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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: Apex on November 28, 2006, 07:01:38 PM

Title: The Death of Gameboy Advance.
Post by: Apex on November 28, 2006, 07:01:38 PM

Final Fantasy VI advance will be the last major title to be released for the little system, in the year 2007. It's had a good six year lifespan, and has brought almost (If not all of us.) joy at some time. The launch of the DS made the gameboy advance pretty much obsolete, but did not destroy it, since I could also play Gameboy advance games, so production of games continued for a few year of the DS launch.

It's gonna be kind of sad to see no new major titles being released. (Worthy titles to say the least, none of those stupid disney channel television show, crap excuses of games, and poorly made licensed games such as KingKong and other horrible movie titles.) So, let's take the time to look back at exceedingly good games that have been released on this little console over the years. Remakes or not, games that made you carry your GBA everywhere you went..

Games I really enjoyed:

Final Fantasy Dawn of Souls, Final Fantasy V advance, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Megaman Zero I&II, Pokemon Emerald (Yeah, it's a good game, shut up.), Wario Ware and Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap.

Go ahead, tell us your favorite games, so we can honor this little ol' bundle of once astonishiing technology.

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Post by: Ben on November 28, 2006, 07:16:56 PM

FFTactics Advance
FF Dawn of Souls, IV, and I just bought V.
Legend of zelda, Lttp
Advance Wars 2.
Meganman Zero, All of em
Sigma Star
Legend Of Zelda
Pokemon Blue.
Pokemon, Emerald, and Fire

ahhh.....Memories.

I just bought a DS for 70 bones at a pawnshop.
But I love my SP. I still avidly play my origonal Gamebot Tetris on that shizzy.

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Post by: Dark Shuyin on November 28, 2006, 08:25:54 PM

- Fire Emblem
- Fire Emblem Sacred Stones

- Final Fantasy Tactic Advance
- Final Fantasy I & II Dawn Of The Souls
- Final Fantay IV (making my own sequel right now)


- Golden Sun
- Golden Sun Lost Age

- Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories

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Post by: MrMister on November 28, 2006, 08:42:34 PM

KH: CoM
Castlevanias
Pokemon Emerald

The GBA had so many bad games, though. The bad:good ratio of GBA games was like 80:1.
Awful games like Finding Nemo and Banjo Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge made me reluctant to even buy a GBA.. but there were some great games too, like Castlevania.. I remember more than one occasion in which I busted out Castlevania at the movie theatre(The Notebook).

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Post by: Archem on November 28, 2006, 09:53:34 PM

Final Fantasy: DoS
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodus
Mario Vs. Donkey kong
The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/ Four Swords
Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Fire Emblem
Metroid: Zero Mission
Metroid Fusion
Golden Sun
Castlevania Double Pack (Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance and Castlevania: Aria of Souls)

Sure will miss that ol' game machine... Not for nothing, but anyone else notice the trend of Final Fantasy games and think that VII will end up on the DS some time in the near future? If that happens, I might actually play to the end of it...

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Post by: Razor on November 28, 2006, 09:54:08 PM

Who cares? DS = way of the future.

Did anyone care when PSX stopped making games? :p

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Post by: Ben on November 28, 2006, 09:55:02 PM

well, if seven comes out for DS, then 8,9 are good bets too.

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Post by: Archem on November 28, 2006, 09:59:10 PM

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Originally posted by Archem2
If that happens, I might actually play to the end of it [them]...

I can say that I'd enjoy that. It's not like the DS can't handle it or anything. Hell, it's highly plausible, what with Square being a money-munching machine... Akin to Pac Man in a way...

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Post by: FFL2and3rocks on November 28, 2006, 10:10:50 PM

I'll miss you, GBA.

Games I enjoyed the most:

FFTA
FF1&2
FF4
Shining Soul II
Shining Force: RotDD
Mario and Luigi
Wario Ware
Golden Sun
Golden Sun 2
Phantasy Star Collection
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire II
Castlevania Double Pack
 
 
I plan to get FF5 and FF6 though.

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Post by: elementalhero76 on November 28, 2006, 10:23:46 PM

FF1&2 DoS
FF4
FF5
FFTA
WL4 (wario land 4)
Metroid zero mission & fusion
M&L superstar saga
both Fire Embelems
Golden sun rocks!
PKMN series (RSE FR LG)
Castlevania HoD CoTM & AoS :vampire:
Tales of Phantasia
Drill Dozer
Kirby NMID/ & the amazing mirror
Double pak: Dr.mario/Puzzle League
Tactics Ogre: The Knights of Lodis
Super Mario Advance series
Mario vs. DK
Boktai (never played it but nice concept!)

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Post by: aboutasoandthis on November 28, 2006, 10:40:09 PM

FFTactics Advance
Pokemon Emerald (I admit it was fun)
Tactics Ogre: The Knights of Lodis
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2

Those were my favorites. I bought more though.

