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what's your favorite Gameboy game that isn't Pokemon or Mario? (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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I've just rediscovered my childhood Gameboys, I grew up in the 90s and had an original, a color, an advance and an sp. My game collection has whittled down over the year to the usual suspects, Pokemons, Zelda's, Mario's and some other standards. But I want to dive into some games that 7 year old me would have brushed over. So what's your favorite game?

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I know you mentioned Zelda, but there were actually a ton of pretty good Zelda games like Oracle of Ages/Seasons. Advance Wars was pretty fun. Golden Sun too. I also have to agree with MMBN from the other commenters.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Oracle of ages/seasons was waaaay too hard. I tried to play it as a kid, got stuck, and gave up very early on. As an adult, I decided to come back to it just to see what I missed out on. Still had to check guides a few times and abused save states.

    I can't remember the details, but there was some kinds puzzle or something that depended on sound and my adult, hearing impaired self could not complete it without save states galore.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I can't believe I'm the first person to mention Link's Awakening in this thread. Still one of my favorite Zelda games. It's bizarre quirkiness felt just like all the strange aberrations that manifest in dreams.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I had such a hard time with the game cause it took me like 20 hours to find the sword, I was like 8 or maybe 9 years old and it was my first zelda game I played... gave up a bunch until I found the sword...

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