The Game Boy Advance (ゲームボーイアドバンス) is Nintendo's third handheld console.
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The Game Boy Advance is the successor to the original Game Boy and Game Boy Color as it largely departs from the vertical brick design of the original two handheld systems for a wider, horizontal design. The hardware is significantly improved from is predecessor, mainly featuring a larger processor for more detailed graphics, sound, and overall data. The Game Boy Advance also adds two bumper buttons to the controller options. The Advance is compatible with all Game Boy and Game Boy color games. The Advance can connect to other Advances through a peripheral link cable or a later released wireless adapter for certain games. It can also connect with the Game Cube through a different adapter for certain game features in both systems.
In 2003, the Game Boy Advance SP was released featuring a clam shell design that allowed better portability and storage when not in use and returned the design back to a vertical style similar to the Game Boy and Game Boy Color when in play mode. The SP also is the first handheld system to feature a built-in backlight into the screen, allowing game to be played in the dark without need for an external light source or peripheral. Also, another revision as well as the last model in the model in the Game Boy line called the Game Boy Micro was released. This model only plays GBA games and cannot play GB and GBC games. It was also released nearly an year after the original Nintendo DS.
The Advance marks the first system to receive an internationally released Fire Emblem title with the first being Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, simply known as Fire Emblem upon its initial release internationally beginning in 2003. While Japan would be the only region to receive Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, the eight title in the franchise Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones received an international release.
Though not directly a part of the series itself, Intelligent Systems' other tactical strategy RPG game series Advance Wars was released on the Game Boy Advance and is seen as a contributing factor in the international release of the Fire Emblem series due to its successes and popularity overseas.
Fire Emblem Games[]
- Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (Japan only)
- Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
- Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
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