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[Blackace]

Tell me some good GBA rpgs... there are so many out there, I have a bus ride to Nagoya tomorrow.. so any suggestions would be great

 

[DCharlie]

LEOsh played the ARSE out of Eye of the Beholder... but that's not gonna help you in Japan.

 

[Blackace]

LEOsh played the ARSE out of Eye of the Beholder... but that's not gonna help you in Japan.

I don't know why I didn't buy that for like 2000 yen when I saw it...

 

[DCharlie]

what time do you leave tomorrow - not that it matters as i have work, but i could perhaps locate the cart and do a hand over?

 

[Blackace]

what time do you leave tomorrow - not that it matters as i have work, but i could perhaps locate the cart and do a hand over?

I will be leeching that off of you soon...

 

[Blackace]

come on some suggestions pleassseee

 

[Tsubaki]

Tell me some good GBA rpgs...

therein lies the problem

 

[djtiesto]

Do you want Japan only RPGs or do you not care if they've been released in America? Magical Vacation looked pretty cool though I've never played it. Golden Sun 1 and 2 are alright, and Phantasy Star Collection is good if you're a fan of those games. They also have a port of BOF2 on the system, which I haven't given a shot yet but I bought. Not sure if you've been following the Riviera threads but that's a pretty decent game (I've been playing it off and on lately) and of course you have the usual SPRGs: Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, etc.

 

[Altermo]

I liked Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, which is pretty similar to Paper Mario 2.

 

[Blackace]

Do you want Japan only RPGs or do you not care if they've been released in America? Magical Vacation looked pretty cool though I've never played it. Golden Sun 1 and 2 are alright, and Phantasy Star Collection is good if you're a fan of those games. They also have a port of BOF2 on the system, which I haven't given a shot yet but I bought. Not sure if you've been following the Riviera threads but that's a pretty decent game (I've been playing it off and on lately) and of course you have the usual SPRGs: Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, etc.

Most English releases I have played.. Which is why I am hurting for a RPG so badly...

 

[jiggle]

Tales of Phantasia

 

[sasimirobot]

can I get banned for Golden Sun spoilers?

Here they are:

Dudes says, "......."
Other Dude says, "....."
Villan says "!"

end game.

Just replay Zelda Minnish and call it a day

 

[djtiesto]

I seroiusly disliked Mario and Luigi on gba.

Lufia is a good pic, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, that's pretty much all I can remember.

Honestly, I found Lufia to be almost chorelike to play... The battles were extremely slow paced, as you were waiting seconds for menus to pop up. Not to mention, the dungeons were extremely drawn out and without save points. The puzzles were also not as interesting as Lufia 2, nor were the characters as developed. (Lufia 2 is one of my fave SNES games) It was nice of the game to have a temporary save slot (that would be deleted next time you restart), a feature I'd like to see in more RPGs.

 

[Ironclad]

Honestly, I found Lufia to be almost chorelike to play... The battles were extremely slow paced, as you were waiting seconds for menus to pop up. Not to mention, the dungeons were extremely drawn out and without save points. The puzzles were also not as interesting as Lufia 2, nor were the characters as developed. (Lufia 2 is one of my fave SNES games) It was nice of the game to have a temporary save slot (that would be deleted next time you restart), a feature I'd like to see in more RPGs.

I agree completely. These were the exact problems I had with Lufia. I had such a misearable time with this.

 

[Bebpo]

GBA? That limits your choices quite a bit.

Mario & Luigi is good as are the Fire Emblem games; but you said you've played most of the US released rpgs already. The Summon Night series looks pretty hot on GBA but I've never played them myself. I think there is a Super Robot Wars game for the GBA which should be nice with the lack of loading. Besides that there are almost no GBA rpgs that are unreleased in the US. So....good luck.

 

[GaimeGuy]

get the ToP port and Mother 1+2.

 

[Suburban Cowboy]

Golden Sun is the best RPG I've played in atleast 5 years

 

[Pellham]

Bebpo, other than M&L, you only mentioned SRPGs. I dunno if Blackace is including them when he says "Japan RPGs", but it does bother me that there are no good traditional RPGs for the GBA..

 

[Bebpo]

What SMT games are on gba Bebop.. Betty... Bepbo...I mean Bebpo?

There's a port of SMT1+2.

Bebpo, other than M&L, you only mentioned SRPGs. I dunno if Blackace is including them when he says "Japan RPGs", but it does bother me that there are no good traditional RPGs for the GBA..

Yeah, GBA's rpg library pretty much sucks. As does Xbox and GC. Each system has maybe 3-5 decent/good traditional rpgs and that's about it. For rpgs, you're basically stuck with the PS1/PS2 or nothing ^^; And somehow I doubt this will change next generation either.

Golden Sun is the best RPG I've played in atleast 5 years

Hopefully you mean the 2nd one, which I have yet to play because the 1st one was so terribly generic and boring that I didn't feel like handing more money to them.

 

[Blackace]

There are a ton of RPGs when I go to the stores... I just don't know what to get.. I will just pick one with the coolest screen shots.. hahaha I'll report later to tell y'all what it was

 

[Jonnyram]

also...
FF1&2 and Tales of Phantasia are both really good.
Golden Sun, Magical Vacation, Tomato Adventure are pretty cool too.

 

[Kyouji]

There's a port of SMT1+2.

You mean ports. I don't recall ever seeing the two games on one cart. They're based off the PSX-remakes, but have different-looking city maps (maybe the Japan/overworld map too). Plus you can get little snippets of story detailing certain things that the original games never really covered: such as what happened to the Hero's mom (well, she was eaten by a demon disguised as a police officer).

 

[Varian]

The Summon Night series looks pretty hot on GBA but I've never played them myself.

I briefly played both of the SK: Craft Sword Monogatari games. Their graphics and battle mechanics were like a simplified Tales of Phantasia (if I remember correctly there was even a bird enemy I couldn't hit with my weapon). Character and environment design was a little bland but nice. I don't know Japanese so have no idea about the story.

I think the main Summon Night series is SRPG, while Craft Sword are ARPGs.

 

[Blackace]

also...
FF1&2 and Tales of Phantasia are both really good.
Golden Sun, Magical Vacation, Tomato Adventure are pretty cool too.

　Funny enough I played Magical Vaction before I moved to Japan... I bought Orential Blue... hope it is ok..

 

[djtiesto]

Yeah, definitely get back to us on Oriental Blue... that game had some cool graphics and plus it's a side story to the Tengai Makyo series. Does it retain the humor that the series is known for?