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98dgreen:
Its my favorite console.

chexmixbreath:
I loved my GBA at the time and I cherish the handful of games I was able to get as a kid. Right around age 14 though, I discovered the Virtual Boy Advance and I spent quite a bit of time playing GBA games that way, it was stunning to be able to play full games free of charge that were only a few years old at that point. For a young boy with no means to make money on my own, you can imagine I was just *in heaven* having complete access to the GBA library.

One case I remember of playing a game that wasn't even out yet where I lived was Minish Cap a few weeks before it was released in the States, because it had an earlier release over in the UK/EU with an English translation. It was a naughty feeling, but now I have zero regrets about that and I did eventually get a legit American copy of Minish Cap for Christmas 2005.

So while my physical library of GBA games wasn't and still isn't much, I did play most of the notable titles that came out for the system. So many great games...

oldgamerz:
When I had A Gameboy Advance SP, I was not too impressed by it, I just never got into it, I received mine as a gift from an old friend, I originally had 2 games for it, "Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King"

and another game that I don't remember. and I later got Sonic for it, than I had a Hotwheels Racing game, and Duke Nukem Advance, but I was not having fun on this Handheld console. I was expecting it to be like at least like or similar to a portable Nintendo 64 or the Sony PlayStation Portable handheld. But nope, it's more like a year 1990 portable Super Nintendo instead. I'd rather play a SEGA Game Gear than any Gameboy Advance handheld, I just was not at all impressed with the Gameboy Advance SP. However I did like how it let me play all original Gameboy Games as well as all GameBoy Color games too. but that was the only thing that I liked about this handheld.

My friend paid $250USD for this and almost $20USD a piece for the two games I originally had for this. (I am shaking my head writing this) I just don't understand why it didn't have 3D graphics

(edit) and this is comming from a guy that plays Atari 2600, it might just be that I was vary depressed at that time in my life, I even love my Atari 2600 portable but I don't want to spend the current asking price for a GameBoy Advance SP or the price of it's games on the current market

badATchaos:
My favorites include . . .

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
To me its pretty much the definitive way to play Yoshi's Island. Wide screen aspect ratio. Better sound effects. Baby is less annoying. Plus it has Mario Bros. as a bonus game.

Metroid: Zero Mission
A great remake of the original game with elements from Super Metroid and Fusion

Wario Ware Inc.
Classic, fast-pace mini game orgy! Started a whole new series.

Game & Watch Gallery 4
The final G&W Gallery game. Simple, yet highly replayable.

Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
I have a lot of nostalgia for these games. Coming off of Silver and Gold, they felt very advance. Better graphics and effects. Secret bases were fun to share with friends.

e-Reader Cards
One of the more obscure and strange things for GBA was the e-reader card system. I actually had a lot of fun scanning in NES games, Pokemon cards and Animal Crossing cards. Not to mention the whole Mario Party game exclusively for it. I kind of wish it was more popular then it was. I thought it was a really neat idea at the time.

koemo1:
I love the GBA! I played so much Pokémon Silver on it. (Yes, my first game for the GBA was Pokemon Silver haha)

Some of my favourite games:
- Lady Sia
- Jurassic Park III: Park Builder
- Pokémon: FireRed Version
- Pokémon: Sapphire Version
- Super Mario World

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