A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
Nintendo bundled the original GBA Wireless Adapter with Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green in the mid-2000s. Surprisingly, they went through the hassle of developing a wireless adapter for the Gameboy Micro but was only available to purchase through Nintendo’s website at the time.
Dakar 2: The World’s Ultimate Rally (2003) might be a forgettable, niche racing game on Nintendo Gamecube but it packs a special GBA connectivity feature. By playing through the Gamecube game, players are rewarded with downloadable Time Trial tracks for their GBAs. Essentially, the Gameboy Advance version is a demake of the 3D original! Amazing!
One Piece Grand Battle! 3 is a multiplayer arena brawler that is a lot like Power Stone. However, this fighting game has a downloadable demo for Going Baseball, the One Piece GBA baseball game that was only released in Japan. This home run derby was a way for players to experience the GBA release months […]
Bomberman Land 2 has 10 downloadable GBA mini games that can be installed into empty Gameboy Advance systems. There is a lot of GameCube-to-GBA connectivity in this Japan exclusive game.
The Nintendo Gameboy Micro handheld has become a collector’s item as it was sold in limited quantities after the Nintendo DS was released. By that time, most players moved on from the GBA to the DS especially since the DS had a GBA cartridge slot. Even rarer, Nintendo made a Gameboy Micro link cable but […]
Amazing Island, which was published by Sega in 2004, has a Gamecube to GBA connectivity link cable function that is pretty deep and detailed. By making monsters in the GC version, they can be transferred into empty GBA’s to battle in card format against AI monsters or other players through the multiplayer link cable. GCtoGBA […]
The Gameboy Advance link cable has been hiding a secret backwards compatibility feature in plain sight. Here is how to make the GBA link cable backwards compatible with original Gameboy and Gameboy Color games without hacks, mods, or anything tricky.
The Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003) is a compilation disc exclusive to Japan that contains three popular Nintendo Puzzle games: Dr. Mario, Pan De Pon, and Yoshi’s Cookie. But connecting a Gamecube-to-GBA link cable, portable versions of these games can be downloaded to an empty Gameboy Advance via the link cable. Even though this disc was […]
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (2003) has an unnecessary connectivity feature with a Gameboy Advance. Exclusively available in the 2-Player Vs mode, a GBA can be linked to display the wingman commands. In other words, if the player didn’t want to tap orders via the Gamecube controller’s d-pad, you can awkwardly take your […]
Crash Nitro Kart on Nintendo Gamecube has two connectivity features with a Gameboy Advance. If the GBA cartridge version is connected, racers, stages, and cheats become unlocked (Spyro on the GBA version becomes playable). If an empty GBA is linked, a pointless music-based mini game can be downloaded.
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