The Top 100 Game Boy Advance Games In 10 Minutes...according to Metacritic
Another Top 100 list - this time for the Game Boy Advance (GBA)
The ranking from this list comes from Metacritic (www.metacritic.com/browse/game... I'm aware that this is a somewhat controversial source as many of you abhor Metacritic - but I was unable to find a good user-vote based list. Still, I think the Metacritic list does provide a good view of the library.
And what a library indeed. The GBA has one of the largest libraries around for any game system, and there was a looooot of trash there; however, there was also a significant amount of genuine gems - many of which are showcased here.
Making this video was surprising for me, as I didn't spend very much time with my GBA at all. Researching this video, I realize I missed out; there are some really impressive titles on this system - for example, the Doom and Duke Nukem ports were really something; and so many titles feature some gorgeous hand-drawn graphics. It really is amazing what some developers managed to cram out of the two button portable!
An updated (non-Metacritic) based version of this list is available here: kzhead.info/sun/iLmHe9KanZ6elqc/bejne.html
Metacritic is obsessed with Tony Hawk..
This... Also: Sonic Adv 3 > 1 (and ignoring r.exe 3...
@@diarykeeper Dissing sonic advance and taking about r.exe 3 like nigga what 😅😂
That's because it deserves it...
But some Tony Hawk games are seriously good
And Mario 😂
1:05 perfectly cut scream
Seriously the pixel art on Metroid Zero Mission and Zelda the Minish Cap is just a master class.
Peak pixel art, sadly they started using a lot of 3d on the NDS and pixel art went a bit missing, never to be as great as this
And mega man X4
@@lowlink534 Nah, there were some absolute beauts on the DS as well. Ghost Trick, Contra 4, Monster Tale, Henry Hatsworth, Shantae, there was a gorgeous 2D Doraemon game as well. Some stunning work. Granted though that a lot of big franchises went to janky DS 3D.
For those wondering why Mother 3 was not on this list it is because the game was a Japan only release, the list is comprised of games released in the US.
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Missing: Crash Bandicoot games (&CNK) Kingdom Hearts Mario Party Advance Dragon Ball RPGs Dragon Ball Advance Adventure Dragon Ball Supersonic Warriors MOTHER 3 NOT ON THE LIST IS THE BIGGEST SIN.
Mother 3 was a Japan only release, this list was comprised of games released in the US.
Kenneth Waterman don't forget Pokémon games : Sapphire, Emerald and Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team
And Shaman King
Don't forget 5 of the Megaman battle network games are missing
BlackTopSamurai. Dragon Ball had the best gba games my dude
You know... despite this list... It's amazing how many of these games had EXTENSIVE gameplay all packed on a two AA battery powered handheld.
shortboypinoy that's Nintendo for ya
More gameplay than you get with some of these AAA games. That's funny a handheld in 2000s running on AA batteries has more content than a AAA game on a console in 2018.
Sigils, ETHEC. The point is, most of the best games on this console were first party, so yeah, nintendo did had a hand on making them
Yep
@@thelostgod4615 what games are you refering? Because i cant remenber a gba game as big as the witcher 3 gta 5 kh3 etc...
Some of these entries make no sense
Judging by your profile picture I guess you were mad about amazing mirror too?
idk, I think tennis is preeeetty adventurous
a pokemon pinball game beat a pokemon game :|
@@goatmygoat1815 I'm still shocked by that.
*cough cough* Mega man and bass *cough cough*
Golden sun is 👌
Elysian 5th Hell yeah, 1, 2 and (even though many didn't like it, I did) 3 Advance Wars was banging as well
Agree man, would have put it in top 5 in my list
Finally, someone who has good taste og game
I finished it like 4 times, I absolutely love all Golden Sun games for GBA In my opinion, The Lost Age is way better
@@lorenzogiordani299 The Lost Age is an amazing game. It's probably the only game I felt connected with to the characters. I just feel bad for the people of Garoh
everyone has a friend like metacritic -yeah pokemon leaf green and fire red are good (81), but the classic nes games are on another league, and im not even started with the tony hawk games
The improvement from nes to gba is astronomical
@heart entice He said "Everyone *has a friend* like Metacritic". You know, because we all have that one friend with an unpopular (and weird) opinion. It's not his own opinion.
Yeah they'll put Super Mario Bros. Classic no 1! lol
But then again Tony Hawk
The best GBA game is a port of a SNES game? Really? The GBA does have a pretty awesome library though - I should really play more of it.
Final Fantasy 6 Advance is an example of a port that fixed Final Fantasy 3 for snes. Fixed even the name, imagine that. Mainly the controls, but that alone made one the characters playable, which otherwise was impossible!
