In my opinion the GBA is the best handheld of all time.

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Same here, such a great console!

@PikaLink91

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@gabochip4703

Жыл бұрын

I think the same

@sunekoo

Жыл бұрын

Without a doubt. I got a replacement IPS screen in mine and still play it every day on the commute to work

@wavefile1674

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is. Followed by ds, then ps vita.

It never ceases to amaze me how the GBA had so many great games in such a short lifespam

@ikagura

Жыл бұрын

Like the Sega Saturn haha.

@supermonk3y07

Жыл бұрын

​@@ikagura dreamcast too

I actually really like Dynasty Warriors Advance for what it is. Simple, mindless fun. Feels like an old school version of the series from a parallel universe, where it started on SNES.

Super Dodgeball Advance was one of my favorite games for this system. It was also one of my favorites for the NES.

@user-jq4fz6co8b

Ай бұрын

Dude, that game was an ADDICTION. I remember a friend letting me borrow it, must've been about 16, and I straight up told him "youre not getting this back man!"

YEEES! Thanks for giving Oriental Blue: Ao no Tengai a spot in the video! For me, it's one of the most underrated RPGs of the GBA, I've been having a BLAST playing it, and it's truly a shame games of this quality never came to the west... You should maybe consider making a video for japanese exclusive gba games (or well, it'll be cool to see a video of this kind for any console as well), because SERIOUSLY, there's a lot of great quality games we never got to play due to market and language barriers...

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good idea for the JAP GBA video, will get it in the works!

@Alquirot_94

Жыл бұрын

​@@thatvideogamesshow Just in case you needed some games for the video, I can recommend you to check out: Slime Morimori Dragon Quest: Shōgeki no Shippo Dan Bomberman Jetters - Densetsu no Bomberman Custom Robo GX Duel Masters 3 Hagane no Renkinjutsushi - Meisou no Rondo & Omoide no Sonata Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed Destiny Magical Houshin Super Robot Taisen J (I think this one would fit better in a Graphically Impressive video, since it's probably one of the best looking GBA games ever made) Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 & 3 Zoids Saga - Fuzors Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 3 (Stone of Beginnings) Boktai 3 (Sabata's Counterattack) Kururin Paradise DigiCommunication 2 To be honest, I don't remember if any of these games have already appeared in a previous GBA video you've made, but this is all the "high quality" japanese exclusive GBA games I can think of right now. Hope this helps with the research!

@lucasperrella9280

Жыл бұрын

Do you play on Rom/emulator or is there a way to play a cartridge in English?

@Alquirot_94

Жыл бұрын

​@@lucasperrella9280 Well, I normally play using emulators, such as mGBA, but as far as I know, you can also play GBA ROMs on real hardware by using flashcarts (Such as the EZ Flash Omega series) and inserting the games you want in it through an SD card. If what you want is to play a Japanese exclusive GBA game with an english patch (that would be the case for Oriental Blue, for example), you first have to patch your copy of the game in your computer (or phone idk), then insert the patched copy on your SD card, and finally put the SD on your flashcart and boot your GBA. Hope this helps!

The game i played the most from the gba library was fire pro wrestling 2. The level of customization was insane

Oriental Blue is really massive. I played it to death over the years, and even then i just saw things in the video that i haven't seen yet in the game.

I really wish Dokapon as a series got more love and even a remaster! It deserves it. Thank you for bringing Oriental Blue to my attention. I nearly always learn something new watching your videos! 🎮

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Same here man, deserved way more attention!

@LittleFlame23

Жыл бұрын

Man I seriously loved Dokapon Kingdom & Dokapon Journey

@gamerplayer8882

Жыл бұрын

The remaster of Dokapon Kingdom is coming out pretty soon, but it doesn't exactly play like standalone dokapon at all

My twin brother and I love your videos, especially about the ones about our manias, the Wii, and the gba, ds,and 3ds. You get us more attached to those systems as well as interested in new games. Thank you. And if you'd like, do more on those systems. 👍

You've turned me onto so many gems, bud.

