Just when we thought we had played the last great GBA game, Siliconera pointed us towards Samurai Deeper Kyo, a slick action title recently brought to the US by Destineer. Marvelous Interactive published it in Japan back in 2002, but that doesn't take away from how fun it looks! The game only comes packed as a bonus with the Samurai Deeper Kyo anime series DVD set, so you'll find it difficult to acquire a copy.
Anyway, the idea of having another GBA release to look forward to finding and playing reminded us how long it's been since we tapped that bottom box on the DS's initial menu screen. Months! How long has it been for you? And what was the last GBA game you loaded up?
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2-22-2008 @ 9:06AM
nil said...
I keep my GBA Micro with me at all times, so I play it pretty frequently. Last game I loaded was King of Fighters EX 2.
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2-22-2008 @ 9:13AM
Nigeria said...
Last game I played Link to the Past, which was some time last week (that game is so hard, long, and boring. I just want it to end).
I've been looking for a legitimate copy of FF6, but every reputable store is out of stock, or priced at an extortionate amount. I would try ebay but I've been burnt too many times with fake GBA games over the years on that site. It's really hard to tell.
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2-22-2008 @ 9:55AM
AnOffday said...
You think one, if not the, greatest Zelda games of all time is boring? You're not a nintendo fanboy. You're an impostor.
2-22-2008 @ 11:14AM
Joshua said...
Long and boring, I guess that's an opinion (however wrong it may be), but A Link to the Past is hard? HUH?!?!?!?!?!?!
2-22-2008 @ 11:35AM
Nigeria said...
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Phantom Hourglass>>>>>Link to the Past.
You can tell this game was made for a console and not a handheld: the dungeons are well too long - and, unless you wish to start a dungeon again, you cannot save your progress once inside. This means it's really impossible to play in short spurts, unlike Hourglass which has shorter dungeons.
Also, the game lacks the charm of Hourglass (no Navi/Ciela). And there is no real story, just some events - though I haven't completed it yet.
It's a good game, but rather tiresome.
2-22-2008 @ 9:35AM
Very Metal said...
Yeah, my micro gets alot of use...in the last 2 months I've played Aria of Sorrow, Zero Mission & CIMA: the Enemy. Right now I have Final Fantasy advance IV. I don't use the gba slot much since I switched from the original to the lite.
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2-22-2008 @ 9:37AM
LordGek said...
I leave Torneko 3 in my GBA slot at all times and was even playing it a bit as I eagerly await the porting of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer.
I still amazes me how Torneko 3 GBA is an EXACT port of the PS2 game with the obvious exception of the graphics (isometric claymation in the PS2) which they managed to have instead emulate the graphical style of Torneko: The Last Hope on PS1.
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2-22-2008 @ 12:38PM
Very Metal said...
Oh, yeah, I am eagerly awaiting the Shiren game...
2-22-2008 @ 9:38AM
der said...
Orbital. Probably the best game ever. I play it more than any of my ds games.
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2-22-2008 @ 10:18AM
Opus said...
Finally finished FF6 the last time my DS was sent to NOA for repairs.
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2-22-2008 @ 10:21AM
KamenRiderTakoyaki said...
I've been playing the Kirby Nightmare game, as well as the pokemon games for posterity.
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2-22-2008 @ 10:22AM
moominsean said...
i play ff6 in my ds all the time. need to pick up ff5 at some point. need to replay the castlevania games, too.
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2-22-2008 @ 11:13AM
Abscissa said...
Most recently was some homebrew stuff I had made a few years ago (before I got gobbled up by the psuedo-programming world of web development, bleh).
But before that the most recent was Astro Boy, one of the best (and most overlooked) games ever made (It's from Treasure, 'nuff said!)
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2-22-2008 @ 11:25AM
Synergistic said...
Gamestop had a GBA coupon a few weeks ago so I picked up Sword of Mana and Advance Wars 2. I haven't gotten far in either buy enjoy them.
Before that I got Driller Dozer and was really into it.
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2-22-2008 @ 11:25AM
Synergistic said...
Gamestop had a GBA coupon a few weeks ago so I picked up Sword of Mana and Advance Wars 2. I haven't gotten far in either buy enjoy them.
Before that I got Drill Dozer and was really into it.
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2-22-2008 @ 11:54AM
jsutcliffe said...
Right now the bottom port has FFVI sitting in it, which I play daily on my commute (I'm about 1/3 of the way through). I've also recently played Advance Wars 2 and Fire Emblem: SS. Come to think of it, other than Prof. Layton all I've played for the past month and a bit is GBA games.
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2-22-2008 @ 12:06PM
Tom said...
I'm shocked no one has mentioned Golden Sun 1 or 2! Don't play them much anymore, but in the days of old where the GBA was a hip thing to have on hand, not much else came out of my gameboy's humble little slot.
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2-22-2008 @ 12:43PM
Donald said...
Pokemon Emerald.
Currently working on getting enough Battle Points to get Ice Punch on a Dragonite who will soon be enjoying HOT DRAGON ON ALLIGATOR ACTION. The resulting Ice Punch/Dragon Dance Totodile shall rock the casbah.
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2-22-2008 @ 1:09PM
GatorSax2010 said...
I replay Metroid: Zero Mission all the time. I'm trying to get all the endings.
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2-22-2008 @ 5:11PM
Lupe said...
Dang it! I already have the entire seires of Samurai Deeper Kyo. Do I really want to get it again just for the GBA bonus?! Dang nab my fanboyism for the SDK series, the anime isn't all that good compared to the manga (I mean, why did they have to make the normal enemies Demons, the manga had better personality). Ah well, I'll most likely be getting it ;_;.
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