The Top 100 Game Boy Advance Games Of All Time ! - GBA Console History

[@VOST0K]

I RESISTED CLICKING ON THE THUMBNAIL BUT THE RECOMMENDED BAR JUST KEPT SUGGESTING IT TO ME. GOD FORGIVE ME.

[@kadosho02]

There are so many fantastic titles on this handheld. Some that are not available anywhere else. Limits? Never really felt like it had any. It could hold so many stories, experiences, and challenges. All in a cartridge that was a pocket size SNES. Love what it could do, and was capable of. Hopefully it's library will be included on the Switch someday

[@thecunninlynguist]

I love how it kept Castlevania alive, and the LttP Port was pretty good...and it gave us the M&L series

[@francesfuego6950]

Not hopefully the only reason i keep buying damn nintendo handheld is to get that damn library remade with proper buttons

[@paxhumana2015]

@@thecunninlynguist , did you totally forget about The Minish Cap and the SMB, SMB2J, and Super Mario Advance games?

[@luxtenax9175]

I can't thank you enough for making this list. The GBA is a very underrated console. I feel like nowadays, thanks to emulation of other systems like home consoles or arcade machines getting better, easier and more efficient, people often ignore the GBA in favour of emulating those systems. Even with official ports of GBA games on consoles like the 3DS, not every single game gets an official release/port, and there's dozens of games that will get overlooked simply because companies didn't give them an official release on modern hardware. Really nice video, I actually wrote down the names of all the games in this list that I didn't know about and I'm going to play them in the following days! :D

[@nodarkthings]

Wow, this is your most epic video, Top Hat Gaming Man! Thanks for the effort and time.

[@stevesteve0521]

Love the gba, I own about half it’s library and I am looking to have a full gba collection one day. (Not complete in box most of the games I own are loose but that doesn’t matter to me). Overall I like your list and I’m impressed that you made one, thank you kind sir.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

i plan to create my own game cases with which to house my collection, Nintendo for the longest time used shoddy cardboard boxes to house their games, which most peeps just ripped into and threw away, only once the Gamecube came out did it seem like Nintendo FINALLY learn their lesson and give us proper, DURABLE cases.

[@ashleyward3277]

Still my favourite handheld games console of all time, it's basically a pocket sized SNES with both great ports from other systems and plenty of quality games of its own. The sheer number and variety of quality games on the system is absolutely mental! And the SP version of that console is just absolute perfection.

[@skins4thewin]

My god.... I can't begin to tell you how absolutely HOOKED the first Fire Emblem game had me when it first came out for the GBA! I spent COUNTLESS long nights glued to my GBA SP playing that game! It is absolutely without question one of my favorite games of all time.

[@Soynereh]

For such a short life span, the GBA nailed it.

[@Nestalgba92023]

From march 2001 to 2006 was short for a handheld system?

[@Soynereh]

@@Nestalgba92023 the launch of the DS makes it feel shorter. Like, it could've lasted up until 2009 if the DS didn't showed up.

[@aboriginalmang]

@@Nestalgba92023 the commodore 64 lasted from 1982 to 1994. Atari 2600 and the nes lasted even longer than that.

[@mikesclassicsdotcom]

@@NintenDub no it didn't. Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers 2 was released in 1994 in the US for NES and Super Mario Bros was released in 1985 in the US........ It had a 9 year life span in the US and over a decade in Japan :)

[@rmeddy]

Advance Wars 2 is still my jam to this day,. Metroid Fusion, Mario and Luigi Superstar saga, Yuigoh Worldwide edition , Warioware, Minish Cap and Aria of Sorrow was also up there

[@AlinktoPersona]

Aria if my fave Metroidvania game

[@Itsfayd]

I use the SNES Mini to play gba games, I LOVE playing these games on TV, it’s amazing how good they are. Can’t believe I missed out on mega man zero 1-4 when I was a kid 🙄

[@tsohgallik]

I got the Megaman Zero and Zx Collection on PS4. Its really great as the updated versions now. They even ones for MegamanX.

[@Itsfayd]

@@tsohgallik I got those for the switch

[@drewhertel2462]

Love your hand held shows top hat!! Favorites being when you feature the GBA! Much love from your fans from across the way in the U.S.