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Glad the videos have helped out man 🙂

Of all the complete romsets and 3000+ physical games and books/magazines/KZread vid, I feel like I've seen and heard every "non sport/child shovelware" game out there, imports included. Kinda depressing cuz very few discoveries or surprises anymore, but you manage to find some decent or better games that TRULY "nobody else talks about" Dokapon, Oriental Blue, and Shaman King on GBA I never came across! Thanks again for another great vid!

Oriental Blue seems like a hidden gem!

Surprised I've never heard of Shaman King before, it looks interesting! Just found your channel, and I have more games added to my backlog and I don't think I'll be stopping soon. Thank you for making these videos.

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching them man 🙂

@girloninternet1188

Жыл бұрын

There are two Shaman King games in that style. They're basically Castlevania (made by Konami, after all) with Shaman King's characters.

@bobmcbob4399

Жыл бұрын

@@girloninternet1188 I really like the 3 x DS Castlevanias, so was interested in firing up the mini snes to play Shaman King 1 and 2. For 1 it is very much a map interconnected by linear (as in straight line) levels which you may or may not be able to cross with your current abilities which you pick up - I found it very tedious. For 2, I got through the into interconnected bits up to the first boss, but found it too similar to 1 at that point and dropped it. I have never played Castlevania 1-4, so perhaps it may resemble that. I like the metroidvania style which was born from "Castlevania - Symphony of the Night" on the PS1, but these Shaman games are not that. For metroidvania fans, I wouldn't bother with these Shaman licensed games as they lack too many features of metroidvania to be considered one.

Your videos are amazing, please never stop making them! ✌🏼😁🎮

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Fabio. Plenty more on the way! 🙂

Another incredible video! Really appreciate the content you put out :)

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton!

In all my years upon years of emulating hundreds of gba games I gotta say I've never heard of Oriental Blue before! Looks so interesting too

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Such a great little RPG!

@Sherkel

Жыл бұрын

Play it, best RPG of all time IMO and I've played all the essentials from SNES to Switch.

@drazenpoduje6168

Жыл бұрын

I started playing it some weeks ago and it is amazing! You should totally try it

Oriental Blue sounds really cool! I might try playing it side by side with a friend sometime!

@Sherkel

Жыл бұрын

Screw the friend, play it now! You won't regret it!

@leviskata

Жыл бұрын

love how omori looks kinda like this

Great list! Love finding out some new GBA games to try. Oriental Blue is a must grab now. Thank you so much for all the videos!

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@zacharyrollick6169

Жыл бұрын

You can buy a physical cartridge of the English version pretty easily these days.

@lucasperrella9280

Жыл бұрын

@@zacharyrollick6169 is it a translated rom on a cartridge or is there an official English version?

@rottencorpsexxx

Жыл бұрын

@@lucasperrella9280 it's a Japan exlusive, English version is a fan translated rom

I was actually thinking about your vids earlier today for some reason (probably because I'm fresh outta games to play right now really bored because of it, idk), nice to know I manifested a new vid! Dual Blades looks so cool though! On my list to try someday. And **100%** agreed on Wade Hixton's Counter Punch! Beat that in one sitting years ago, really cool game. Might play it again one day. Also, congrats on almost 100k subs!

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks for watching man, glad you found something new to try out! Dual Blades is well worth it!

Time stamps should really be standard for all videos.

Oriental Blue is so damn good. Gameplay-wise it's even better than Far East of Eden Zero on the SFC but not quite as pretty. It's definitely worth the $30 or whatever to get a nice translated repro

Thank you for another great list, TVGS!

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it AJ!

The thing I love about this channel is the Mega Man Star Force music in the background.

Your channel is a gem! Just subscribed!

@thatvideogamesshow

2 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

That dynasty warriors game looks more fun than I thought

Never heard of Oriental Blue before this point, and now I might need to check it out cause it looks and sounds *really* cool. Lol.

Jurassic Park III: Park Builder is also an amazing park sim game for the GBA with lots of options and replayability that no one talks about.

I appreciate your interesting and entertaining videos 👍

Dual Blades is such a Hidden Gem

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

I’ll second that!

Some actually interesting ones in here; good job.

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Glad you found something new!

More GBA videos please!!!

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

More in the works 🙂

That's why I love the Gameboy advance, so many games to choose from... Oriental blue looks interesting....

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Even after all these years, still finding new games for it!

@evilblader7

Жыл бұрын

@@thatvideogamesshow SNES as well...

