20 Best Game Boy Advance Games Of All Time

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[MitchFace]

Recently found out my mom kept all my gaming stuff from my childhood and when I got the box full of them I found my game boy advance SP with all my old games and I about cried. Game boy advance is still by far one of the best handhelds of all time.

[inquisitorichijou]

As a kid, I sank so many hours into Golden Sun 1+2, FF Tactics Advance and Pokemon Ruby/Emerald.
It was a magical time.

[scottquinn]

The library of great GBA games is seriously impressive. So many bangers came to that console.

[andrewbryant]

You need an honorable mention for Dragonball Adventure Advance & Legacy of Goku 2

[michaelmacorso]

Final fantasy tactics advance deserves recognition for story line. The game deals with heavy topics of depression, disability, losing ur parents, bully. As somebody who is 100 percent disabled the game hit hard for me. Dealing with depression, having a un curable disease that gets worse everyday n all top of losing my parents one of the few games that spoke to struggles of my life. Thank goodness things got better in my life, which tactics advance teaches you that eventually in life things would get better for you no matter how darks things are. N man mother 3 is easily one of my favorite games of all time.

[Waevform]

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance was The plot is crazy. The basic premise is: you and your friends borrow a (magic) book that ends up granting your bullied friend’s wish and reshapes reality based on the fantasy world within… and naturally he’s now a prince instead of a nobody. You’re trying to change things back to normal but all your other friends like their new lives better and aren’t too happy with you meddling… lots of bittersweet conflict.

Once I realized you learned all kinds of info when you pressed select over an item or pressed R in the character menu I was hooked for hours customizing my clan with new jobs and abilities, trying to complete obscure jobs, etc. It’s a very awesome game overall.

[bubba_slump]

Golden Sun and the sequel Lost Age are my two favorite GBA games. I think a remaster is in order.

[Vercalos]

The tagline for *Mother 3* is "Strange. Funny. Heartrending." and I cannot think of a better way to describe it.

[robertthebrute]

So happy to see Metroid Fusion/Zero missions on this list and so high too, they were a cornerstone of my gaming childhood back when I owned a GBA

[Hiroprotagonist]

Absolutely loved Sonic Advance 2 back in the day

[stephenwright]

This is a good list. I can't help but feel surprised that none of the mega man battle network games were on here. Those games were fun and seemed like they were quite popular

[Tingletonttu]

My top10:

1. Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
2. Metroid: Zero Mission
3. Mega Man Zero 3
4. Mother 3
5. Astro Boy: Omega Factor
6. Mega Man Battle Network 6
7. Wario Land 4
8. Pokémon Sapphire
9. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
10. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

[axeler]

Chain of memories came to me at the time when KH was at the peak for me and I loooved the original on gba. For sure one of my favorite games.

[rodrickscott]

Golden Sun kept me sane in Iraq. I'm happy to see this have some recognition

[TBSxDRUMS]

Some of my favorite GBA games were Blender Bros., Pokemon Pinball, The Sims: Bustin' Out, and Warioland 4. Also, I'm actually surprised to know I have several games from this list.

[petermaguire]

The Crash and Spyro crossover games were a highlight for me - not on the level of most games on here but enjoyable regardless

[GovPancakes]

Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand, Guardian Heros, MegaMan Battle Network series, Golden Sun are definitely my favorites. I'm surprised with the way pvp worked that MMBN isn't on here at all or Boktai either.

[sarahtelles]

And there it is! Golden Sun! I wonder if the Lost Age is counted in that

[tylerdenny]

I still play Pokémon Ruby, sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red, and Leaf Green! They should of been 1 and 2!

[axelsalive]

I freakin loved chain of memories. I was surprised how quickly I came to terms with the card system. I was also irritated by how many reviews said that it was a retelling of the first game and gave it a lower score. It had a brand new story and introduced so many characters. Maybe not enjoyable for anyone who isn't familiar with the story, but great if you are.