GBA or DS? Which had the better games?

Was thinking this the other day, the GBA was prety much the height of the Game Boy line and actually had a lot of good games instead of like, 3 or so hehe, well in comparison anyway. The DS, while the two screen think was new and it had better graphics, I believe the GBA was the better system. I think the Game Boy line, which was slowly loosing a lot of ground after the GBC into the GBA, was coming back with the GBA where there was great first and third party support and great games as well as some good ports. The DS games just lacked any real original gameplay, or when they did, seemed like either thee was no effort put in, or gameplay became stale. See the two DS Zelda games for example. (Then again, minish Cap was pretty bad too however...) Which did you find better?Containmomentum

Hmmm...they both have awesome libraries,tbh.

I'd take the GBA library over the DS library. But both do have pretty good libraries.

I was never a huge GBA guy, but I've never been a huge handheld guy to be honest. However, I definitely like my DS more than I did my GBA, both are great though. Hey, is the DS technically retro since the 3DS came out? Your thoughts...

I was never a huge GBA guy, but I've never been a huge handheld guy to be honest. However, I definitely like my DS more than I did my GBA, both are great though. Hey, is the DS technically retro since the 3DS came out? Your thoughts...

Shenmue_Jehuty

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I was never a huge GBA guy, but I've never been a huge handheld guy to be honest. However, I definitely like my DS more than I did my GBA, both are great though. Hey, is the DS technically retro since the 3DS came out? Your thoughts...

Dudersaper

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I was never a huge GBA guy, but I've never been a huge handheld guy to be honest. However, I definitely like my DS more than I did my GBA, both are great though. Hey, is the DS technically retro since the 3DS came out? Your thoughts...

ModeDude

DS has the Ace Attorney series so it wins by default

GBA. Both the DS and GBA had great libraries, but a lot of third-party DS games weren't all that enjoyable and first-party games were pretty much the bulk of the good ones. The GBA slot was also one of the DS's selling factors. The GBA had plenty of awesome games including DEMIKIDS :D and the Pokemon GBA games were the best around.Spinnerweb

Both have excellent libraires; I can't say for sure.

I own a DS Lite, so BOTH are great, to me.

:lol:

I actually enjoyed my GBA more than my DS, even though I have more DS games than GBA games. I had more time to dive into games during the GBA era. Nowadays I would be lucky to even get a day off.

[QUOTE="Spinnerweb"]GBA. Both the DS and GBA had great libraries, but a lot of third-party DS games weren't all that enjoyable and first-party games were pretty much the bulk of the good ones. The GBA slot was also one of the DS's selling factors. The GBA had plenty of awesome games including DEMIKIDS :D and the Pokemon GBA games were the best around.Containmomentum

I like GBA. I think it is the best system period for 2D gaming. DS has a lot of cool stuff though and I honestly haven't played nearly as much for it but that is mostly because GBA games appeal to me more.

My Favorite GBA Games:

• Castlevania: Classic NES Series
• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
• Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
• Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
• Contra Advance: The Alien Wars
• Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2
• Doom 1 & 2
• Final Fight One
• The Legend of Zelda: Classic NES Series
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past: Four Swords Edition
• The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
• Mega Man Zero 1-3 (But DANG, are they hard!)
• Metal Slug Advance
• Metroid: Fusion
• Metroid: Zero Mission
• Pinball of the Dead
• Sonic Advance 1-3
• Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace
• Super Mario Advance 1, 2, & 4 (I never was a fan of Yoshi's Island, sorry)
• Super Mario Bros.: Classic NES Series
• Tony Hawk series
• Wolfenstein 3-D
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link: Classic NES Series

My Favorite NDS Games:

• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (I can't solve the slide puzzles in Dawn of Sorrow :( )
• Contra 4
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Spirits Tracks SUCKED!)
• Metal Slug 7
• Metroid Prime: Hunters
• Metroid Prime: Pinball
• New Super Mario Bros.
• Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
• Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
• Sonic Rush (I haven't played Colors yet, and even though Rush is good, I still think the Advance series is better)
• Super Scribblenauts (I still haven't played the original Scribblenauts, yet)

So GBA wins it by a wide margin, for me. It has a much larger library of personal favorite games of mine. Some fantastic portable ports of my some of my favorites cIassics, as well.

My Favorite GBA Games:

Castlevania: Classic NES SeriesCastlevania: Aria of SorrowCastlevania: Circle of the MoonCastlevania: Harmony of DissonanceContra Advance: The Alien WarsDonkey Kong Country 1 & 2Doom 1 & 2Final Fight OneThe Legend of Zelda: Classic NES SeriesThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past: Four Swords EditionThe Legend of Zelda: Minish CapMega Man Zero 1-3 (But DANG, are they hard!)Metal Slug AdvanceMetroid: FusionMetroid: Zero MissionPinball of the DeadSonic Advance 1-3Spider-Man: Mysterio's MenaceSuper Mario Advance 1, 2, & 4 (I never was a fan of Yoshi's Island, sorry)Super Mario Bros.: Classic NES SeriesTony Hawk seriesWolfenstein 3-DZelda II: The Adventure of Link: Classic NES Series

My Favorite NDS Games:

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (I can't solve the slide puzzles in Dawn of Sorrow :( )Contra 4The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Spirits Tracks SUCKED!)Metal Slug 7Metroid Prime: HuntersMetroid Prime: PinballNew Super Mario Bros.Ninja Gaiden: Dragon SwordResident Evil: Deadly SilenceSonic Rush (I haven't played Colors yet, and even though Rush is good, I still think the Advance series is better)Super Scribblenauts (I still haven't played the original Scribblenauts, yet)

So GBA wins it by a wide margin, for me. It has a much larger library of personal favorite games of mine. Some fantastic portable ports of my some of my favorites cIassics, as well.

