Does the GBA have a better RPG library than the Super Nintendo?

• Actraiser
• Breath of Fire 1 & 2
• Chrono Trigger
• Final Fantasy 2 & 3
• The Secret of Mana

The sheer awesomeness of those games alone, as they're presented on the SNES, clinches it for me. The SNES.

This is a tough question. I am gonna call it a push. Part of the reason GBA's library is so great is all the home console ports and I think, if I had to chose overall, I'd go w/ GBA for that reason as well as some great originals like Golden Sun. SNES had more great games originall on it though. Still, to me RPGs make for ideal handheld games for me so if I can play them that way, that's what I prefer.

SNES has plenty of titles you can't play on the GBA, like Earthbound....homegirl2180

Mother 1 + 2 were released on a single cart for GBA. Japan-only so no good for anyone else but it does exist and GBA is region free.. GBA is also the only place w/ Mother 3, I believe, but is also only in Japan.

*sighs*

Hmmmm...

Super NES.

It has those RPGs that never made it outside of Japan.

But in general,they are both very good,and personally,i like GBA's abit more,esp. since it has ports of some old RPGs.

[QUOTE="homegirl2180"]SNES has plenty of titles you can't play on the GBA, like Earthbound....logicalfrank

Mother 1 + 2 were released on a single cart for GBA. Japan-only so no good for anyone else but it does exist and GBA is region free.. GBA is also the only place w/ Mother 3, I believe, but is also only in Japan.

*sighs*

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[QUOTE="homegirl2180"]SNES has plenty of titles you can't play on the GBA, like Earthbound....homegirl2180

Mother 1 + 2 were released on a single cart for GBA. Japan-only so no good for anyone else but it does exist and GBA is region free.. GBA is also the only place w/ Mother 3, I believe, but is also only in Japan.

*sighs*

Germany?

Try living in Greece and be a gamer...

>_>

lol

The GBA also has Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon, Riviera: The Promised Land, Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green, and Fire Emblem Blazing Sword/Sacred Stones. I'd say all of those are games that ought to be mentioned.

I would say the SNES, but it's close.

No, but the GBA has a very strong lineup of RPGs. The main reason I'd go with the SNES is that I found some of the best RPGs on the GBA, like the Golden Sun series, to be decent, but nothing compared to games like FFII (IV), FFIII (VI), Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, etc. Though Fire Emblem Blazing Sword and Tactics Ogre certainly give the GBA a strong argument.GamerForca

Not really because a lot the games that you listed for the GBA were originally on the SNES. The top contender for the GBA though would have to be Golden Sun 1 & 2, but that's about it.

No, but the GBA has a very strong lineup of RPGs. The main reason I'd go with the SNES is that I found some of the best RPGs on the GBA, like the Golden Sun series, to be decent, but nothing compared to games like FFII (IV), FFIII (VI), Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, etc. Though Fire Emblem Blazing Sword and Tactics Ogre certainly give the GBA a strong argument.GamerForca

I actually think that the two Golden Sun games give the GBA a BIG step ahead. I've played all of the FF games from 1-6, and I actually find Golden Sun games to be better in every way to those games. Better magic, monster catching, puzzles, world, graphics, music, and story. I often find FF games to be a bit tedious and boring at times, but find that I never get tired of Golden Sun games (actually one big story). I have replayed the Golden Sun games 6 times. I only felt I needed to play a FF game once. Never understood why they didn't port over Chrono Trigger.....would have worked perfect.

