

Simultaneously, Nintendo announced a partnership with Konami to form Mobile 21, a development studio that would focus on creating technology for the GBA to interact with the Dolphin, Nintendo’s home console which was also in development at the time. Nintendo teased that the handheld would first be released in Japan in August of 2000, with the North American and European launch dates slated for the end of the same year. On September 1st, 1999, Nintendo officially announced the Game Boy Advance, revealing details about the system’s specifications including online connectivity through a cellular device and an improved model of the Game Boy Camera. Word of a successor to the Game Boy Color (GBC) first emerged at the Nintendo Space World trade show in late August, 1999, where it was reported that two new handheld systems were in the works: an improved version of the GBC with wireless online connectivity, codenamed the Advanced Game Boy (AGB), and a brand-new 32-bit system, which wasn’t set for release until the following year. The Game Boy Advance was designed by the French designer Gwénaël Nicolas and his Tokyo-based design studio Curiosity Inc.

Its successor, the Nintendo DS, was released in November 2004 and is also compatible with Game Boy Advance software.Ĭontrary to the previous Game Boy models, which were all following the “portrait” form factor of the original Game Boy (designed by Gunpei Yokoi), the Game Boy Advance was designed in a “landscape” form factor, putting the buttons to the sides of the device instead of below the screen.

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Another redesign, the Game Boy Micro, was released in 2005.Īs of June 30, 2010, the Game Boy Advance series has sold 81.51 million units worldwide. The original model was not backlit and Nintendo addressed that with the release of the redesigned Game Boy Advance SP in 2003. The GBA was part of the sixth generation. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001, and in mainland China on Jas iQue Game Boy Advance. The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color.
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