Mr Durand Pierre
03-15-2005, 10:05 AM
Before I bought a GBA I used to talk a lot of shit about them.
It looked like most of the best games for it were either ports of games I already had, RPGS (which I don't like) or multiplayer games (which have little use if none of your friends have a GBA. And even if they do you need two system and 2 copies of a game to play together. It's cheaper and easier to just go to someone's house and play a multi-player console game). Gameboy games are also not much cheaper than GC games since they come on cartirdges and even used rarely ever go under $15. Heck, a new SP is the price of a GC! Everything about them told me that they were an inferior system designed for kids with rich parents. But I eventually got a cheapy used model for $20 on black friday just so I could play the Zelda: Oracle games.
And holy shit, was I wrong about the GBA! I haven't played a whole lot of games for it yet, but those that I've played are some of the best games I've ever played, and I'm not one of those types who constantly changes their mind about such a statement. So far I've played:
-Zelda: the oracle games (yeah, I know they're GBC games, but since a used old model of the GBA is hardly any more money you might as well get one. But the backwards compatibility is half of what makes the GBA rule)
-Metroid Fusion & Zero Mission
-Castlevania: CotM, and AoS
-Astro Boy
and of these 7 games the worst I played was Aria of Sorrow and even that was a near great game. The rest were all truly great. And while they may not be the longest games in the world or have the greatest graphics they are pure fun plain and simple. And a short length means little when it's so fun you'd want to play through it multiple times just for the heck of it. The simplicity of 2D gaming is a lost art rarely seen in consoles anymore, and I'm hoping that it won't get lost on portables with the PSP and DS. Heck, even if the games I mentioned above are the only good games ever released for the system it would still be worth it, especially at its relatively low price tag. While I like my GC and it probably has more good games for it, the quality of the best GBA games vs the best GC games I'd say the GBA would win. I'm curious what Nintendo has up their sleeves for the Revolution because they've proven they can handle creating good ideas over advanced technology.
It looked like most of the best games for it were either ports of games I already had, RPGS (which I don't like) or multiplayer games (which have little use if none of your friends have a GBA. And even if they do you need two system and 2 copies of a game to play together. It's cheaper and easier to just go to someone's house and play a multi-player console game). Gameboy games are also not much cheaper than GC games since they come on cartirdges and even used rarely ever go under $15. Heck, a new SP is the price of a GC! Everything about them told me that they were an inferior system designed for kids with rich parents. But I eventually got a cheapy used model for $20 on black friday just so I could play the Zelda: Oracle games.
And holy shit, was I wrong about the GBA! I haven't played a whole lot of games for it yet, but those that I've played are some of the best games I've ever played, and I'm not one of those types who constantly changes their mind about such a statement. So far I've played:
-Zelda: the oracle games (yeah, I know they're GBC games, but since a used old model of the GBA is hardly any more money you might as well get one. But the backwards compatibility is half of what makes the GBA rule)
-Metroid Fusion & Zero Mission
-Castlevania: CotM, and AoS
-Astro Boy
and of these 7 games the worst I played was Aria of Sorrow and even that was a near great game. The rest were all truly great. And while they may not be the longest games in the world or have the greatest graphics they are pure fun plain and simple. And a short length means little when it's so fun you'd want to play through it multiple times just for the heck of it. The simplicity of 2D gaming is a lost art rarely seen in consoles anymore, and I'm hoping that it won't get lost on portables with the PSP and DS. Heck, even if the games I mentioned above are the only good games ever released for the system it would still be worth it, especially at its relatively low price tag. While I like my GC and it probably has more good games for it, the quality of the best GBA games vs the best GC games I'd say the GBA would win. I'm curious what Nintendo has up their sleeves for the Revolution because they've proven they can handle creating good ideas over advanced technology.