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Pre-Switch and excluding ports, what is the best handheld-exclusive game ever?
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I love this game a ton.
This game was absolutely great. Had no idea what was going on as I hadn't played any of the prior Jak and Daxter games but still enjoyed it greatly. It also had that Pokémon like bug collecting mini game which was pretty great.
Being on just the Gameboy Color this game was super impressive with it's full campaign and a ton of VR missions.
remember when this was a top ten of all time on gamerankings?
Playing Dawn of Sorrow right after Aria was nuts.
Despite the questionable character art, the backgrounds were some of the most beautiful traditional 2D art I had ever seen. Watching the snow falling off the cars when you jumped on them blew my younger mind.
Despite the questionable character art, the backgrounds were some of the most beautiful traditional 2D art I had ever seen. Watching the snow falling off the cars when you jumped on them blew my younger mind.
Soul Sacrifice Delta. Such an amazing game.
The best game you never played.
Dont blame me, my Vita was my Soul Sacrifice and Freedom Wars machinel
Never been a big Zelda fan but A Link Between Worlds was sublime.
I don't know what to tell you. I've bounced off every single Zelda game but ALBW. I think it's because I genuinely loved playing onthe 3DS and the visuals was super polished. I didn't hit a wall like I did in Link's Awakening or ALTTP.
3U is my favorite of the series, but it's the Wii game, really borked up under the hood and the with the PSP recolors\bootlegs, has an wiiu version too.
on topic, Wario Land 4 and Metroid Fusion are hard to beat. short and really replayable.
For me it's a tie between Wario Land 2, Dissidia 012, and a Pokemon game released between gen 2 and gen V (I'll say Leaf Green).
To be fair though, even post Switch I'd say most of the suggestions being thrown around blow any Switch exclusive out of the water.
To be fair though, even post Switch I'd say most of the suggestions being thrown around blow any Switch exclusive out of the water.
Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver is what stands above others for me.
TWEWY, 999, Phoenix Wright, Danganronpa 2, Link's Awakening, Link Between Worlds, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and Animal Crossing: New Leaf are some of my other favourites.
TWEWY, 999, Phoenix Wright, Danganronpa 2, Link's Awakening, Link Between Worlds, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and Animal Crossing: New Leaf are some of my other favourites.
You're goddamn right (with The Lost Age as a close second).
just an incredible way to use the hardware. i did a full run on a flight last week for the first time in years — total all-timer of a game that still holds up perfectly
Thiiiiiiis
i just love that while most of the excitement around the PSP was "finally, almost PS2-level games on a handheld!" some other folk were like "finally, we can make a widescreen 2D puzzle game with high-res art and CD-quality music!"
Being on just the Gameboy Color this game was super impressive with it's full campaign and a ton of VR missions.
Came for this, this is one of the greatest portable games ever.
do some of these still count as exclusives?
pretty good stuff though.
The World Ends With You.
Not only a brilliant game in its own right, but made incredible use of the DS for its gameplay. The ports were never able to capture how that game felt to play on the DS, it was truly made only for that platform
Not only a brilliant game in its own right, but made incredible use of the DS for its gameplay. The ports were never able to capture how that game felt to play on the DS, it was truly made only for that platform
Ridge Racer and Lumines at launch was truly the best of both worlds, damn I loved the PSP
Skel1ingt0n, I love GB Tetris, it's one of my favorite games of all times, but it's absolutely a port. By your own rules it's excluded.
yeah wipeout pure too. those three games together made the PSP feel wildly futuristic
Gba has the best exclusive library in my opinion:
Castlevania CotM, HoD, AoS
Metroid Fusion, Zero Mission
Loz Minish Cap
Golden Sun 1 and 2
Advance Wars 1 and 2
Ff Tactics Advance
Megaman Zero 1 to 4
Mario Tennis Advance Tour
Mario Gold Advance tour
Super Robot Taisen generation 1 and 2
I'm sure I'm forgetting more
Castlevania CotM, HoD, AoS
Metroid Fusion, Zero Mission
Loz Minish Cap
Golden Sun 1 and 2
Advance Wars 1 and 2
Ff Tactics Advance
Megaman Zero 1 to 4
Mario Tennis Advance Tour
Mario Gold Advance tour
Super Robot Taisen generation 1 and 2
I'm sure I'm forgetting more