If that counts, why isn't Mother 1 + 2 here?
Same bro
Yeah, the ports on the GBA are definitely great, but putting ports on a list like this seems cheap and out of place.
FF6 advance has a soft enough slap to bring you around a full 360
GBA is truly a timeless console. I love it.
Yep.
Facts. Still playing Pokemon on it
@@BryanDanielson840play some better ones besides Pokemon 😭
@@InternalxHDbetter then pokemon?? Gave us examplles pls :)
To all the people complaining about "Mother 3" not being on this list - this list is compiled by *Metacritic* - which as a rule does not review games that were not released outside of Japan. Mother 3 was never released outside Japan, and hence has no Metacritic score and is therefore is not on this list. *DEAL WITH IT*
Reggie this, Reggie that. Still he was better than Stolar was for SEGA.
Have 99 games
I think you should pin your comment😁😁
But u have to agree it SHOULD be
@@feefington Uh...no. The only items that should be on a Metacritic list are games that were reviewed by Metacritic. What's so hard to understand about that?
For me, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town has always been my favorite part of the series and one of my favorite GBA games.. Oh the nostalgy and the countless hours
The guy ranks all the tony hawks games above harvest moon tells you the list was made by a person with no taste
W comment
what type of game is it?i never played it
@@randomness4989 it's a farming game, the goal is to just grow crops expand your house and barns. The way to complete it is to get married to one of the girls that play as love interests, it's extremely fun and relaxing
@@_Incognonymous That's not the end either, As you can have a kid! Imo the true ending is reaching the final dialogue for your kid and buying all the available houses haha
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon :(
MrFamilyguy37 mystery dungeon is my fav why is it in none of these lists
It's my favourite too and they didn't put Emerald or Sapphire too I think they missed some Pokemon games
It's just someone's list, the Pokemon games all should really be close to the top. They even put Pokemon Pinball above FireRed and Leafgreen.
Robert McDonald yes it's just someone's list but put ruby and not sapphire and emerald doesn't make sense, ruby wasn't 100th or 99th so
Majax Plop Yeah that's my point. All Pokemon games should be at the top somewhere (maybe not Pinball).
Golden sun. One of the best game I ever played.
i have 99 problems and they're all on this list
Elizabeth Lavette And the one non-problem is of course, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
word, the cringe was real
Devin Estrada excuse me but sacred stones is a masterpiece
ikr
I might understand that some games aren't good enough but are you seriously going to diss the Super Mario Advance ports, Golden Sun, Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green, Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland and other masterpieces? Fuck right off
I personally like Minish Cap more than A Link To Past
Yeah. I don't really know why a port is better than an original game.
Beni link to the past daha çok sardı minish cap sıktı nedense link to the past daha dolu ve gizemli geldi bana
Minish cap is not a port. It's a original game made by Nintendo and capcom. Get your facts straight.
I like ALttP more because of the amount of content among other things, but I think Minish Cap did a better job at having an exceptionally “Zelda” world. And the scenery when tiny was amazing.
link to the past WAS NOT made by capcom. the port was but not the original game. get YOUR facts straight.
For me I'm missing The Sims games. Loved those on the GBA,,,
No te quiero nada nada nada
:(
You can play them now on your phone
I missed Sims on console. I played gba urbz recently and it still had the same charm. And the only games I care to revisit in the ps2 are god of wars, and Sims bustin out and sims 2.
Same here
Why is Kirby so low :(
Mleugim 3002 actually, gba has like 5000 games so beign top 100 is always high haha
Because, Metacritic has its head up its ass when it comes to accurately listing games.
:c
Because it's probably too easy for most people
@@ikagura Ha!
The Pokemon games, and especially Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald will always have a nostalgic place in my heart. Just hearing the battle music takes me back to 2004.
Pokemon FRLG and RSE should be higher on the list >.>
Thats because HG and SS keep proving their a shit that hit the fan i dident like the game.
@@1zeldalover why the fuck are you suddenly talking about HG and SS this is a video about the gba lmao
@@1zeldalover HGSS is on DS
81 is abit low and even if Gen 1 hasn’t aged well (In GBA format no less) they still added essentially a mint region with the islands and is compatible with Gen 2/3 Pokémon. No clue why FRLG are so low (few pegs away from SwSh the lowest rates Pokémon game on the site) RSE I can understand with circumstance about Gen 2 pocket having cancer
I disagree.
"Buy a nice new gba and play a wide variety of sweet original games!" Can we just get the nes and snes games we love on the go? "*sigh* Yes..."