Emerald_Warrior

So you enjoyed being ripped off paying full price for NES ports? Containmomentum

Why would I pay full price for games from 2 generations ago?

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My Favorite GBA Games:

Castlevania: Classic NES SeriesCastlevania: Aria of SorrowCastlevania: Circle of the MoonCastlevania: Harmony of DissonanceContra Advance: The Alien WarsDonkey Kong Country 1 & 2Doom 1 & 2Final Fight OneThe Legend of Zelda: Classic NES SeriesThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past: Four Swords EditionThe Legend of Zelda: Minish CapMega Man Zero 1-3 (But DANG, are they hard!)Metal Slug AdvanceMetroid: FusionMetroid: Zero MissionPinball of the DeadSonic Advance 1-3Spider-Man: Mysterio's MenaceSuper Mario Advance 1, 2, & 4 (I never was a fan of Yoshi's Island, sorry)Super Mario Bros.: Classic NES SeriesTony Hawk seriesWolfenstein 3-DZelda II: The Adventure of Link: Classic NES Series

My Favorite NDS Games:

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (I can't solve the slide puzzles in Dawn of Sorrow :( )Contra 4The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Spirits Tracks SUCKED!)Metal Slug 7Metroid Prime: HuntersMetroid Prime: PinballNew Super Mario Bros.Ninja Gaiden: Dragon SwordResident Evil: Deadly SilenceSonic Rush (I haven't played Colors yet, and even though Rush is good, I still think the Advance series is better)Super Scribblenauts (I still haven't played the original Scribblenauts, yet)

So GBA wins it by a wide margin, for me. It has a much larger library of personal favorite games of mine. Some fantastic portable ports of my some of my favorites cIassics, as well.

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I personally liked GBA's library better but DS' wasn't/isn't shabby either.

Was thinking this the other day, the GBA was prety much the height of the Game Boy line and actually had a lot of good games instead of like, 3 or so hehe, well in comparison anyway. The DS, while the two screen think was new and it had better graphics, I believe the GBA was the better system. I think the Game Boy line, which was slowly loosing a lot of ground after the GBC into the GBA, was coming back with the GBA where there was great first and third party support and great games as well as some good ports. The DS games just lacked any real original gameplay, or when they did, seemed like either thee was no effort put in, or gameplay became stale. See the two DS Zelda games for example. (Then again, minish Cap was pretty bad too however...) Which did you find better?Containmomentum

I would say the GBA library is a bit better because it had some steller RPG's and RPG ports. Not to mention 2 incredible fun Metroid games.

I completely DISAGREE with you with regards to Zelda Minish Cap... I thought that game was fantastic. I did not really like the DS Zeldas but Minish cap was fantastic on all levels to me.

Personally I enjoyed GBA more than DS, but they are both great consoles.

I'd take the GBA library over the DS library. But both do have pretty good libraries.

Emerald_Warrior

GBA

That's tough. Just based on my feelings without any real rationalization: GBA.

I'd have to go with the GBA as I played a lot of the SNES remakes on it for the first time and immensely enjoyed them.

I'd take the GBA library over the DS library. But both do have pretty good libraries.

Emerald_Warrior

Yeah pretty much. I loved my GBA and I have a lot of fond memories. I love my DS too, but I was more excited in general for most games for the GBA over the DS.

I was with you until you bashed minish cap. 4NGoods

[QUOTE="4NGoods"]I was with you until you bashed minish cap. hydralisk86

+1

Except I only enjoyed Phantom Hourglass. I really didn't like Spirit Tracks, at all.

Most of the handheld games have usually had sequels on the DS from the GBA.

I played RSE first and loved it, after a few Pokemon games on the DS, I can say they have eclipsed RSE.

Castlevania DoS is better than AoS (from what I've played of Aria of Sorrow).

I haven't played any DS sequels to SuperStar Saga and Minish Cap, but I liked those two.

Overall, it slightly goes to the DS, mainly because it's more of a "look and you shall be greatly rewarded" system than the GBA.

But I'm surprised how big and in depth overworlds existed on the GBA. It's crazy.

I was never a big fan of the GBA, so I'd choose the DS, which has a much larger library and a lot more games I enjoyed.

I was never a big fan of the GBA, so I'd choose the DS, which has a much larger library and a lot more games I enjoyed.

Jag85

For me, the DS.