Cool, Weird or Obscure GBA games? [closed]

I have a soft spot for this little licensed game for the dreamworks madagascar movie simply titled "madagascar", I think it has a DS version as well? but it was my very first game, its a platformer that handles pretty well and has you switching between characters frequently to do different things i.e. the lion can double jump, the hippo can swim.. i suggest checking it out!

I played the hell out of the Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup game on gba. I LOVED that game hahaha

Actually Metroid Fusion is considered one of the best 2D Metroid games along with Super Metroid, do not worry pal :D

Dogz, YES! I also played the crap out of Catz, they're such relaxing little games. The games I've played so far aren't super obscure, currently trying to beat the Elite Four in Pokemon Leafgreen and I had finished Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue team sometime last year I believe. My next games to play are HamTaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak and either Final Fantasy Tactics or Sword of Mana.

DBZ Buu's Fury is pretty fun, if you like DBZ that is.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones is a favourite of mine! it's a bit more down to earth than the other games in the series but it's still really fun. people complain because it's a little bit on the easier side but honestly it's still really challenging and the story made it worth it for me.

Rebelstar: Tactical Command was a super weird one that I had on my GBA. It was a spiritual successor to the Rebelstar computer games from the early 80's and were essentially XCOM style games. The GBA game also plays super similar to an XCOM game, with turn-based isometric gameplay, half and full cover systems, items and weapons, upgrades and that sorta stuff. I remember enjoying it a lot as a kid, and it's probably still good if you're into those sorts of titles.

I would say Mother 3, Boktai, Magical Vacation and Oriental Blue. Pretty sure these last two have complete english translation patches!

play rhythm heaven silver..... very good.

devil children, a spinoff of a spinoff of good ol' megami tensei. not only is it obscure, it is also... very interesting. ahem. basically the result of trying to market occult, violent, adult-themed megami tensei to the pokemon demographic. 

Duel Masters: Shadow of the Code

Game & watch gallery advance is one of my favorites to play every so often with the ammount of recreations and re-imaginings it has of those original things. Definitely not one to beat/complete in one sitting  

Play DBZ! I was never a fan but I loved the games! That and Pokemon Red were probably my top 2 played games.

They made some decent Spyro games for the GBA that managed to feel like the original PS1 games despite the hardware downgrade. Season of Ice I've never managed to finish, but I've played Season of Flame about a billion times. Never played Attack of the Rhynocs, though (and stay away from Spyro Orange/Crash Purple -- that was just plain wasted potential).

i can vouch for game and watch gallery, wario land 4, mario and luigi superstar saga, alien hominid, and mother 3 all being really great games. its kinda hard to think off the top of my head rare or obscure games that are really good, but I think there's a lot more than you think there would be at first. there was a japanese one where you move a spinning rectangle through an obstacle course that was pretty good, the name is escaping me... 

I really loved the game Tactics Ogre. It's similar to Final Fantasy Tactics but its from the Ogre Battle Franchise... which if you don't know what that is, that's fine, it's just a really solid RPG Tactics game!

sims2. Just the weirdest game that resembled NOTHING like the og pc games. Strange story. Strange characters. oddly difficult. I need to play it again

I have one which may or may not be obscure, but it's definetly a good one: Ninja Five-O

its probably pretty similar to dogz but growing up i had a dogz fashion one that was mostly played on a game board? like for walks and stuff

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Urban Yeti, the game is very bad in every way and is clunky as all hell, but the devs put a lot of effort and passion into the insane strangeness of it all. 

It's a trip to play and well worth it.

Shin Megami Tensei and SMT2 

cry of fear

Mr. Nutz is a wacky little platformer

Shrek: Fairytale Freakdown

I collect roms for GBA Mahjong games, usually not too strange but pretty obscure.

i know its mentioned in the OP but superstar saga is SO GOOD!!! The characters and music and spritework are so unique for a mario game, the whole game is STUNNING and wonderful <3 my favourite of all time

Shrek 2 is probably my favorite licensed game on the GBA!

the two Summon Night games (Swordcraft Story and Swordcraft Story 2) that actually got localized in english-speaking regions are worth playing. weird mix of crafting stuff, JRPG overworld navigation, and 2d almost fighting game-ish?? combat. also there are some light dating sim elements thrown in there, just because. very odd pair of games but pretty good from what i recall (it has admittedly been quite a long time since i actually played them)

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows DS.

A Spider-Man 2D Metroidvania. I'm still impressed by that damn thing.

gta advance goat game

A pretty weird one I played years ago was Jet Set Radio for the GBA. Never have I ever expected for JSR to be isometric. The music got a massive downgrade.

may i break the GBA rule and recommend contact for the ds? it's such a weird but cool game

Jet Set Radio, not many people know of this port, but it's not bad.

Sim City 2000, I just think its interesting that they fit simcity on a gba cart.

the only gba game i have is this super random konmai knock-off of mario kart called krazy racers lol

I believe this qualifies as obscure: Yu Yu Hakusho Tournament Tactics. It's a solid Strategy RPG that covers the entirety of the tournament arc for Yu Yu Hakusho. Its separated into Disgaea-esque stages and when you defeat an enemy character you can add them to your roster. You get a LOT of characters. If we are speaking of the truly obscure Back to Stone is a very uncommon title. Its graphics are interesting, at least to me. However, the lack of a save feature and difficult puzzles and wonky physics can be very frustrating, even infuriating. It'd say check it out if only for the novelty.

 Wario ware is such a fun game fore the gba, if your using an emulator you should not try Wario ware: Twisted because of the need for motion controls to play

i vaguely remember playing this jimmy neutron game as a kid, never got past the ice planet level with the evil pet things. sprites were 2D images of 3D renders like in donkey kong country

If I'd have to pick I think that aleins homonid

If I'd have to pick I think that aleins homonid

I'll list a couple I've played and liked over the years that people might not remember.

• Mother 3 - w/ English fan translation patch for it
• The Sims 2 - An interesting port
  
• Doom - Bad port but cool history
  
• Metroid Fusion
• DBZ Buu's Fury - Great DBZ RPG
  
• Keitai Denjū Telefang 2 - You might have seen it as pokemon Jade online
  
• Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (my personal favorite)
  

magical vacation, a japan-exclusive prequel to my favorite ds game, magical starsign!! its a super cute rpg and i love it so much <3 thankfully theres a fanmade english patch for it too!!

mobile suit gundam : seed battle assault  its a fun fighting game with sick mechas