GameBoy Advance games I should play

[Sky10w10w]

Can you recommend some GameBoy Advance games that I should play?

As far as my interests go, I like 2D platformers (i.e. Super Mario Bros. 2), side-scrolling action games (i.e. Castlevania), and 2D SHUMPS (i.e. R-Type, Life Force). I have no interest in playing sports games on handheld console, or console-style RPGs like Final Fantasy or Pokemon.

Here are the GameBoy Advance games that I already intend on playing:

All the Super Mario Advance games (remakes of NES & SNES Mario games)

All the Castlevanias (which play like sequels to Symphony of the Night)

Mario vs Donkey King

Mario Kart

Zelda: The Minish Cap

The Metroid games

Hmm... With the exception of Castlevania, all of the games I'm interested in are first-party titles....

[nickerous]

I'd take a look at these:

Astro Boy: Omega Factor

TMNT

Mega Man Zero games

Ninja Five-0

Metal Slug Advance

Donkey Kong Country games

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Revival

[Mister Zero]

I second Ninja Five-O if you can find it, I love that game

Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX (Contra 3)

Iridion 2

Double Dragon EX

River City Ransom EX

F-Zero Maximum Velocity

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Advance Wars Strategy

Advance Wars II Strategy

Bruce Lee Return of the Legend

Gunstar Super Heroes Side Scroller Shoot em up

Lady Sia Side Scroller

Iridion II Shoot em up

[atik]

Some good recommendation's there for GBA game's to check out.

Two more that I would suggest are....

Final Fight One

Street fighter Alpha 3

I had a lot of fun with these game's, although Street Fighter Alpha 3 is pretty hard to play with the lack of button's and their positioning on the GBA.

[celebi23]

I'd suggest Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Fun game if you enjoyed any of the N64 Mario RPGs or even Super Mario RPG. Definitely in a similar vein. Not that hard to get into.

[marc]

I reccomend you these games:

"Game & Watch Gallery"

"ChuChu Rocket!"

and "Gekido Advance".

[Areala]

It's technically a Game Boy Color game and not a GBA game, but if you can find it, Shantae is an amazing example of what you can do with the Game Boy's limitations when making a 2D platformer. Great graphics, great sound, great music, great controls, great character design, a fun story, and of course nobody even knows it exists.

*huggles*

Areala

[meppi]

Some incredible games already named in here like Ninja Cop/Ninja Five-O, but this is one that probably won't get a mention anytime soon despite being one of the very best puzzle games ever created.

And no that's no hyperbole either.

Incredibly rare after all these years and I was lucky enough to get mine brand new for €94 and make sure it's not a bootleg.

The title I'm talking about is Compile's Guru Logi Champ: