Best Game Boy Advance game that is not Pokémon

[Not_Red]

Not gonna mention all the abovementioned previously.

All the Nintendo first-party games are pretty much unmatched in GBA era and they went worse since then.

All the SRWs there, with J and the OG duology being the most prominent example.

And don't forget the elusive Metal Slug Advance.

I tried to get into the SRW games starting with the GBA ones, I couldn't go past that incredibly long intro even with a speed up button. Which is a shame because I know I would have love it as I already beat a Touhou game based on its gameplay.

 

[sadasa]

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Densetsu no Stafy (video game) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[E0N]

Minish Cap
Ace Attorney trilogy
FF Tactics Advance
Metroid Fusion

 

[groundbeef]

Castlevania Aria of Sorrow, Metroid Fusion.

 

[The Repo-man]

Damn you guys are naming ALL the good ones, shit Imma hop on some advance wars 2 right now then!

 

[MrBird]

The Castlevania trilogy (Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, Aria of Sorrow), Warioware, Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission, Crash Nitro Kart is really good, The DKC trilogy, the Mario Advance line-up, KH: Chain of Memories, Final Fantasy 1 and 2, Final Fantasy 5, I should also bring up 4 on GBA because that was my introduction to the Final Fantasy series, the Kirby GBA games (Nightmare in Dream Land and Amazing Mirror), and Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards.

 

[bjork]

There's a Franklin game (the little turtle guy) that is way better than it has any right to be

 

[ThatOneLum]

Summon Night Swordcraft Story (excellent ARPG - I still go back to it regularly. Also has a sequel on the platform)

Ninja 5-0 (great action platformer but rare/expense for a hard copy)

 

[Adrastia]

For me, Definitely the Castlevania games. And I played Breath of Fire 1&2 so much that I would switch between my DS Lite and SP during charging. My experience with those versions was much better than SNES. I also got a ton of play from the Klonoa games.