There's literally 9 Overmeme threads so can we raise our standards for a second and talk about GBA games?
What are you favorite games from this absolutelly well designed handheld masterpiece?
Mine is pic related.
>>340545847
My favorite is Yggdra Union, but I played it on the PSP
Warioware was bomb until after Touched.
>all the castlevanias
>all the metroid
>warioware
those are my core games, didn't play much outside of those
>>340545991
Mona a cutie.
>>340545847
Aria of Sorrow was fantastic, I like it better than Symphony of the Night.
The MegaMan Battle Network series has the greatest battle system of ALL TIME. I've replayed every game in the series at least twice.
>>340545991
Smooth Moves is the best in the series. DIY was great for what it was too and Mario Maker borrows a lot of its style and oddities from it.
Astroboy Omega
Dragon Ball Advance
>>340545991
I agree but Gamer in Game and Wario is my favorite minigame of all time
>>340545847
Mario superstar saga
>>340545991
This game was godly levels of comfy.
>>340546168
Indeed, I also loved the Earthbound kinda aspect of the game where you run around in your town, really appealing and entertaining.
>>340546315
Best mario rpg.
Witch-Bowser was absolutelly disgusting to fight.
*******OBJECTIVE TOP FIVE GBA GAMES LIST*********
1. MegaMan Battle Network 2/3
2. Mario and Luigi SuperStar Saga
3. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
4. Mother 3
5. Metroid Zero Mission
Literally the best RPG ever made.
>always change to SSJ before switching characters
>characters are SSJ during cutscenes
Loved it. A solid game through and through.
>>340546678
Shit, I forgot the image.
I count 13 threads. Anyway, this game is pretty fucking fun. I was amazed to hear there are like 3 sequels, one of which is on the GameCube.
>>340546592
Good list but still there are a lot missing.
>FF Tactics Advance
>Golden Sun 1/2
>Zelda: Minish Cap
>Wario Ware
>DBZ: The Legacy of Goku
>Sonic Battle
>BDZ SuperSonic Warriors
>>340546612
Golden Sun is honestly pretty bad.
>bad gameplay
>bad dungeons
>bad story
>dialogue is so looooooooong that it puts Buckley to shame
>bad pacing
>bad everything
but it has good grafix
>>340546845
>Legacy of Goku without a 2 or subtitle of Buu's Fury
Nah.
>>340546995
I meant to say 2 sorry.
>>340546949
>good grafix
I have some more bad news...
>>340546838
Try 15
I also really liked kirby and the amazing mirror
>>340546592
WRONG
1.Mother 3
2.Astro boy omega factor
3.Aria of sorrow
4.Wario land 4
5.Kirby and the amazing mirror
>>340546949
I liked Goldensun for what ive played, on my emulator it crashed out a few hours in so Ive never fully played it.
but I heard 3 was critically hated, why is that?
GBA was a pretty shit console, DESU.
Glad be have NDS and PSP.
>>340545847
Swordcraft Story was pretty great. Also, posting best partner.
>>340547437
I'm sorry youre wrong aswell
1. Advance Wars
2. Fire Emblem
3. Yggdra Union
4. Mother 3
5. Mega Man Zero
>>340547482
The third one had absolutely shit story, 75% of the whole game is a fetch quest. There are also points of no return making some djinns permanently missable. The ending is a massive cliffhanger.
On the good part: The music is decent, the graphics are good and the best thing about it is the fanservice - dem star magician and dullahan rematches.
>Three Castlevania games
>Two Fire Emblem games
>Advance Wars 1/2
>Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
>Boktai 1/2
>Metroid Fusion/Zero Mission
>TLOZ: Minish Cap
>Yoshi's Island
>Superstar Saga
>Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis
>Mother 3
>Riviera
Looking back at it, the GBA was a pretty based handheld.
Would any anons recommend games for it based on my tastes above?I liked neither FFTA nor Golden Sun
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,20803.0.html
Magical Vacation just had a full translation released by the way
Reminder Magical Vacation got fan translated recently.
>>340548053
Play this, you won't regret it.
Not liking golden sun means you have taste.
>>340548236
>>340548240
wew lad
![35ee07fe7785644f242ae1a8c988f47f[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/JRArXFV.jpg "35ee07fe7785644f242ae1a8c988f47f[1].jpg")
>>340548236
>>340548240
Thanks.
