Quality SNES and GBA RPG's

[Fatal Rose]

For some reason I randomly have the urge to play some quality SNES and GBA RPG's, so please post your personal favorites or critically acclaimed ones for each system please.

[Devia Eleven]

You spelled "Quality" incorrectly. Qulaity...

 

Super Nintendo

Chrono Trigger

Super Mario RPG

 

GBA

All DBZ Legacy of Gokus

Something Reveria

Fire Emblem

[Agozer]

SNES

Terranigma

Earthbound

Treasure Hunter G

Dark Law: The Meaning of Death

Illusion of Gaia

Bahamut Lagoon

Dual Orb II

FEDA: The Emblem of Justice

Jutei Senki

Treasure of the Rudras (Rudora no Hihou)

Secret of Mana

Seiken Densetsu 3

Chrono Trigger

Final Fantasy IV-VI

Soul Blazer

Secret of Evermore

Star Ocean

Tales of Phantasia

Romancing Saga 3

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

 

GBA:

Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls

Golden Sun

Golden Sun: The Lost Age

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (not really an RPG though, just like all the other Zeldas)

Riviera: The Primised Land

Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone

Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 1/2

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Sword of Mana

[Diso]

Agozer pretty much hit everything I would think of.

 

The only one I could say for Snes is probably Front mission.

 

Nm I got some for GBA:

Shining Force

FF tactics

One of the megaman battle networks: Play one you played them all

[ken_cinder]

I feel a serious lack of drive to start thinking of titles, but you MUST play Tecmo's Secret of The Stars on SNES.

 

This is one of my fav RPGs ever.

[Fatal Rose]

Think I downloaded Secret of the Stars way back when I first got into emulation, I remember liking it.

 

EDIT: Almost forgot, thanks for the list guys.

[JKKDARK]

Final Fantasy games

Phantasy Star Collection

[Wizard]

Anything Pre-FF7 is good.

[MasterPhW]

Anything Pre-FF7 is good.

Yeah, because it's the true FF feeling, that the newer releases are missing!

But I'm really looking forward to the Wii and DS ones... will buy them when they are released I think!

 

Back to the list, there are nearly all already said, but I will also explain why:

SNES

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*Soul Blazer & Soul Blazer 2: Illusion of Gaia - both really great games, with good story, nice quest and a long and exciting gameplay

*Secret of Mana - 3 Player Multiplayer Fun on the SNES! DO I have to say more? I've bought these f*cking adapter only for this great game!

*Mario RPG - The All time classic! Collaboration between Sqare and Nintendo! A true and great RPG with the alltime franchise Mario

*Lufia 2: - Never played one, but this games has a great story, superb gfx and and very brain crushing puzzles! ANd I can level up as long and as often I want and the enemies are still very strong! O.o

*Chrono Trigger - Better than any FF IMHO! Nearly 10 different endings, Adventure Plus, a lot Techs, Spells, characters, great story, wonderful chara design (Akira Toriyama) and a lot more! Give it a try!

 

Probably I will also add some GBA games, but atm, I don't feel like... O.o

[Agozer]

How could I have missed Lufias on both the SNES and GBA? There is also a Lunar game on the GBA, although not nearly as good as the Sega CD originals or the PSX remakes.

 

Yeah, Super Mario RPG is one of those games you have to play.

 

So yeah:

 

For GBA:

 

Lufia: Ruins of Lore

Shining Force: Resurection of the Dark Dragon

Lunar Legend

 

and

 

Lufia & The Fortress of Doom + Lufia II: The rise of the Sinistrals on the SNES.

Breath of Fire 1/2

[Reaper man]

SNES:

Breath of Fire

Breath of Fire 2

[Fatal Rose]

Forgot how awesome FF tactics advance was for the GBA. Anyone else enjoy this game?

[Agozer]

Forgot how awesome FF tactics advance was for the GBA. Anyone else enjoy this game?

Yes, as I generally enjoy T-RPGs.

[Mooney]

Other good GBA tactics-RPG games:

 

Onimusha Tactics

Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis

Shining Force - Resurrection of the Dark Dragon

Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars

[basilbr]

i'd mention might & magic 2 or 3 on super nintendo, just as western rpg examples. they're kind of slow and clunky in combat, but obviously the advantage with an emulator is you can turbo through enemy phase.

 

main reason i refer them, despite lack of visual character design and awful sound, is as far as rpg's go they're the closest i've played to combining the party structure of eastern rpg's with the free form development (story and acessable game world) of western rpgs (elder scrolls etc).

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i hope in the future i get to see better realised hybrid rpgs, with party development akin to ff5 or ffTactics and the freedom of exploration seen in western games.