GBA RPG's?

Decided to get myself a GBA and nab a few of the better RPG's. I've managed to track down a few good 'uns ( thank you E-Bay ) including :

Final Fantasy Tactics
Tactics Ogre
Golden Sun 1 & 2
Riviera
Lunar Legend
Lufia
Phantasy Star
Sigma Star Saga


Any more recommendations? I'd get Tales of Phantasia but I don't speak Japanese. Proper RPG's with turn-based combat, so not the Zelda's please.

The Fire Emblem games (pretty cool, combat based)
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Breath of Fire games
Pokemon games
Sword of Mana
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (I played + liked this one)

Think that's about all of them.

Pretty much all you've mentioned are all the good ones I know about Gab. =\
(need to pick me up Riviera soon though, havent seen it in stores here yet)

Currently awaiting the Final Fantasy IV remake from SquareEnix, hope the new additions stay faithful to the original content.
(they better remake VI as well for it, keep killing my PSPs battery playing it via emulator when at school)

1 problem with Riviera, there is a bad balance issue, where if your action event skills aren't up to par, there is a totally impossible boss battle, and you can't get strong enough to defeat it once you get to a save before it, so even if you max out your skills with practice battles, you can defeat it. You have to be strong going into it... far too strong for everything else you've fought up to that point... almost godlike...

Thanks Eikon, there are a few there I think I'll need to pick up. The Fire Emblem games, in particular, look right up my street.

Genexi, Riviera is the only one of the lot I've actually received and begun playing so far. I'm really impressed. It's quite different, but the combat is very enjoyable and it has the usual Atlus style of gameplay, story and graphics which I'm loving more with every game.

Dampe, I haven't got that far yet, I guess, but I will stay alert, thanks for the warning.

I definietly recommend Golden Sun. Great RPG :) It wasn't exactly original, but it was unique, and it wasn't a bloody sequel.
I hope that they do something as good as that soon for DS or something...

The only problem with it was the ending of the second one... nobody else sees anything wrong with that though, so I guess it's just me.

Oh, in that case, you must definitely get Golden Sun 1 & 2, best RPGs I own that I've played on the thing.
(beat both twice btw, wanted to collect all the Djinn in it, which I did in the end after many, many hours of play)

Tactics Ogre & FF Tactics Advance are also both excellent in my book as far as hand-held strategical games go, got over 40+ hours of gameplay in FF Tactics (took me 50 to beat, and started playin it again), though the game has too few story sequences in it. Tactics Orgre, pretty much the same, but with more story, and a good one at that.

The Phantasy Star game you mentioned, thats the Phantasy Star 1-3 port Sega made right? They're alright if you can stand the retroness of the game, I unfortunately couldnt.

My sis has the Fire Emblem games, I quite like the battle system, as to how it plays paper-rock-scissors in terms of who deals more damage depending on what weapon type your unit is using against an enemy unit.



Not from the same company, but Mario & Luigi2 is due out at the end of this month, now to pray it be as good as the first gem for the GBA. But yeah, I'd love to see what Camelot Studios can make on the DS, Golden Sun looked amazing (imo) for a 2d-RPG as far as handheld standards went, now if they were to take that team, bump up the 2d graphics for the higher-rez screen, add in some 3d hardware effects....