>>340548236
>>340548240
What is this magical vacation game
( I rather not google it im at work )
>>340548053
>played riveria
>didnt play its sequel
do that
>>340548240
>>340548236
Art by brownie brown right? Might check it out based on that alone. Have either of you played it, thoughts? Never played the DS one.
>>340548467
An RPG.
Ever hear of Magical Starsign for DS? Vacation is the game it's a sequel to.
>>340548556
I didn't too much of it so far. But I like it.
>>340548719
*play
>>340548549
RIVIERA HAD A SEQUEL?
>>340548549
U WOT M8
>>340549313
>>340549361
Yggdra Union. It's a tactics game. Riviera is also part of a series which has a DS/PSP game called Knights in the Nightmare
>>340549497
Knights in the nightmare is ny far the most confusing game ive ever played
>>340545847
>Golden Sun 1/2
>Super Robot Taisen Original Generations 1/2
>Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
>Medabots AX Rokusho/Metabee
>DBZ Super Sonic Warriors
>DBZ Legacy of goku (all of them because why not)
>Tactics Ogre
>Harvest Moon
>FFAT
>Fire Emblem (all of them for GBA)
>Yaggdra union
>Medabots
>Megaman Battle Network
>Megaman Zero
>Rebel Star Tactical Command
>Rave Master
>Riviera: The promised land
>Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
>Castelvania Aria of Sorrow
>Summon Night Swordcraft Story 1/2
>Advance War
>Zone of Enders
>Tales of Phantasia
Literally my GBA folder
>>340549690
I got the gameplay down pretty fast, but the narrative was baffling in how it was told
>>340549702
>Summon Night
You mah nigga
>>340548053
Golden Sun and FF tactics
>>340546612
Literally one of the worst RPGs ever made
>one-dimensional characters
>childish writing
>obscenely long script, how they managed to do it while not even giving a personality to the party members is astonishing
>piss-easy gameplay
>puzzles are reskins of the same two kind of pushing/rolling stuff
>djinn-switching underplayed
>TLA doesn't have forward momentum for half of the game, the other half is aimlessly wandering in a huge map trying to trigger the next event flag
>the most retarded roadblocks ever holy shit
Literally only sound and graphics are good
>>340549702
Absolutelly perfect taste.
>>340549702
>Tales of Phantasia
Come on, man. The rest of the list was great, but this butchered port doesn't really belong on there.
>>340549702
See >>340547437
Good but missing some real stellar games.
>>340545847
The only games I had for it were
>Golden Sun 2
>LotR: Return of the King (which I traded to my cousin for Golden Sun 1)
>Bionicle
>Megaman Battle Network 3 Blue
I liked them all, but I probably played GS2 and MMBN3B the most.
>>340549971
I was talking bout the narrative
The time jumping makes it incredibly hard to follow
River City Ransom EX was great. I also liked Shining Soul II, but it's too much mindless grind to recommend to anybody.
>starting a thread crying about Overwatch
I'll let it slide this once.
>>340549702
Forgot to add Yu-Gi-Oh world championship and GX (because that was literally the kast yu-gi-oh gen I ever gave a fuck about), also:
>Pokemon fire red
>Pokemon Emeral>Pokemon Crystal
>Mazes of Fate
>Zoids Legacy
>Sword of Mana
>KoF EX2
So hows the shining force ports?
Ive beaten em on the genesis, but do the gba games have anything extra?
>>340551053
They have a weird card system and some extra stages to introduce a few more characters.
It looks like shit tho, Sega one is beautyfull in comparison.
Anyone ever play this?
Basically like a isometric metroid.
>>340551053
There's only a port of the first game. They shuffled the characters a bit, so some appear earlier or later than before, and added three new ones. It isn't particularly different otherwise.
The game also becomes not figuratively impossible as you keep replaying it.
Post under appreciated gems
I'm playing Sigma Star Saga for the first time, it's bretty good.
>>340551686
>>340551278
I played the DS version, which I believe is just a port.
Absolutely loved it
>>340551686
you're not the only one anon-kun
>>340551562
>that last line
What?
>>340551825
Same. Fun game. I don't recall much though. Don't think I finished it.
>>340546612
I enjoyed it back in the day.
Was so glad to find an emulation option on psp that would play it properly.
I put it down after half an hour because the gameplay wasn't as fun as I remember at all.
