I managed to get as far as chapter 12 in FE8 on a regular GBA. Then I tried to arena whore and had to reset, and then people kept dying. You need to take only the 600-690 and low-700s bets. Those are either survivable or are slow-paced enough that you can start mashing B.
Besides, in FE8, you have the advantage that you can go fight monsters between chapters. ;) It's better than the Arena, in some ways. Say what you will about the monsters, but at least they'll never be Level 20 Pirates with Silver Axes or whatnot. :P
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You need to take only the 600-690 and low-700s bets. Those are either survivable or are slow-paced enough that you can start mashing B.
Besides, in FE8, you have the advantage that you can go fight monsters between chapters. ;) It's better than the Arena, in some ways. Say what you will about the monsters, but at least they'll never be Level 20 Pirates with Silver Axes or whatnot. :P