[@AcornElectron]

Brilliant first livestream last night! Great idea to get the Mrs doing the chat moderating. Keep up the good work fella and stay safe!

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

Thank you for joining us, glad you enjoyed it!

[@SuperKillekille]

Great video as always. By the way did you now that Wii U virtual console version of the Super Mario Advance 4 has all the E-Reader levels.

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

I was aware of this but yet to play it, in fact I like the idea of playing a lot of the DS games that are available on the Wii U too.

[@olq7021]

The only underrated game missing here that I could think of is Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2. It managed to recreate the feel of the PlayStation version and is really enjoyable. Well done for your list, it is really comprehensive, with a lot of disregarded games that deserve better praise.

[@dan1the8man2]

All games mentioned: Advance Wars Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising Advanced Guardian Heroes Alien Homonid Astro Boy Boktai Bomberman Tournament Breath Of Fire Bubble Bobble: Old & New Captain Tsusaba Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance CIMA The Enemy CT Special Forces DK: King Of Swing Double Dragon Advance Dragon Ball Adventures Drill Dozer Final Fantasy IV Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Final Fantasy V Final Fantasy VI Final Fight One Fire Emblem Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones F-Zero: Maximum Velocity Game & Watch Gallery 4 Golden Sun Golden Sun: The Lost Age Gradius Galaxies Gunstar Super Heroes Harvest Moon: Friends Of Mineral Town Killer 3D Pool King Of FIghters EX Neo Blood Kingdom Hearts: Chain Of Memories Kirby & The Amazing Mirror Kirby's NIghtmare In Dreamland Klonoa: Empire Of Dreams Konami Krazy Racers KuruKuru Kururin Lady Sia Legend Of Starfy Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga Mario Golf Advance Tour Mario Party Advance Mario Tennis: Power Tour Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Mega Man Battle Network Mega Man Zero Mega Man Zero 2 Mega Man Zero 3 Metal Slug Advance Metroid Fusion Metroid: Zero Mission Monster Rancher Advance Mother 3, Ninja Five-O Onimusha Tactics Pinball Of The Dead Pocky & Rocky with Becky Pokemon Emerald Pokemon LeafGreen/FireRed Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire Prince Of Persian: The Sands Of Time Rayman Advance Rebel Star: Tactical Command Rhythm Sengoku SD Gundam Force Sega Arcade Gallery Shaman King: Master Of Spirits Shining Force Resurrection Shining Soul 2 Sigma Star Saga Sonic Advance Sonic Advance 2 Sonic Advance 3 Spyro The Dragon Steel Empire Street Fighter Alpha 3 Super Mario Advance Super Mario Advance 2 Super Mario Advance 3 Super Mario Advance 4 Super Mario Kart Super Circuit Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo Sword Of Mana Tactics Ogre: The Nights Of Lotus Tales Of Phantasia The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past The Legend Of Zelda: The Minish Cap Tokyo Racing Wario Ware Twisted* Wario Ware, Inc. Warioland 4 Wide Hixton's Counter Punch Yoshi Topsy Turvy* Yu Gi Oh: Eternal Julius Soul Zone Of The Enders: The Fist Of Mars

[@buckeyechad1]

I still love these using my GB player thru GameCube.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Crazy how a lot of GBA games look good on a larger screen.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@SomeOrangeCat yeah, you'd think they'd blur up being blown to TV size, but due to their quality graphics, they run fine on a tv.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

@@UltimateGamerCC A few look like a hot mess, like Doom, but for the most part yeah.

[@robertdanker6193]

Awesome video!!! Great list overall!! I gotta say Top Hat gaming man has become one of my favorite channels!! He keeps killing it every week!!!👍👍👍👍👍

[@zm306007]

Great video, I honestly don't see much content devoted to the GBA on KZbin strangely enough

[@newageBoundhippie]

2 of my personal favorites not mentioned, which also happen to be Nintendo RPGs, are Tomato Adventure and Magical Vacation. also: the Mega Man Zero titles are available on Xbox One, PS4 and Switch in a collection that also includes the 2 ZX titles. and Yoshi's Island Advance has an incredibly challenging new stage in each world, so it's not just a lazy port like Super Mario World was.

