Game Boy Advance
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The Game Boy Advance (ゲームボーイアドバンス) or GBA is a handheld video game console released by Nintendo in 2001. It is a successor to the Game Boy line of handhelds, and was Nintendo's handheld platform of choice before the release of the Nintendo DS in late 2004.
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Overview
The Game Boy Advance stands as one of Nintendo's most successful handheld systems, remaining virtually uncontested throughout its run (competitors included the short-lived Neo Geo Pocket Color by SNK and various iterations of the WonderSwan by Bandai) thanks to then-cutting edge technical might (for a handheld, anyway) and its large array of third-party backers. The GBA is fully backwards compatible with earlier iterations of the Game Boy, though is now held sideways, has a widescreen display and adds 
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buttons.
The Game Boy Advance was an extremely profitable venture for Nintendo, sporting high build quality, a large library of games and importantly for handhelds, a long battery life. Original models did not have backlit screens, something which was addressed in the late 2003 release of the flip-top Game Boy Advance SP, and the unsuccessful cost-cut Game Boy Micro (which cannot play older Game Boy/Game Boy Color games), released in 2005.
Sega Support
Contrary to popular belief, the Game Boy Advance was not the first Nintendo console to be supported by its old rival, Sega, but the company did make a strong impact with the likes of ChuChu Rocket!, Super Monkey Ball Jr. and the much anticipated Sonic Advance shortly after the system's launch. Roughly fifty games were published by Sega for the system in total, most of which were co-published by THQ in the west due to various financial and logistical issues.
Some of Sega's output, such as Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride, is said to have pushed the Game Boy Advance hardware to the edge, and other big properties came to the system in the form of Jet Set Radio, Space Channel 5: Ulala's Cosmic Attack, Shining Soul and Sega Rally Championship.
Like most third-party publishers, Sega quickly moved to Nintendo DS development at the quickest opportunity, with support drying up entirely by late 2006/early 2007.
List of Sega games for the Game Boy Advance
- 2 Games in 1: Columns Crown & ChuChu Rocket! (2008)
- 2 Games in 1: Sonic Advance & ChuChu Rocket! (2005)
- 2 Games in 1: Sonic Advance & Sonic Battle (2005)
- 2 Games in 1: Sonic Advance & Sonic Pinball Party (2005)
- 2 Games in 1: Sonic Battle & ChuChu Rocket! (2005)
- 2 Games in 1: Sonic Pinball Party & Columns Crown (2005)
- 2 Games in 1: Sonic Pinball Party & Sonic Battle (2005)
- Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms (2002)
- Astro Boy: Omega Factor (2003)
- Baseball Advance (2002)
- Bleach Advance: Kurenai ni Somaru Soul Society (2005)
- Charlotte's Web (2006)
- ChuChu Rocket! (2001)
- Columns Crown (2001)
- Comix Zone (?)
- Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride (2003)
- Greatest Nine (2002)
- Gunstar Super Heroes (2005)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Advance (2002)
- Jet Set Radio (2003)
- Kidou Gekidan Haro Ichiza: Haro no Puyo Puyo (2005)
- Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi (2005)
- Lilliput Oukoku: Lillimoni to Issho Puni! (2004)
- Mr. Incredible: Kyouteki Underminer Toujou (2006)
- Ocha-ken no Heya (2003)
- Phantasy Star Collection (2002)
- The Pinball of the Dead (2002)
- Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! Advance (2002)
- Puyo Pop (2001)
- Puyo Pop Fever (2004)
- The Revenge of Shinobi (2002)
- Sega Arcade Gallery (2003)
- Sega Rally Championship (2002)
- Sega Smash Pack (2002)
- Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (2004)
- Shining Soul (2002)
- Shining Soul II (2003)
- Sonic 3 Fighter Sonic (?)
- Sonic Advance (2001)
- Sonic Advance 2 (2002)
- Sonic Advance 3 (2004)
- Sonic Advance 3 (2004)
- Sonic Battle (2003)
- Sonic Pinball Party (2003)
- Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis (2006)
- Sonic X: A Super Sonic Hero (2004)
- Space Channel 5: Ulala's Cosmic Attack (2003)
- Super Monkey Ball Jr. (2002)
- The Tower SP (2006)
- Virtua Tennis (2002)
By region
- List of Game Boy Advance games in Australia
- List of Game Boy Advance games in Brazil
- List of Game Boy Advance games in Canada
- List of Game Boy Advance games in France
- List of Game Boy Advance games in Germany
- List of Game Boy Advance games in Italy
- List of Game Boy Advance games in Japan
- List of Game Boy Advance games in Mexico
- List of Game Boy Advance games in Russia
- List of Game Boy Advance games in South Korea
- List of Game Boy Advance games in Spain
- List of Game Boy Advance games in Taiwan
- List of Game Boy Advance games in the United Kingdom
- List of Game Boy Advance games in the United States
Other Game Boy Advance games also released for Sega systems
- Aero the Acro-Bat
- Blackthorne
- Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
- Disney's Donald Duck Quack Attack
- Doom
- Double Dragon
- Earthworm Jim 2
- European Super League
- Final Fight CD
- Fushigi no Kuni no Angelique
- Guilty Gear X
- Mr. Nutz
- Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness
- Pac-Man
- Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
- Rayman
- Rock n' Roll Racing
- Sangokushi Eiketsuden
- Sangokushi Koumeiden
- Shin Megami Tensei
- SimCity 2000
- Street Fighter Alpha 3
- Street Fighter Zero 3
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
- The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie
- The Jungle Book
- The Lost Vikings
- The Smurfs
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
- Worms World Party
Gallery
Game Boy Advance SP
Game Boy Micro
Promotional material
Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance SP
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.nintendo.com/news/news_articles.jsp?articleID=3950 (Wayback Machine: 2001-06-09 22:28)
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