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Post by: Drace on November 28, 2006, 11:21:06 PM

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Originally posted by Razor
Who cares? DS = way of the future.

Did anyone care when PSX stopped making games? :p

Already had my PS2 by then.

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Post by: Archem on November 28, 2006, 11:47:00 PM

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Originally posted by Razor
Did anyone care when PSX stopped making games? :p

Yes.

>_>

<_<

I DON'T HAVE A PS2, OK?!!

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Post by: Osmose on November 28, 2006, 11:56:23 PM

Anyone who says FFT:A was good has either never played FFT or have horrible taste.

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Post by: Darkfox on November 29, 2006, 12:20:15 AM

Shin Megami Tensei 1&2
Devil Children: Light and Dark
Sworcraft Story 1, 2 and the third one with big title

Nope, no Final Fantasies XD

There are others I enjoyed playing... uhhh... Castlevanias even though they were rather easy.

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Post by: Archem on November 29, 2006, 12:21:12 AM

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Originally posted by Osmose
Anyone who says FFT:A was good has either never played FFT or have horrible taste.

FFT was a better game, but that doesn't subtract from the fact that FFTA was fun. I suppose the changes don't appeal to everyone...

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Post by: Fortet on November 29, 2006, 12:32:31 AM

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories


That's it. Screw you, I'm poor :P

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Post by: FFL2and3rocks on November 29, 2006, 01:54:00 AM

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Originally posted by Osmose
Anyone who says FFT:A was good has either never played FFT or have horrible taste.

Meh, I liked both games. A lot of people only hate FFTA because they played FFT first and expected a game just as good. But just because FFT is better doesn't mean FFTA is a bad game.

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Post by: Osmose on November 29, 2006, 02:28:18 AM

No, it's the judge system and limiting jobs to races that makes the game poor. It makes multiclassing dulled. For example, what if I wanted an Archer or a Hunter who could speed himself up to run away from people who try to get close in and hurt me, as well as do more damage? With FFT:A, there is no race combination that will allow you to do this. I will admit that is from being spoiled by FFT, but I still say that being able to make combinations out of every class should be possible.

But what really gets me is the law system. Laws are RIDICULOUS. Some of them are so ridiculous and can cripple a good setup. The whole magic of jobs is that you can create brand new parties that beat enemies in different ways. Plus, have you ever gotten the rule "No damage"? You have to freaking poison the enemy to death.

The clan territory wars are also kinda whack because you get to a point where trying to keep all your territory takes precedence over doing missions, which makes the whole game run way too slow.

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Post by: MrMister on November 29, 2006, 02:43:10 AM

I'm an FFT purist too..
FFTA actually was a bad game, though.
Everything Osmose said plus a horribly simple story and a bastardization of Ivalice(gay dog people) makes it bad.

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Post by: FFL2and3rocks on November 29, 2006, 02:58:32 AM

Yeah, I'll admit that the story was pretty horrible in FFTA... getting stuck in a video game world? Come on, that's just plain stupid. Plus some of the secret characters can't change jobs, which makes Babus really suck ***. He's kinda like a sage/time mage, but with less attacks.
As for the laws, they  never bugged me very much because there are so many ways to get around them. The only ones that annoyed me were those damn copycat and damage to animal ones...  :(

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Post by: DarkFlood2 on November 29, 2006, 03:01:41 AM

I would have to say that while FFTA had some nostalgic qualities, it is a bit of a letdown... Not a complete failure, but not as great as it could have been. Nevertheless, It'll find it's place right between Final Fantasy Mystic quest, and Final Fantasy X-2.

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Post by: Revolution911 on November 29, 2006, 05:26:07 PM

Well uh...I liked that Contra game. And LoZ was pretty badass.

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Post by: ~*Sweet Ichifo*~ on November 29, 2006, 06:04:15 PM

You know what, this is ****ing stupid.

Why is it that every few years, a NEW and IMPROVED game system comes out?

I have to admit it: Playing Zelda: Majora's Mask would be HEAVEN on Wii, but, why stop making games for Gameboy Advance, and why are all of you sounding like it's gone forever? You still have it! It's not like you'll get picked on for playing it. The most recent game system I own, in fact, IS Gameboy Advance. My brother has an X-box, but I took one look at it and had no clue what to do. Nope, no Gameboy Advance SP either. I might get a DS and maybe Wii (To play the Zelda games, of course), but otherwise, I'm happy with my GBA and N64.

If you all say DS is an improved version of GBA, so be it. I LOVE DS very much, but why bring out all these new game systems at once?

I know if I get Wii and DS, I probably wont get any other game system that comes out for years.