>>340551562
>shining soul
>impossible
>power level wolf, hero, tao and dragon
>rape everything on your way there
GBA games are too good. Most of the RPGs (and variants)_ were fun and i'd come back for them no matter what every year.
summon night, tales of, megaman BN, FF, fire emblem, mario and luigi, advance wars, castlevania, golden sun, sword of mana, pokemon and it's hacks, shining soul, breath of fire and a bunch more. Thanks OP, gettin' me revved as fuck to play them again.
So, motherfags, what's the appeal of Earthbound?
>shitty turn-based combat
>no animations
>decent graphics
>passable music
what's the catch here? do you people only pretend to enjoy it?
>>340552749
Try it, they're really fun.
>>340551968
>>340552554
Enemies receive stat buffs when you go to new game+. They keep receiving them.Movement is a stat.
>>340551783
what gaem?
>>340552749
unique tone, decent writing, great atmosphere that ranges from comfy to completely insane. Personally I think Earthbound is overrated but its by no means a bad game. I love Mother 3 though.
>>340552568
No problem man.
My teen tears passed in front of an old pc screen playing every GBA title, it holds a special place in my heart.
>>340552749
>turn-based combat
>shitty
>>340552749
Can't you just let us have a good thread about video games.
>do you pretend to like it
Yeah thousands of people talk about it passionately as an in joke.
>>340552849
Use the movement stat booster in characters who already have stupid mobility, nothing else says "fuck you" when you rush the fucking archers or laser eyes in 2 turns and fucking them over
Since GBA games are coming to Xbox one, recommend me some must-play GBA games
>>340552875
Shining Soul 2 my man
>>340553101
Super Robot Taisen Original Generations 1 or at least 2
Summon night is an absolute must play hands down, most atlus gba games are pretty fucking dope
>>340553101
Pretty much every RPG, Mario, Metroid, Zelda, Pokemon...
I, without a joke, still think that the GBA holds the best catalogue of games overall in 30 years og gaming, closely followed by the SNES.
if I had to pick only 1, probably ML Superstar Saga, but I wanna list some games
>ML Superstar Saga
>Golden Sun & TLA
>Pokémon Emerald (no point in playing R/S)
>Pokémon FR/LG
>Fire Emblem 7/8 (still haven't touched 6 fantranslation yet)
>Megaman Zero 1/2/3/4 (better on MMZ Collection on the DS though)
>Castlevania CotM, HoD, AoS
>Metroid Fusion and ZM
>Pokémon Pinball R/S
>Advance Wars 1/2
I'm sure I'm forgetting some stuff though
>>340553251
I'd agree with you but for me the PS2 is tied with the SNES.
>>340553101
>gba games coming to xbone
wat?
>>340553101
Play mother 3, astro boy omega factor, and castlevania aria of sorrow. Best three games on the system.
>>340553425
Yeah, I can relate.
We can say that they are tied because PS2 has a wide array of awesome titles.
>>340553101
Just browse the thread, you'll have your must plays because nobody's talking about any particularly bad games
>>340553426
A gba emulaor was announced for the xboner last night, guess it finally got games to some capacity.
>>340553572
oh. i seriously doubt that will actually happen. nintendo won't ever let that happen
>>340553572
as in, an app that you download and you can play GBA roms? really? without any sort of softmodding and the like?
>>340553531
But anon, the GBA has little to none bad games.
>>340546612
It was nice and novel to have a full-blown native RPG on a handheld, but it was NOT a good game on its own merits. It's one of the most overrated games of all time.
>>340549702
>Rave Master
This was a pretty mediocre fighting game as far as I recall. What'd you find so good about it?
>>340553101
Why not just emulate on PC? It's way easier.
Emulating is so great, I love it so.
>Emulating FF tactics
>Speed up the game in random battles, let the AI beat the enemy while I laze around
Feels good.
>>340553083
This works on your first and maybe second playthrough, but things get more and more grim over time.
>>340552996
Earthbound's combat is about as bare bones as turn based RPG combat gets. It's really not a fine example of the genre in that particular regard.
And no rolling HP does not make it interesting.
>>340554010
Yeah I know.But my Xbox needs games man ;_;
>>340545935
I attempted to play Yggdra union a few times. It looks great, and the battles remind me a lot of advance wars and kingdom under fire. But holy dick there's a lot of dialogue at the beginning. I wasnt able to get far into.
>>340546612
Valkyrie Profile is the best RPG ever made
>>340553746
Nintendo won't do shit as long as money isn't involved, they don't care.
