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#1 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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The topic title is simple enough. What are your greatest handheld games of all time?

Mine (only one game per series):

  • Pokemon Gold/Silver
  • Mario Kart DS
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  • Final Fantasy IV Advance
  • Fire Emblem Awakening

Without the one game per series restriction:

  • Pokemon Gold/Silver
  • Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen
  • Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
  • Pokemon Black/White
  • Mario Kart DS
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#3 bbkkristian
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edit: lol i have two 4's.

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#4 lostrib
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Pokemon

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#5 brentendo3
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Pokemon Yellow (GB)

Advance Wars 2 (GBA)

Golden Sun 2 (GBA)

Link's Awakening (GB/GBC)

Mario Kart 7 (3DS)

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#6 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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Pokemon

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Five Pokemon generations, five games to name. Works for me, yeah.
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#7 drekula2
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Advance Wars: Dual Strike is the best handheld game I ever played, so much I couldn't find four other to stand along side it.

But Pokemon Gold/Silver and Link's Awakening were also awesome.

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#8 Ghost120x
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Minish cap Metriod zero mission Ace attorney Metal gear solid peace walker Final fantasy crisis core
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Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal [GBC] Advance Wars 2 : Black Hole Rising [GBA] Crisis Core : Final Fantasy VII [PSP] Chrono Trigger [NDS] Persona 3 : Portable [PSP]
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[QUOTE="Ghost120x"]Minish cap Metriod zero mission Ace attorney Metal gear solid peace walker Final fantasy crisis core

This is literally the only post in this topic that doesn't name a Pokemon game. Fascinating.
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1. Angry Birds

2.Doodle Jump

3. Cut The Rope

4. Fruit Ninja

5. Temple Run

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#12 Ghost120x
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Damn it! How could I forget advance wars ds and Pokemon heart gold.. TC should have made this a top 10 list because top 5 is way too hard imo.
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#13 cain006
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Honestly 5 pokemon games. They're the reason I buy nintendo handhelds.

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In no particular order:

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#16 bbkkristian
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1. Angry Birds

2.Doodle Jump

3. Cut The Rope

4. Fruit Ninja

5. Temple Run

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#17 brentendo3
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1. Angry Birds

2.Doodle Jump

3. Cut The Rope

4. Fruit Ninja

5. Temple Run

PhazonBlazer

 

C'mon Bad Piggies is better than all of those games combined.

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[QUOTE="PhazonBlazer"]

1. Angry Birds

2.Doodle Jump

3. Cut The Rope

4. Fruit Ninja

5. Temple Run

brentendo3

 

C'mon Bad Piggies is better than all of those games combined.

Game Dev Story>>>All
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#19 Kaze_no_Mirai
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In no real order: TWEWY Persona 3 Fire Emblem: Awakening 999 Persona 4 Golden
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#20 foxhound_fox
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Any list that is lacking DJ MAX Portable 2 is wholly deficient.
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#21 lx_theo
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1. Persona 4 Golden

2. Pokemon Gold

3. Zero Escape Vol 2: Virtue's Last Reward (Vita)

4. Fire Emblem Awakening

5. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

 

Honorable Mentions:

Gravity Rush

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep

Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

Chrono Trigger

 

Same Series Candidates: 

Pokemon Blue

Pokemon White

Persona 3 Portable

Persona 2 Innocent Sin

999

Phoenix Wright 1-3

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#22 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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Lx_theo, you like VLR more than 999?
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#23 lx_theo
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Lx_theo, you like VLR more than 999?charizard1605
Only because I never actually played it. :P Watched 999 before I played VLR. Playing VLR, I know what I'd get out the gameplay, so I'd know I'd enjoy the game along with the story that went along with it. Though I won't pick one over the other since I never played 999 blind as its meant to be. I just rate it highly enough to keep it on the list.
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5. Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver, still the most full featured Pokemon. Best UI 4. Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, great length, pacing, humour and characters, they make full use of the bros dynamic which they unfortunately toned back in later games. I have fury! 3. Mario Kart 7, takes most everything that I loved about Mario Kart DS and turns it up to 11. I'll probably jump off and on the online scene for the better part of the generation. 2. Persona 4 Golden, I can't believe it's a series I only jumped into because it was on sale, and it still took a lot of talking myself into. Now that I've played one of the best RPGs in recent memory, I can't wait for the next one.

1. 999, HNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!!

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#25 Yoshi9000
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5. Mario Luigi Partners in Time

4. Professor Layton Unwound Future

3. Patapon

2. Phoenix Wright

1. 9 hours 9 persons 9 doors

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#26 Spartan070
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1. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - GBA

2. Final Fantasy: Crisis Core - PSP

3. Final Fantasy: Tactics Advance (I know, I know...:P) - GBA

4. Metroid Fusion - GBA

5. Tetris (really...) - GB

 

...alot of Pokemon on these lists...never played a Pokemon game.

I own Pokemon Stadium and Pokemon Snap for N64 but admittedly have never played them.

