Top Ten Must Have GBA RPGs 

Golden Sun is still amongst my favorite games of all time

I emailed Working Designs back when Lunar Legend was announced to ask if they were going to be localizing it. They responded that they had no interest in localizing an inferior version of a game they'd already done lmao. But they hinted that someone else was probably going to do it.

Golden Sun and GS the Lost Age are simply amazing. Likable characters, great story with high stakes and of course the battle system with an impressive array of magic and summons ughhh just...chefs kiss*

GBA had a lot of great RPGs...it's still my favorite handheld to this day.

Golden sun would've been #1 on my list too played it as a kid thinking how much of a sleeper it was then still is now amazing story amazing game!!!

ahh that tekken 2 intro music

Golden Sun, my first gba game! its amazing how much they put in that small cartridge and how far they pushed the gba limits. The music and summons are what kept me hooked! I still have my original cartridge for it and the Lost Age!

The Game Boy Advance was packed full of astounding RPGs. I'm deeply saddened to see no Megaman Battle Network here. Saturday morning cartoon plot aside, the combat system really blows the competition out of the water.

I love the Tekken 2 theme there... don't know what that has to do with GBA RPGs, but my brain noticed it XD

FF6 advance is the best game i ever played i spent months playing it again and again

Great video man, thanks for all these recommendations! Can't wait to give them a try

Golden Sun is a great game. While many of us are in "the know" already, it probably would have been good to mention the "complete game" is actually 2-cartridges and sold as separate games "Golden Sun" and "Golden Sun: the Lost Age". If you have a GBA link cable and a second GBA (a GBA and a GameBoy player), you can import your completed game save from the first game to continue the story with all your items into the 2nd game. This is the only way to finish the 2nd game with a complete collection of djinn and unlock all the top djinn summons.

Nice to see Summon Night in here, definitely a game I got hooked on for a long time, don't forget Summon Night 2 as well a nice gem better than the first one I believe.

Remember sword of mana, having unique events that happens once in the story at certain time of the ingame day, if miss it, you can miss a lot of cool items, and summom knights is a very recommendef trilogy

This is a really good playlist I played most of everything you named before watching the video of course I love RPGs.

Golden Sun is in my top 5 RPGs of all time. I just replayed it this year and it still holds up

No shortage of good RPGs on the GBA! Easily enough for a part 2.

So awesome to see one of my top favs as No.1.. I love that game even 15+ yrs later hehe

Sakimi-Chan good stuff 👌 Btw FE7&8, Legend of Zelda Minish Cap, Sword of Mana, Sword Craftstory 2 is few GBA games that I've played and actually loved. Summon Night 5 on PSP is quite marvelous as well, give it a try if you haven't.

Golden Sun and its sequel are simply amazing! Absolutely must plays!

summon nigth is great, even when in a simple minded setting, kept worldbuilding and humor ,with a simple yet intuitive and satisfacting gameplay, i still love the characters, and world of the game

Ok this is weird, I have 7/10 of these games and most of them boxed... and I only have 10 gba games xD Sadly only have the box for Fire Emblem, but its nice for the shelf. Great list as always

I bought Golden Sun: The Lost Age a while back; complete in box. Had an overworld poster and everything.

I love your videos, and this was no exception. I've found some great titles to try, and can agree with you on others I've played, such as Golden Sun and Final Fantasy 6. I can also recommend 1-5 very strongly. 1 and 5 were my favourite, with 4 coming in close after. I actually played 3 on the DS, so can't say about that's but expect it's great. 1 in particular is still the incredibly fun original game but with SNES/GBA quality visuals like the rest.

Mother 3 is my favorite game all time led alone rpg.

I'd definitely include Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.

RPGs are the best!! Another sweet list man 👍

Awesome list as always 👏❤

Ah, that 8-bit BGM. Such a nostalgic

I love your T2 music intro use lol

Dunno if they count ! But Dragonball Z legacy of goku 1&2 & Buu's fury are must have games on the GBA

Great list, but I would of probably included breath of fire 1 & 2

Wow this is really a good list! ❤️

thx for the quality content keep up the good work can u do console or pc games that got ported to mobile?

Great list

There's a few odd titles on this list but for the most part not a bad list. At least Golden Sun was your #1 pick and for that I tip my hat to you. Golden Sun one of the best RPGs/JRPGS of the entire GBA Library.

i was searching for games like this to play :D

Tactics ogre is amazing. You should out that on part 2 if you ever make one

The Image quality and framerate on this video are very nice. Do you have a guide on the best video settings for emulators?

I'd put Pokémon FRLG over RSE, but anyway nice list.

Summon night was really good i remember completing the game 6 times

Everything about golden sun is amazing...

I like this channels style

man I love Riviera. One of the best i've played

I still remember the superstar saga. I never could finish it. Sight i'mma go play it now

Mother series in gba are awesome

Wow i remember playing the first game mentioned on the PSP, didn't even know there was a GBA version

Im gonna check Lunar Legends the graphics looks dope

Finally, The game that I have been looking for lunar legend ❤

Interesting list though I prefe.r Sword Craft 2 to the original personally

Ahhhhh yes summon night:swordcraft story is here one of my favs

Great game selection, and Pokemon

Had to make sure Golden Sun was #1!

Dude believe me when I say the first game he has on the list is the exact game I came here searching to find because I forgot the name of it its like 2 am man ur God sent

When it comes to Riviera I prefer the PSP version due to it being fully voice acted

Golden Sun in first place. I see you are a man if culture.

