how much do you like GameBoy Advance ports of The Sims games?
>>738391442Urbz is literally the best one
>>738391442They're fantastic adventure games. I wish we got more entries.
>>738391442https://youtu.be/lXEumhQCd9s
>>738391841I wonder why they never ported The Sims 1 though
>>738391442I've played Bustin' Out and it was alright. I wish it wasn't so grindy. I also wish they didn't fuck up the post-game. If you get far enough in the story, one of the townspeople becomes permanently non-conversational + there's a long annoying cutscene whenever you enter your house. It's really anoying.
>>738391442Maxis handheld games in general are severely underrated.
>>738393130they weren't handed off to a third party?
>>738393130I only know about The Sims and SimCity, were there anything else?
>>738392516They did, but only in Japan. It's actually just Bustin' Out in disguise.
>>738391442I have heard they're unusually good. What's their deal?
>>738393395They're adventure games with life sim elements.
When each ports had different versions, unlike the soulless slops of today.
>>738393543Now from the perspective of time I see why that was a good thing, but back in the day I was pissed I coudn't play a game resembling for example PC version
>>738393543I love weird handheld ports that go their own way.Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night turning into a sidescrolling metroidvania was fucking sick.
>>738393385Ah so it doesn't count
>>738393543Still can't believe we went from this variety to the last 3 or 4 games being Gears of War clones
Home.
Is there any modern equivalent to these games? Nothing gets the balance of life sim and progression the same, they all want to be farming sims that imitate Stardew
>>738395089https://litter.catbox.moe/ybbm9y.webm
>>738395207truly we live in a soulless era, how do you take something so good and turn it into this
>>738395207>>738395293Name?
>>738395293Honestly if you have to pay the furry tax to get a new game in this style I'll take it. I'll just pretend it's a Zootopia game or something
>>738393130there was a simcity 3000 port to iOS forever ago that was removed, it was basically a 1:1 remake from the pc version but with a shitty mobile ui
>be kid>oh I like that game i can try it on GBA>it sucks>no new game for 6 months
>>738391442I was very surprised by how good bustin out on GBA was, my expectations were low. It's weird how often it's mentioned on /v/, I didn't know a single other person who played it.
>>738391442Fun fact. Miyamoto worked on thee GBA Bustin Out and is the one responsible for the RPG elements
>>738396253this. I was fucking pissed, but usually I got over it and played whatever I had and sometimes ended up liking the game
>>738396295how come nintendo has zero rpg ips
>>738393543I never understood why this was the case. Did they just lease the IP to several different developers and have them all make their own game? I get the game being different between console and handhelds, but it had to have been cheaper to just make ports between consoles.
>>738396437>what is Mario RPG
>>738391442I still have nightmares about the Sims 2 GBA characters sometimes
>>738396479Companies would just bid on IPs and they would just make what they wanted
>>738396480>one 30 year old game i just don't get why miyamoto allegedly likes rpg things when he only makes baby games
>>738396506>suddenly theres a fucking alien on a toiletfucking traumatizing to be honest
>>738395898Freaky Fs by velocirection on the 'treon
>>738391442[ about this much ]Seriously though, the GBA ports of The Sims and THPS games went pretty fucking hard for a handheld that still used AA batteries
>>738396806Thanks.
>>738397512someone ported Mario 64 to GBA recentlyhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/G4Zx4DnZOlI
>>738396687The sims2 DS was something else, out in that desert, renovating a hotel. Haunted game.
>>738398118Enter.
>>738391442>>738391790i loved them as a kid. they really were great fun
>>738391442The Urbz GBA was fantastic. The map is small when you think about it but it feels huge because of how much stuff is packed into it. The bit where you're thrown in the river and wake up in the Bayou was the best. Great soundtrack as well.https://youtu.be/N3XBb9bVmkg>>738393395They're Sims RPGs with a storyline, you run around and do Sims stuff like increasing traits and getting more items for your house, but there's loads of missions and sidequests too.
>>738391442I remember playing The Sims on DS (don't know which one, it was set in a desert town and had aliens) as a kid and actually getting invested in the lore, never finished it tho
>>738391442Remember the spooky spin off for the PSP? They should have done that more.
>>738396479I imagine whoever at EA managed the license was lax about it and just let anyone who offered to make a version do so, one dev did both GBC/GBA which is usually an entirely different game when it came to licensed shit anyway. But the real question is, how many kids actually noticed?
>>738399349>3DS
I actually just played the GBA game for the first time in like 15 years. It was a good nostalgia trip and the sound design is amusing. But when you get 2/3 of the way through the game, it falls into the same pitfall as the PC game where you have to grind relationships and skills to get any farther. House building and designing is by-and-large missing from the GBA game, so you won't have that to fall back on either.
