Hello. I never owned a GB or GBA. I have a shiny new $20 eShop prepaid card and I want to spend it exclusively on GB (or NES) titles on the 3DS . What do I download? Thank you!

Link's Awakening

Tetris. For the love of all that is holy, Tetris.

Mario's Picross is another great Game Boy game if you like puzzle games.

For a second there I was wondering why I didn't hear about Giant Bomb releasing a game on eshop.

@poprocksandsoda: Definitely get Link's Awakening DX. The Oracle games are coming "this summer" as well, so keep those in your sights. Donkey Kong (also known as Donkey Kong '94) is a must - it's the Game Boy game, make sure you're not buying anything else named Donkey Kong.

• Super Mario Land
• Super Mario Land 2
• Metroid II - Return of Samus (though I only recommend that if you're a big Metroid fan)
• Mole Mania (an oft-forgotten Miyamoto joint from the early days)
• Bionic Commando - I think the GB game is also well regarded
• Mystical Ninja starring Goemon - Goemon is always nice to have around!
• Legend of the River King - fishing RPG
• Harvest Moon GBC - it's a classic. Get this if you've never experienced the joy of a Harvest Moon game
• Wario games - can't say much about those since I've never played any but people like them so I guess you can't really go wrong there.
• Toki Tori - warm yourself up for the sequel!

• Blaster Master: Enemy Below - if you liked Blaster Master on the NES

There're also a few Mega Mans, Castlevania, Ghosts & Goblins, Gradius, Punch Out etc games from the NES on there if you care for those.

Not many Sega Game Gear games on there, though. But if you want Shinobi, you can get that.

Super Mario Land 1-3 and Link's Awakening, to be sure.

Oh, and Gargoyle's Quest!

I think Kirby's Pinball Land was one of the best Game Boy games. And it's currently a Club Nintendo reward for 150 coins. But I already played it as a kid so I don't think I'd bother getting it again.

Though I wonder if maybe I should try Kirby's Block Ball. Never played it.

My man knows what the deal is.

Haven't seen a mention in here for Fortified Zone yet. That game is tight, pretty sure it's only $2.99 as well.

Link's Awakening for sure. Mario Picross is also great.

• Link's Awakening - My personal favourite 'Zelda' game.
• Mario's Picross - If the other 2 picross games aren't available in your region, then get this.
• Catrap - Seriously, this is a genuinely great puzzle game.
• Trip World - I won't lie, it's not a particularly great game; but, the pixels and audio are some of, if not, the best you'll find for the GB; so, it's definitely worth it if you want to see what the GB was capable of aesthetically.
• Metroid II - Personally, I enjoyed this more than the original Metroid.

MARIO PICROSS.

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Legend of the River King and Super Mario Land 2. Both of those games are amazingly fun.

I don't even like Zelda games and playing Link's Awakening DX on my Gameboy Colour as a kid was one of the best experiences I ever had with that thing. IDK if it's on there or how well it holds up, but I went nuts for Warlocked as well.

This is what I thought too. Now I'm sad there isn't giant bomb 3DS game.