>>340553785
Pretty sure you just download it and some roms, no mods required. I guess playing GBA on a TV is cool with the great sprite work, game boy player discs are pricey today.
>>340553976
I like the extra game mode that let you scale from easy as fuck to shit men give me a break kind of turn base, also you can buy characters and stuff.
Dunno,I found it fun, Im not going to defend the fact that had pretty shitty gameplay.
>>340554189
yeah the dialog is easily the most tedious part of the game alongside the tutorials
Game is great otherwise
>>340553936
You kidding, GBA has shovelware out the ass, but what console doesn't? Its library, as in the stuff worth playing, is fantastic and plentiful though.
>>340553936
I love GBA to death but there are a LOT of shit games and copy-paste from those shitty games, finding a good GBA collection its rare as fuck.
Just like Sega games, unless you know what you are looking for you will get those "1000" Sega packs game from where at least 800 are totally fucking shit
>have a bunch of RPGs for GBA, pretty much the entire RPG library for the system - FF, Tactics Ogre, Golden Sun, Breath of Fire, Shaman King etc
>live in slavland so most carts were bootlegs back when GBA was all the rage
>busted save batteries all over the place
>have to start over every time and then attempt to beat as much of the game in one sitting as possible
>10 years ago I actually sat down and beat all of these games
>today I can't be bothered to make it through the starting cutscenes
just
>>340554253
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for booting up my Xbone and launching some Pokemon Emerald, but there's no way it's going to be as easy as downloading the emulator, then browsing a rom store and downloading the specific pokemon emerald ROM
there's going to be a huge ass catch using this thing, I just know it
You niggas know there's a way to play Advance Wars multiplayer online now, right?
I've been playing FFVI on my Gameboy Micro. It's a lot of fun, should I play 4 or 5 when I'm finished?
>>340554271
Well yeah the turn-based game mode was kinda fun. Shame there wasn't enough depth to the gameplay to do it justice though.
>buy 5 of the penguin with the projectile attack(?) Ruby I think
>kill everything
>>340554760
I really don't think so, gba is a pretty easy system to emulate for and emulators of nintendo consoles have been around forever. You coukd emulate a shit ton of stuff on psp, no company ever did anything.
>>340554886
Im terrified of playin AW online, because I struggled in the campaign alone
>>340545847
I used to rent a gameboy advance and pic related all the time. I never had the pleasure of being able to afford one for myself.
I fucking loved cotm, Its the only RPG format castlevania thats still difficult even if you've grinded levels. The castle is huge and there's tons of secret rooms and extras to explore. You get permanent ability upgrades just like sotn, Favorite being the roc's feather.
The only thing that trivializes the game is the dss card glitch. Once you know about it, its hard to resist the urge to just turn on one of the op combos to defeat a boss.
I also loved how in new game+ you could input your name as 'fireball' to start with all cards unlocked and a high magic stat. Basically a mage mode, then I think beating it again let you do "DAGGER" for a playstyle focusing on subweapons. Pretty sure there was a thief mode as well.
All in all game was and is fucking awesome. Best of the ost is probably the final boss theme and "awake"
>>340555110
Theres a difference, the psp emulator was a homebrew product, it seems the gba app is through microsoft store
>>340555205
I honestly never played online, its like going fresh into starcraft I, you are just asking to get curbstomped and ruin the game experience.
>>340554331
Now that I think about it, nights in nightmare had the same issue and similar visuals. Were they made by the same people?
>>340555273
Breddy noice game.
>>340555382
Nigga Knights in the nightmare is a sequel
>>340555382
Yes. Sting made both games.
It's pretty easy to tell a Sting game.
>>340551686
That game is fucking goldToo bad they completely changed the game when it came overseas
I remember the GBA LotR games being quite good. There was a Diablo clone and a turn-based strategy, both were fun and nifty to have on a handheld. Also both the GBA and GBC had really good Harry Potter RPGs that I would actually recommend.
>back when licensed video games could actually be good
>>340551686Fia best girl
>>340548053
All i can remember about knight of lodis was that I beat it and DUAL ATROPOS SWORDS.
>>340555319
True but you can also get emulators on any app stores. I could go on my phone at this moment, go search "_____ emulator" and get thousands of both free and priced emulators. I imagine microsoft might be more strict though so perhaps your right in that it won't be up on the MS store very long, the creator will probably just distribute it some other way.
