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 June 8, 2004 as iQue Game Boy Advance. The GBA is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles. ... The final redesign, the Game Boy Micro, was released in 2005.

As of June 30, 2010, the Game Boy Advance series has sold 81.51 million units worldwide. Its successor, the Nintendo DS, was released in November 2004 and is also compatible with Game Boy Advance software.

I got this handheld at the same year as the Gamecube came out and being a New Yorker riding the city bus and subway train a lot every day this GBA was a godsend and was the closest thing to have a SNES handheld at the time and I played Super Mario Advance 1, 2 and 4 a lot. Not much on Super Mario Advance 3 as I hating Baby Mario yelling a lot XD

17 launch games came out on the GBA on day one and the list are,


Army Men Advance

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

ChuChu Rocket!

Earthworm Jim

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity

Fire Pro Wrestling

GT Advance Championship Racing

Iridion 3D

Konami Krazy Racers

Namco Museum

Pinobee: Wings of Adventure

Rayman Advance

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2

Super Dodge Ball Advance

Super Mario Advance

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2

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