Don't get me wrong....the FF games are classic. But I find that the fact that GBA has Golden Suns, 2D Fire Emblems (the best in series in my opinion), and the FF 1,2,4,5,6 makes it a monster in RPG land. Don't even forget all the Pokemon options, and I have to say that the GBA has a pretty stellar RPG line up. I give it a slight nod over SNES. That is just to name a few.

lem

But the topic really isn't about that, it's about game vs. game. A better argument would maybe have been to say something like FFVI doesn't control as well as the SNES version and that that is so significant it makes the GBA version so inferior. The purpose of this thread seems to want to take nostalgia aside and basically ask that if somebody could get one system and all its RPGs and they never played either, which should they get? That's how I took the question anyway, and I feel probably leads to the most objective way of responding.homegirl2180

I actually think that the two Golden Sun games give the GBA a BIG step ahead. I've played all of the FF games from 1-6, and I actually find Golden Sun games to be better in every way to those games. Better magic, monster catching, puzzles, world, graphics, music, and story. I often find FF games to be a bit tedious and boring at times, but find that I never get tired of Golden Sun games (actually one big story). I have replayed the Golden Sun games 6 times. I only felt I needed to play a FF game once. Never understood why they didn't port over Chrono Trigger.....would have worked perfect.

Don't get me wrong....the FF games are classic. But I find that the fact that GBA has Golden Suns, 2D Fire Emblems (the best in series in my opinion), and the FF 1,2,4,5,6 makes it a monster in RPG land. Don't even forget all the Pokemon options, and I have to say that the GBA has a pretty stellar RPG line up. I give it a slight nod over SNES. That is just to name a few.

jefferyjosephh

Ok. That's your opinion about Golden Sun. I think they did an excellent job with the action and puzzles. The music is good, but I'll take the FF games there. The Golden Sun games have atrocious storylines though. Most of it seems like filler, with too much "help all the people in this town and then this town and then another town and finally we'll bring you back to the main plot." I can't even put it in the same sentence as FFVI. But if you loved it, then great, I'm not arguing with your opinion. I thought Pokemon was getting stale by this time. Fire Emblem is phenomenal though.

[QUOTE="homegirl2180"]

But the topic really isn't about that, it's about game vs. game. A better argument would maybe have been to say something like FFVI doesn't control as well as the SNES version and that that is so significant it makes the GBA version so inferior. The purpose of this thread seems to want to take nostalgia aside and basically ask that if somebody could get one system and all its RPGs and they never played either, which should they get? That's how I took the question anyway, and I feel probably leads to the most objective way of responding.GamerForca

I wasn't accusing you of being blinded by nostalgia, I was stating what I believed to be the point of this thread. I don't believe a library is weaker just because you played the game on another system. If you're not trying to answer objectively and fairly, why answer? Also, judging by your previous reaction, I am asking in sincerity, not as a means of belittling or anything, so don't fly off the handle.

I wasn't accusing you of being blinded by nostalgia, I was stating what I believed to be the point of this thread. I don't believe a library is weaker just because you played the game on another system. If you're not trying to answer objectively and fairly, why answer? Also, judging by your previous reaction, I am asking in sincerity, not as a means of belittling or anything, so don't fly off the handle.

homegirl2180

[QUOTE="homegirl2180"]

I wasn't accusing you of being blinded by nostalgia, I was stating what I believed to be the point of this thread. I don't believe a library is weaker just because you played the game on another system. If you're not trying to answer objectively and fairly, why answer? Also, judging by your previous reaction, I am asking in sincerity, not as a means of belittling or anything, so don't fly off the handle.

GamerForca

I pick the SNES especially seeing as though my favorite RPG's on the GBA were originally on the NES or SNES in the first place. However, the GBA did have some great RPG's of its own.

Pretty close call, as there is also Mario and Luigi on the GBA, as well as games like the Shining Force Remake, Riveria, Tactics Ogre, Fire Emblem and a whole slew of others. The ports are a contention, as the SNES versions are usually better and were available first. Still we didn't get the original versions of Final Fantasy V or Tales of Phantasia until later. And then there is the Lunar port. Do I have to choose lol?

I pick the SNES especially seeing as though my favorite RPG's on the GBA were originally on the NES or SNES in the first place. However, the GBA did have some great RPG's of its own.

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