>>340555801
>not cleansing Riviera along Selene
fite me fagit
>>340555497
I'd really like to give that game another go. It looked awesome but holy fuck keeping track of what the fuck is going on. The learning curve was there.
>yfw this was actually the best FPS in the history of the system
The movie was maybe the worst film ever made (0% on rottentomatoes), but the game was fun as fuck.
>>340553976
Golden Sun had a pretty cool class system though, its just unfortunate that it basically penalizes you for doing anything but stacking all of one type of djinn on one character. I think the Trails games perfected what Golden Sun tried to do with Djinns though unfortunately the summoning mechanic doesn't have an equivalent in Trails.
Downloading VisualBoy right now.
Post ending in 6 tells me what game do I play.
>>340556053
Lord of the rings: return of the king
>>340556053
Asterix and Obelix XXL. Prepare for TECHNOLOGY.
>>340556053
Sigma Star Saga
>>340556053
Metroid Fusion
>>340556053
Mega man Zero series
>>340556246
Have fun, nigga!
>>340556246
Damn, nice
>>340555984
I tried on the psp and said fuck it and got it on my 3ds
Its a legit hard game, especially when you figure out some bosses have 1 hit kill moves on your knights
>>340556053
DRILLDOZER
Did they managed to fix the issue solar boy Django had with the solar sensor?
>>340556246
Downloading, my nigger.
>>340555345
Not to mention once you get into higher level play you just have to exploit the most broken strategies possible in order to compete and that just sucks all the fun out of the game. That's whats happened to every RTS out there, its why RTS is such an unpopular genre now, its just not fun to play a game where you have to play perfectly optimally at all times.
So what's your opinion on this guys?
>>340556890
Ive always wanted to try this, the only smt series I have yet to try
how does it hold up to other smts?
>>340556890
I tried it.
Emphasis on tried I didn't like it.
>>340556890
Never finished it and gave a seriously pokemon vibe, if not rip-off, still, it was fun.
>>340555735
I remember the Fellowship game being a nightmare to play, you had to hold diagonal directions to move anywhere and it hurt the hell out of my thumb.
>>340556737
Advance Wars is even worse because at high level, almost every CO plays identical. DoR spiced things up, but in earlier games, I have trouble thinking of a CO you had to play as something other than a god who feeds on infantry sacrifices.
OH
BABY
>>340556246
A-Rank It Anon!
HoD > AoS > CotM
PoR > DoS > OoE
It's not debatable either.
>he plays game boy advance games on a keyboard
>>340557416
Sorry anon but:
AoS > HoD >CotM
PoR > OoE > DoS
>>340557416
AoS is objectively the best GBA Castlevania that's a fact.
>>340557416
>HoD over AoS
Better have a good reason.
>>340557416
>HoD > AoS
You're right. You having shit taste isn't debatable.
>>340557416
>HoD > AoS
Neck yourself
>>340557416
Explain.
>>340557825
>>340557827
>That obvious fucking samefag with same spacing and writing
absolutely pathetic
>>340545847
The GBA had so much good shit but Aria of Sorrow is my favorite as well. Everything about that game was perfect to me at the time. I actually liked it more than Symphony of the Night, and that's saying a lot.
>>340557954
>Posted the same second
>>340557954
>post at the same time
>samefag
Next you'll say you were pretending
>>340557954
Summer, everyone.
>>340558082
Yeah, I agree. AoS is a much simpler game. It's just easier to play and, honestly, more enjoyable. You can beat it fairly fast if you know where you're going. SotN felt a bit slow. Not that I dislike that, but I prefer AoS's pace.
>>340558082
>Story: 9
>Gameplay : 9
>Graphics :8'5
>Soundtrack: 10
>Replayability: Yes
Every metroidvania nowadays is a copy of a copy or le indie shit.
I want the early 2000 back.
I don't understand all this discussion, the GBAs has tons of great games but Advance Wars is so above the rest that it doesn't even need to be discussed
>>340558496
>Story 9
>Graphics 8.5
>>340556890
I genuinely thought it was pretty OK once I knew how shit worked.
New game when?
MMBN6 was probably my favorite GBA gameand it was also my first Battle Network game, and having finally played through most of the rest of the series, it's still my favorite
>>340558496
La Mulana is better than any Metroid style Castlevania except maybe SOTN.
Anyone wanna play some Advance Wars By Web? I've never actually tried it myself, but it looks fairly simple.
>>340558496
How can you even survive with such shit taste?
>>340558919
It's really cool, but it's midnight where I am and I''m going to bed.
