Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi

First Game Boy Advance installment in Nintendo's turn-based strategy roleplaying series, only released in Japan. The gameplay is divided up into map-based missions, which are introduced via simple character-driven cutscenes. Like in Advance Wars, most missions require you to defend allied towns against rival units, defeat incoming enemies and take over the opponent's stronghold. But Fire Emblem Advance has a distinctive RPG slant that sets it apart from its military-themed cousin. There is far more character interaction and, most importantly, character development. For starters, there really aren't any generic units -- each member of your team has a name and unique character attributes and stats. Every battle earns you experience points depending on how much damage your attacks caused. The game features 50 different units, a full-fledged items and weapons system, and music composed by Yuka Tsujiyoko.