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Golden Sun, the first original RPG handheld?

#1   Golden Legacy 

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    Posted 17 April 2010 - 01:19 PM

    I am looking into this claim and have been curious. Golden Sun was most certainly the first original RPG game on the GameBoy Advance. But was it also the first original RPG series introduced on any handheld system, in history?

    Can anyone verify this?

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      Posted 17 April 2010 - 07:29 PM

      View PostGolden Legacy, on Apr 18 2010, 05:19 AM, said:

      But was it also the first original RPG series introduced on any handheld system, in history?

      http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Pokemon_Yellow_Version_GBC_ScreenShot4.gif

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        Posted 17 April 2010 - 08:11 PM

        He's got you there GL. Pokemon was the first to hit it big. I'm sure someone can find an obscure title that came even before Pokemon though.

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          Posted 17 April 2010 - 08:38 PM

          I actually considered Pokemon, but I was thinking along the lines of Shining Force/Final Fantasy, etc., "classic JRPG" type games. It's a fair one though, I'll accept it.

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            Posted 17 April 2010 - 08:49 PM

            It could be the first traditional style JRPG series to be created for handhelds, sure, that I'm aware of. I'm definitely not an expert on JRPGs though, not too big a fan of the genre in general.

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              Posted 17 April 2010 - 08:58 PM

              final fantasy legend and final fantasy adventure. neither are ff games, the name was just tacked on to generate American sales. FFA is part of the mana series, and the three ffl games are the start of the SaGa series. sorry gl.

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                Posted 17 April 2010 - 09:06 PM

                ^ That's all I was asking for. Thanks.

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                  Posted 18 April 2010 - 07:55 AM

                  I've never really considered that before, the lack of rpgs like that before the GBA.

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                    Posted 18 April 2010 - 08:03 AM

                    that's because the gb and gbc are comparative to the nes, as is the gba to the snes. and imo rpg's didn't truly kick off till the snes.

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                      Posted 20 April 2010 - 12:37 PM

                      The NES still had Fire Emblem though. It was pretty big during those days.

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