Kirby and the amazing mirror, mario vs donkey kong, minish cap, mario tennis power tour, and wario land 4 are some of my favorite games on the system, I might be forgetting others. These games, and even most of the games I haven’t played just look so unique compared to non-gba games with their graphics and music
Drill Dozer , Minish cap , R/S/E , Mother3 , Mystery Dungeon, and Amazing Mirror all deserved wayyy more higher
Harvest Moon FoMT, Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, Pokémon FRLG, MegaMan and Metroid Fusion were the best games I have ever played. So many good memories
People on metacritic sure love Tony hawk's, 1 of them being at 95. Has to be a joke surely
No the tony hawk gba games were actually awesome. 2 was best.
No joke they are all pretty good on GBA.
Yeah 95 for those games (better than FFV, Super Mario Bros, Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission, Castlevania Aria of Sorrow, Advance Wars...) is def hyperbolic. Like wtf.
They are actually very good, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 is defenitely top 5 on the GBA... And if your wandering another game that deserves being pretty high is Tekken Advance, clearly the best fighting game on the GBA... Don't be close minded...
Grey Man I got Tekken advance :) still play it once and a while. I also have Tony hawk 2 , 4 and underground 2. All great games.
Props for using the games' soundtrack too. Too few of these types of these videos do that and it's a shame
probably because of copyright strikes.
Bro!!! I’ve been looking for #99 forever. I’ve completed both summon night on vgba and just wanted to play again but could not remember the name. Thank you so much👍
The Castlevania games, especially Aria of sorrow, will always have a special place in my heart, my very favorite game on GBA
I forgot about advanced wars 2. That game is insanely fun and still a great tactical game even today.
It’s goated
I love your top 100 in 10 mins videos. They've been a big help to me ever since I figured emulators & roms out.
Man, all 4 megaman zero games deserved a spot on the list
GBA was the best portable console imo. so many classics with SNES style graphics. I don't think any other will ever top it
I didn’t watch the entire youtube video, just skimming through to see more fun games I should play or missed out on. I’m currently replaying all my old gameboy games right now. Golden Sun ☀️ & Sims Bustin Out are my favorites! 😊 Mega Man & Dragon Ball Z of course too.
A lot of underrated gems in this list, this brings good memories.
The problem with aggregate review sites is illustrated perfectly here. It's a stretch to call random Tetris rip offs better than Pokemon or Kirby, but since those games receive far fewer reviews, they're much less likely to encounter low outlier scores than those much more popular games.
a2jy2k calling Puyo puyo a Tetris rip-off would be like calling tales of symphonia a final fantasy rip off
The top ones are still the most popular though...
ok but what’s tony hawk’s excuse
I feel like Golden Sun is up there with the best RPGs in general, it's definitely better than Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 lol. I also think Megaman Battle Network deserves a better ranking than #76.
Battle Network 3 was the best of the series though (imo offcourse) the post- final boss part of that game was amazing. 4 was possibly the worst one sadly.
It's totally random...
Do you record all games? Great job.
Did not realise your channel been going so long so many videos need to catch up loved this one Gary so many great game to collect for gba
I'm happy you are discovering the other videos on this channel! Hopefully you enjoy them!
I am Gary thoroughly enjoying them. Main channel I come back to so thanks for great memories and for skinting me looking for games on eBay ha ha
So many people saying metacritic are dumb, or bias or whatever...how do people not realize by now that all metacritic is, is an AGGREGATE of all review scores. They don't score anything themselves, they just compile the reviews and give an average. So people shocked that Tony Hawk games scored so high, it's not just one dude going "I like this game. 95" it's dozens of reviewers scoring it 9s and a few 8s here and there.
Apparently, the concept of "understanding" something before posting stupid comments is not something that a large number of these people seem to comprehend.
For real, Puyo Pop GBA making it in this list at all is awesome. I haven't played it, but it looked pretty good and the dialogue is almost as good as Puyo Puyo Tetris... not that there was much competition anyway.
4:12 my favorite fighting game for the GBA 🤩
I remember how obsessed I was to Golden Sun 1/Lost Age, Pokemon Series and Zelda Minish Cap 😚
Great vid! Thanks for including the year for each game.
if it was by music no doubt golden sun 1 or 2 (theyre exactly the same exept story) for that sweet battle theme xD
I love Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. I've actually been playing it again recently.
Mega Man Zero Was one of my favorites and its also one of the only GBA games I've lost too :(
So nostalgic, only missed two that I can think of. Kingdom hearts: chain of memories, and sword of Mana. (Thanks for getting mmbn in there)
No pkm Emerald, Sapphire, dbz Buu's Fury, Sword of Mana, Road rash,etc. These were some of the best.
I totally agree with you.
