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Must-Have GBA Games For Big Screen?

Posted by simoniker on from the imax-wario-ware-is-inevitable dept.

Thanks to several readers for pointing out the IGN Pocket summary picking their 15 must-have GameBoy Advance titles for those who've bought the GameBoy Player add-on for the GameCube, and so are getting a chance to play GBA games on their TV sets for the first time. The authors have "..gone through the GameBoy Advance library, and hand-picked 15 titles in the collection that we'd consider 'can't miss' games on the handheld." Picks include obvious class acts like Advance Wars 2 and Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow, as well as less well-known titles such as Ninja Five-O and Puyo Pop.

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  1. Fire Emblem by Gr33nNight · · Score: 2, Informative

    If any of you liked Advanced Wars and want a fantasy slant to it, pick up Fire Emblem when it gets released over here. If you have played Shining Force, you know what Fire Emblem is going to be like. Personally I cant wait!

  2. The List by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    I'm sure it's just my setup, but with my add blocker on the webpage is unreadable. With the blocker disabled, it never finished downloading. All I wanted was to see the list. Here it is:

    Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
    Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
    Golden Sun: The Lost Age
    Konami's Collectors Series: Arcade Advance
    Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
    Mario Kart: Super Circuit
    Metroid Fusion
    Ninja Five-O
    Pokemon: Ruby Version/Sapphire Version
    Puyo Pop
    Sonic Advance 2
    Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
    Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
    Wario Ware: Mega Microgame$
    Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

  3. WarioWare, Inc. by DJayC · · Score: 3, Interesting

    WarioWare, Inc. is (surprisingly) one of my favorite games. It's quite simple: you play tons of mini games, close to 200, for about 5 seconds each in rapid succession. The better you do, the faster it gets. Once you beat all the themed levels (including a classic gaming level where you play classic games) you can then try to get high scores on each individual mini game. There are also hidden 2 player games (2 players at the same time on the same gameboy), and hidden full length games. It's a lot of fun, and can keep you occupied for hours. One of the most original games I've seen on the GBA to date. Good stuff!

  4. AdvWars ooooo! by Komarosu · · Score: 2

    Well, if advance wars 1 is anything to go by the 2 will rock. Atm ive got a standoff with a CPU player fighting over a bridge, the lines havn't moved for over 100 turns, both maxed money, both with about 5 factories...heres day 172 *sigh*

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    "What do you mean you have no ice? Do you expect me to drink this coffee hot?" - Random Customer, Clerks
    1. Re:AdvWars ooooo! by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 2, Informative

      I liked AW2. It's definitely more of the same; they haven't done anything startling or revolutionary to the game. But it's such a *good* same that it's worth getting. The new campaign is very good, with nice new scenario concepts. You have the new unit, the neotank, which actually doesn't shake things up that much. It's a better medium tank, but it doesn't dominate mediums the way mediums dominate small tanks. New terrain, including fortifications (which only show up for Black Hole in the campaign, alas), volcanos and most interestingly, pipes. Pipes completely block movement (even air), but some pipe squares are "seams" that can be destroyed by attacking them. It makes a very interesting addition to terrain strategy. Eight new COs, the existing COs have been profitably tweaked for better balance, and you now have CO "super powers" where you can forgo using your regular power and let your meter continue to fill to get a *really* devastating effect. And the AI has been nicely improved; it's no longer quite so fixated on APCs and is generally harder to decoy. Still cheats some in fog of war, though.

      Chris Mattern