Neon wrote:
I think he meant exclusives, in which case there aren't many. Even GBA is short on shmups, fighters, racers, every 'important' genre.
Lets see, for racing games there are three original F-Zero games, an original Mario Kart, those GT Advance games, Racing Gears Advance, Micro Machines, Karnaaj Rally, Pole Position, Out Run, and Super Hang On, not to mention the racing games on GB/GBC like Toca Racing Challange, Micro Machines, Super RC Pro Am, and a few others.
As for fighters, there is King of Fighters EX 2, an excellent port Street Fighter Alpha 3, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo revival, all of which are extremely good. On the GB/GBC there is Street Fighter Alpha and some very good Takara designed SNK ports.
As for shmups, there's Iridion II, Twinbee Famicom Mini, Star Soldier Famicom Mini, Gradius Galaxies, Steel Empire, the ports in Konami Arcade Advance, and some other ports in classic collections. On the GB/GBC there is Solar Striker, some Nemesis/Gradius games, R-Type I and II, Twinbee Da!!, Parodius Da!!, and Aero Star.
I'm getting sick of this crap. The GBA actually has more shmups than the Game Gear and a decent amout of good ones (though most of them aren't as good as the GG Aleste games, but that's no fault of the GBA, GB, or GBC). Not to mention the fact that GB/GBC games can be played on the GBA and the GB player. This is technically off topic, but when someone says some untrue info about the GBA, I can't help but defend it.
Also, the GCN has some good Nintendo exclusives and some of the same great non-exclusives that are on other systems. However, sometimes the GCN versions of games get rated lower for unfair reasons (the controller, no online, etc).
As for Ikaruga, the GCN version is a good version of the game IMO. I really don't care if one version is better by a slight margin.