# Game Boy/Color/Advance OT + Collecting Thread - Get into it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Video Games\ **Created:** [October 31, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281 "2017-10-31T18:39:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Radarscope1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/radarscope1/32/200_2.png) [@Radarscope1](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Radarscope1)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/101 "2018-09-24T03:23:33Z")
Nice! Very timely with all the DQ love happening right now following XI. ---
**Author:** ![Kawika](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/kawika/32/6118_2.png) [@Kawika](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Kawika)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/102 "2018-09-24T03:47:53Z")
> **[A Guide for Getting Into Dragon Quest](https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-guide-for-getting-into-dragon-quest.64979/)** > > A Guide for Getting Into Dragon Quest > > With the imminent release of Dragon Quest XI (which is a huge deal - it's been a full 8 years since we got Dragon Quest IX), I figured now would be a fantastic time to provide some advice about "getting into"... Excellent thread for those who are fans or want to be fans of DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Peltz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/peltz/32/6142_2.png) [@Peltz](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Peltz)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/103 "2018-09-24T12:22:51Z")
I read that one. Great thread. The OP is a little dismissive over original versions of the games though. But it’s well written and gives a phenomenal breakdown of the series. ---
**Author:** ![poptart](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/poptart/32/41_2.png) [@poptart](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/poptart)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/104 "2018-09-24T12:44:40Z")
It is really dismissive of a lot of things. ---
**Author:** ![harborline\_765](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/harborline_765/32/5947_2.png) [@harborline\_765](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/harborline_765)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/105 "2018-10-04T21:33:03Z")
Intro for Ninja Cop, from a time where a short attract-mode like intro could form the game’s tutorial! I had no idea Ninpo was in the game - or that you could attack while swinging - until booting up the game one day and seeing it there! ---
**Author:** ![Radarscope1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/radarscope1/32/200_2.png) [@Radarscope1](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Radarscope1)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/106 "2018-10-04T22:32:35Z")
Is this game on the 3DS VC? ---
**Author:** ![Kawika](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/kawika/32/6118_2.png) [@Kawika](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Kawika)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/107 "2018-10-04T23:09:18Z")
No 3DS VC for GBA. :(. If you hack your 3DS yes ---
**Author:** ![apathetic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/apathetic/32/4119_2.png) [@apathetic](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/apathetic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/108 "2018-10-04T23:52:56Z")
I can only imagine how much an actual cart of it costs now. Don’t even want to look it up again. ---
**Author:** ![Kawika](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/kawika/32/6118_2.png) [@Kawika](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Kawika)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/109 "2018-10-05T00:18:41Z")
I have one it’s a bit damaged ---
**Author:** ![Radarscope1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/radarscope1/32/200_2.png) [@Radarscope1](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Radarscope1)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/110 "2018-10-05T02:46:10Z")
Ah, that’s right. This shit needs to get on Switch. They should do SNES and then go straight to GBA on the online service. ---
**Author:** ![harborline\_765](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/harborline_765/32/5947_2.png) [@harborline\_765](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/harborline_765)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/111 "2018-10-05T11:50:21Z")
Unfortunately it’s never been republished by Konami (it was developed by Hudson Soft). I was hoping it would be on the Wii U as someone at Konami (Europe) made even Konami Krazy Racers get published there but alas it never happened. It’s a shame 3DS never got more virtual console games beyond the ambassador titles. 3DS includes firmware which allows it to run GBA games natively, and it’ll probably be the last system to do that. M2’s emulation on Wii U had some imperfections. ---
**Author:** ![Peltz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/peltz/32/6142_2.png) [@Peltz](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Peltz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/112 "2018-10-05T14:39:29Z")
It’s similar to the Wii U situation with GCN games - it has the hardware to run the titles natively, but it just never officially happened. Funny how the 3DS and Wii U share that similar trait. Both can play titles with their native hardware that are 2 generations old without emulation. But you can’t actually buy those games to play from Nintendo. ---
**Author:** ![Socksfelloff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/socksfelloff/32/9023_2.png) [@Socksfelloff](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Socksfelloff)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/113 "2018-10-05T16:44:49Z")
Hackers do what nintendont In the case of the GBA, I heard they couldn’t get it to run within the 3ds environment like the other VC titles do which is why they opted not to officially release anything outside of those ambassador titles. ---
**Author:** ![Peltz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/peltz/32/6142_2.png) [@Peltz](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Peltz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/114 "2018-10-05T17:34:48Z")
I don’t really understand that rational when DSiWare runs the same way. ---
**Author:** ![poptart](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/poptart/32/41_2.png) [@poptart](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/poptart)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/115 "2018-10-05T17:40:41Z")
The GBA mode doesn’t allow for sleep mode when the lid is closed, among other things. ---
**Author:** ![harborline\_765](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/harborline_765/32/5947_2.png) [@harborline\_765](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/harborline_765)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/116 "2018-10-05T18:09:45Z")
Yeah, though to be fair you can still press the sleep mode button combo or menu option in supported games and the 3DS will take on the correct behaviour (complete with pulsing power LED to show sleep mode). ---
**Author:** ![harborline\_765](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/harborline_765/32/5947_2.png) [@harborline\_765](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/harborline_765)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/117 "2018-10-05T20:43:59Z")
Since this is a collecting thread I thought I’d look through some of my recent (if a couple of years is recent) GBA pickups. What do you think is the best Bit Generations game? I love how forward thinking stuff like this and WarioWare was for the time - it’s a shame Nintendo doesn’t really ask its partners to do stuff like this anymore. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/retrogameboards/original/2X/1/1ffcbd6a1c29f4e216a67a1bae9e62ac0af4922c.jpeg) Coloris is probably my favourite, and a puzzle game worthy of more appreciation. Took me a while until I finally ‘got’ it, but like the best puzzlers it’s designed around experimentation while also being very approachable. Excellent sound design too. There’s still nothing else like SoundVoyager, and Digidrive is a great ‘forever’ game. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/retrogameboards/original/2X/e/e58d4ff68cb2c54705fa2b27dfb438cae74e2cc7.jpeg) Compile’s last game! ---
**Author:** ![Kawika](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/kawika/32/6118_2.png) [@Kawika](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Kawika)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/118 "2018-10-05T21:19:04Z")
Spent my lunch hour playing Metroid Zero.Mission on my new 3DS. I am not sure if I care to mod my GBA with the 101 screen anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Peltz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/peltz/32/6142_2.png) [@Peltz](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Peltz)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/119 "2018-10-09T22:17:54Z")
> [@harborline\_765](#): > > What do you think is the best Bit Generations game? I still never played these games but I love the box art and have always been curious about them. Is there a language barrier? ---
**Author:** ![khaz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/khaz/32/66_2.png) [@khaz](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/khaz)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281/120 "2018-10-09T23:11:19Z")
I’ve played them a long time ago, but I don’t recall any. I probably spent the most time with Digidrive. Dotstream was interesting but I had trouble figuring out the mechanics to win races. I loved the concept of Soundvoyager, which I played a lot in my room in total darkness. Dialhex and Coloris I didn’t get the concept. [Previous page](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281.md?page=5) [Next page](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/game-boy-color-advance-ot-collecting-thread-get-into-it/281.md?page=7)