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Games That Travel Well

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hit-the-road-jack dept.

hipernoico writes "Wired has a summary of good portable RPG games for the end of this year. 'What better way to travel than in the company of a dragon-slaying knight? ' " I've travelled thousands of miles playing various Game Boy Pokemon titles. Although lately WarioWare Touched and Meteos have taken the place of my usual RPG travel companions. What games will you be playing while dreading arriving at your parents house?

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  1. Break out the Pokemon by TooCynical · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I remember nightmare roadtrips with my parents filled with sibling fighting, incessant "Are we there yets" and parental death threats like they were yesterday. When my husband determined that a family roadtrip was a good idea I had horrid flashbacks but he would not be swayed. I prepared by buying ear plugs; he just stocked up on strategy guides, headphones and batteries. As much as it galls me to admit - he was right. We drove 1500 hundred miles without a peep - it was incredible.

    Who knew that you could log hundreds of blissfully silent hours playing various Pokemon titles?

    R

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  2. Super Mario by Aglassis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As far as I'm concerned, the Game Boy Advance versions of the Super Mario brothers games are the perfect travel games. They don't require a large time commitment and are infinitely replayable.

    But when I get bored of those I usually play a Metroid game or a Zelda game.

    A massively in-depth RPG would seem to me to be a poor travel game. They require too much time and memory (your memory) to be able to jump in whenever you wanted.

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    Suddenly, the hairy finger of a familiar monkey tapped me on the shoulder. It was time.--G. T.