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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 Color line of handhelds, and was Nintendo's handheld platform of choice before the release of the [[Nintendo DS]] in late 2004.

==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 {{L}} and {{R}} 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 (Game Boy Advance)|Jet Set Radio]]'', ''[[Space Channel 5: Ulala's Cosmic Attack]]'', ''[[Shining Soul]]'' and ''[[Sega Rally Championship (Game Boy Advance)|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==
(list here)

==Gallery==
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File:GBASP.jpg|Game Boy Advance SP
File:GBAMicro.jpg|Game Boy Micro
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[[Category:Non-Sega consoles]]