[@skins4thewin]

Good job man! You most definitely covered the vast majority of the truly great titles for the system. Great work! You clearly have good taste.

[@RocketNothing]

You really should do a review of Mace: the Dark Age; I was going through 64 titles the other day trying to find a good fighter. You're absolutely right, Killer Instict Gold is utter pants, Mace though I'd be interested to hear what you think of that! Also a video just of you running around in your Top Hat Gaming Man costume chasing geese & smashing stuff would be epic, I'm f#cking howling every time you do one of those intros! Awesome channel & keep up the great work mate 😊

[@stevesteve0521]

Killer instinct is good, mace the dark age has decent gameplay and good graphics for its time but the controls aren’t the best. I’d recommend flying dragon and it’s sequel that was that only came out in Japan, they’re essentially like the n64 version of tekken or virtua but with more customizations and a story to it. Also Mortal Kombat trilogy and mortal kombat 4 are pretty solid on the n64 and there are also the 2 fighters destiny games also. If you want a game that plays similar to street fighter than Rakugakids is the game for you but I believe that only came out in Japan and probably Europe (I own the Japanese version). 2 fighting games I’ll avoid are dark rift and war gods although war gods does feel like a mortal kombat game, the gameplay is mediocre and the characters are bland and boring.

[@RocketNothing]

@@stevesteve0521 OK I'll check them out, thanks! It's the graphics on Killer Instict Gold; the characters are rendered so badly its unbearable Imo. Mace is just like Soul Caliber, it plays just like Soul Caliber too; the flow is a bit choppy if you're just trying to string single moves together but when you get a handle on the combo system the game play becomes far more fluid & animated. I think it's supposed to be like that, just like Tekken it's steering you towards a more complex play style? The graphics & rendering just immediately jump out at me on Mace after blasting through 6 different fighting games back to back, something about the overall feel of it just kept me coming back for more. The character design concepts I thought were fantastic too, seemed to have aged very well.

[@stevesteve0521]

@@RocketNothing no problem. I liked mace the dark age at the time it came out but it’s one of those games I can’t really go back and place. There are better fighting games for the n64 in my opinion which are the ones I mentioned to you.

[@GeekHero_Bubba]

Always a pleasure to watch. my Gameboy Advance Game Collection is ever-growing.

[@myunihausen]

Welcome back Top Hat!! Good to see you back on the handhelds.

[@thecunninlynguist]

The GBA has the ultimate library with it's BC capabilities....once that SP version was released...oh man.

[@beefiestsurprise269]

What's the big deal about the GB SP? What's so different that it apparently is better?

[@beefiestsurprise269]

@MHzBurglar not to sound rude, but I'm not all that well-versed in the ways of technology and whatnot, so can you put that in a bit of a simpler way?

[@beefiestsurprise269]

@Jordy Aguilar ah, well that clears things up. Thank you.

[@stevenbowen9216]

Nintendo Game Boy Advance my childhood game handheld console is super awesome and the games are super top tier

[@stevenbowen9216]

Princess toadstool in a bunny suit is waifu tir 😍👌

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I was a grown ass man when it came out, and I agree. The sheer number of quality releases for it was astounding, the fact it could play both previous generations of Gameboy games too was icing on the cake.

[@stevenbowen9216]

@@SomeOrangeCat indeed homie

[@madspunky]

Duel Masters: Collectable Card game, like a simpler version of Magic: The Gathering / Pokemon. But still plenty of tactics, and some different rules (like gaining cards when you take damage) that make it perhaps more exciting!

[@nmanifold]

Racing Gears Advance - brilliant isometric Racer and my favorite GBA game

[@trnmkhngthnh]

yooooo i clicked fo that thumbnail

[@Astrojammer]

This is a top notch list Top Hat Gaming Man! I'd say as well as the GBA Spyro games being hidden gems, the 2 crash bandicoot games are also fantastic 2D platformers and were a darned sight better than any game that series was getting on console at the time. Just forget about that purple/orange crossover thingy...

