| Nintendo Games | | | | flagship of sprite-based games. With hardware |
| In September 2005, Nintendo released a second | | | | superior to the Super NES it has proven that |
| redesign of the Game Boy Advance. This model, | | | | sprite-based technology could improve and live side by |
| dubbed the Game Boy micro, is similar in style to the | | | | side with the 3D games of today's consoles. The |
| original Game Boy Advance's horizontal orientation, but | | | | Game Boy Advance not only has one's typical |
| is much smaller and sleeker. The Game Boy micro | | | | platformers, but also a huge collection of SNES-style |
| also allows the user an ability to switch between | | | | RPGs. It has also become a popular system for |
| several colored faceplates to allow customization, a | | | | old-school gamers due to the increasing amount of |
| feature which Nintendo advertised heavily around the | | | | games ported from various 8-bit and 16-bit systems of |
| Game Boy micro's launch. Nintendo also hoped that | | | | the previous era. Through the use of flash cartridges |
| this "fashion" feature will help target audiences outside | | | | and emulators the Game Boy Advance can even play |
| of typical video game players, much like its new Wii. | | | | NES and TurboGrafx-16 games, as well as AGI-based |
| Unlike the previous Game Boy Advance models, | | | | Sierra On-Line PC adventure games. |
| Game Boy micro is unable to support Game Boy and | | | | Nintendo owners enjoy a huge selection of Nintendo |
| Game Boy Color titles. | | | | games from Sport, Action and Adventure to |
| Nintendo's competitors in the handheld market were | | | | Simulation, Strategy and Edutainment. |
| the Neo Geo Pocket Color, Bandai Swan Crystal, | | | | The best selling game of all times is Pokemon Ruby |
| Game Park 32, Tapwave Zodiac and the Nokia | | | | and Sapphire, Released in March 2003 was sold at |
| N-Gage. Despite the competitors' best efforts, | | | | over 13 million copies. |
| Nintendo maintained its majority market share with the | | | | An updated list of all GBA games can be found on |
| Game Boy Advance. | | | | wikipedia: |
| To date, Nintendo has sold 80,500,000 GBA units | | | | Nowadays you can find many websites that sell |
| around the world. Over half of those in the Americas | | | | Nintendo games online, where you can also find rare |
| and 16 million in Japan at second place. | | | | classics in affordable prices and games that are |
| The Game Boy Advance has become the modern | | | | mostly unreachable in stores. |