I feel sometimes these systems are wrote off as the 'Pokemon systems'. I love pocket monsters just as much as the next guy but there's other games out there. Just curious as to what people's favorites are?
For the Gameboy; honestly I loved my Gameboy Pocket but I'm going to admit I primarily utilised it for Pokemon
. However I did play some other games. I loved
Space Invaders, I felt it was the perfect way to play
Space Invaders, in your hands there and then. I also enjoyed the
Mario Land series but in particular
Mario Land 3: Wario Land; it's probably my favorite handheld platforming title. My favorite Zelda title is
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (yeah I'll take the Ocarina and Links to the Past armies on my own
). I also played my fair share of
Castlevania and
Megaman, however I can't recall exactly which titles; really enjoyed them though. Arguably my favorite Gameboy title other than Pokemon was
Monkey Puncher; c'mon you get to raise a monkey boxer and become champion of the world, game's have never been better than that.
The Gameboy Advance was a fantastic system for ports of 16-bit JRPGs. Honestly there aren't too many GBA exclusives that I love but that doesn't change my appreciation for the platform.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance; not as good as the original but nonetheless a great tactical J-RPG.
Advance Wars and
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole; either title and a GBA and it's endless fun with a friend, to this day we still get the GBA out on flights and pass it around, that's a testament to how good those games are.
Golden Sun and
Golden Sun: The Lost Age are fantastic little RPGs; they may be short but they have a decent difficulty level, charming characters and an interesting story; only years later I discovered it was developed by the same folks who made
Shining Force. But the ports, the ports.... The
Final Fantasy ports are great, to be able to play Final Fantasy on the go, was wonderful. First chance I got to play
Breath of Fire and
Breath of Fire II; honestly I may even prefer them to III and IV. And the aforementioned
Shining Force, ported as
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon.
So what are your choices folks?