-shaman king master of spirits 2 -dual blades -gradius galaxies -shonen jump's one piece -super dodgeball advance -egg mania -oriental blue

Love the content I will be investigating a few of these!

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, glad you found something new!

@MyBrothersKeeper101

Жыл бұрын

@@thatvideogamesshow Thank you for doing all the footwork and making it very easy for us!

I'm posting this here because it's the most recent video, but i already watched 5 of those videos and even when i though i knew most if not all interesting games of a platform, you manage to find a lot of them that i never heard about ! Whoa ! Like here Oriental Blue or Infested on the PSP or Kronos Twin on DS. I'm REALLY surprised because the very clean aspect of the chain would have me believe that you would talk only about more known hidden gem like uh Umihara Kawase on PSP, Yggdra Union on GBA or Okamiden on DS. ( and i didn't took the worst ones... Sometime, Disgaea is considered like unknown ! ) You talk about that kind of more known hidden gem too of course ! But since you don't shy from licensed game like me, you often find really surprisingly interesting game like this shaman King In five words : Thank you for the video !

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this comment 🙂

Great video! Do you have the name of the background track starting @ 0:15? I think a label affixed to the video showing the name of the track you're playing in the background would be cool. Thanks!

Lately been getting on some GBA games since ive missed out on this era back then

I spent so much time with Super Dodgeball Advance back in the day.

Another great video thanks!

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Dual Blades might look alright if those animations got polished up, but as it stands it looks very beta. The frame timings, the way some attacks are drawn and the lacking frame count are all needing some work. Even the individual frames look uncleaned from their drawings. I'm sure it's fun, but I don't think I could stand looking at it for long myself. Animations are very important in fighting games for reading your opponents moves.

The gba has some gems and I need to check some of these out

Thank you! I've been trying to remember the name of Dokapon Monster Hunter for years! Could only remember that it started with a D. Great video!

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Glad the video helped out! 🙂

I stumbled upon One Piece at one of my local street stalls. Got charged a small fortune. But when I got hurt and stuck in the hospital, it really helped to kill time--while the battery lasted.

Amazing thank you

love the megaman starforce music !!

Wow, that Sprice Design in Oriental Blue is awsome.

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Such a great looking game!

I remember Counterpunch was originally gonna be called "Suckerpunch", but the game studio with the same name kinda put a stop to that

I didn't know about that one piece game. That's some hidden gem.

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Well worth giving it a go!

ever play Summon Night: Swordcraft Story. probably my favorite GBA game as the game can be totally different feeling depending on what summon you play the game with. Theres a pink haired girl which would be the romance senario but theres also bromances which makes you get all hyped up. fun game ^_^

Why does the Shaman King game on the Gameboy Advance reminds me of Castlevania so much?

I miss the GBA times

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Same here!

I’ve never heard of any of these. How do you keep doing this?! 😂

THE BEST CHANNEL

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

What's the song that starts at 6:40 ???

Metroid Fusion

YES I LOVED EGG MANIA GROWING UP SO MANY MEMORIES HAHAHAHAH

It sure is nice that English translated copies of Japan only games are on the market.

One Piece is a classic and Oriental Blue looks fun.

I got one for you. I have played almost all gba games, because thats all my PC run in that time. So take a look at Flame of Recca. For me, the best fighting game in gba. Connecting combos with one or two specials, The game is GREAT.

you should try medabots and battle bdaman

Super Dodgeball is legit fun, I have a playthrough on my channel.

I love Oriental Blue

I have a (ahem) "Emulation Handheld", but i must say, the GBA has really surprised me. It's really a pocket SNES!

DUAL BLADES has a mobile port called Dual Souls its pretty good and has online multiplayer support

How have I never heard of Wade Hixton?

What game is this song from at 3:11

That shaman king is not castlevania. That's megaman...

Megaman star force ost in the first game.

5:44 Its that Snoop Dogg?? 😄😄

Looks like I have to buy a game boy advance

Ima going back for shamon king ion this game existed

GBA One Piece might just be the best One Piece game there is, unless the RPG one that came out recently is that good.

