OGPP: The Final GBA Poll!

[Lily]

Castlevania, it's not even a choice. Golden Sun is far too text-heavy (meaning far too many dialogue scenes and simply not enough 'I'm in control and can explore' scenes), and Minish Cap is a total insult to the entire Zelda series.

 

[Skyhunterjim]

My vote goes to Castlevania, especially because AoS is one of the best games on ANY console.

 

[RoxeyaXIII]

Castlevania -forever-

 

[.TakaM]

minish cap.
if all the great RPG's had some incest loving, their child would end up as goldensun, ridiculous how much of the game is pretty much pulled straight out of classic RPG's. still its a good game- I own both infact.
castlevania, Ive never been able to get into this series, and I tell you Ive tried! i like some of the sprite work, but thats about it, exploring areas always is repetitive and combat feels like a chore, I can only just see why the series has such a following, but I doubt I'll ever be a part of it.

minish cap however had beautiful graphics, great gameplay, and excellent level and character design. neat story also - nothing bad in the game.

 

[Hadrian]

Mario & Luigi pisses on all 3, but I'm going for Zelda 'cos it has a little something that makes me grin like a fool.

Completed Goldensun, felt like a clichéd RPG.

 

[SpaceJump]

I voted for Zelda, though my heart pounds for Metroid :'(

 

[Hebus San]

This is a toughie.

Castlevania has in many ways, i feel, defined the GBA. The games are all brilliant extensions of SotN.

Zelda on the other hand, is a whimsical, beatifully rendered, creative masterpiece. Twilight Princesses' reuse of most of the dungeon items could take a page from the unique items in Minish Cap.

Golden Sun, what can I say? I don't get it. I love RPG's, but I played it for about 4 hours and almost died of boredom. I put it on VBA to frameskip through the slowness, but it didn;t help much.

Overall, I'd have to go with Castlevania.

Nothing else to say

 

[TheStump]

Zelda, why? because ever since OoT the zelda series has been great to me; great gameplay, great graphics, beautiful landscapes and a hella tight storyline...cept maybe black sheep of the family Majora, but lets not speak of her.

Also to be honest i havent played much of the others but did enjoy GS a bit but didnt grab me like zelda.

 

[.TakaM]

bah! BAH! majoras mask is the best zelda, show me another game like it, go on!

 

[Nicky33]

Golden Sun forever

 

[GameDragon]

Minish Cap is a total insult to the entire Zelda series.

I think thats taking it a little too far, I myself thought Minish Cap was boring and dull, but the true insult to Zelda was indeed Majora's Mask. Don't make me play that game... ever.

 

[Deletable_Man]

Golden Sun is pretty... average as far as RPG's go, so I didn't vote for it.
Only Aria of Sorrow appealed to me (that and DoS for DS are the only 2 Castlevania games I have ever enjoyed at all), so I didn't vote for that series.

Minish Cap took the Wind Waker styling and made one hell of a great game. There is really no contention. You got the kind of quality that you expect for console games right there in your hands with the little extra details to seal it. Plus you get the kind of gaming magic that only a Zelda title can provide. Easy vote.

I like the Zelda titles that try to do things a little different, while keeping the gameplay familiar. And that is why I love both Majora's Mask and Minish Cap as equals in the zelda universe to the traditional titles, where as sticklers might only like LTTP and OoT.

There are only three insults to the Zelda series, and they are on the CD-I. Any other suggestion, is just foolishness.

 

[matt1freek]

if there was only one castlevania game the vote would have definetely went to zelda... but harmony of dissonance and aria of sorrow together =

 

[Remy]

Goldsun is great the first time through...

but all the castlevania's had an element of replay

 

[rhfb]

Zelda would have gotten my vote had it NOT BEEN SO SHORT.
That being said, the castlevania games are very good too, so I voted for them.

Not that Minish cap was bad(and either was Majora's Mask you haters!!!

)

 

[Raziell]

Minish cap was not so good.

I'm a big fan of RPGs but to me Golden Sun was meh.

So CV gets my vote, again.

 

[Torte]

MM and MC were great games. But Castlevania gets my one vote again. I tried getting into Golden Sun, but nowadays I don't like games where you have to grind to survive.

 

[Extreme Coder]

Zelda : Minish Cap gets my vote.
If anything, Minish Cap was the best 2D game for Zelda I ever played.

 

[VVoltz]

Castlevania all the way!!!

 

[False Hope]

Golden Sun 1 and the Lost Age, both killer games, you just got to read the story and get into it. And of course, try not to lose the map they give you.

Castlevania bores me and doesnt compare to the Minish Cap in any way, shape or form, same goes for GS.

In a list:
GS
Zelda Minish Cap (Very close 1st, but not better than GS)
Castlevania (not really worthy of being on my list, but just to show you how I rank 'em)