I need a GBA recommendation for a flight I'm taking

[bob]

I am going to be doing quite a bit of travelling over the next month for work.
Cincinnati to Jacksonville to Boston to Salt Lake City to Dallas to Providence.

I would like to get a hold of a GBA RPG that will keep me busy for a while.  I don't want anything too involved, and I currently have Zelda LttP and Lunar Legends.
So obviously not those.  I would prefer something with turn based battles and not a head bashing grind.  Nothing in the Final Fantasy line, preferably.
(Damn, I wish there was a Cosmic Fantasy for GBA)
Anybody have a good suggestion?  I will probably need to turn to Ebay if I want to get it in time.

thanks

[Tatsujin]

i have read "I need a GBA recommendation for a fight I'm taking".  lol

[Duo_R]

Dude use a Turbo Express much better for a fight! J/k

So Golden Sun perhaps?

[bob]

Dude use a Turbo Express much better for a fight! J/k

So Golden Sun perhaps?

hmmm...not familiar with it.

[KingDrool]

Yeah, Golden Sun's a great suggestion. And I know you said no Final Fantasy, but Tactics Advance is awesome.

This is a great resource for recommendations as well:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=316510

[soop]

Had I been eating cereal when I read you weren't familiar with Golden Sun, I would have spat it out.

Both of the GBA versions have to be in my top 10 games.

I was gonna suggest Advance Wars, which is great, but yeah, you should get Golden Sun immediately.  Start with the first game, then buy the second to continue the story.

[Duo_R]

I never finished it....part of my long list of backlogs.

[SignOfZeta]

If you haven't played Advanced Wars 1, do that. Its not an RPG exactly, but IMO its probably one of the top 5 games Nintendo has ever released. Its nearly perfect.

[bob]

Yeah, Golden Sun's a great suggestion. And I know you said no Final Fantasy, but Tactics Advance is awesome.

This is a great resource for recommendations as well:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=316510

Are FF Tactics and Advance Wars more of an RTS type game?

[Duo_R]

You havent played tactics? HOLY MOTHER......

[bob]

HAHA.  I don't have many GBA games, and most of them have been pretty much "arcadey" type games.

[jeffhlewis]

Play:
-Any of the Castlevania games (they're all amazing - Aria of Sorrow is damn near as good as Symphony)
-Advance Wars
-Golden Sun

Do not play:
-Sword of Mana: will make you want to kill yourself
-Tactics Ogre: see above...sorry, this game bored me to death from the get-go
-Lunar Legend: takes the original lunar storyline, takes a shit on it and generally is a horrible game

[bob]

looks like I'm going to have to look up some YouTube game play of Advance Wars.  
I just don't want any RTS games.  I seem to bore of them quickly (except Military Madness of course!).  I am generally looking for a game with good pace.
Not to say either of these traits describe Advance Wars since I don't know anything about it.  So I could be way off.

Jeff:  I noticed the same thing about Lunar Legend, I had high hopes for it, but....  

[KingDrool]

Both FF Tactics and Advance Wars are turn-based strategy games. Both are awesome.

Jeff's right: stay away from Lunar Legends. Awful.

Golden Sun, man. Golden Sun.

EDIT: You may want to consider Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga as well. You mentioned a quick pace, and this one has it. I loved this game.

[jperryss]

-Any of the Castlevania games (they're all amazing - Aria of Sorrow is damn near as good as Symphony)

Another vote for the three Castlevania games, but Aria far outshines the first two IMO.