I actually agree with a vast majority of the games on this list. Most people criticizing this are likely just biased and probably havent even played many of these games. Just because it isn't your cup of tea doesnt mean it's not a great game
I just dont understand all the skating games, and also lowkey wished some of the newer games would pop up. Like any bully, barn yard, or avatar
@@kyleriley9786 I heard the Tony Hawk games in the GBA are actually good, idk never played them.
8:24 omg this game i swear, it sounds like i'm lying but i played this all the time when i was 4-7 years old (and i was only able to get to the final boss then i'd ragequit) and i only stopped playing because smart phones really started to become a thing. this game gives me so much nostalgia it makes me feel sick
2:36 the best
Ninja five-O is actually a really fun game definitly worth your time
Harvest Moon FOREVER
I'M 21 AND I'M STILL PLAYING IT... DO YOU WANT SOME CHEAT :P
Emmanuel Genova me too haha
Harvest Moon is love. Harvest Moon is life.
Huh back then I always love harvest moon now it seems... WAY MORE AWESOME YEAH
Yes
Metroid Zero Mission was my favorite game as a kid. I'm not surprised it was high on the list.
I would include DBZ Legacy of Goku 2, DBZ Buu's Fury, Shining Force Resurrection of Dark Dragon and Shining Soul 2 under Top 50
8:42 And when I was starting to lose hope that this was not on the top 100
_6:54_ *BEST EVER. FE8
thank you, i use to have a custom gameboy advance with 300 free games on it and i forgot almost all of the games i used to play for hours in there, thank you so much this brings me back. i only searched for this video hoping to find those titles lol, one of them was breath of fire II
2001 seems so far away when I watch my GBA cartridges collection... Yet it's only 20 years old... Nostalgia is the strongest and strangest feeling in the world.
8:25 The best Zelda game I've played so far
It was my first introduction to the series ❤️
@@bigsolo6952 same
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow is definetly the best game on this list. Played almost every listed game and Aria of Sorrow is the only game I finished because it grabbed me from start to finish.
Thanks man im really looking for gba games and i forgot all the names well mostly my favorite games are on the video
I once went to an arcade, and among the usual stuff like pacman machines, they had a section dedicated to emulation. It wasn't marked, so my friends didn't believe that they were emulations. I was like, 9, at the time, but I knew it was emulation because I knew all of the games; all except for one, that is, and now I know what that game is. You have put 9-year-old me to rest, now that I know the name of all games on that section. It was Super Monkey Ball Jr.
Love the Peter and the Wolf intro. I'm surprised The Lost Age ended up lower than Golden Sun given the expanded story, 2nd party, and more summons the player is given. But then again, this is a Metacritic list
Good ear! You are the first person to correctly identify the opening chime!
Gary Thanks ^_^ I listened to alot of classical music as a kid before going toward power metal and vgm. The Cat and the Wolf part are my favorites in addition to the strings that make up Peter's theme
@@GaryRetroGamerThank you for Prokofiev music!)
Anything other than Golden Sun in the number one spot is sinful. Also, tactics advance and fire emblem are top 10
Hahahaha...!
What's the song at 0:00 been trying to figure it out for years
What is that little piece of music at the start? For some reason I connect it with some forgotten unpleasant thing.
Guys, The Legend Of Zelda The Minish Cap is one of the most beautiful games I have ever seen on this console. this is my favorite portable console because of games and graphics, very, very and very best even super cute
yKKAKA Honestly, I find it multiple times better than ALttP
yKKAKA yeah, my favorite zelda game, but summon night is better imo. Idk why it isnt top 10
@@A_Primal_Aspid At last a fellow comrade. Summon Night : Swordcraft Stories is underrated and underappreciated
I love the graphics of gba look megaman,Pokémon and legend of zelda its awesome, someone agree with me?
completely
Advance Wars and Golden Sun games were awesome
The Megaman & Bass gameplay was all I needed to see
Metroid Fusion is GOAT
you mean greatest of all the time? ;p
And the shiesta parfett suffuses the cow pie
Imo Zero Mission was better, a remake, but a very good remake.
@@alexacosta3655 I like fusion more because of the atmosphere, the story and the bosses, my God the boss fights are really. Zero Mission for me feels too short and straightforward, yes fusion is far more linear but zm's world feels too small. The last part of the game is really great tho, although I was a bit disappointed with the final boss
So Pokémon Emerald and Mother 3 isn’t on here? I think this list is fake
Yep
Ηειιο Ηυмαη and legacy of goku 2
Going from Rayman 3 to Sonic Advance 2 feels about the same as watching a bicycle race then switching the channel to a F1 race!
