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

[KingDrool]

Bardoly's right: Tactics is Final Fantasy in name only.

[TheClash603]

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is the best game in the series hands down, I suggest you give the game a try even if you are apprehensive.  It is a top 3 GBA game and the one with the most replay value.

[Digi.k]

oh regarding turn base strategy that reminds me..  Tactics Ogre - the knight of lodis

[Arkhan]

Fiuck this shit, Tales of Phantasia.

[soop]

FF Tactics made me want to throw my GBA. I loved the graphics but its boring and that judge system thing is the biggest load if bullshit ever.

Jesus, it's insane how much I agree with you.  I bought it on release, It had great reviews, and then I was like WTF is this boring board game shit where I have to do chores?

[GohanX]

I'll second Mario and Luigi! Also, if you have a flash cart, the English translation of Mother 3 is excellent.

[SignOfZeta]

FF Tactics made me want to throw my GBA. I loved the graphics but its boring and that judge system thing is the biggest load if bullshit ever.

Jesus, it's insane how much I agree with you.  I bought it on release, It had great reviews, and then I was like WTF is this boring board game shit where I have to do chores?

Don't get me wrong, I like strategy games, I've cleared at least a dozen Super Robot Wars and Sakura Wars games, as many as 6 times each, but FF Tactics Advance is just...work. I already have a job.

I'll second Mario and Luigi! Also, if you have a flash cart, the English translation of Mother 3 is excellent.

There is no better GBA game than Mother 3. Its so rad. I cleared it in Japanese, then bought a flash cart when the English patch came out and cleared it again. Since then my Flash cart stopped saving games and the other one I have...I'm too stupid to figure out how to use. If I can get either one of them working I'm totally going to beat it again, probably on the Gameboy Player.

[TheClash603]

The judge system in FF Tactics Advance is the reason I like it more than another other version.  It adds a degree of difficulty and can really make you change up your style if you were used to spamming certain abilities for example.  I always hear people complain about the judging, but I don't understand why.

Mother 3 is one of the games I have never played that I really want to, probably top 3 on that list.  I don't know how to do flash carts and the sort, sof if anyone can PM me an easy way to get the game on physical hardware I would love it.  I was late to the game and I missed the physical carts someone made up, but they all went for like $300 anyway, which is stupid.

[SignOfZeta]

You LIKE the judge system? Wow. That's the first time I've ever heard anyone say that.

The reason people hate it is because its completely nonsense. You spend all your money on a cool sword and then when you get to the next fight some trickster god shows up and tells you you can't use it for that mission. No reason AT ALL, you just can't use it. It's the most arbitrary bullshit I've seen from Square, and that's saying something considering how hard they work to introduce a ton of "systems" into every one of their million products.

[BlueBMW]

Advance Wars is fantastic!  Also, what about Warioland for GB?  That's a great one too!

[TheClash603]

You LIKE the judge system? Wow. That's the first time I've ever heard anyone say that.

The reason people hate it is because its completely nonsense. You spend all your money on a cool sword and then when you get to the next fight some trickster god shows up and tells you you can't use it for that mission. No reason AT ALL, you just can't use it. It's the most arbitrary bullshit I've seen from Square, and that's saying something considering how hard they work to introduce a ton of "systems" into every one of their million products.

That is why I love the system.  Spend all your time building a magic team and then you are told not to use a specific magic?  Then you are f*cked...  what the game makes you do is ensure you have a balanced squad that is able to overcome the rules of the match.

How ofter do you have a game where you build up a team to do a certain thing and then each battle going forth is the same, spamming the same moves?  FF Tactics Advance devised a genius system to overcome this inherent issue with all games of this nature.

[esteban]

You LIKE the judge system? Wow. That's the first time I've ever heard anyone say that.

The reason people hate it is because its completely nonsense. You spend all your money on a cool sword and then when you get to the next fight some trickster god shows up and tells you you can't use it for that mission. No reason AT ALL, you just can't use it. It's the most arbitrary bullshit I've seen from Square, and that's saying something considering how hard they work to introduce a ton of "systems" into every one of their million products.

That is why I love the system.  Spend all your time building a magic team and then you are told not to use a specific magic?  Then you are f*cked...  what the game makes you do is ensure you have a balanced squad that is able to overcome the rules of the match.

How ofter do you have a game where you build up a team to do a certain thing and then each battle going forth is the same, spamming the same moves?  FF Tactics Advance devised a genius system to overcome this inherent issue with all games of this nature.

Zeta, I have to say that Clash is making a good point: the reason folks don't like the JUDGE system is because it forces them to actually THINK and devise strategies when UNEXEPECTED (to some extent) events DISRUPT YOUR AUTO-PILOT. Too many folks (shall I call them "zombies"?) clamor for predictability and find comfort in brainless "strategies" that are anything but.  Heck, I am guilty of this as well. 

So, arbitrary conditions imposed on the player is one way to keep a person on his/her toes.

IN CONCLUSION: FF Tactics Advance is better than Pokemon Tactics.

[wildfruit]

zelda minish cap if its not already been said
slightly easy, slightly short but beautiful and fun

[KingDrool]

Yeah, Minish Cap is a good call. It's short, but might be perfect for a flight.

What did you end up getting?

[tpivette]

Fiuck this shit, Tales of Phantasia.

+1 for the mother f*cking Tales game!

Playing through Tales of Graces f right now, and I'm stuck on the goddamn parasite boss in the Rockgagong

Although I haven't played the GBA release (and the first Tales game that got released in the States), I'm sure its awesome, just like the rest of em