[@Foxfiend]

If we are talking about GBA then I would say that the Super Robot Wars games are a must to mention. I personally enjoy the gameplay of the two Original Generation games the most which were actually among the very few that was released outside japan in this absolutely massive franchise.

[@stephenwall5940]

Awesome list! Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 has 6 all new "secret" levels so I think it's inaccurate to say it "was even closer to a straightforward copy and paste job than either of the previous Mario Advance titles"

[@dmg4712]

Amazing video, but i have a question of another console, what is the game with the green kid that can be seen at minute 51:28 ? It looks interesting

[@Maggerama]

Interesting and, most importantly, cheeky as hell. Never change.

[@skins4thewin]

I 100% agree, the GBA game library is probably the best we have ever seen for any portable console! It has so so so many fantastic games for it! While it's 2D graphics capability was rather impressive, it's CPU was actually held back a bit by a low amount of included RAM. If they had just doubled the amount of system RAM, we could have seen even more impressive 2D performance from the machine, with even smoother sprite animations and such, and even more impressive 3D performance and textures.

[@MSGSlayer1]

One rainy day years ago, I found a copy of King of Fighters EX on the pavement; still worked. But it was loaded with bugs that, for me, broke the game. The sequel, King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood, was the only occasion I recall where the developer actually learned from their mistakes. I'll always recommend it. And I played the hell out of SFA3 on the GBA port of my DS back in the day.

[@robertdanker6193]

Yeah I totally agree!! The 2nd one was way better!! It was a blast to have a great KOF on the go at the time!👍

[@LateNightPerson]

Doom 2 on the GBA is an excellent game!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

It was a very welcome sight when it came out too! FPS games on a handheld was some sorcery back then.

[@LateNightPerson]

You can say that about 3D games in general on handhelds.

[@jbinminot]

Got 400+ GBA games in my collection

[@skins4thewin]

I agree! Metroid Fusion is my favorite game in the entire series!

[@leogg1402]

Man, Wario Land 4 is such a fun game!! Nice to hear your favorite meteoid is metroid fusion, wich is amazing, and astro boy? That game is so epic!!

[@maxmatson1578]

Holyshit! They did "Steal Empire" for the Gameboy Advance. I used to have that on the Genesis. In fact, it was one of my very first games for it.. Fuckingawesome!👌👍👍

[@wewyllenium]

You are a hard worker. Nice video? I support things like this :D

[@alexanderleonardkinch2780]

Best beat em up on the system ....... tmnt 2007 ( movie) plays like a double dragon fighting game with RPG elements. Not as fast paced as the 2 arcade games but you really should give it a go!

[@juiceala]

Nice list, not gonna lie, but... several Puyo Puyo and Tetris games on the GBA and you recommend Super Puzzle Fighter 2? No mention of Super Monkey Ball, Crazy Taxi, Jet Grind Radio, Rayman 3, or any of the Crash Bandicoot games, such a missed opportunity. Btw, Yoshi’s Island on GBA added an entire extra level in each world.

[@FairyRat]

GBA is insane. Kudos to you for doing it due justice with this video.

[@reptilianviking3386]

You just smoothed both videos together haha

[@billcook4768]

Where’s the Handhelds Around the World theme song????

[@UltimateGamerCC]

the GBA is a BEAST of a Handheld and the library is so diverse that it will please anyone, regardless of their personal tastes. sadly i didnt get around to having many games for it when it was on the market, i basically got it for Gen 3 Pokemon and little else. once Emulation became known to me and the GBA was off the market, i made up for that mistake by delving deep and seeing what it has to offer. and boy does it have lots to offer, 900+ games are on my future shopping list for me and my future kids to enjoy, i cant imagine making a top 100.

[@Iamverybald]

man I forget just how powerful the gameboy advance actually was. Some of those graphics are jaw dropping

[@GFKCEG]

Im here just for the thumbnail Peach

[@fngerg7034]

in the description

[@awelcruiz]

The best way to play SMA4 is through the Wii U Virtual Console version. It includes all the eReader content, including the stuff that was never released outside of Japan.

