I'm new to GBA games

I have a DSLite and Im looking for some new games since the ds arereally expensivegames.
i've been to EB and theyre gba games are like $29.99+ USED!!!!!! (in canadian dollars)
like wtf is that. so i could just buy some off of ebay.
except i dont know which games to get.

im into shooters, rpgs, and some action/adventure

i was thinking about picking up a Castlevania game.

i also looked at the reccomendations thread but nothing interested me. anyone help?

5 games u must have:

                                    pokemon emerald

                                    fire emblem:ss

                                    riviera

                                    TMNT(cool new game based on TMNT movie)

                                   golden sun

5 games u must have:

pokemon emerald

fire emblem:ss

riviera

TMNT(cool new game based on TMNT movie)

golden sun

pokemonthe

Nice pick indeed... you got 2 of the games and/or series that i was thinking about... if you want to buy a Castlevania game, i would recommend Aria of Sorrow, is lots of fun and, for me, the best Castlevania for GBA... if you want a different concept of RPG, besides Riviera: The Promised Land, i would say you could pick up Yggdra Union... well, i guess that's what comes to mind right now... you'll see that, when you get many answers, people will differ in their opinions, for sure... take a look into what you really like also, don't follow people's advices lightly... not even mine... 

Some games that I like that you may are:

Fire Emblem: SS
Advance Wars 2
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past  (I actually liked the GBC ones better though, but this is still great)

  if you want to buy a Castlevania game, i would recommend Aria of Sorrow Meelkud

Best Castlevania on GBA. Amazingly good game, I recommend you pick this one up first (or at least very soon).

[QUOTE="Meelkud"]  if you want to buy a Castlevania game, i would recommend Aria of Sorrow SamXVII

Best Castlevania on GBA. Amazingly good game, I recommend you pick this one up first (or at least very soon).

Pick up Circle of the Moon first it is the best castlevania on the gaba and way funner than Aria of Sorrow

Since you've already read the recommendations thread, I can only give you recommendations from my own collection.

Metal Slug Advance

Metroid Fusion/Metroid Zero Mission/Surge Hive

Medal of Honor Infiltrator (don't confuse this with 'MOH Underground title', it's rubbish)

Street Fighter II Revival

Duke Nukem Advance

Sonic Advance (I've got the double pack with Chu Chu Rocket)

Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance (you should get the Castlevania double pack which contains HOD and Aria of Sorrow games)

any castlevania game

final fantasy 4, 5 & 6 

golden sun 1& 2

tactics ogre

breath of fire 2

donkey kong country 1, 2 & 3

either fire emblem game

sonic advance

5 games u must have:

pokemon emerald

fire emblem:ss

riviera

TMNT(cool new game based on TMNT movie)

golden sun

pokemonthe

thx for this!!