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. Despite the competitors' best efforts, Nintendo maintained a majority market share with the Game Boy Advance.Īs of June 30, 2010, the Game Boy Advance series has sold 81.51 million units worldwide. Nintendo's competitors in the handheld market at the time were the Neo Geo Pocket Color, WonderSwan, GP32, Tapwave Zodiac, and the N-Gage. 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 J(as 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. Memory 32 KB internal, 256 KB external, 96 KB VRAMĭisplay TFT LCD, 240×160 pixels, 40.8×61.2 mmīest-selling game Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, 16 million combined Units sold 81.51 million (as of June 30, 2010)ĬPU ARM7TDMI 16.78 MHz, Zilog Z80 8 or 4 MHz The indigo version of the Game Boy Advance. Game Boy Advance Gameboy advance logo.svg For other uses, see GBA (disambiguation).
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