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  1. Pokemon Gold/Silver
  2. Pokemon Red/Blue
  3. Pokemon Black/White
  4. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
  5. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire

Runners-Up

  1. Animal Crossing New Leaf
  2. Megaman Battle Network 3
  3. Zelda The Minish Cap
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#28 GD1551
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1. 999
2. P4G
3. OOE
4. Ace Attorney
5. Ghost Trick

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#29 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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  1. Pokemon Gold/Silver
  2. Pokemon Red/Blue
  3. Pokemon Black/White
  4. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
  5. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
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This is my kind of a list
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5. Mario Luigi Partners in Time

Yoshi9000
Interesting choice, good sir. Might I ask why?
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#31 NoirLamia777
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[QUOTE="NoirLamia777"]

  1. Pokemon Gold/Silver
  2. Pokemon Red/Blue
  3. Pokemon Black/White
  4. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
  5. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire

charizard1605

This is my kind of a list

6 days left...

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#32 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="NoirLamia777"]

  1. Pokemon Gold/Silver
  2. Pokemon Red/Blue
  3. Pokemon Black/White
  4. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
  5. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire

NoirLamia777

This is my kind of a list

6 days left...

This time next week, I'll be screaming because Nintendo's eShop servers will have crashed.
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#33 p3anut
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Hard to pick just five but I'll post 5.

1. Metroid Fusion

2. Golden Sun

3. Link's Awakening

4. Pokemon Black and White

5. Wario Land 4

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#34 NoirLamia777
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[QUOTE="NoirLamia777"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] This is my kind of a listcharizard1605

6 days left...

This time next week, I'll be screaming because Nintendo's eShop servers will have crashed.

Yeah, so hoping to go to a midnight release ._.

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Hm, haven't played many.  And some of my favorite ones were SNES ports anyways.  Aside from those..

-Minish Cap

-Peace Walker

-Dawn of Sorrow

-3d Land

-Links Awakening

 

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[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="NoirLamia777"]

6 days left...

NoirLamia777

This time next week, I'll be screaming because Nintendo's eShop servers will have crashed.

Yeah, so hoping to go to a midnight release ._.

I decided to go the eShop route because no one around me was doing a midnight release lol. I can guarantee the servers will crash, and won't be stable till 4pm or something. Nintendo will probably have never seen this kind of server stress before.
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In no particular order, 1 gamer per series: - Pokemon soul silver - Monster hunter freedom unite - Persona 4 - The world ends with you - God of War Chains of Olympus.
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#38 Spartan070
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1. Metroid Fusion

 

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WHEW!!  Someone else :P

 

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#39 Ballroompirate
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Mine would be

  1. Fire Emblem Awakening
  2. FF Crisis Core
  3. Advance Wars Days of Ruin
  4. Pokemon White
  5. Animal Crossing New Leaf
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1. Pokemon R/B/Y
2. Pokemon G/S
3. Buu's Fury
4. Legacy of Goku II
5. Mario Tennis
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6. Metroid: Zero Mission
7. Metroid Fusion
8. F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
9. A Link to the Past/Four Swords
10. Sonic Advance

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#41 TheShadowLord07
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I don't think I can name 5 handheld games other than pokemon cause that was like only games I played besides a few super mario games on the gba and dragon quest 9 though I never finish them.

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#42 TheShadowLord07
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I don't think I can name 5 handheld games other than pokemon cause that was like only games I played besides a few super mario games on the gba and dragon quest 9 though I never finish them.

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#43 Yoshi9000
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[QUOTE="Yoshi9000"]

5. Mario Luigi Partners in Time

darkspineslayer

Interesting choice, good sir. Might I ask why?

I love the combination of super mario bros and rpg elements. The handheld mario rpgs are my favorite mario games of all time, I just picked partners in time. They also have great humor and even though the stories arent thought provoking, they are still entertaining. My number 5 doesnt mean the best, if that's what you thought. I like to do counting down, so number 1 is the best.

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[QUOTE="darkspineslayer"][QUOTE="Yoshi9000"]

5. Mario Luigi Partners in Time

Yoshi9000

Interesting choice, good sir. Might I ask why?

I love the combination of super mario bros and rpg elements. The handheld mario rpgs are my favorite mario games of all time, I just picked partners in time. They also have great humor and even though the stories arent thought provoking, they are still entertaining. My number 5 doesnt mean the best, if that's what you thought. I like to do counting down, so number 1 is the best.

I was more curious about the Partners in Time choice. It's kind of a black sheep of the series.
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^^^ Project DIVA? Interesting...
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#48 cfisher2833
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I am not gonna count games that were simply re-released on handhelds. 

 

Advance Wars

Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow

Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga

Metroid Fusion

Pokemon Gold/Silver

 

Honorable mentions: GTA Chinatown Wars, Zelda: Minish Cap, Meteos, Golden Sun, and Ninja Five-O

 

All Nintendo, because Nintendo is the best (at least in handhelds); suck it Vita fanboys :P

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#49 ArisShadows
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1. Pokemon Soul Silver/Heart Gold

2. Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney

3. 999

4: Advanced Wars: Dual Strike

6. Tetris

Honorable Mentaions:

Pokemon: TCG

Elite Beat Agents

Zelda: Seasons/Ages

Mario Kart DS

Loco Roco

TWEWY

Scribblenauts

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#50 jg4xchamp
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Mother 3
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Advance Wars Dual Strike
Ghost Trick
Fire Emblem