I like to consider myself a Fire Emblem fan. I’ve played every title to have an official English release up until Awakening¹. I intend to play every English localized title in the series, and in an ideal world, play Japanese exclusive titles via fan translations at some point. Simply put, I love what Fire Emblem does as a series.

That brings us to the big question. How does a long-time fan of the Fire Emblem series feel about Fire Emblem: Awakening, a title that shook up the series in a number of big ways?

Welcome back to another weekly wrap-up of the games I’ve been playing over the past week!

Be warned, minor spoilers may be contained within. Generally, I do try to keep things spoiler-free but this isn’t always possible/practical! If you want to totally avoid all potential spoilers so you can play these games yourself in a blind run, you shouldn’t continue reading! Games contained within this post:

• Persona 3 Portable (PSP)
• Barbershop Simulator (PC)
• Jurassic World Evolution (PC)

Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance, or simply GBA for short. In my mind, the GBA was another incredible device in the Game Boy line. This small handheld provided me with hours upon hours of entertainment during its era, and thanks to backwards compatibility, I kept playing some of my favorite GBA games even after I got a Nintendo DS.

What makes the GBA so remarkable? Its games, of course! Prepare yourself for a wave of opinions that may shake you to your core, a list of the Top 10 Game Boy Advance Games of my Childhood!

Welcome back to another weekly wrap-up of the games I’ve been playing over the past week!

Be warned, minor spoilers may be contained within. Generally, I do try to keep things spoiler-free but this isn’t always possible/practical! If you want to totally avoid all potential spoilers so you can play these games yourself in a blind run, you shouldn’t continue reading! Games contained within this post:

• Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
• Jurassic World Evolution (PC)

The time in which I had an original DS seems quite short, looking back at it. I had the original silver DS model, not a DS Lite or anything like that. Despite only owning the system for a few years, I still enjoyed a number of quality DS games, and of course I loved the GBA backwards compatibility. Partially because the DS was the first system I owned with a built-in backlight, but also because the ability to play GBA and DS games on the same handheld was awesome! I only owned the DS up until Pokémon Soul Silver and Heart Gold came out. Then I traded it to a friend for a copy of Dragon Age: Origins on the Xbox 360, and my days of playing DS games game to a halt for many years.

But now I’ve got a New Nintendo 2DS XL, and that DS backwards compatibility is giving me the chance to experience all sorts of DS games I missed out on the first time around! Here are my Top 10 DS Games I Want To Play!