The best Hidden Gem on the Game Boy you never played: Battle Arena Toshinden

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#1  Edited By stika
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Hey everyone,

I have a small YouTube channel dedicated to retro games and this week I decided to review Battle Arena Toshinden for the Game Boy, and frankly, I was SHOCKED by how good this game is.

In my humble opinion, this is an amazing hidden gem for the original Game Boy that is never talked about and the BEST fighting game on the original Game Boy.

Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy the video:

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#2 judaspete
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I can't believe how smoothly it seems to run. Gameboy fighting games almost always sucked.

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#3 stika
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@judaspete said:

I can't believe how smoothly it seems to run. Gameboy fighting games almost always sucked.

Right?! This game is a miracle!

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#4  Edited By lensflare15
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That looks really fun for a Gameboy fighting game. It's really cheap to buy online too, so thanks to your video, I'm going to buy it for my collection, haha.

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#5 Blueresident87
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It really is a great game. Fun to play, and as others have noted it runs very well compared to similar games.

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#6 SOedipus
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Hidden gem indeed. Me and my sister played the hell out of the PS1 game. Never knew this was also on Game Boy.

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#7  Edited By robert_sparkes
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Recently played kid Dracula which has many similarities to the castlevania series. Definition of a hidden gem the console had so many. Really was an amazing system and still is to collect for.

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#8 stika
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@robert_sparkes said:

Recently played kid Dracula which has many similarities to the castlevania series. Definition of a hidden gem the console had so many. Really was an amazing system and still is to collect for.

If I'm not mistaken, Kid Dracula is a spin-off of Castlevania. In fact, don't you play as Alucard in that game? I could be wrong though.

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#9 Syphony
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i want to play this to

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#10 N64DD
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I loved the PS1 version. I never knew this hit gameboy!

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#11 ChbGrosso
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I never knew this hit gameboy!