Advance wars, I just picked up the reboot for the switch
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Apart from Zelda and Pokemon: Castlevania, Metroid, Fire Emblem
Weirdly the Metroid games for GBA and Kingdom Hearts chain of memories
Wario Land 3 & 4
Advance Wars
Golden Sun
Dragon Quest 3
Goku Gekitouden
It was a never localized Dragonball game that is somewhat playable without translation.
The fighting system was pretty fun given the limited nature of gameboy. It was RPG/Action where you picked your moves before each 'bout', kindof like megaman battle network (except no deck to alter), and then once the bout started you "flew" through a 2D grid trying to get close to punch, or fire beams.
It's also one of the few Dragonball games where Beam spam is actually a thing, but also very strong. If the first move connects every other attack will land because they won't be able to block, but you have to fire a few blasts if you choose to chain so if you miss you lose a lot of energy and get stuck in place for a few moments.
Last fun bit was it had a reward for not overleveling, in that you only got to play the SSJ Goku bout against Freeza if you didn't overlevel.
I also cleared it's prequel, Goku Hishoutouden more times than I can count, just because the music in that one was banger.
That strange Lord of the Rings turn based strategy game.
shantae for gbc! its a really cute sort of metroidvania thing.
Unfortunately if you want to play on original hardware the og cart is like $600+ dollars, or there was a rerelease cart that is like $60.
Mole Mania is pretty fun. And Gameboy donkey Kong is pretty fun, and it's way more than just an arcade port. It's has way more levels and the format is different. It also has a pretty fun move set.
Snood for GBA. Some might remember the PC version of Snood.
Metroid 2, because there's a reason there have been so many fanmade remakes of it...
But I also dug Ultima Runes of Virtue 2... If you ignore the canon. Superior to the SNES version IMO.
Mysterium was also nifty.
Sonic Advance for Gameboy Advance...
Runner up is Super Momotaro Dentetsu II. A game that makes zero sense if you can't read Japanese, but it is very hilarious if you can and are familiar with the culture. In a nutshell, take the absurd length and buying property element of Monopoly, then the bullshit luck-based elements from Mario Party, mix together with a healthy dose of recreational drugs, and you get this game.
Trailer, Bit of Gameplay... Funny thing is they announced their 24th instalment in the series this year for the Nintendo Switch:
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age for GBA, I had so much fun playing hotseat with my friends.
Also, Tetris, Battlebots and The March of Penguins.
I have been playing Motocross Maniacs off and on for 30 years or so. Back when we had a magazine rack in the bathroom we eventually just left the Game Boy sitting in there.
I was given a copy of Azure Dreams for the Gameboy Color, this thing had no picture on the cartridge anymore and was a piece of paper with the word Azure Dreams written on it. I remember playing the absolute shit out of that game. I still have it, but haven’t played it in decades.
I loved kid Icarus. Played the shit out of the game when I was a kid. That a Kirby's Dreamland were my two favorites that I can recall right now.
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets (GBC). I'm convinced it's what got me into JRPGs because of the similarities, despite being a western game. It was localized to my language (Swedish) which was not the case for most games (like pokemon), so young me could actually understand what was going on for once. I really like the art in it too.
If we're allowed GBA then Zelda Minish Cap or Lego Star Wars.
Fire Emblem 7 a.k.a The Blazing Sword
Pocket Bomberman (GBC), Wario Land (GB), Wario Land II (GBC), Bubble Bobble Old and New (GBA), Donkey Kong '94 (GB), Kirby's Dream Land and Kirby's Dream Land 2 (GB), Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland (GBA), Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (GBA), Dr. Mario (GB), Tetris (GB), and Tetris DX (GBC), Mario's Picross (GB).
Been playing road rash (GBC) and its nice
Kirby games are nice too
The Urbz: Sims in the City for the GBA (and also the DS).
This is such a hidden gem on the GBA and my favorite GBA game I had. Had great music as well!
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Final fantasy Tactics Advance and Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones
The only thing I disliked about Tactics Advance was I felt like they really cheaped out on Ritz's plot. I'm thinking maybe it comes off better in the context of a japanese culture where standing out like she does really IS culturally frowned upon, but it made very little sense to me in the west and I still feel like she got done dirty. Everyone else has a really good reason to stay, Doned doesn't have functional legs, and she's complaining about her hair.
Other than that one single thing, yeah, still one of the best games I've played. I've never seen a game tackle it from that angle before or since.
Yeah! I've seen a lot of people give it some undeserved grief but I agree, it's a fantastic game! Totally agree with you about Ritz.
Not exactly my favorite (because we already know Pokémon is) but I do remember playing Tetris a lot. My mom had bought one of the giant grey Gameboys with black & white display in the early 90's and that thing lasted as long as any of the other handhelds we got throughout the years.
Mine still works. :D
Mine too!
Tetris Attack was my jam!
My favourite GBA game was Metroid Fusion, I wish I still knew where it was
If you own a Switch, it's playable on the GBA app with a Nintendo Switch Online membership.