what's your favorite Gameboy game that isn't Pokemon or Mario?
I've just rediscovered my childhood Gameboys, I grew up in the 90s and had an original, a color, an advance and an sp. My game collection has whittled down over the year to the usual suspects, Pokemons, Zelda's, Mario's and some other standards. But I want to dive into some games that 7 year old me would have brushed over. So what's your favorite game?
Runner up is Super Momotaro Dentetsu II. A game that makes zero sense if you can't read Japanese, but it is very hilarious if you can and are familiar with the culture. In a nutshell, take the absurd length and buying property element of Monopoly, then the bullshit luck-based elements from Mario Party, mix together with a healthy dose of recreational drugs, and you get this game.
Easily Dragon Warrior III. There was so much content and at the time there weren't abundant guides and spoilers, and to not spoil the next person I'll just say it's like Pokemon Gold and Silver in terms of content and surprises.
The only thing I disliked about Tactics Advance was I felt like they really cheaped out on Ritz's plot. I'm thinking maybe it comes off better in the context of a japanese culture where standing out like she does really IS culturally frowned upon, but it made very little sense to me in the west and I still feel like she got done dirty. Everyone else has a really good reason to stay, Doned doesn't have functional legs, and she's complaining about her hair.
Other than that one single thing, yeah, still one of the best games I've played. I've never seen a game tackle it from that angle before or since.
@NoHardshipInPancakes Link's Awakening is still my favorite game of all time. I got stuck on the second dungeon for literal years because I didn't put together that you had to defeat enemies in a specific order to get the boss key. That was way before the Internet had every answer to every question. 😋
You are not alone. Any time a thread brings that game up there's someone like us who got stuck there because that's literally the only dungeon in the entire franchise that requires you to defeat enemies in a specific way based on lore that isn't provided to you by the game. Not even in the manual does it say "This is a stalfos, this is a Pol's voice, this is a keese." I found out through an old NES Zelda manual, that does give names and pictures of the enemies - ten years after my initial romp through bottle grotto.
It was the first game I got when I was quite young, I played it every year and got little farther each time as my brain developed. I couldn't beat it until highschool!
I'm a pretty bad gamer, so some of these may be nostalgia but!
GB: Donkey Kong Land 2, Kirby's Dream Land, and Tetris Attack
GBC: Survival Kids is the only one not a "Mario, Zelda, or Pokemon". (Check out Legend of Zelda, The: Oracle of Ages and Seasons if you never have. They are one of the best 2D Zelda IMHO. I love Link to the Past and even the sequal but Ages and Seasons hits different)
GBA: Advance Wars, you'd prob need to emulate this one but definitely Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand, the Breath of Fire remakes are really good, Lunar Legend, I liked Fusion better than Zero Mission, but they are both good. The Monster Rancher games are alright for handheld, Onimusha Tactics, Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis, and Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone (I also suggest The Minish Cap rofl).
This isn't exhaustive, just some ones I remembered loving. I also emulate, so I have no clue how easy it is to find them physically.
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