If Infinity was released, then I would have bought that. Unfortunately, it wasn't, so I'm looking for Gameboy/Gameboy Color RPGs, in English, but Japanese is fine as well. I know about Crystalis (but the fans of the original game hate it), and the Squaresoft renamed-to-Final Fantasy games. So, any suggestions?
P.S.: No Pokemon games please. I will only play them if Hell freezes over.
Dragon Quest 1 & 2 is a good RPG for the Game Boy color.
oh that's easy there were a series of hit games called Pok- oh wait. Non Pokemon? Uh...........well the GBC also had Dragon Warrior Monsters ::)
In all seriousness, cutting out the Pokemon games severely limits you. Try Final Fantasy Legend 3 (SaGa 3) on the original GB.
Not to mention Pokemon has several things that most RPGs don't. Up to Gold/Silver/Crystal, there are 251 usable characters, and even if you have two of the same character, they will never be exactly the same, allowing you to customize them in any way you choose.
Dragon Quest / Dragon Warrior III is also ace - very nice once you've completed the others. Also a nice Star Ocean RPG, plus a ton of JApanese RPGs for the original if you can read them.
I wouldn't bother with Pokémon, try something different.
Best RPG I ever played was Guadia Quest on Retro Game Challenge for DS. It would work on a GBC, if it ever got built for it I'd hail it the best RPG ever :)
Okay, I'll think about this Pokemon series. The two reasons why I hate it is because of the fans, with their horrendous fanfiction and fanart, and it always seems to be repeating itself, gameplay and story-wise. Maybe I'll buy this Star Ocean RPG.
If you've never really played Pokemon, definitely go for either Gold, SIlver, or Crystal. I consider those the best games in the entire series. That fanart/fiction thing applies to pretty much every video game. It's just a lot more popular with Pokemon because Pokemon is a popular series. If you give it a try, I'm sure you'll enjoy it at least a little bit. :)
I'm not into RPGs but I've considered playing Sword of Hope (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S88aoBB-DRM) after finding out it was another Kemco/Seika development (the ones who did Shadowgate!)
Sword Of Hope? Looks more interesting. Maybe I'll buy that instead.
Omg! A Gameboy Kemco/Seika game? That looks absolutely amazing, I cannot believe that I hadn't heard of it until now. It uses all the classic sound effects, layouts and dissolves; so cool!
why no pokemon? its actually a very good, intense, and involving game
Given that most of us here loved pokemon when we were younger, and you "hate" it now, I doubt you'll enjoy it as much as us. Also, I hate fan fiction as much as the next guy, but that shouldnt affect your opinion about the game,
Quote from: petik1 on April 13, 2011, 03:06:05 pm
...I doubt you'll enjoy it as much as us.
You're right. It's too slow a game. Tried it yesterday.
P.S.: I did break this, didn't I?
Quote from: noname on April 11, 2011, 07:29:46 am
P.S.: No Pokemon games please. I will only play them if Hell freezes over.
Well, it was the only exception.
Which one did you try? How far did you get?
Pokemon Red. I wanted to try the original first. Got as far as Vermilion City.
P.S.: Maybe it isn't that slow, but slow nonetheless. Also, the graphics are bland, but I guess that's because it's the first, and because it was released on the Gameboy.
P.P.S.: Shouldn't have mentioned Pokemon. Didn't know many people like it.
Funny how mosts posts so far mention Pokemon...
GB is my field and I can tell you that that are lots of japanese RPGs for the GBC. Quite a few for the GB too.
When I was a kid I played through Sword of Hope, and I think it killed my interest in RPGs ever since. That said, I did play through it, but you have more time as a kid I suppose. If only they gave me Zelda instead, I might have been a sane and happy person today...
Here are some GB titles only released in Japan
Magic Knight Rayeaerth - http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/569540-mahou-kishi-rayearth
Super Chinese Land 3 - http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/569931-super-chinese-land-3
Cave Noire - http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/569669-cave-noire
If you want to try something similar to Pokemon but not Pokemon, there was the Medarot series by Imagineer in Japan. Also, Hudson tried its own Robopon series with their funny shaped GB Kiss cartridges. One of them (Star Version) was released in NA.
There would be too many titltes to list for the GBC, but very popular in Japane were the Megami Tensei titles (Last Bible, Devil Children), and the Sakura Wars (Taisen) titles.
Super Chinese Land! Seems there is a compilation for the trilogy. Also, I bought both Sakura Taisen GB games. The latter of the two seems to be rarer than the former. Also, I want to know what other RPGs there is, especially the obscure, like Koto Battle. I can't read Japanese, but as I said...
Quote from: noname on April 11, 2011, 07:29:46 am
...Japanese is fine as well.
hmm
one i can think of is a Lufia game for the GBA.
actually sold mine weeks ago but it was fun.
It's hard to know obscure games, especially games that aren't playable, and I have already mentioned a bunch to keep you going a while. You might as well do a search on gamefaqs for GBC RPGs.
Okay, I'll search on GameFAQs.
Give Great Greed a try. It has a very umm interesting storyline and the names of the characters are quite funny at the least :)