Thank God, I find game Golden Sun so many along time.

Currently playing through Golden Sun on my SP for the first time ever. The tiny screen sure is a challenge but I'm enjoying myself nonetheless.

Golden Sun's combat system still boggles my mind, not only because of the Djinns but also because of the visuals, that is some SNES Super FX level shit that I had never seen before as a kid, the camera changes, and the sprites acting acordingly, the cinematics of the summons, man that was a blast.

I am so lucky i can enjoy these games, even with old graphics.

I would like to mention Super Robot Wars and a related game to it, Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars.

Played most of these gems 😍

I can’t believe Mother 3 didn’t make it on here, although being fan translated I guess might have something to do with it. Same goes for Mother 1+2.

The first few Megaman battle network games were really good and are technically rpg's.

Minish Cap is nice too especially since it's an exclusive.

I'm potentially unreasonably upset that you said that Peach was kidnapped in Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga. The joke for the game was that instead of her getting kidnapped her voice was and replaced with an explosive language. Bowser teams up with Mario since if he kidnapped Peach her voice would blow up his castle.

I played so many Fire Emblem games at this point I've lost count and they never ever get old or boring

Ofc the GS series is best! You can use weapon and different magics like there are so many spells with different elements and talking about elements the suspense they created for a journey to discover power of alchemy and the elementals the djinns with special powers and there is summons! So cool, concept of psynergy, guardians of summon tablets the lighthouses for each element, main quest, sub quest and the puzzles just amazing and then there is storyline, the start with Isaac as a kid in a storm in his lil quest and town folks levitating a mighty boulder with their psychic energy or psynergy just epic!! Just that prologue made my heart go 77 lightyears per nanosecond, the joy build up is super amazing... did I get all the things, NO! we can craft with super cool forgeable items and there are many crazy hard epic boss battles, THE ANIMATION! the 2d-3d style touch in battles with many POVs and the arena battle with clever maneuver to finish it plus the secret crossbone island and special cursed gear and the music! how can I forget about that its mind blowing! I can listen it for actual ten hours a day, This game was really ahead of its time! If someone haven't played this gba rpg masterpiece then they are missing alot! The journey might be ended so soon but the Sun will rise again I just know it T_T

If only Nintendo Localized Mother 3

Onimusha tactics is also great

I saw your link for twitch on the video. Why did you stop streaming on there?

Good list. Now where I put my old sliver gameboy?

Did you say the first one uses scripted and predetermined Battles instead of random encounters?! BOY I've always dreamed on an rpg with only scripted battles!

I would like to add the srw original generation games to the list too

I too like golden sun but sometimes breath of fire II will do just as well.

It should be noted that the Sword of Mana video is not representing the "upgraded graphics" - That is a shader that has been applied to an emulation.

I read Some of the comments and GOLDEN SUN is the best duology rpg game ever with the djinns combination, likable characters and different magics, combos and summons♥️♥️❗

I downloaded all of these games onto my phone 😊

I'm not sure if I would have gone with Sacred Stones or the first Fire Emblem on GBA. 🤔that's a very tough choice

Kinda bummed there wasn’t an honorable mentions for ‘Megaman Battle Network 3 Blue/White’ Sure two diff BN’s came before, but the 3x3 grid style, collectible battlechip system in real time is pretty damn good.

All games very goods!

Magical Houshin is underrated

Lucina on thumbnail seems unfitting because she's not in any GBA Fire Emblem games unless you count romhacks

Watching this after getting a miyoo for Christmas

I love sword craft story!

Golden Sun 1 and 2 were so amazing. And Lunar Legend was how I got into the Lunar Series

I am agree.Golden Sun is the best RPG

With the easy to use emulators out nowadays we are in rpg heaven

The best thing about Mario & Luigi is arguably less the battle system than the humour of the game. It was hilarious.

golden sun will always be my favorite jrpg game but after the DS release hearing that title just makes me feel sad

yggdra union, ff tactics advance etc

I played summon night man but they don't have translations for 3 so I am currently learning japanese

Funny how Lucina was introduced a decade after the gba. You totally didn’t use her for clickbait, especially considering the picture you used

Golden Sun should get a remake treatment

I'd say Lunar on the GBA is a must avoid on the GBA, its absolutely terrible. You'd have a far better experience emulating the Mega-CD version on your phone using touch controls than playing the GBA version on a GBA.

I love how every fucking video has bozongos

Good God, of course they're going to mention Pokemon. -rolls my eyes- Yeah, but I'll admit it: I grew up with the Pokemon franchise and played every single generation of the game. Lol, I don't know why this annoyed me this now. XD Kind of funny if you asked me.

Nobody talks about Oriental Blue, best RPG in GBA in terms of secrets, exploration and collection rare items ,characters, magics , paths, etc. You will need +80 hours of your life

I wonder, why wasn't Sigma Star Saga included in this list? It's a really interesting game for the GBA due to being a shmup/RPG hybrid. It's a great game with that distinct classic WayForward charm

On a side note I will say that I actually played Pokemon Emerald on a GBA Emulator for my PC back in 2007 for the first time. I went through the entire game, beat the Elite 4. But when I challenged them a SECOND TIME, yeah guess what happened? DATA CORRUPTED. CANNOT LOAD GAME. ..... BALLS!!!!!!!!! Man I hated that. I really loved that game too man.