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Post by: Cosmos on November 29, 2006, 06:17:10 PM

Because.. that's how life is? Everything evolves. It's always been like that, and I doubt it will change.

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Post by: Revolution911 on November 29, 2006, 06:19:00 PM

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Originally posted by ~*Sweet Ichifo*~
You know what, this is ****ing stupid.

Why is it that every few years, a NEW and IMPROVED game system comes out?

I have to admit it: Playing Zelda: Majora's Mask would be HEAVEN on Wii, but, why stop making games for Gameboy Advance, and why are all of you sounding like it's gone forever? You still have it! It's not like you'll get picked on for playing it. The most recent game system I own, in fact, IS Gameboy Advance. My brother has an X-box, but I took one look at it and had no clue what to do. Nope, no Gameboy Advance SP either. I might get a DS and maybe Wii (To play the Zelda games, of course), but otherwise, I'm happy with my GBA and N64.

If you all say DS is an improved version of GBA, so be it. I LOVE DS very much, but why bring out all these new game systems at once?

I know if I get Wii and DS, I probably wont get any other game system that comes out for years.

N00B ALERT. N00B ALERT. N00B ALERT.

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Post by: Cosmos on November 29, 2006, 06:22:04 PM

Rev, stop.

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Post by: Moosetroop11 on November 29, 2006, 07:22:08 PM

Yeah, Gameboy advance was great... but I mainly liked it because it looked so cool and could survive no end of ill treatment, such as dropping, water and sand. I never liked the SP.

Fire emblem, Pokemon ruby, FF Dawn of souls, Metal slug ^.^ And FF4.

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Post by: Osmose on November 29, 2006, 08:41:36 PM

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Originally posted by ~*Sweet Ichifo*~
My brother has an X-box, but I took one look at it and had no clue what to do.

It has a sum total of TWO BUTTONS on it.

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Post by: drenrin2120 on November 29, 2006, 09:11:04 PM

Screw you guys, I'm getting a SNES.

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Post by: Razor on November 29, 2006, 09:55:13 PM

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Originally posted by Osmose

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Originally posted by ~*Sweet Ichifo*~
My brother has an X-box, but I took one look at it and had no clue what to do.

It has a sum total of TWO BUTTONS on it. [/B]

Good golly I did lol.

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Post by: Tomi on November 29, 2006, 10:35:47 PM

<3 GBA
- Pokemon Ruby
- DBZ - Legacy of Goku 1 & 2
- Super Mario Kart Advance
- LoZ: Minish Cap
- FFTA
- Fire Emblem
- Super Mario 2

I think those are the major ones I played.

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Post by: Cerebus on November 29, 2006, 11:17:27 PM

Final Fantasy 1&2 : Down of Soul
Final Fantasy Tactic Advance
Sword of Mana
Metroid Fusion
Metroid : Zero Mission
Worms World Party
Mech Platoon
Wario Land 4
The Legend of Zelda : A Link to the Past / Four Swords
Mario & Luigi : Superstar Saga
Golden Sun
Golden Sun : The Lost Age
F-Zero : Maximum Velocity
Advance Wars 2 : Black Hole Rising

I think that's it, although I'm sure I forgot some...
I rarely play GBA games on my DS, I prefer playing them on my SP, but my R button doesn't work correctly, I sometime press like 20 time before it works... so some games, I can't play on my SP.

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Post by: ~*Sweet Ichifo*~ on November 30, 2006, 12:06:45 AM

on this remote? Wayy more than 2 buttons.

Yeah, 2 buttons make it work, but what the hell do the rest do?!

Also, I'll admit it. My family just can't afford to buy me all these new game systems every year. So, Rev, calling me n00b is almost like calling me poor.

I'm dropping this as of now.

(Thanks Mid)

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Post by: coasterkrazy on November 30, 2006, 12:13:30 AM

Oh... let's see here. The good old GBA. I'll try to do this in the best order I can remember. I pretty much loved all the games I've ever owned for GBA, so this will be all of them.

-Pokemon Sapphire
-Golden Sun: The Lost Age
-Golden Sun
-Super Mario Advance 4
-Super Mario Advance 2
-Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (Never played FFT)
-Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
-Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
-Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
-Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
-Classic NES Series: Castlevania
-Final Fantasy IV Advance
-Tales of Phantasia
-Final Fantasy V Advance

I've also played all the way through Sword of Mana and Zelda LttP, but I had only borrowed them.

And I'm definitely getting FFVI Advance and maybe a couple other things along the way.

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Post by: Archem on November 30, 2006, 01:11:41 AM

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Originally posted by drenrin2120
Screw you guys, I'm getting a SNES.

Beat you by a decade, n00b!
*continues playing Super Mario Kart*

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Post by: Apex on November 30, 2006, 02:59:07 AM

Noticed how about half the games listed are Remakes?

