I was given a copy of Azure Dreams for the Gameboy Color, this thing had no picture on the cartridge anymore and was a piece of paper with the word Azure Dreams written on it. I remember playing the absolute shit out of that game. I still have it, but haven’t played it in decades.
I have been playing Motocross Maniacs off and on for 30 years or so. Back when we had a magazine rack in the bathroom we eventually just left the Game Boy sitting in there.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. I prefer it to the sequels on the DS.
Advance wars, I just picked up the reboot for the switch
Apart from Zelda and Pokemon: Castlevania, Metroid, Fire Emblem
If we are talking about the original Game Boy
Gargoyle's Quest and WarioLand
Does GBA count? Cause FF Tactics Advanced games were awesome.
Golden Sun and its sequel, Golden Sun: The Lost Age. Easily my two GBA favourites.
Gunstar Super Heroes. Yeah, Gunstar Heroes had a full on sequel on the GBA and only like 10 people bought it. It's fantastic too.
Shantae. Metroidvania-esque. It's hard as nails. View distance is pretty short. But it's got a lot of cool stuff in it. While it technically has GBA features, it's a GBC cart and works just fine on a good ol' grey Gameboy.
The dungeons are pretty well designed, and I love the fact that while you're exploring there's even a day/night cycle changing things up. Also, love the music in this game.
That strange Lord of the Rings turn based strategy game.
Sonic Advance for Gameboy Advance...
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.
Trailer, Bit of Gameplay... Funny thing is they announced their 24th instalment in the series this year for the Nintendo Switch:
Kirby's block ball was a great Gameboy game. I remember one I liked a lot called lock n' chase, name could be wrong but I'm sure it's close
Mole Mania is pretty fun. And Gameboy donkey Kong is pretty fun, and it's way more than just an arcade port. It's has way more levels and the format is different. It also has a pretty fun move set.
Metroid 2, because there's a reason there have been so many fanmade remakes of it...
But I also dug Ultima Runes of Virtue 2... If you ignore the canon. Superior to the SNES version IMO.
Mysterium was also nifty.
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age for GBA, I had so much fun playing hotseat with my friends.
Honourable mentions for: Tetris, Battlebots and The March of Penguins.
Here's a short list of my favorites:
EDIT: ... I misread the post. Updated to show only Gameboy games. *facepalm
I loved kid Icarus. Played the shit out of the game when I was a kid. That a Kirby's Dreamland were my two favorites that I can recall right now.
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets (GBC). I'm convinced it's what got me into JRPGs because of the similarities, despite being a western game. It was localized to my language (Swedish) which was not the case for most games (like pokemon), so young me could actually understand what was going on for once. I really like the art in it too.
If we're allowed GBA then Zelda Minish Cap or Lego Star Wars.
Fire Emblem 7 a.k.a The Blazing Sword
Pocket Bomberman (GBC), Wario Land (GB), Wario Land II (GBC), Bubble Bobble Old and New (GBA), Donkey Kong '94 (GB), Kirby's Dream Land and Kirby's Dream Land 2 (GB), Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland (GBA), Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (GBA), Dr. Mario (GB), Tetris (GB), and Tetris DX (GBC), Mario's Picross (GB).
Been playing road rash (GBC) and its nice
Kirby games are nice too
The GBA castlevania games own
I bought the various flavors of Gameboy just to play the slew of those games.
The Urbz: Sims in the City for the GBA (and also the DS).
This is such a hidden gem on the GBA and my favorite GBA game I had. Had great music as well!
My favourite GBA game was Metroid Fusion, I wish I still knew where it was
If you own a Switch, it's playable on the GBA app with a Nintendo Switch Online membership.
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