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Shining Force: Ressurrection of the Dark Dragon - I love this old Genesis classis. It's simple, it's fun, I <3 it. Whatever DanteV9 heard about it is wrong.

Golden Sun - For reasons Nominus Experse stated.

Fire Emblem - Good, fun, strategy. Can't go wrong with it.

Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance

Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga

FFIV: Advance is a good choice as well.
The Genesis classic was awesome, as was its sequel. Ressurrection of the Dark Dragon, however, did not even come close to doing justice to those great games. The graphics weren't as good, and some cheap gimmicks (the idea that magic is beamed down to earth from a sattelite, and the addition of Mawlock, the card user [who still holds my vote for all time worst character in any game, ever]) ruined the wonderful game that was Shining Force: Legacy of the Great Intention.

Golden Sun and the Lost Age are the Alpha and Omega of handheld RPGs. Wonderful plot, characters, and graphics. Enjoyable puzzles, an easy to use combat and charcter enhancement system that still leaves an incredible amount of character customizability. Best RPGs on the GBA.

Fire Emblem is the original tactical RPG at its finest. An excellent story, many good characters to choose from, and the wonderful support conversations which let you uncover quite a bit of subplot (like Renault's story) and character interaction. Good game.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is another favorite of mine, and yet another tactical RPG. For more discussion on this, view my posts in the FFTA forum. Great plot, nice characters, decent ability system, and fun gameplay. Some people complain that it is too kiddy, but I very much disagree.