Your favorite Gameboy Advance games

[Shoggoth2588]

Thanks to the Ambassador Program, I was able to play some GBA games I missed out on the first time round. Anyway, my favorite GBA games...

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Final Fantasy IV (never played V or VI but VI is GREAT for sure...because SNES version)
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
Mega Man Battle Network 2
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Zero Mission (note: never actually played this...I just know I'd love it once I get my hands on it)
Pokemon Leaf Green
Pokemon Sapphire (Ruby & Emerald too but I never played those 2)
Yoshi's Island

 

[wintercoat]

Golden Sun / II: The Lost Age

Megaman Zero / 2 / 3 / 4

Megaman Battle Network / 2 / 3 White / 4 Red Sun / 5 Team Protoman

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

Final Fantasy I & II Dawn of Souls / IV / V / VI

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Wario Land 4

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past w/ Four Swords

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

All my favorites of the GBA era.<3

Why thank you. Now I don't have to type all of those up! So nice when other people are willing to do all the work for me!

So yeah, all of the games he mentioned!

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Did you even need to ask?

But also, Pokemon RSEFRLG, Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones, FFTA, FFIV, and FFVI.

The GBA was heaven for people who like J and S RPGs. It (and I believe the DS) are the only systems to have managed to bring a Super Robot Wars game over to the US, and man were those awesome. There was also that Zone of the Enders SRPG, which was pretty cool.

It even had a couple of cool Western style dungeon crawlers in the vein of Eye of the Beholder, including a remake of that game, and a really neat game by a small South American studio called Mazes of Fate. This thread is kind of making me want to fire up the GBA emulator on my phone. I'd use the actual hardware, but that would require me to carry it around with me, when I've already got my phone on me at all times.

Edit: Forgot, Gunstar Friggin' Super Heroes. An absolutely amazing shmup in your pocket.

 

[Xman490]

Super Mario Advance series (They made me appreciate the SNES classic remakes.)
Pokemon R/S/E (Third generation Pokemon is my favorite for making the series epic and great-looking.)

 

[Euryalus]

Metroid Zero Mission: Took the original Metroid and made it fun to play, good for speedrunning.

I take exception to this! The First Metroid was loads of fun, and I played it after Zero Mission! XD

Zero Mission WAS better though

OT: For now I'm going to say pokemon Emerald and Metroid: Zero mission. They were (and still are) incredibly fun games.

 

[triggrhappy94]

Pokemone, Super Mario World 2 Advanced, Megaman Battlenet series
All you really need.

 

[Olas]

Wario Land 4. End of story.

Okay, Metroid Fusion was pretty good also. I'm not counting games ported from the SNES.

Fire emblem would be in close competition if it weren't for that horrid permadeath system.

 

[Ultress]

Pretty much what everyone has suggested so far(especially Aria of Sorrow and FF6 advanced) plus Hamtaro:Ham-Ham Heartbreak. Thia might be nostalgia talking but it was a pretty fun licensed game with some decent humor and a cool dialogue system.

 

[Evil Smurf]

Pokemon: Fire Red is still awesome.

and Swordcraft Story was fun too, as was one of those Castlevania games- Aria of something was it called I think.
There's probably more than those few but those sprang to mind immediately.

I always played Leaf green but it was fantastic. Jazz Jackrabbi, also amazing.
http://gamesymbol.com/Image/covers/jazz-jackrabbit/jazz-jackrabbit-cover333549.jpg

 

[Sack of Cheese]

My most favourite one is Summon night: Swordcraft Story! The mechanic is so addicting, and all the crafting, breaking boss weapons feel very satisfying.
Also:
-Final fantasy tactics
-Fire emblem
-Fist of Mars

 

[Fijiman]

My favorite games for the GBA are Mario&Luigi Superstar Saga and Treasure Planet.

 

[naitsabeS]

Wario Land 4 is still my favorite GBA game. When I heard that the 3DS ambassadors were getting WL4, I squealed in happiness. Megaman Zero was also a fantastic game. I never got far in it, in fact I never got past the level two boss but I still had a lot of fun just slicing other robots in half.

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

I loved Mario Kart: Super Circuit

In my eyes it was the last good Mario Kart game as the BS power-ups were kept to a minimum, and the fact that the more coins you gathered the faster you went rewarded you for picking good driving lines. Also the characters were more diverse in driving style than other MK games that I can remember.

 

[clippen05]

Mario and Luigi: Super Star saga is my favourite, and while I'm not that interested in Pokemon anymore, I did find Pokemon Sapphire very enjoyable as a kid. And I've recently taken a liking to Advance Wars and Fire Emblem (The GBA ones) however, let's just say their cartridges are hard to come by...

 

[sextus the crazy]

Just Remembered Yggdra Union.
Came out about 2006 (at the very end of the GBA's life cycle).
Was an Atlus SRPG (so it must be interesting) and was pretty solid.
Also the mermaid you get in game is named Nietzsche, which is amazing.

 

[The Sanctifier]

My favorite was the Advanced Wars games. They were a bit too talky, but they did have an interesting take on turn based strategy. There was also this golden eye game which was quite fun. Had a lot of cool puzzles in it. I remember it had this bit where your stranded in a desert with a limited amount of water and you had to go towards a certain coordinate on the map to get to a airport. It was funny because it worked on a Cartesian Plain system which I was just learning in maths at the time.

 

[The Sanctifier]

My favorite was the Advanced Wars games. They were a bit too talky, but they did have an interesting take on turn based strategy. There was also this golden eye game which was quite fun. Had a lot of cool puzzles in it. I remember it had this bit where your stranded in a desert with a limited amount of water and you had to go towards a certain coordinate on the map (you can't check your position) to get to a airport. It was funny because it worked on a Cartesian Plain system which I was just learning in maths at the time.

oops, clicked quote instead of edit

 

[Snotnarok]

I'm not big on favorites but there's some great games on it, I think I have more GBA games than anything else.

So some lesser known games:

-Summon Night 1 & 2 are great RPGs with a lot of charm to them
-Scurge is like a 3/4ths view metroid, and no that despite what you think is how it's spelled oddly.
-Drilldozer a fun game that seems to have gone totally unknown considering you can still find sealed copies.
-Shining Force a complete remake of a Sega Genesis title. It's solid but cases that either version are better can be made.

90% of anyone I've known with a GBA have no idea about these games, so they could be lesser known or my friends are just oblivious to awesome games.

 

[Dr.Panties]

I'm really surprised that no-one has mentioned the amazing Astro Boy: Omega Factor! Seriously, one of the best games that came out on the system, and still well worth your time today.

 

[TheJazzyH]

-Wario Land 4 is the first GBA game I played, as others here have.
-Pokemon Leaf Green was the first Pokemon game I ever played.
-Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones was also the first Fire Emblem game I played, although I never got to experience it until my brother got it as a 3DS ambassador download.
-Mario Golf: Advance Tour is the still the most entertaining sports game I've ever played, which makes me excited that a new Mario Golf game for the 3DS was announced.