Just out of curiosity, what are the main differences between the two versions, and what makes you like the GBC version more?
There's a huge difference. The GBC version is a RPG and the GBA version is an Action-Adventure game.
The GBC game doesn't really have random encounters, but the monsters appear in these little thunderclouds that trigger the fight when you walk into them (couldn't find any pictures about that). By using spells a lot, they level up. For example you start with flippendo uno and then you unlock flippendo duo and flippendo tria. Other spells are vermillious, verdimilious, incendio, petrificus totalus and wingardium leviosa. Each creature is weak to a certain spell and the spells cost MP, obviously the leveled spells cost more MP. It also follows the story way better than the GBA game. It follows the story even better than the movie lol.
Like I said, the GBA game is an Action-Adventure. You can scroll through learned spells with R and cast them with B, and solve puzzles by doing this.
Of course it has better graphics than the GBC version, but I liked the textures and overal look (especially the layout of the castle and look of the characters) better in the GBC version. The story in the GBA version was also really poorly implemented. There's almost no dialog. Just enough to tell you where you have to go next. Sometimes this makes it really weird, for example you deal the last blow to Voldemort and he flies at top speed at you, you see a green flash, and then you see a picture of Dumbledore and Harry, with Dumbledore saying 2 sentences, then another screen anouncing you won the House Cup and then the credits. All of this in about 7 seconds.
In the GBC game after you defeat Voldemort you see a little scene of Voldemort attacking him, Harry fainting and then a whole dialog with Dumbledore and about winning the House Cup which probably takes about 15 minutes. The story of the GBA version just seems rushed.
The controls of the GBA version are not bad but could be better and at some point you have to use a flute to make a monster follow you but they never explain how to do that (and I didn't have the manual).
And finally: the 'quests' or puzzles or whatever you call them are really dull or frustrating.
Harry Potter and the Chambre of Secrets also has both a GBC and GBA game. Again the GBC game is an RPG and the GBA game is an Action-Adventure. The GBC is almost the same as the first game, but not as great. They changed some things and I didn't like it as much but it's still a good game. Haven't played the GBA game but going to start that tomorrow (I bought both a few months ago). My first impression is that it's at least a little better than the first game though.
The third game only has a GBA version and thank god they made it an RPG. It really is the best of the whole Harry Potter game series.
Wow I didn't expect it would turn out that long lol.
Anyway on topic: Finished Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for GBA.
Glad that's over.
On to the next!
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