Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $39.99. It has been as low as $12.79.
- Story and characters: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Multiplayer: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 597 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
For fans of the original releases on the Game Boy Advance or curious newcomers intrigued by its genre fusion of real-time grid combat, deck-building, and story-driven progression, this collection serves as both a time capsule and a polished reintroduction.
A music player, art gallery, and online battle/trade functionality enhance the value significantly.
Patch cards, dark chips, even turn-based strategy/tactics gameplay(BN5), the culmination of everything that made the earlier games good amplified with new things to do and see.
The UI and menu navigation can sometimes feel clunky, especially when switching between versions or saving progress.
BN4 while rough still has some qualities I like about it such as a very visually appealing net, double souls being op, a great soundtrack, and couple of laughs from its old goofy translation errors.
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Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
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Currently $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $12.79.
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