One of the features that will stand out when you look at the new Game Boy Advance hand-held game console is its simplicity. Instead of hitting you with a complexity of numerous buttons, you will only have two buttons on your right, appropriately named buttons a and b. The direction buttons maintain their sleek look still giving you the handling capability that earlier versions of the console adorned. You have a selection of choosing between 3 different editions of the game boy advance. Thats right, 3, the black micro, the silver micro and the 20th anniversary edition recently launched.
Launched in 2001 by its manufacturer, Nintendo, the first Game Boy Advance or GBA has seen successful successions follow suite. Sprite-based games got a boost with the help of the GBA making them live side by side with 3D games. This makes the GBA a favorite for many old-school gamers who would like to relive early game titles that ran in 8-bit and 16-bit systems.
What makes the recent releases of the game boy advance a console to die for? One is the wireless adapter. With this feature, you enter into a wireless contest in supported games like Trade Pokemon where up to 40 participants can connect wirelessly. The Game Boy Advance is also capable of connecting to the GameCube and the Wii gaming consoles allowing you to interoperate corresponding games that exist in the Wii, GameCube and the GBA. Some of these games include The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.
Another notable feature of the Game Boy Advance is the support for Game Boy Advance videos. Cartridges available on Nintendo Online Store can be purchased that include episodes of cartoon programs as well as movies like Shrek and Shark Tale. Game Boy Advance has continued to maintain a relatively active community despite the age of the console. There is even an entire community online that develops homebrew software to run on the Game Boy Advance. The simplicity of the system makes it quite easy for C and C++ developers to write small commercial games and some of these are quite good.
The recent successor, the Game Boy Advance SP has come with added features that include a much brighter LCD screen and improved playability. New game titles have also continued to adorn the GBA. Instead of telling it to you, why not get your own GBA, or as they say at Nintendo, Make it yours.