flagship on 27 September 2008
Well a lot of the better GBA games are actually ports/sequels to older nes/snes games: Zelda, Fire Emblem, Advanced Wars, mario etc. so comparing two systems one of which has the best games of the previous system isn't exactly fair, it's like calling the PS2 a better system than the PS1 simply because it can play all the PS1 games as well as the PS2 library.
Other than that a lot of older games are "better" due to nostalgia, you have no idea how many times I've remembered NES games as something amazing, then I go back and play them and find myself disappointed. Although I will say most older JRPGs had better storylines which significantly less time devoted to creating dull unorginial emo personalities for all their cast members.