However I highly recommand you try it, I've had pretty fun times with AWBW
>>340558919
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/v_Advance_Wars
There's a steam group for this
Haven't checked up on them in a long time, might be dead
>>340559073
Aw, fuck. I'll have to look it up later then.Sov sött, anon.
>>340558496
I agree, I got sick of the RPGvanias and wanted something like rondo of blood again
Too bad the only thing I can hope for is a pachinko machine
>>340559263
Well there was Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth.
>>340559263
Hopefully I won't come across as a shill, but I've been keeping my eyes on this game: https://youtu.be/tC5Pc6Es4mE
Looks basically like CVII.
>>340558670
>>340559040
?
Castlevania Aria of Dawn is by far one of my favoirte games and a true masterpiece but Im trying to give a objective opinion on it
>>340555273
There is also a fighter mode where you get zero mana but your whip is OP as shit. So all in all there are 5 different ways to play the game and they actually change the way the game is played quite a bit. Subweapon mode gets a homing dagger. Thief mode you are pretty weak but have max luck and everything drops for you. My favorite Metroidvania by far.
>>340558835
>indie shit
>better than metroidvania
How can you live with such shit taste.
>>340560034
Like the La-Mulana anon, I was more concerned about your opinion on other metroidvanias.
Reminder that nowadays "indie" is just another word to say "bad", "lazy" and "retard magnet".
>>340560253
For their time the GBA metroidvanias were beautiful, even more beautiful than La-Mulana or any indie game on the market.
>>340560034
>Objective opinion
What?
Also, the store in AoS is pretty ass. Come on now. I get that they needed some reason for Dracula to be pulled into the 21st century Japan, but the fucking solar eclipse shit makes no sense, even for Castlevania.
The graphics, however, are some of the absolute best on the system. You can't seriously put the store above the graphics.
>>340560213
>indie is synonymous with bad
GBA and DS metroidvanias were all pretty good but La Mulana is just that much better. More challenging, better boss fights, no tacked on RPG mechanics, more to explore and better puzzles. Castlevania has the edge on music and visuals but not by much.
>>340546949
you're so full of shit it's not even funny, the only actual complaint about the game is the "bad dialogue", and even then you can just skip it by mashing A/B on 1 and holding B in 2
>>340560835
Not that anon and I don't really hate Golden Sun, but it had more problems than that. A loooot of recolor enemies. 90% of battles are super straightforward and thus just waste your time. Puzzles could have been more creative given the tools. Poor pacing in parts.
>>340560713
Castlevania exceeds at what it aims to do, provide a large, interesting, action focused game. It mostly does this by including a shitload of weapons, spells, summons, transformation etc. I understand what you're saying, but I don't think La-Mulana is as comparable as you think. It's a lot more focused on puzzle solving, whereas Castlevania is a snappy action adventure.
No one played this gem.
Confession. I never finished CotM. The movement in that game felt so damn stiff in comparison to HoD and AoS. Having to double tap to run and wall jumping and stuff felt off. It's like an in-between of the classic stuff and SotN, which didn't feel right. Should I go back and beat that motherfucker? I know there's a bunch of content and cool spell combinations and whatnot.
>>340560492
>store
>>340561641
if the controls bother you that much then, no offense, but you're probably too much of a wuss to beat some of the bosses later in that game.
>>340561641
Go back and finish it anon.
CoTM is great it's stiff compared to the other GBA games but once you get used to it you'll have more fun.
>>340562016
I don't know, it's just how I remember it. I mean, I hated the controls in the original Castlevania trilogy, but love them now. It's been well over 10 years, anon.
>>340561641
The only bad thing about the entire game is Dracula charging around like an asshole. The controls are super responsive, they just don't buffer shit for you. Have you never played a game where you have to doubletap?
>>340562218
just give it a whirl. download a rom off of emuparadise.
>>340561123
>90% of battles are super straightforward and thus just waste your time.
I think this is a problem with turn-based combat games in general, not Golden Sun, but go ahead and prove me wrong mentioning some games that have "god tier turn-based combat"
and even if GS's combat really was bad, it's still fun thanks to the awesome animations, character customization, howls, djinn/summon system, and the music, also it's fast as fuck, left me spoiled, most other random-encounter games got annoying for me because of how fucking slow they are to start the battle and for it to flow
>Puzzles could have been more creative given the tools.