[@mega77]

That's a very nice list you got here. But I might disagree on placing FE6 before FE7, and most importantly Kirby Amazing Mirrors before Nightmare in Dreamland. NiD is a very charming remake but AM is such a more ambitious game in term of mechanics, Level Design, powerups. To me it really brings the Kirby formula amongst the best platformer games by adding a very likable metroidvania spin.

[@paulspopculture5592]

Fantastic video would love to see you do a video like this with psp games yeah hhhhh 😁

[@Invidente7]

Double dragon advance better be on the list!

[@bimmylee6611]

16:38 Yesss its there

[@teeveeparty]

What's the point of watching this if you just want to see games you already love? There's tons of great recommendations haere!

[@biggy11220]

I love this guy he's great

[@jakejameslugo]

A good list. I would probably shuffle around a few of the later games, but very solid list overall.

[@jsutton0010]

Wario Ware Twisted wasn't the only GBA title to have the built in tilt sensor. Yoshi's Universal Gravitation also had the built in tilt sensor.

[@etrotm12thebluewolf15]

Im glad to see a bunch of games i loved and many more to play. But a little saddened Sonic Battle, Sonic Pinball Party, King of Fighters EX2, F-Zero GP Legend (Falcon Densetsu in Japan), F-Zero Climax (Japan only), River City Ransom EX, and Pac-Man Collection werent on the list. At least im glad to have seen another Pocky and Rocky game on GBA cuz I LOVE that series. The first game was in the arcades known as Kiki Kaikai (I guess you could consider it Pocky and Rocky Zero since it was Japan only lol) which inspired the Touhou series as well. Plus its getting a new game soon. Anyway this is a good video with so many excellent choices! (By the way Dragon Ball Advance Adventure wasnt as popular as it should be because Dragon Ball isnt as popular as Dragon Ball Z is. Also Dragon Ball Z had some games on GBA as well like DBZ Supersonic Warriors, DBZ Taiketsu, and many more) EDIT: Forgot to mention ChuChu Rocket. May not be graphically on par with the Dreamcast version but still a fun game to play around with!

[@alexanderleonardkinch2780]

Also the pal version of Mario advance 4 does have the e levels on it. You just need a ds lite or ds, an r4 or similar. With the gba cart in the bottom you use the r4 cart to save the file onto the gba cart.

[@goldpieceleo]

There are a lot of good games in GBA but I think the best game for me in the Fire Emblem 7 Blazing Sword.

[@tsohgallik]

If you want a cheaper Castlevania type game. Go for Scorpion King Sword of Osiris. Really fun platforming, bosses and The Rock as a 2D sprite.

[@demgutts]

Awww man, I remember looking forward to sunny days so I can play boktai. If you get a chance check out hajime no ippo on gba, it was import only and it was a really good punch out style game

[@blackcowboymusic]

Glad to see Ninja Five-O on here👌🏾

[@Trancymind]

I own a brand new Ninja Five-O game which costed me $550 US dollars about 3 years ago. Now it is worth around $2,500. I also own a loose game like new condition.

[@thepolacek]

I worked at a call center in the early to mid 2000s, and I played soo many of these games. No rpgs though. Those took too much concentration. I loved the final fight port, along with all the mario remakes.

[@koolmissionary7612]

This video is a feast

[@paxhumana2015]

Fun Fact: the Overworld theme in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is almost identical, if not identical, to the same Overworld theme as is found in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords Adventures.

[@ja1799]

That may be a fact, but I wouldn't call it fun.

[@1v1meinapexlegends99]

man, you sure know how to make me click on these vids with them top tier thumbnails lollll

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

One of the greatest GBA games: 1. Metroid: Zero Mission. 2. Metroid: Fusion. 3. Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku. 4. Dragon Ball Z : The Legacy of Goku 2. 5. Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury (AKA Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku 3). 6. Sonic Advance 1. 7. Sonic Advance 2. 8. Sonic Pinball Party. 9. Sonic Battle. 10. Sonic Advance 3. 11. Pac-Man Collection. 12. Namco Museum. 13. Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure. 14. Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced. 15. Crash Nitro Kart. 16. Tekken Advance. 17. Final Fight One. 18.Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors. 19. The Classic NES Series. 20. Puyo Pop. And 21. Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage.