This was a Remake system for sure! :Plight:  :Plight:  :Plight:  :Plight:  :Plight:

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Post by: Archem on November 30, 2006, 03:08:45 AM

Well, why not? Some of the best games ever were on the SNES! Also, I remember Mario and Luigi: Super Star Saga! Awesome game, for sure.

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Post by: coasterkrazy on November 30, 2006, 03:44:30 AM

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Well, why not? Some of the best games ever were on the SNES! Also, I remember Mario and Luigi: Super Star Saga! Awesome game, for sure.

Yeah it was, but the DS follow-up didn't quite live up to it. :( Well, sequals often don't I guess.

But anyway, yeah the remakes were definitely a good thing, especially since I never owned a SNES! That, and I didn't get into RPGs until I played Final Fantasy IX and Star Ocean 2, so I had all of those classics to come back to remade for on-the-go!

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Post by: Archem on November 30, 2006, 04:25:41 AM

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...the DS follow-up didn't quite live up to it. :( Well, sequals often don't I guess.

I liked PiT...

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Post by: coasterkrazy on November 30, 2006, 04:29:58 AM

Well I liked it... it just wasn't... that great. I mean, it was short-lived and not really as inventive. Hell, I got to the final boss in 12 hours. :|

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Post by: ZeroKirbyX on November 30, 2006, 04:37:14 AM

Castlevania: AoS
Pokemans
Fire Emblems

Lots more. Too lazy to type.

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Post by: KuraiKitsune on December 01, 2006, 04:14:28 AM

My favorite games were...

Fire Emblem VI (Fuuin no Tsurugi),
Fire Emblem VII (Rekka no Ken),
Fire Emblem VIII (Sacred Stones),
Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance,
Golden Sun,
Golden Sun: The Lost Age,
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories,
Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland,
Pokémon series,
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords, and
Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap.

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Post by: Archem on December 01, 2006, 04:40:33 AM

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Originally posted by coasterkrazy
Well I liked it... it just wasn't... that great. I mean, it was short-lived and not really as inventive. Hell, I got to the final boss in 12 hours. :|

True, but it still had the humor that made the first one so fun. That and the most active turn-based battle system I've ever seen and enjoyed at the same time.

I wonder if they [Square-Enix and Nintendo] have considered making a remake of Super Mario RPG? I'd buy that for a pretty penny.
Or 4000 + tax pretty pennies.

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Post by: Cosmos on December 01, 2006, 12:09:24 PM

Yes ma'am

I STILL HAVE AN NES, A SNES, AND A SEGA GENESIS.... but they dun work.. ;.; I should send them in to fix.. one day... because FF2/4 is freakin AWSOME... and so was super mario brothers... and street fighter... meh..

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Post by: Emerates on December 01, 2006, 12:30:32 PM

Zelda: ALTTP
Fire Emblem
MegaMan Zero
Metroid Fusion
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Those are the five good GBA games I got.  I also got Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, but they really lost their appeal with all the badly-drawn Pokemon.  I felt like I was playing a kiddies' game everytime I ran into one of the new ones.

Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu.  Ugh.  The claymation in that game was terrible.  That game pretty much sucked the life out of me.  I don't even know why I played it.  It was an X'mas gift, but still...

Four Swords with my brothers.  Those were some pretty sweet times.  And hunting down all the little upgrades in Metroid Fusion was fun, even if it took a long-*** time.  Yeah.

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Post by: Linkizcool on December 02, 2006, 12:34:29 AM

I reallly enjoyed Sword of Mana, and the sonic advances.

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Post by: Smokey_locs2006 on December 02, 2006, 07:53:36 AM

Golden Gun 1 and 2

Kingdom Hearts

Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland

Pokemon

Naruto
(forgot which one, but it's a nice fighting game, I thin anyone would love it)

Yu Yu Hakusho

Mario Cart

FFTA

Harvest Moon

Guilty Gear

and the DBZ games

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Post by: Apex on December 03, 2006, 01:16:32 AM

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Originally posted by Smokey_locs2006
Golden Gun 1 and 2

Kingdom Hearts

Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland

Pokemon

Naruto
(forgot which one, but it's a nice fighting game, I thin anyone would love it)

Yu Yu Hakusho

Mario Cart

FFTA

Harvest Moon

Guilty Gear

and the DBZ games

You mean Golden Sun?


And it's Mario Kart.

[/grammar Nazi]

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Post by: Djanki on December 07, 2006, 02:07:47 PM

The GBA isn't dead! Yet, anyway.

Everyone: goto EB Games, and pick up a copy of Yggdra Union. Gaming joygasms follow.

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Post by: Dragonium on December 07, 2006, 06:30:55 PM

Draggy's Current Harvest Moon: FoMT Playing Time: 341 hours.

ADDICT'D.