I completely disagree, I think they used most psynergies well, specially in the first game, TLA's new psynergies like parch, blaze, tremor and blaze were pretty underwhelming though (but the one where you become sand was pretty well used imo)
>Poor pacing in parts.
I don't recall any tbqhf
>>340562534
Eh, I don't really like GBA emulation. I'll buy it if I want to play it. Shouldn't be hard to find.
Does anyone know if there are any significant differences between the NTSC and PAL versions? The GBA is region free, so I can just import whatever version is best. I seem to recall there being absent content or censored sprites in some versions.
Yo!
Help me out here.
What was that game where you took control of a party of "regular joes" who have to fight... something.
I remember a doctor who could revive them, and he threw scalpels as an attack.
Pic unrelated.
>you will never be a teen again
>you will never play this for the first time again
why live
>>340563486
It was christmas when I got to play this. It was super late at night and I had a huge headache, but I was completely enraptured by it.
>>340563486
Ivalice is still my favourite FF universe. I absolutely adore these games' artstyle. Maybe ignore A2, but the first FFT, FFTA and XII look so whimsical and adventurous. It's one of those ''I wish I could live in that world'' type of games, which funnily enough is the story to the game.
This game brings back bittersweet memories for me. A lot of staying home playing video games rather than going to school and a lot, a lot of masturbating to shitty art of Ritz. Seriously, why isn't there more art of Ritz?
Also, fuck those judges.
>>340563873
>I literally want to play it now and inmediatly unlock the Dragon Knight class
Hug me, anon.
>>340562934
This game?
>>340561556
Utter silence towards it confirms that theory, but the name interests me, what's it about?
>>340545847
good taste OP, best castlekino if you ask me
>Limited Golden Zelda Edition SP
Best fucking Christmas ever. God, I love this thing.
>>340561556
>Kemco
I'll give it a check
It wasn't all that bad, was it?
>Stunning graphics
>Amazing soundtrack(though shit quality)
>Alright gameplay
>Decent retelling of the original story
>>340565969
BASED
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>>340562594
Jagged Alliance 2, Original X-Com, Divinity Original Sin, there are plenty of games with fantastic turn based combat.
>>340563873
>the first FFT, FFTA and XII
>no Vagrant Story
Looks like you've got something that you need to play right now.
>>340566514
I know of Vagrant Story, but I really don't want to start up another RPG right now.
Please don't die off now.
How about F-Zero? Did anyone play Climax? It's pretty good. Basically what GP Legend should have been from the beginning.
>>340545991
Wasn't Twisted after Touched?
>>340567440
Wasn't Jailed after Touched?
>>340547782
>not Sugar
pls
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>tfw bought FFTA
>the gameplay is super slow, even compared to the original FFT
It's a shame because the rest of the game looks great but I feel like it'll be too sluggish for my taste
>>340567740
Oh, yes. The game desperately needed some kind of speed-up function. Even A2 is faster and that game is still fucking slow. Just moving around is sluggish as hell. I know it's an SRPG and they are naturally slow, but there should be options to turn off the fucking outdrawn animations. At some point you get tired or them, especially the Totem summons.
>>340567740
It's worth the grind believe me.
What's the best GBA emulator? I don't care about ''HD'' graphics or shit, I just want simple, light shit with good performance.
>>340568162
visualboy advance, fellow anon
>>340567536
You got me to laugh. Fuck off.10/10
>>340567951
When does it start to pick up? Granted I was only in earlygame but it felt so goddamn slow, like every animation was ten seconds too long.
>>340566378
ones that don't involve positioning, I mean games like Final Fantasy 1~6, pokémon, etc (as opposed to, for instance, Final Fantasy Tactics, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon)
>>340568320
What are you using to play the game? There's no way to turn off animations (would've come in handy when I almost 100%'d it on GBA), but every emulator lets you speed them up.
>>340568320
Oh I thought you were talking about the game's pace.
The combat system is slow as balls but you will reach a point where you kill everything in one hit.Ninja is overpowered with 2 weapons, literally deals 999+800~ dmg in one turn.
>>340546168
>The MegaMan Battle Network series has the greatest battle system of ALL TIME. I've replayed every game in the series at least twice.
Is it that good? Which ones you recommend?
>>340568320
>When does it start to pick up?
Well, shit. I don't really remember much, but when you start getting some decent units and open up the jobs a bit, things become a lot better.
