Hall of fame
The games that defined the platform — the ones people still bring up first when the Game Boy Advance comes up.
18 games
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How games get in
These are the games the catalogue marks as platform classics — titles still recommended first, decades on. They span every kind of game the GBA did well: Metroid and Castlevania at their peak, the first Fire Emblem released in the West (2003), two Golden Sun games that pushed the hardware hard, Treasure’s Astro Boy: Omega Factor, and late masterpieces like Mother 3 and Drill Dozer.
All 18 games in this exhibition
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!2003 · Nintendo
- Advance Wars2001 · Nintendo
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga2003 · Nintendo
- Golden Sun2001 · Nintendo
- Astro Boy: Omega Factor2003 · SEGA
- Rhythm Tengoku2006 · Nintendo
- Metroid Fusion2002 · Nintendo
- Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow2003 · Konami
- Fire Emblem2003 · Nintendo
- Metroid: Zero Mission2004 · Nintendo
- Drill Dozer2005 · Nintendo
- Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand2003 · Konami
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 22001 · Activision
- Golden Sun: The Lost Age2002 · Nintendo
- Mother 32006 · Nintendo
- Ninja Five-O2003 · Konami
- ChuChu Rocket!2001 · SEGA
- Mega Man Battle Network2001 · Capcom