Dokapon foi um dos primeiros jogos do gba que terminei

Here we go GBA game market about to skyrocket lol

I'm gonna make a game called Dinesty Heros just to confuse the brits from hell and back on it's pronunciation lol

Good vídeo

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Zak & Wiki background music. Oh yea.

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Such a great soundtrack!

Music in first game

All I did was play mmbn 1, 2 and 3 religiously.

Timestamps would be nice.

Oriental Blue... did know about this one, I will download the rom for free asap...

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

Thank you emulation

Be ready for a list of gba games everybody talks about

Esse Oriental Blue é uma cópia de Phantasy Star danada. 😂

As always, looking to see what of these "games nobody talks about" I happen to own or alternatively, which ones I wish to own. 4:09 - I recall Dokapon Monster Hunter; I remember reading about it strangely enough in a Pokémon magazine (the whole monster collecting aspect might be why) I collected at the time. I had my eye out for it, along with a few other GBA games the magazine mentioned, but never did stumble across it. 5:30 - I recall the odd magazine and video mentioning Wade Hixton's Counter Punch as an underrated gem on the GBA. It certainly looks gorgeous. Quite a detailed description of the game here. 11:50 - Eggo Mania; my younger brother adored this game. We have it on PS2; didn't realise it came out on the GBA as well. Such a fun game (no idea why all the characters are eggs but it is a charming look). 14:58 - Oriental Blue's non-scripted boss encounters sounds like a lot of fun. I do wonder how that quite works story-wise though, as whilst I could see it in a more friendly competition game like Pokémon (other trainers usually aren't trying to cause you harm; it's a competition), here it looks more typical JRPG save the world affair.

@Sherkel

Жыл бұрын

Some bosses you have to beat, some you don't, and some have branching paths for if you win or lose. Only way to find out: play it!!

Biggest issue with gba games is that it's hard at a glance to tell if they're fake or not. I got a few fake cartridges and some of them work fine but warioland 4 and final fantasy VI can't save😢

@rottencorpsexxx

Жыл бұрын

A few tips. Carts that won't save may need a battery changed, doesn't always mean they're fake. I little trick I always use to spot if the game is fake or real: always look very closely at the label on a cart (sticker). Sellers 99% of the time provide a photo of the cart be it CIB or loose game. There always should be a random 2-digit number barely visible indented into it. Very hard to see sometimes due to light but if it's there it's a legit card. Fakes never have indented number on labels.

Shaman King was da shiiiiit!!! 😎

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Only tried it out recently and it blew me away!

@PikaLink91

Жыл бұрын

@@thatvideogamesshow The game is a solid Castlevania clone as you describe, but the anime was amazing! The Danish dub was a big part of my childhood! Recently got a remake as well.

What's the game in the thumbnail?

@drazenpoduje6168

Жыл бұрын

It's Oriental Blue: Ao no Tengai

theres a reason no one talks about that one piece game

Tomb Raider: The Prophecy?

Did you just say Shaman King is around 40 hours?! I don't think there's a single side scrolling game that's 40 hours long including Shaman King.

@mattia1026

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, far closer to 1/10 of that.

GBA Games More Talked About then gaming on a mac #1

@thatvideogamesshow

Жыл бұрын

Haha next video will be on the Mac 😏😅

@churchofbacon-db2xu

Жыл бұрын

@@thatvideogamesshow you wouldnt dare lol

Golden sun? Anyone?

If I'm being reali feel there's a reason nobody is discussing these

Wonder why they used a made up name for that boxing game. Who would want to buy a game with a fake boxer or even worse one so bad no one has ever heard of him.

Some of these games were never released outside Japan and most of the others I've heard of, they just aren't any good.

If only octopath traveller was created during the GBA era. That would be the greatest game in GBA.

@Sherkel

Жыл бұрын

You won't even care that either of the Octopath games exist once you play Oriental Blue.

@PeruvianPotato

9 ай бұрын

Yeah.... no

I don't remember Oriental Blue being in English, so you must be playing a ROM hack and it makes. It a bit misleading for this video.

i dont like how in the boxing game one of the matches has you fighting a woman

@mattalan6618

6 ай бұрын

@@JonasRosenven PEOPLE LIKE YOU PROBABLY BEAT THEIR WIVES/GIRLFRIENDS AS WELL

Timestamps bruh