The Cheapest GBA Games Worth Your Time

[JC]

My favorite is Super Metroid, though I think the original Metroid is a better game. Fusion had too much hand-holding for my liking.

I honestly like the original the least, lol. Fusion and 2 are proabably my favorites. Super Metroid was fun until you got to the water area. Then again, that was on an emulator quite a while ago, so I may like it more if I played the real thing. Still, I have never been able to really play through Metroid very far. I dono why. It just seems boring. Plus the 30 life thing makes life hard for us perfectionists. Reminds me of how I'm playing unreal perfectly to keep the 3D effect the sheild belt gives you.

No way! Maridia rules. Super Metroid is probably my fave game of all time, so I'll definitely say that it's the best Metroid. Fusion didn't really feel like a Metroid game, and that whole X thing was a big naff. Zero Mission was a nice relick.

[Perseid]

Fire Emblem is that cheap? Man, the two Fire Emblem games are probably the best games on the GBA. WarioWare: Twisted is good stuff, too. And no way you're gonna pirate that.

[metaleggman]

You liked Metroid 2 (the Gameboy one) as much as Fusion?

I like Metroid 2 a lil' bit better than fusion, simply because there is less hand holding and it seems like a refined version of the original Metroid. Metroid Fusion had superb boss fights though. The last boss fight was so freakin' sweet. Reminds me of a Metal Slug boss.

[racketboy]

Metroid Fusion was actually my first Metroid experience, so I guess i didn't mind the hand-holding

I STILL haven't finished it, so I guess I have yet to meet up with that boss

[metaleggman]

Metroid Fusion was actually my first Metroid experience, so I guess i didn't mind the hand-holding

Same with me. T'was my first GBA game actually. I got that with Metroid Prime too, so I got to experience connectivity to boot!

[racketboy]

Metroid Fusion was actually my first Metroid experience, so I guess i didn't mind the hand-holding

Same with me. T'was my first GBA game actually. I got that with Metroid Prime too, so I got to experience connectivity to boot!

Me too! I got the GBA and Metroid Fusion for my birthday a few years ago

[Cerulean]

Metroid Fusion was actually my first Metroid experience, so I guess i didn't mind the hand-holding

Same with me. T'was my first GBA game actually. I got that with Metroid Prime too, so I got to experience connectivity to boot!

Me too! I got the GBA and Metroid Fusion for my birthday a few years ago

AW MAN ME THREE!!!!


I bought the same package as RB.

[metaleggman]

Lol, three people all started their gba adventures with metroid fusion. Who knew?

[little witch boy]

thats all.

[extrarice]

The last boss fight was so freakin' sweet. Reminds me of a Metal Slug boss.

lol yeah it does. I never made that correlation before, but yeah. The sprite animation details in Fusion are really good.

Metroid Fusion was actually my first Metroid experience, so I guess i didn't mind the hand-holding

Fusion was the first Metroid that behaved like that. I loved the feeling of exploration the first three games had, the "Ok, I now have this item, what can I do with it...where can I go that I couldn't before...". You really got the feeling of being on an alien world with nothing but your wits (and a powerful suit) to keep you alive.

Bah, all you youngins today, missing out on the great games of yesterday that form the foundation of the games you play today. Back in my day, we made our OWN strategy guides and maps, on graph paper! And there was no Internet, no GameFAQs to help us out when we got stuck. Auto-map? Saves? Bah! *shakes walking stick angrily*

Seriously now, link up Fusion and Prime (or finish Zero Mission) to unlock NES Metroid. Play through that to understand the essence of Metroid (though the pixel bluring is a bummer).