GBA Tactics/RPGs thread

soulthug · Apr 13, 2006

Alright guys, im getting myself HYPED for getting my first GBA games tommorow- Breath of Fire 2 and Golden Sun. W0000, cant wait.
And i'm bidding on Fire Emblem and GS2 on eGay, so hopefully i'll swipe those too.

So, can anyone reccommend some other good GBA rpgs?
I've seen theres a FFIV and Chrono Cross double pack, OMG looks amazing.
The Mario and Luigi one looks fun too.

Discuss. :glee:

ray_7 · Apr 13, 2006

I'm getting FFIV too, gotta look good on the Micro, oh and Mother 3 too.

Wait a minute, Chrono Cross on GBA???

Ruell · Apr 13, 2006

Get Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Those are really the only 2 that I can recommend

TimeKillr · Apr 13, 2006

If you can find Riviera: The Promised Land, grab it. Not only is it kinda rare, but it's also very good

TrueTrials · Apr 13, 2006

Both Tactics Ogre and Rivera are not available in the UK thuggles so you'd have to get them off t'bay or from a US seller..

Golden Sun 1+2 are ace, FFTA is cool, BoF 1 and 2 are good too.

I've not seen or heard of a Chrono Cross double pack, I assume you maybe mean castlevania?

soulthug · Apr 13, 2006

ray_7 said:
I'm getting FFIV too, gotta look good on the Micro, oh and Mother 3 too.

Wait a minute, Chrono Cross on GBA???

My bad, i read the Chrono Trigger+FFIV double pack review just before the FFIV GBA review and got mixed up. Sorry bout that.

And: Zomg there is 2 fire emblems for GBA?

hanafuda · Apr 13, 2006

FFTA and FFIV are probably the best games I have played for the GBA.

dark penguin · Apr 13, 2006

I highly reccomend the Mario&Luigi game. Extremely fun and well written. The combat never gets boring because they've got a system like Paper Mario where precise button timing determines how much damage you do with an attack. It almost feels like an action RPG at times.

And damn, it looks really nice on a GBA micro :tickled:

Moose · Apr 13, 2006

Im waiting on my first micro to come in the mail, along with M&L: Super Star Saga, and Tales of Phantasia. I look forward to playing both!!

Shawn Carr2o · Apr 13, 2006

Get these RPG games,

Advance Wars
Advance Wars 2
Final Fantasy I&II: Dawn of Souls
Final Fantasy IV: Advance
Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance
Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem 2
Golden Sun
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Harvestmoon: Friends of Mineral Town
Harvestmoon: More Friends of Mineral Town
Legend of Zelda: Classic NES Series
Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords
Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
Lufia: Ruins of Lore
Lunar Legend
Mario & Luigi: Super Star Saga
Onimusha: Tactics
Rivera: The Promised Land
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
Shining Soul
Shining Soul 2
Sigma Star Saga
Sword of Mana
Tactics Ogre
Zelda II: Classic NES Series

TimeKillr · Apr 13, 2006

Shawn Carr2o said:
Get these RPG games,
Harvestmoon: More Friends of Mineral Town

WTF?

Why are you suggesting BOTH Harvest Moon games, when they're the exact same with the exception of playing a girl?

Shawn Carr2o · Apr 13, 2006

TimeKillr said:
WTF?

Why are you suggesting BOTH Harvest Moon games, when they're the exact same with the exception of playing a girl?

It may be the same game but I just wanted to list it.

TimeKillr · Apr 14, 2006

Shawn Carr2o said:
It may be the same game but I just wanted to list it.

Fair enough.

Weevus · Apr 14, 2006

Get Shining Force if you can find it. What a bad-ass game. :buttrock:

Blue Mary Mania 8 · Apr 14, 2006

All the mentioned are great, and extra emphasis for Advance Wars 2, and the Fire Emblem games, excellence indeed! FF Tactics is great if you have some friends to play against, otherwise the game is rediculously easy. It's fun to do time contests with friends with FF tactics, like we all agree to play 5 hours and then play it out and see who assembled the best team in the time constraint.

Lagduf · Apr 14, 2006

Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis

TO is the best turn based strategy series if you want a swords and sorcery type feel.

Now if only we'd get a true sequel to Final Fantasy Tactics....

LoneSage · Apr 14, 2006

double-u tee eff
I was just about to make this thread.

Anyways, even though it's simple, I dig Onimusha Tactics. If only for the Onimusha setting and stuff; it's fun.

PlayerOne · Apr 15, 2006

Yeah, Onimusha Tactics is quite enjoyable, and you can often find it cheap. It is flawed - the AI is particularly weak - but you kind of don't really care.

Personally, I'd recommend against the two NES Zeldas, they don't really stand up well in my opinion. But if you want to buy my copy of the first one give me a shout.

Shawn seems to have missed Link to the Past out of his list, though.

There are actually 3 GBA Fire Emblems, but the first one was only released in Japan.

Other stuff not yet mentioned:

Phantasy Star Collection
Eye of the Beholder
Pokemon

soulthug · Apr 15, 2006

YEAH i got Golden Sun and BoF2 today.

I've been up for about 3 hours, and 2:40 of that spent on Golden SUn :buttrock:

Will move to BoFII later :mr_t:

soulthug · Apr 15, 2006

Bwahaha.

I woke at about half 11 AM this morn (saturday), it is now 1:56 sunday morning, and my play time on Golden Sun is 12:23.

Imsohardcore.

PlayerOne · Apr 16, 2006

I think that's about twice as much as me, and I've had it for years. In fact, my problem, when I get back to it, is going to be remembering what I'm supposed to be doing.

soulthug · Apr 16, 2006

Time: 17 hours 48.

Ive had the game 25 hours :lolz:

LoneSage · Apr 16, 2006

PlayerOne said:
In fact, my problem, when I get back to it, is going to be remembering what I'm supposed to be doing.

That's my prob with RPGs as a whole -- took a few months off from FFIV, booted it up again and wandered aimlessly on the airship, wondering what I'm supposed to do.

jro · Apr 16, 2006

soulthug said:
Time: 17 hours 48.

Ive had the game 25 hours

My guess is that that little girlfriend of yours left you about eight or nine hours into that 25-hour period.

Am I right? Or is she well-trained?

soulthug · Apr 16, 2006

jro said:
My guess is that that little girlfriend of yours left you about eight or nine hours into that 25-hour period.

Am I right? Or is she well-trained?

Out of the city til tuesday :lolz:

I;ve slowed a bit now, my time is: 21:06 now :chimp:

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