[@Dominic_el_tercero]

Wow there where 18 games I sadly never heard of since all of them look great

[@paxhumana2015]

43:22, your claims on Super Mario Advance 3: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island are all a lie. First of all, there are six whole new Stages/Levels in this game. Second, the six new Levels/Stages replace the two player mode in the original SNES/NSFC version of the game.

[@NotBoringFilms]

im so sad i missed out on the gba days. i remember a lot of the commercials for the system and different titles always running on Mtv.

[@Maggerama]

You never really miss out, the games are still there and they're still good. I used my first DS to catch up.

[@shenloken2]

Nice list but I think you’re not giving Aria of Sorrow’s “anime storyline” much credit. The plot twist of the game is really excellent!

[@personavisceration371]

Pocky and Rocky with Becky is actually a remake of the first game in the series, the arcade title Kiki Kaikai by Taito. The GBA is the king of remakes!

[@paxhumana2015]

@kraig keller, actually, Pocky and Rocky with Becky is actually its own game and Kiki Kai Kai was never remade...the whole series is a good one, though.

[@darthramious1639]

Very disappointed that while multiple Sonic Advance games somehow made the list, not ONE Fire Pro Wrestling game did, which is one of the best VG franchises of the past 30 yrs.

[@Kamifox1]

Final Fantasy VI was released on the PS1 in PAL regions... I owned it as a kid and I'm from the UK...

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

Yeah I know, I purchased the PS1 version on UK launch day, I stopped playing it very quickly though as the slow load times quickly made me lose all interest, hence why I state my 'first personal playthrough'' was on the GBA as that what the first version with enough quality to make me want to finish the game.

[@8wealthyone8]

good list. my tops: Double dragon Advance Wars Advance Wars 2 final fight one Kirby and the Amazing Mirror mario vs donkey kong POKEMON PINBALL RUBY & SAPPHIRE SUPER GHOULS N GHOSTS wario land 4 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Ninja Cop (Ninja Five-O)

[@paxhumana2015]

Steel Empire/Empire of Steel also had a third port/release for the Nintendo 3DS/2DS. Also, the Black Bass games, as well as a lot of hentai games, were what Hot-B mostly produced. I do not mind the fishing games, as they are pretty good games as well, but when a company makes porn instead of actually investing more time in such an awesome game in Steel Empire/Empire of Steel, which, by the way, was so awesome that only two companies, namely, Capcom and Data East, made similar games, in the case of Data East, it was the equally underrated Boogie Wings, and, in the case of Capcom, it was the also criminally underrated Progear (though master touhou/bullet hell shooter Cave also helped in making this game as well). Seriously, all three licenses could have been the next Raiden, Darius, Gradius/Nemesis/Parodious/Omaterious, R-Type, 19XX, Strikers, or Aero Fighters/Sonic Wings franchise. Finally, Steel Empire/Empire of Steel actually takes place in the early Twentieth Century, a.k.a., the 1900s, and not the Nineteenth Century, a.k.a., the 1800s. Now as for my story about this game, I was also staying with a family that had a girl that was around my age and she happened to have a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive while my family was looking for a new home to live in for a brief time, so the house was pretty big and we were all sharing one roof...yeah, a girl who was 15 and a boy that was also 15, and said girl was also a gamer, and not bad looking...um, sadly, no, nothing happened between us in any way, other than a brief friendship, plus I did not like it when people smoked, as she was one, and she also had a steady boyfriend, so that, unfortunately kind of put the kibosh on any sort of romantic involvement, that, and an overprotective family, and lots of issues which would surface later on, not just in my own life, but also in the lives of other people that were in my life, but let us not dwell on those things, folks, okay? Also, back in the middle 1990s, there were places where you could rent games and one of the games that I rented was, yes, Steel Empire/Empire of Steel...oh, if they only had Darius II/Sagaia, though, then I would have been happy, but Steel Empire/Empire of Steel was also a good game and, yes, Acclaim, through another one of its subdivisions in Flying Edge, also helped Hot-B make the game. Finally, root beer, potato chips, homemade (well, sort of, anyway) pizza, and this game all equaled good times, and, yes, I beat the game as well.