Both are cool anyway. But it would be WAY better if they named it Rayman 2 instead (you probably know why).
Minish Cap and Golden Sun are must-have
Very good video, well done. I know this is a Top 100 by Metacritic, but I think it needs at least 1 Yu-Gi-Oh game (Yu-Gi-Oh was always a strong franchise and I think it's sad there's not even 1 title on this list)
Rui Saraiva Yugioh Ultimate Masters is the best. I'm still playing it.
1:31 *i see something* Hmmm
*Asк* *ноlе* BUTT
moah
i see a dick in the middle of arena
you baldy😂
I like the gba, but too many of the top 50 were older system ports. Sad to see so many gba originals not here.
Thank you.!!!!!! 10000x....... I found the games which I played before. I miss them to play ❤😘
It seems they forgot Crash BASICALLY the huge adventure
8:54 11. *Golden Sun* Why that surprised me. *11* - "Golden Sun" 😏
It should be in top 3 or top 5 at least.
@@rpgamer1002 you missed my point bruh 😕😪
When I saw Kirby and the Amazing Mirrors at 90 I already knew this was going to be almost criminal.
Did Bomberman Tournament not see a US release or something? 88 on Metacritic and the underrated gem of the GBA. Should slot in the top 20.
pokemon ruby and saphire in 55???? wtf was the most sold videogame for game boy advance
All pokemon games Yugioh dont remember what exact game was it Sumon Night2( one of the best rpg games ever) FF series Sims Busting Out
There are two gameboy advance games Ive had as a child that I just can't find roms for anywhere, I dont know their names and Id really appreciate if anybody could help me locate these: 1. A game where there were 4 robot-like thingies in different colors (Looking like washmachines/Poliwags from Pokemon?) I think they were Pink, Blue, Green and Yellow. They had this spinning arm attack that they could charge. 2. A game where you open up some sort of capsules and get various robot toys with parts that can fight eachother. I cant recall the name (Not Medabot!)
I was really surprised by the gba, there's a lot of good games. I really wish I could read the title of the games though, or maybe be able to read a list in the discription
wish they were still making GBA games
joseph sawczyn ikr, but unfortunatly if you know how capitalism work, it moves with the trend
I think the same too. Not because of the console or anything by the likes, but because of the limitations, and that Is the Sprites games, which are decaying with the time...
I don’t, why would I want to play games on such an old and outdated console? The DS and 3DS are better in every single aspect.
Apollo Because you don't have a childhood
@@alcejaylos.4257 what if someone grow up playng the 3ds? He would be sayng that you childhood is worse because you didnt have his And this is exactely what you are saying We need to go foward nostalgia means nothing if the industry dont move to new tech In a world without inovation we would still be llayng board games in the floor instead of what we do today
Sabre Wulf, Pokemon Fire red, Pokemon Emerald, DBZ Buu's fury, Legacy of Goku 1,2, Sonic battle, Sonic Advance 3, The endless mods of Pokemon games, Harvest Moon, and finally Astro Boy on GBA. Wrestlefest, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and Metal Slug 2 on Arcade. Gta Vc and San on Pc. Literally every game on Sega genesis. These games made my childhood amazing! Even though I grew up in the 00s, These consoles were new for our region. I remember my brother calling GBA NFS Carbon Graphics "Real world" lol.
I bought golden sun as a kid on holiday in Spain, expecting it to have multiple eu language options. It did not. Somehow I got further on it in Spanish than I ever did on the English version though.
Your nickname almost sounds like Jolly Roger Bay
Pokemon games are awesome
Nisan Joseph so you better please subscribe me
@@ninja0045 dafuq
Many good games surpassed by Tony Hawk? Really, metacritic?
Dude, what's that song from again that plays at the very start of the video? It's on the tip of my tongue and driving me crazy!
"Peter and the Wolf" by Prokofiev. It was also used in Blade Runner 2049
@@GaryRetroGamer Very much appreciated pal, although this is now going to be stuck in my head all day haha
3:20 Looks like the pokemon square in pmd red/blue rescue team
I'm going to tell you that Mario Tennis Power Tour is one of the best games I have ever played
LuigiDude 28 TRUEEE
UnderNightcore I HATE how highly it is underrated it is
Try konami kart is better than Mario kart
You forgot Medabots, the RPG one.
Jean M Wait, which one? I recall Metabee and Rokusho(?)
Savant Domhnall yeah, those ones. They were good. I played the Rokusho version like 5 times. I wish Nintendo think about a remake in the future...
Whats the name of that classical music from the intro ?
Pokemon Leaf green and Emerald Harvest Moon Golden Sun The legend of Zelda those are some good memories