Graphically Impressive GBA Games

Even though the GBA is over 20 years old now, some games that released for the home console are still graphically impressive to this day! Join TVGS as we take a look at some gameplay of the best looking and visually impressive Gameboy Advance games the handheld console ever received! Let me know your choice of best graphics down below.

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[linkthehero]

Nintendo: You can't put 3D on the GBA.

Third parties: Yeah? Watch us!

[TiroDvD]

Trivia: Until Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, the official dev kit for the GBA was -wrong-. The appearance of colors and light in the dev-kit did not match the original hardware (that lacked a backlight.) It was only until Circle of the Moon that this mismatched was discovered and the dev-kit adjusted. It also explains Harmony of Dissonances color scheme. It was to overcompensate if Nintendo got the numbers wrong again with their official software.

[blockbusterlatefees]

I haven't finished the video yet but I had to pause because I appreciate it so much that you just jump right into it and don't give a 3 minute introduction going over everything that we're going to watch anyway like all other YouTube videos do as a standard.

Very cool!

[Des_Zee]

The GBA was really the little engine that could.

[Flareboxx]

I think Fire Emblem Sacred Stones should have been on here. The sprite work for the battles is so pretty. The best looking graphics on the GBA in my opinion.

[zleepydude]

Golden Sun was crazy when it released. I still remember a kid playing it at school and I was blown away by the visuals. Went to EB games that weekend and begged my mom to buy it.

[ulengrau]

Holy hell! That Kingdom Hearts game looks and MOVES like any 2D indie game from the 2010-2020 era! Amazing!

[Snowzero]

Golden Sun was my first game on Game Boy Advance, and it was amazing experience! I still have it.

[mrmatt]

The golden sun series was my favor gba game as a kids still is with being almost 30 yrs old god it's such a great series

[johnsondang]

Man, the GBA was capable of doing some really cool things.

[ChrisMeadows]

Velez and Dubail are masters of the Game Boy Advance. DRIV3R and V-Rally 3 were both made by them. Fernando Velez passed away in 2016, but his legacy lives on in the incredible work he and his partner did on the first three Game Boy generations.

[nafees_ur_rehman]

01. Castlevania: Aria of sorrow
02. Kingdom hearts: chain of memories
03. Iridion 2
04. Mario and luigi superstar saga
05. Sword of mania
06. Metroid fusion
07. Asterix and obelix xxl
08. V-rally 3
09. Golden sun
10. Driver 3

[ProfDragonite]

May I humbly submit Super Robot Wars J. The animations make you really feel like you're playing an anime. It even has screen caps and shots from the anime that are featured in the game. One of the best looking GBA games, in my humble opinion.

[ericgoodenough]

I don't really like rpg's but I tried golden sun last year and to me it is one of the best games I've ever played. The sound tracks are amazing and there are many challenging puzzles throughout the game. I would love to play it again for the first time.

[shazmanbound]

I was hoping to see May Payne for the GBA on the list. That game looks amazing and plays great on the GBA. The developers got picked by Rockstar games to make the GTA games on the PSP after they saw what they were able to do with Max Payne on the GBA.

[KaioSteter]

A huge hug from Brazil, your videos are amazing, nice job!

[Gallospacca-]

Good list but some of the best are missing:


1) Super monkey ball jr is a real technical miracle and at the time it seemed to have a mini Gamecube in hand.

2) Kurohige no golf shiyouyo is an entirely polygonal golf game and you can see the whole hole rotate and zoom, despite an unstable frame rate and an average resolution is still impressive.

3) Duke nukem advance is THE most impressive game on the console, especially in the final levels is incredible.

4) Payback, a clone of Gta that on GBA is much better than Gta advance, fully polygonal and full of light effects and explosions in real time, one of the best.

5) Hot wheels stunt track has an absurd graphics engine, graphically reminiscent of the first polygonal games like Virtua racing and has an incredible frame rate, the game is nothing special but the graphics engine is one of the best on the console.

6) Tokyo Xtreme racer is an excellent driving game, even if it is not very fast it also has all polygonal cars unlike V rally 3 (which is still impressive).

7) Kill switch is a third person shooter that also works pretty well and has a pretty good graphics engine.

8) Riviera the promised land, besides being (in my opinion) the best jrpg on GBA has a beautiful graphic style, with a fantastic use of colors and really fantastic sprite animations.

9) Wario ware twisted in addition to being fun and making use of the rotation sensor has many graphic styles all well done, you can see rotations and zooms of huge sprites, and a whole other series of special effects that make it an excellent candidate for this list.

10) Dan Doh!! Tobase shouri no smile shot is a golf game that makes extraordinary use of Snes-style mode 7 with remarkable fluidity and visual clarity (the sequel `` Dan Doh !! Xi '' has less bright colors and a few less graphic effects, and doesn't even have the voices of the original dubbers of the anime series, I own that too).

I think there are still some but these are the ones that came to mind at the moment (and that I all own original and complete), maybe this comment will be useful for a future video (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

[tionik]

Chain of memories was my first KH game. I was hooked on the atmosphere.

[rubes]

Thank you for making this video. This subject makes me feel so much nostalgia. Also, the art design of every game you chose was amazing! Also, admittedly, your voice is rather kind and soothing. You seem like a very nice person :) Thanks again. Looking forward to your next video. Be well <3

[AlessandroCussino]

Nice selection of games.
A really well made video.
The GBA is one of my favorite consoles of all time.
P.S. I have seen that you like RPGs as much as I like 3D games on GBA.
You have done a perfect combination of both.
I wait for your next video dedicated to the other most graphically impressive GBA games 😉