[@vgam20]

Hey, could you provide the artist of the Peach on the thumbnail?

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

It's already in the description

[@vgam20]

@@TopHatGamingManChannel oh ok, thanks!

[@buckeyechad1]

At the time, my local USA Gamestop didn't receive any copies of Ninja Five-0 and couldn't order it. Wasn't just people not buying it. I couldn't find it. Distribution was shit.

[@paxhumana2015]

Bunny Girls are hot, and, yes, the GBA library is a vastly underrated library for video games.

[@philithegamer8265]

You got clickbaited hard.

[@koffieleut]

I missed Mr. Pants from Rares truly ;)

[@meodai]

I had 3 Motion controlled games on the GBA, so warioware twisted was definitely not the only one. Yoshi's Universal Gravitation and koto koro puzzle

[@stevesteve0521]

It was definitely the best one though and one of the best gba games. The minigames on that game alone are better than a lot of games.

[@meodai]

@@stevesteve0521 it was, i played koro koro for hours though, a very fun puzzle game. But because it was released for the original gba, it only works great if the cartridge slot is on the top. Otherwise the controls are inverted

[@ja1799]

The title got me to click. The idea of figuring out if this is ironic or sincere will keep me watching.

[@paxhumana2015]

Donkey Kong Country Trilogy...enough said. Oh, and did you know that, in addition to the Donkey Kong Land Trilogy, the Game Boy/Game Boy Color ALSO had a port of Donkey Kong Country that was also pretty good as well?

[@LaurensSecretAdmirer]

Handhelds 'round the world

[@GeekHero_Bubba]

Everything that made the Nes & SNES great in your hand. The GBA was the closest thing you can get to perfect gaming.

[@jacobprayer8656]

Yes. The best sound ever

[@SomeOrangeCat]

No shortage of good games on the GBA. Virtually every genre of game that existed at the time is well represented on the system. For me Doom 1 and 2 on the GBA were a huge deal. Yeah they were a bit censored, because the publisher decided T-rated games would sell better, but it was a Doom on a handheld system. Same for Wolfenstein 3-D on GBA. It had no music, but having some of my favorite computer games of all time in portable form was awesome!

[@stevesteve0521]

I agree one hundred percent. Especially doom 2 since that was the first home console port of the game at the time and it was a damn good one as well. Honestly the only flaw the gba had was the sound quality of some games especially the snes ports and also some of the games felt a little too pixelated but it is definitely my favorite handheld of all time and probably a top 3 console for me overall

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

You forgot to show the action RPG segment of Sigma Star Saga.

[@francesfuego6950]

PLEASE DO THIS FOR ALL HANDHELDS TAKE YOUR TIME. PLZ

[@jessragan6714]

Why is it that every time I try to dip my toes into the Pokemon universe, I get one of the bad ones? First Pokemon Ruby, and more recently Pokemon Sword for Switch. Just my luck, I suppose. I'm a little surprised that you chose King of Fighters Neowave over its sequel Howling Blood, which for my money plays better and feels more like its Neo-Geo counterpart. Disagreements aside, thanks for putting together this comprehensive list, which must have taken forever to compile.

[@Corvoreviews]

gundam seed destiny battle assault is a great fighting game for the system

[@kaio0777]

Some top gba games not on this list 1.super robot war (great tactics game ) 2.contra advance alien war EX(picture perfect port) 3.river city ex (great beat’em up) 4.crash games were pretty good as well 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 6. Fantasy star collection 7. Sonic battle 8. Super street fighter two turbo revival 9. Wolfenstein 3-D 10. Tekken advance

[@Champion2D]

If you enjoyed Dragonball Advance then i seriously urge people to take a look at Shonen Jumps One Piece. It really is a fun action platformer beat em up.

[@MarcosCodas]

Ah shit, been waiting since yesterday's steam for this!

