Favorite Gameboy Advance Games of Eclipsmon

I mean... come on! If you know me, you were surely predicted this game to show up. It's Megaman Zero 3! My favorite video game of all time, with only Celeste coming close to beating it for that title. The fact this masterpiece managed to exist despite the GBA's limitations shows that there is nothing gaming can't do when it comes to create amazing experiences. The game looks and sounds amazing. Despite the considerable focus on the gameplay, it still doesn't put story aside, and tells an amazing narrative. The top tier controls of the previous Megaman Zero games are back, and it's accompanied with some of the best level design in any games, as well an endless amount of customization and weapons to use. It's clear that one day I'll review this game in depth to tell you in detail why this game is so amazing, and it's almost as clear that it might be saved for a special occasion...

When you make a sequel to game or a movie, you often expect or at least, hope that it will be as good, if not better than the original. But then, it happens that a movie or game is so good that it is near impossible to do better than it. When it happens, you might sometime be disappointed, even if on its own, it is better than most movies or games you saw. And I would lie if I said this never happened to me before. In fact, a video game just like this is literally on this list later. But sometime you may get something like Kung Fu Panda 2, a sequel which despite the first movie being much better, didn't disappoint me in the slightest. In fact, I probably like Kung Fu Panda 2 more than any movie sequels ever made! Basically, Wario Land 4 for me is the Kung Fu Panda 2 of gaming. Like sure, Wario Land 3 is in my opinion better, and is in contention for the title of best game Nintendo has ever made, but never was I disappointed by the fact Wario Land 4 wasn't as good. This game is ...more

The Gameboy Advance had multiple remakes, and while the quality of those remakes varies a lot, it does have the remake that managed to turn my least favorite video game I've played, into one of my favorite games ever. And it is an amazing games for very similar reasons to why Super Metroid and Dread are amazing as well. Great level design with some great exploration, amazing controls, a great atmosphere, and of course, the sequence breaks that were added intentionally into the game to add an endless amout of depth. I do think Dread surpassed it, and Super Metroid is a very good opponent for the spot of second place in my ranking of favorite Metroid game, but if anything, it just shows how amazing the Metroid franchise is, when a game as masterfully made as Zero Mission is only the second or third best of its franchise.

Ok! Here we have the game which is the reason why I decided to make this list. At the moment I am writing this, I played the Klonoa Phantasy reverie series, which recently came out, and allowed me to discover the amazing classics that were Klonoa Door to Phantomile and Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil! I loved those games so much, that I decided to take a look at the 2 GBA platforming titles for Klonoa as well. And despite those handheld titles not being as well revered as the home console games, not only did I like Empire of Dreams a lot, and would say it was really close to be on the list, but more importantly, Klonoa 2 Dream Champ Tournament legit is my favorite entry in the Klonoa franchise right now! I am not kidding, and due to how many times the GBA ended up with some of my favorite video games of all time out of nowhere, I honestly kind of expected this to happen! The esthetics are pretty good for a GBA titles, and I like little details like moos getting different outfit depending of ...more

I will say, I am not the biggest fan of the other Castlevania GBA games, but Aria of Sorrow is such an amazing game, and my personal favorite Castlevania game right now! Amazing visual, and a great soundtrack! The story is quite compelling, with Soma Cruz probably being my favorite protagonist in all of gaming! Should I mention how cool it is that this game takes place in 2035, which at the time the game came out, as well as right now, was the future. Like when you think of Castlevania, you usually think of older times, but this game is like "Castlevania isn't just that, so we are going to play with your expectations!" And the level design is excellent for a Metroidvania, and there are so many weapons to experiment with. I love getting to use a big ass sword bigger than me by the end of the game. It's really fun! Honestly, if it wasn't for quite big issues of this game, it could have been one of, if not my favorite video game of all time! Sadly, it isn't, but it's still such an ...more

Am I disapointed that this game isn't nearly as good as Megaman Zero 3? Yes! Do I dislike this game? Hell nah! It still has the big strenghts of the Megaman Zero franchise, like great visuals, music, and controls. The level design and bosses are generally great. The experimentation isn't nearly as good as Zero 3, but is still decent on that front. But the best part of that game, is that it has the best story of any Megaman games ever made. It's the first game that actually does something constructive about the relation between humans and reploids for its story, the characters are nice, and being the grand finale of the Zero saga, it has many great emotional moments, and the ending of that game is one of my favorite moments in game history. It could have been way better, but I still love it.

This is the first game of the Mario and Luigi game, and what a great way to start off! We already great cartoony visuals, and a great soundtrack. The story is refreshing for letting the plumbers explore a kingdom that isn't the mushroom kingdom, and is overall hilarious. The battle system, while getting better in later entries, including its remake, it is still an amazing battle system, with some great bosses to help. Even the exploration of the overworld is great! But the best thing about this game, is that it introduced the absolutely goated character that is Popple. The greatest Nintendo character has ever made, see?! So yeah, nice game!

Now, this Metroid game is more linear than Zero Mission, and therefore allows for less sequence breaks, which for me is almost enough to make it worse, on top of other aspects. However, it is still an amazing game for the Metroid franchise! The kind of ambiance this game is able to do, most notably with the SA-X, is legendary, and the story is quite creepy as well. And as a result of being more linear, it is one of the more challenging games in the franchise, which does give it some value. Props for this game for being the point where the Metroid franchise started to have really amazing controls by the way!

I am not the biggest Zelda fan, but Zelda the Minish Cap certainly is a very solid Zelda game! Cool exploration, cool dungeons, cool bosses, some cool items, cool visuals, and even a cool soundtrack. The story could have been better, but it's far from bad too. Nothing else to say really, it is just a really good Zelda game. Go check my review of it if you want more in depth thoughts!