GBA RPG: Which one for my daughter?!?!

[Dark Jezter]

IMO, Square should re-release the NES and SNES Final Fantasy titles as Game Boy Advance games. That would definately increase the selection of good GBA RPGs.

Oh, and since I last posted in this thread, I have gotten my hands on Fire Emblem. I'm about halfway through it right now, and it's extremely addictive: I'll keep saying "just one more turn" and next thing I know, an hour has passed.

The gameplay is similar to Advance Wars (another addictive game), although the game features several RPG elements as well. Units will gain experience and advance in levels as they defeat foes, and you can give them magic items to increase their power. In addition to its addictive gameplay, the game features a good storyline full of backstabbing and political intrigue. The characters are really starting to grow on me as well, and I've found myself restarting chapters that I'd nearly beaten because one of my characters got killed and I couldn't bear to lose them.

I would definately consider Fire Emblem a must-own title for GBA owners.

Another GBA game (although not an RPG) I recommend is Metroid Fusion, which proves that side-scrolling action games can still be extremely fun in this age of first-person shooters and fully 3-D worlds.

 

[Welverin]

Some other rpgs I was reminded of when I was looking at Gamefaqs are the Breath of Fire games by Capcom, which I believe are solid if unspectacular.

If you'd like to get her outside for periodically pick up Boktai, it has a solar sensor that is integral to the gameplay and forces you outside.

 

[Kitsune]

D'oh, I'd utterly forgotten Harvest Moon, that was a good idea. As for the Breath of Fire series... eh. Fans of the series could get them and be happy with nostalgia, but I wasn't at all impressed when I played them. The first one especially is pretty wretched by today's standards, and the second, while better, is still bland.

Knights of the Old Republic is a fabulous game, but has things in there like adultery, murder, plenty of gratuitous cruelty if you go the dark side path, and death on a planetary scale, that you might not be too keen on your child playing with, depending on their age. It's no GTA3 or anything like that, but a parent who wants to keep a close eye on what moral lessons their kids are absorbing should probably supervise on that one.

 

[Vrylakos]

Some other rpgs I was reminded of when I was looking at Gamefaqs are the Breath of Fire games by Capcom, which I believe are solid if unspectacular.

If you'd like to get her outside for periodically pick up Boktai, it has a solar sensor that is integral to the gameplay and forces you outside.

Heh, neat! I think I saw it on sale somewhere...

Vrylakos

 

[Vrylakos]

D'oh, I'd utterly forgotten Harvest Moon, that was a good idea. As for the Breath of Fire series... eh. Fans of the series could get them and be happy with nostalgia, but I wasn't at all impressed when I played them. The first one especially is pretty wretched by today's standards, and the second, while better, is still bland.

Knights of the Old Republic is a fabulous game, but has things in there like adultery, murder, plenty of gratuitous cruelty if you go the dark side path, and death on a planetary scale, that you might not be too keen on your child playing with, depending on their age. It's no GTA3 or anything like that, but a parent who wants to keep a close eye on what moral lessons their kids are absorbing should probably supervise on that one.

Well, I awoke to find Miss 11 and a Half running around the first planet as a Scout. I didn't tell her not to play it, as I have with Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball (which mainly stems from the gratuitous cheesecakey nature of the game).

However, she's going the Light Side route, and after she gave money to the Undercity beggars, I figured she'd be ok as long as I was about. Thanks for the head's-up. I'm a bit ahead of her in the game, so I should be able to keep an eye out for things to that a parent might need to coach or explain through...

Vrylakos