[@placebo_yue]

nice list. Sonic advance 2 is so much better than 3 IMO. It's fast, as sonic is supposed to be, while still feeling like sonic. Sonic 3 punishes you for running fast every few seconds, it's extremly frustrating. Theres enemies and spikes at every turn

[@daveanderson9895]

If the Metroids Castlevanias, and Zeldas don't appear in the top 10, I'm gonna be pissed.

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

Well at no point do I mention they are listed in any particular order. Such a format would be too subjective to be worth people's time and would reduce the video to clickbait in my opinion.

[@JoKoKilla]

Wasn't the DS superior to the Gameboy Advance? I've always felt that the DS library had a larger number of quality games, while the GBA was plagued with shovel-ware. This video helps me reconsider my perspective.

[@stevesteve0521]

The ds was fantastic and in some ways better than the gba but the gba has the charm of having a bunch of great snes ports, a more diverse library of games and what I consider one of the more disappointing parts of the ds, the gba has a bunch of great fighting games something the ds really didn’t take to time to get. I mean can you imagine how good something like street fighter alpha could’ve been on the ds instead of the gba? (For the record I know the ds had ultimate mortal kombat 3, a couple of bleach and dragon ball fighting games and jump ultimate stars which are all good fighting games but both tekken and street fighter and even another mortal kombat port could’ve and should’ve found its way on the Nintendo ds.)

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Also while the DS(at least the original version) could play GBA titles, the GBA was backwards compatible with both previous versions of the Gameboy. Point is, if you own a GBA, you're never gonna run out of things to play. Ever.

[@JoKoKilla]

@@SomeOrangeCat Good point. Yes the original DS and the DS lite were backwards compatible with the GBA. But with an R4 card, you can play all Gameboy and NES titles on the DS as well. You can also play 16bit consoles too, but I'm not happy with the emulation quality as not all Genesis games work, and the SNES emulator has sound and sprite rendering issues. I heard with a Flash card, you can play NES on the GBA.

[@JoKoKilla]

@@stevesteve0521 I see what you mean. Yes, it's a total bummer about the DS and it's lack of great fighting games. SFAlpha on the DS would have been amazing, so that's certainly a lost opportunity. As for the SNES ports on GBA; it is cool considering it's portable, but I'd rather be playing the SNES versions of those games. Whats makes the DS satisfying (specifically the DS lite), is that I can play GBA games on a better screen. Also, like I mentioned to Andrew; with an R4 card, you can play all Gameboy and NES titles with decent emulation equality.

[@irplane]

1. Kirby's nightmare 2. Kirby's Mirror 3. Who Cares

[@NYCJoeBlack]

Contra III: The Alien Wars Advance would have been one of my top 10, but Konami messed it up; No bombs, too difficult, removal of the two top down levels, out of place Sega Genesis Contra: Hard Corps level, music is a huge downgrade, and I believe only one weapon at a time.

[@stevesteve0521]

I was disappointed with the game at the time especially because the Gameboy version had the bombs and the top down levels and you can have more than weapon so I didn’t understand why the gba version didn’t when that came out 8 years later with a much powerful hardware. After going back and playing the game last year for gba I actually liked it a lot and I’m some ways I kind of prefer it over the snes version because of the hardcorps levels

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Definitely not Konami's finest outing on the GBA...their games based on the 2003 TMNT cartoon however. Now THAT was some quality Konami.

[@NYCJoeBlack]

@@stevesteve0521 - I once read that the reason why those top down levels weren’t included was due to the Game Boy Advances small screen compared to playing on a television screen. Makes no sense, as you said, the Game Boy version included those top down levels. Believe me, I wanted to love the game as I was super excited that I could play a handheld version of one of my all-time favorite games, but those emissions and changes ruined the experience for me.

[@NYCJoeBlack]

@@SomeOrangeCat - I can agree to that, however I wished they would hav ported the Arcade/Super Nintendo version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games to the GBA.

[@chrisrobinson8339]

2:00 M.bison got slammed on his neck and loss no powerbar

[@mgamobilegamingamature8684]

This video been out for two months but I'm commenting now one of my most favorite gba game that I play to this day still is that I noticed u haven't mentioned and is the best game in the series is megaman battle network 3 blue version especially once u get to the ending u probably would feel like they should have ended the series with that game specifically!!!!