Pro-tip, try to always have your characters learning something. Make sure to keep an eye out for abilities attached to equipment. It might get tedious spending more time in fucking menus, but every AP counts and you'll be happy that you unlocked the better jobs once you've done it.
>>340568612
Pic related
>>340546949
I remember the dungeons being hard as shit and the highlights of the game because there were so many. I also really enjoyed the world/different conflicts its characters were facing.
But then again, that was ages ago, dunno how it would hold up today
Good thread lads, my backlog is getting huge
>>340551686
I never see anyone talking about Onimusha, and I love the series.
>>340568892
How much did that cost?
>>340568959
We should have one of this everyday tbqh family
>>340568669
Real time card game is a hard genre to sell to people. Their gameplay is very good, but not god's gift to gaming.
All games starting with 2 are all good for different reasons, but 4 and 5 are the weaker entries. 4.5 is also interesting if you want to try spinoffs.
Friends of Mineral Town
No love for KH Chain of Memeries?
>>340569054~$90 after everythingbut considering it essentially includes a flashcart and the build quality is actually good, I can't say I regret it. It beats paying $80 for a Micro with no flash cart that I can't hold because manhands, and backlit GBAs are fucking expensive.
The only downside is that the included flashcart has a few issues with some games (Zero Mission's music is glitchy but I own it so oh well, apparently Mother 3 lags a bit but I never tested it, Aria of Sorrow's map has a weird flash bug due to the little circle flashing over your location, etc) and allegedly the EZ-Flash IV doesn't work. I can't confirm that but hey
>>340568651
How did you unlock the ninja again? Which race uses it?
>No mention of the best (and only) RTS on gba
This game was actually really good (pathfinding and unit variety), though I never beat it because I'm not very good at RTS's, the tech-tree for building new units is really cool too
>>340569502
Humans only, you need thief skills if I recall, sorry anon I've not played in 2 years or so.
>>340569559
meet >>340561556
Now kiss.
>>340561556
>>340569559
>RTS
>On GBA
Well, I've heard of weirder concepts. I mean, Warlocked on the GBC worked, so why not GBA?
Anyone knows a good GBA emulator for R4i? I don't want to play GBA games on my PSP .
GBA was basically my first nintendo product. My parents wouldn't let us get a console because we already owned 2 decent PCs and one crappy one running Windows 3.1
Golden Sun
Mario & Luigi
FFTA
FF I-VI
Warioland 4
Super Mario World
Zelda: LTTP and Minish Cap
Advance WarsMother 3 but I didn't play it as a kid because no gaijin release
I digged those games growing up. Good times. I put so many hours into FFTA it's ridiculous
>>340570325
>Zelda LTTP
I fucking loath that port. The extra dungeon was cool, but the fucking added sound effects and limited screen size really bugged me.
>>340570454
I didn't know about any of that though so it was fun to me
I got to play four swords with my brother and sister too so that was nice.
>>340569559
I have my (brother's) copy of this
I never beat it, it was too hard as a kid and I didn't like the graphix. I preferred playing FFTA.
I liked FF: Revenant Wings on the DS though
>>340569559
That sounds fucking weird, but interesting.
>>340545847
Legacy of goku 2 was fucking awesome but I got stuck in that part where you're at turtles house and you fly to fight androids as piccolo i think
what are some recommended GBA games?
Wheres my wario metroidvania? Seems like it would be easy. Like he's ransacking a huge magic castle or something.
Just booted up FFTA and holy shit the party menu is flawed. If I want to change equipment and make a unit learn a new ability, I can't see if he's mastered the one on the current equipment, so I have to go into his ability page and look up if he's done or not. This also goes for when checking new weapons. Having to constantly switch in and out of these two screens is fucking annoying. Say what you will about A2, they made unit management so much easier and faster.
>>340546612
>80% inane, cringe-worthy dialogue
>15% push/pull puzzles
>5% combat
>Literally the best RPG ever made.
>FFTA
>Engage in battle
>Rule
>Dmg2:Animal
>Entire clan of animals
>No valid anti-law cards
>No way to do status ailments
I love this game, but goddamn it pisses me off sometimes.
>>340571216
>what are some recommended GBA games?
Read the thread
>>340570826
>I liked FF: Revenant Wings on the DS though
I liked it too, and I haven't played XII
>>340572236
Doesn't it only affect actions? Surely your entire clan knows Counter by now.
>>340545847
no one mentions this masterpiece
<wtf
>>340573738
Because ZM did it better.
