# Please reccomend a good GBA title.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 12, 2005, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-reccomend-a-good-gba-title/298937 "2005-04-12T06:29:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-reccomend-a-good-gba-title/298937/21 "2005-04-13T04:14:03Z")

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> [@audiobottle](#):
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> Link to the Past came out on the old school Gameboy, right? I remember playing that game. I heartily recommend it. It was the first time I’d gotten so into a game. I would sneak it into Church and play it even. Too bad I was only borrowing it… I remember wanting to get all the hearts or something, but I had to return it to my friend after a couple of weeks. Was it hearts? What was it? Hmmmm.

No, you’re thinking of **The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening** , also a terrific game. **A Link to the Past** was originally a SNES title. It was ported to GBA within the past couple years.

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**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-reccomend-a-good-gba-title/298937/22 "2005-04-13T04:29:16Z")

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I definitely agree with those that suggest the Advance Wars games. Also, Fire Emblem is good stuff, particularly if you’re going to get interrupted every couple of minutes, because it auto-saves very frequently so you can just switch it off any time.

~ Isaac

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**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-reccomend-a-good-gba-title/298937/23 "2005-04-13T04:49:58Z")

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Mario and Luigi is brilliant.

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**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-reccomend-a-good-gba-title/298937/24 "2005-04-13T05:19:52Z")

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> [@fusoya](#):
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> If you liked the original, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is good for the first 10 hours or so, until you realize that all these sidequests are pointless and that there’s really no story to be told

It’s funny, that’s EXACTLY how I felt about FFTA 🙂

Most of the other suggestions in this thread are among the best of the best of GBA games. It’s a platform that really excels for RPG/adventure/puzzle type games. Let me say that **Fire Emblem** is extraordinarily fun but is really quite a painful experience if you’re a perfectionist and/or you’re used to the Shining Force games.

**Legend of Mana** is another fun adventure/RPG type game - it’s a remake of **Final Fantasy Adventure** for the original GB, with a lot of **Secret of Mana** -type elements.

There are a bunch of other SNES game ports that came out pretty well… again, a lot of RPG and adventure type stuff. Honestly, the selection available in those categories for the GBA is probably better than the set of RPG type games for any of the full power current generation consoles, once you get past the shiny graphics.

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