ZenOfThunder posted...
i dont think i ever saw the graphics of a GBC game and went "wow"
The earliest instance of this in my life was Wario Land 2, which I randomly discovered on Nintendo's old website browsing the list of games. (It was actually a color-enhanced GB game, but I didn't know the difference at the time, so to me it was a GBC game) I was completely struck by how nice the game looked and it made want to buy it, even though I knew nothing about the gameplay or the character (didn't even know who Wario was or that he was connected to Mario). And I did buy it, and I'm so glad that I did, all because of the graphics.
Conker's Pocket Tales is another game that always caught my eye when seeing it in Nintendo Power (even though the actual game wasn't very good, as I found out later in life).
The most recent time was when I discovered (and played) Alice in Wonderland last year. Observe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvY46q20i_U
The part in the intro level where you walk "through" the flowers (layered sprites on top of your character) is mindblowing, because despite being a simple trick, games simply weren't doing that at the time. So it looks really advanced, relatively. Also all of the backgrounds are extremely detailed and the cutscenes look great. I love the animation at 3:35 in this video.
(Also, coincidence that they posted this video 2 weeks after I started speedrunning this game and uploaded a few runs to Youtube? )