GBA Games

Golden sun 1 and 2, kingdom hearts chain of memories (better than the ps2, but thats just me), fire emblem, star x (its pretty much star fox from the snes but with human pilots instead of animals fighting an alien menace), metroid fusion (a linear version of super metroid's gameplay, but the story is tight and it does offer some exploration, not to mention the SA-X portions of the game are some of the most intense moments in the entire series.), pokemon emerald (not a fan of gen 3, but this rpg is packed to the brim with stuff to do and the battle frontier is a nice challenge), shining force: ressurection of the dark dragon (dont get this if you already own the original shining force, they change alot of it but it's still enjoyable), riviera: the promise land (an rpg with some tactics thrown in, sort of an anime date sim with almost entire female cast in your party that gives you multiple endings based on which girl you focus on. Great music, atlus can do no wrong), final fantasy advance 4-6 (any of these are good, but i reccomend 6 advance hardcore.), warioland 4 (very original, even after the first 3. You cant get a game over, but its challenging in its own way. Its like if wario got his own super nintendo game, this would be it. XD) , final fantasy tactics advance (i cannot stress this enough, this game alongside golden sun 2 and ff6 are some of the best rpgs ever made, handheld or no. Its not the ps1 game, its a storybook adventure with improved gameplay and more classes to pick from. Its got a really deep story i would compare to a miyazaki movie even! Rock solid, filled with tons of missions, you can even use a link cable to battle friends' teams.), super mario advance 1-4 (basically the mario all stars pack, super mario world, yoshi's island, and the mario bros arcade that comes along with any of the games i just mentioned. Super mario bros was released on gba in the classic nes series and will cost you about the same. I recomend for any mario fan, though the voices in super mario advace: super mario bros 2 do tend to wear on my nerves. Theres a shout for everything, even picking up items, getting hit, and super jumping. But the bosses get some cool voices at least. Super mario advance 4: super mario bros 3 has a rumble feature if youre using the gamecube's game boy player adaptor and the gamecube controller will rumble, its sweet. Also you can use an e-reader to scan special cards to unlock secret levels they added just for this port!) Sonic advance in my opinion was the last great 2d sonic series. Its fast, its got original levels and boss fights, and even a mini chao garden you can transfer with the gamecube sonic adventure games using a special link cable. As for zelda, you have 2 games to pick from not counting the nes games in the classic series (get all of the classic series, theyre still amazing) which are the legend of zelda: a link to the past (which features four swords) and Minish Cap (a new zelda based on the four swords idea) mario kart super circuit and f-zero maximum velocity are great racing titles and both are fun if you enjoyed the snes games. As for fighting games and first person shooters, they kind of sucked on gba. Fighting games couldnt keep up with the hardware and there was a button shortage even with shoulder buttons, and first person shooters just had sloppy framerate and hit detection from being crammed on a tiny screen, 32 bits and all. Playing them on a gba player for gamecube doesnt fix that either, just stick with the snes titles, you cant go wrong with those. Same for the incredible list of rpgs.