: For those who want to play via emulation, I should mention there's an excellent Solar Sensor Patch by Prof9 on Github that works for all three games, including the Japanese title that never released in the west, Boktai 3.
Very good ! Thks !
I have been looking for an old game for the GBA for years now. It was a game in which you would control little aliens/monsters from a top down view. The little monsters/aliens would transfer their consciousness to other ones in different parts of the level and solve puzzles until you got them all together or a specific # of them to pass the level or area and progress to the other part. In some sections you would have as if it was poop monsters and the dynamic was the same, the only difference was you would flush them down a “toilet” and you would need a specific number of them to pass. If you somehow got any of them hurt/killed you could not advance. Anybody remember the name or know about this game?
My first guess would be Chu Chu Rocket. I'm not too familiar with that game but by any chance might that be the game you were looking for?
@@YustinJ420 sadly it is not that game, breaks my heart that for years I have been able to come across anyone that knew 😭
Hmmm maybe some other details you remember? The GBA library only has around 1500 games, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find out what you're looking for. Also are you sure it was a GBA game and not a Game Boy Color game since the GBA was backwards compatible with that.
13:40
Amazing list! I can't wait to try most of them!
Although calling SFA3 a "decent port" was the understatement of the day x_x
I loved Kingdom Hearts but I could never beat one of the final bosses. Interesting that I played a bunch of the games in this list as a child. Feels good I was lucky to own some of them.
Great useful video!
Nice info!
But Pokemon is the best! (My Opinion) 😆
The Pokemon games on the GBA have some really nice and clean visuals. I miss the pixel art in Pokemon games.
Imo the GBA (including the GBA SP) is tied with the NES/Famicom for being not just the best console hardware but the best overall console ecosystems (taking into account the time and state of the gaming landscape into which they were released) that Nintendo has ever produced. To me, and I have a feeling I'm not the only one that feels this way, the GBA feels like the culmination of everything that Nintendo had learned about gaming (in particular 2D games, but also some limited 3D) up to that point. There are so many fantastic games for the GBA that utilize the hardware in such a wide variety of interesting ways that I suspect it is virtually impossible to play them all even if you are only playing the best games the system has to offer.
Today my GBA arrived, and is the best console i could ever get
The fire emblem game is really really good. The story and battle are intense, and the last fight is epic.
Interesting list
Just a note, Fire Emblem gameplay shown is from The Binding Blade starring Roy (which now has English translations available) but the game listed is 'Fire Emblem' (The Blazing Blade OR Rekka no Ken) starring his father Eliwood. Both are great :)
Sorry about that... I will be uploading a better ver of this video and will address the fire emblem games.
@@JohnnySoCal It happens! I am not a creator so I don't know if comments like that are helpful (in case edits are possible) or just annoying so I apologize if it's the latter. Thanks for the video it was a great list! :)
I would love a GB/GBC List
I always do tons of research on what roms to get and I feel super nostalgic while doing so because the GBA was absolutely amazing when I was younger.
Then I sit down to play the games and get bored of them super quickly and realize fast that I'd just rather play newer games.
Its such a shame the third summon night never got a proper English translation. SERIOUSLY??? They added bows too which is such a cool addition to the weapons. Swordcraft story series were one of my most thoroughly enjoyed gbas and i wanted to see through the plt of the third one so bad
Good list, but i'm sad that yggdra union wasn't there.
So cool video decor...
The fact WarioLand 4 wasnt put in top 10 is criminal imo
Nice!
I did play zero mission a ton. I'm not mad about that.
Isnt stairway to destined duel just a kind of prequel to WC2004?
thanks for info
90% agree 👌🏼
I remember I traded digimon battle spirit1 for a GameCube, multiple games, and some remotes. I only paid seven bucks for that digimon game
Mate get the Sims games for GBA. They're weird but funky. Just saying.
what a champ... quoting himself in his video :D
32:30 pros:
marluxia battle music
Endgame content
glad that mother 3 was recognized despite it being japan only
Only MMBN 1-4??! What about 5 and 6? 5 definitely should have been here
Thps ❤
It’s your own preference and you’ve done a great job just think sonic battle is way better than being placed 83rd
I managed to get Metroid Zero Mission complete in box around 2013 from some dude on Craigslist for $30. Prices are ridiculous now
I love Rayman Advance :’)
My favorit Game in Gameboy is Shining Soul 2
I can't believe you placed tactics ogre on 26... thay game it's awesome to not be on the top 10 in gba
Where that Riviera masterpiece at?
You can't do that to Golden Sun 2 bro
you missed a lot of very good game, but is your ranking so it's ok!
How in this100 game list there's no Riviera or Yggdra Union is beyond me😬
Where is Mortal Kombat Advanced?
Nice! If u can do a top 100 for all the consoles, incluided pc games. Grettings. Keep up the good work!
Curious that you bunched up Battle Networks 1-4 all on one entry. I probably would have included 3 and 6 on the list separately, as they are the best of each half of the series (3 has the best story of the whole set and greatly refined the gameplay, and 6 takes the gameplay to a whole new level). Alternatively, group 2, 3, 5, and 6 together as one entry and leave out 1 and 4 which are the weakest games owing to 1 being the most basic and 4 being the most tedious.
Mother 3 is my favourite
What about Riviera?