GBA strategy RPGing at its absolute best!
For every Fire Emblem lover out there, I will tell you that if you don't own this game, you might be missing what is probably the best of the titles.
This game, where you have the option to follow brother OR sister through their quest to save their world, is just gorgeously played out and so enjoyable and deep that you CAN NOT pass it up.
The game play is as smooth as anything you could hope for and with a few new tricks up their sleeves, the game play never gets old. All the original aspects of the game are still there for the familiarity and comfortable feeling the vets will want and expect, yet there is still the pull and call for pressing forward into something unknown that will appeal to the new gamers.
It has all the upgrading and leveling up and class changing you could dream of and or ask for in a RPG, you still get to pick your favorite characters, weapons, and spells to conquor the game with, AND the story driven plot doesn't drag at all!
If there is anything that could be considered a downfall or a minus, it'd come in the form of the soundtracking...I've never been much for handheld sound, and they didn't do anything too terribly spectacualr here. But it's nothing so bad as to deter you from playing, so it's a small knock.
Other than that, the only other "downer" is that fact that it isn't going to be something that everyone can pick up and enjoy...it takes some serious dedication and determination, at times, to get through some of the battles without losing anyone...but that's also where the fun and beauty of the game comes from...if you do put in that time, it repays you wonderfully.
In summation, this game just has so much to offer any Strategy RPG enthusiest. I can't stress enough how great this game is!!!
Great fun, great addition to the genre, great storyline, great gameplay.
Peace and Mercy!
Ty