GBA The GBA is so impressive!

[baylasan]

Out of all the 2d handheld that Nintendo has made over the years, I'd confidently say that the GBA is the best in my opinion. The colours and renders of the games are so damn vibrant and beautiful. The GBA was like a testing ground for game developers to tinker with and push its limits. There are games like 'Asterix and Obelix XXL' that I genuinely cannot believe were on that tiny handheld. The game literally looks like a PS1 game if it were a little bit more polished. Obviously, not every single 3d game on the GBA looks good, but there were some gems here and there.

 

[Rakoniomm]

For me the thing that blows my mind when it comes to the GBA is the ability to play voices evidenced by the Nickelodeon cartridges of various cartoons such as SpongeBob, but what really amuses and shock me is how really good are the vocal songs sound playing from it. I only know the Wario series making it sound really good to the point it sounds weird without the bit-crushed sound

 

[JG5009]

And the fact that it really only lived for 3 years before being phased out by the monster that is the DS, yet it still got such a massive and polished catalogue and the best pixel art styles that still look so vibrant and unique.

The sound chip, even if crappy, I like it and the style of compressed sounds it makes, many titles managed to use it in impressive ways (I can name both last F-Zero's, all 4 MMZero, all Battle Network's, all 3 Sonic Advance + Battle, and the masterpiece that is Wario Land 4).

It's just a very condensed and focused small machine, got good games and no forced gimmicks.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

Its 2D games are on par with the ones that are on the PS1 and the Saturn.

 

[baylasan]

For me the thing that blows my mind when it comes to the GBA is the ability to play voices evidenced by the Nickelodeon cartridges of various cartoons such as SpongeBob, but what really amuses and shock me is how really good are the vocal songs sound playing from it. I only know the Wario series making it sound really good to the point it sounds weird without the bit-crushed sound

Oooh you are right. I played Mario vs. Donkey Kong and the voice acting was decent!

 

[Scotty Scotty]

Its library of RPGs and 2D games are among some of my all-time favorites. From "Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga" or its Japan only precursor, "Tomato Adventure", to "Metroid Fusion" and "Wario Land 4".

 

[PSVitaForever]

I never owned the console, but years ago I've been able to play "FFTactics Advance" on the pc and I've loved it so much that I bought the real cartridge when I got a DS (retrocompatibility), and same I bought "Riviera The Promised Land" after playing it on emu.
In my backlog there's "Sword of Mana".
Not really played a great number of titles, but I've liked them!