Platform: Game Boy Advance
Barbarian
Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure
Daigasso! Band Brothers
Game Boy Music
Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords
Wolfenstein 3D
Virtua Tennis
Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Mega Man Zero
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
Pokémon FireRed Version
Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers
Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Bad Apple
Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon
Donkey Kong Country 2
The Bee Game
Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing
Wario Land 4
Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Bomberman Tournament
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Protoman
Mega Man Zero 3
Comix Zone
Spyro: Season of Ice
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
Mario Party Advance
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Advance Wars
Wizards
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
The Hobbit
Gyakuten Saiban 2
Gyakuten Saiban
It's Mr. Pants
Mother 3
Super Monkey Ball Jr.
Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi
Spyro 2: Season of Flame
Ratatouille
Looney Tunes Double Pack
Sabre Wulf
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In September 2005, Nintendo re-released the Game Boy Advance SP with an improved backlit screen and a model number of AGS-101 (vs. the original frontlit version with model number AGS-001). The button that turned the light on and off on the original model instead switched the brightness between low and high and provided no ability to turn the light off on the new model. Even on low though, the brightness of the new model exceeded that of the original.
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Soulja Boy selling SouljaGame line article:
https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/soulja-boy-selling-cheap-consoles-1203084022/
Soulja Boy ends sales of SouljaGame line article:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/01/02/soulja-boy-stops-selling-souljagame-game-consoles
SouljaGame unboxing and teardown showing the packaging:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo-qNU7Qu3k
Rerez video reviewing the console SouljaGame was based on, showing the console list:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXuAuTFXpA#t=595
https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/soulja-boy-selling-cheap-consoles-1203084022/
Soulja Boy ends sales of SouljaGame line article:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/01/02/soulja-boy-stops-selling-souljagame-game-consoles
SouljaGame unboxing and teardown showing the packaging:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo-qNU7Qu3k
Rerez video reviewing the console SouljaGame was based on, showing the console list:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXuAuTFXpA#t=595
subdirectory_arrow_right WarioWare: Twisted! (Game)
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The Japanese version of WarioWare: Twisted! features an exclusive start-up screen for the Game Boy Advance, where the Game Boy logo bounces up off-screen before landing again. Once the logo resumes as normal, a motorcycle heard in the background will stop, causing Wario to shout "Yeah!"
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Various video comparisons of original SNES and GBA port graphics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y849RDYK-30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNuzx9HY3Oo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq3e0qv2nPk
Reviews of the original Game Boy Advance mentioning the lack of built-in lighting:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220111091706/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/11/game-boy-advance-system-review
https://web.archive.org/web/20171207015848/https://www.cnet.com/products/nintendo-game-boy-advance/review/
Reviews of Castlevania: Circle of the Moon mentioning dark graphics:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/14/castlevania-circle-of-the-moon
https://web.archive.org/web/20080513130800/http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/september01/castlevania/index2.shtm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y849RDYK-30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNuzx9HY3Oo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq3e0qv2nPk
Reviews of the original Game Boy Advance mentioning the lack of built-in lighting:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220111091706/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/11/game-boy-advance-system-review
https://web.archive.org/web/20171207015848/https://www.cnet.com/products/nintendo-game-boy-advance/review/
Reviews of Castlevania: Circle of the Moon mentioning dark graphics:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/14/castlevania-circle-of-the-moon
https://web.archive.org/web/20080513130800/http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/september01/castlevania/index2.shtm
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The Game Boy Advance Video "Shrek and Shark Tale" and "Shrek and Shrek 2" double packs, both containing two 1 hour 30 minute movies each, are the largest ROMs in the Game Boy Advance library at 64 megabytes. They achieved this by compressing the films to 240 pixels by 112 pixels, and using a special memory chip.
subdirectory_arrow_right Polarium Advance (Game), Famicom Mini Collection (Game), Densetsu no Starfy 2 (Game), Kururin Paradise (Game), Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Game), Kuru Kuru Kururin (Game), DK: King of Swing (Game), Tomato Adventure (Game), Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi (Game), Advance Wars (Game), Mario Kart: Super Circuit (Game), Densetsu no Starfy (Game)
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Nintendo initially planned to give the Game Boy Advance a large-scale release in mainland China through their subsidiary in the region, iQue. However, they ultimately pulled out following rampant piracy of the system's first few Chinese releases. Consequently, Chinese localizations of several other games were cancelled despite being mostly complete and sent to the Chinese government for review. On March 25, 2019, game preservationist collective Forest of Illusion would leak twelve of these Chinese-language builds online, covering the following games:
• Advance Wars
• DK: King of Swing
• Densetsu no Starfy
• Densetsu no Starfy 2
• Famicom Mini Collection
• Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
• Kuru Kuru Kururin
• Kururin Paradise
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit
• Polarium Advance
• Tomato Adventure
• Advance Wars
• DK: King of Swing
• Densetsu no Starfy
• Densetsu no Starfy 2
• Famicom Mini Collection
• Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
• Kuru Kuru Kururin
• Kururin Paradise
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit
• Polarium Advance
• Tomato Adventure
SiliconEra article:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230205174600/https://www.siliconera.com/a-look-into-what-couldve-been-prototype-unreleased-chinese-gba-games/
Hidden Palace pages for the leaked builds:
https://hiddenpalace.org/Advance_Wars_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/DK_King_of_Swing_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Densetsu_no_Stafy_(Mar_6,_2006_iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Densetsu_no_Stafy_2_(Jun_6,_2006_iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Famicom_Mini_Collection_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Fire_Emblem:_The_Binding_Blade_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Kuru_Kuru_Kururin_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Kururin_Paradise_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Mario_%26_Luigi:_Superstar_Saga_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Mario_Kart:_Super_Circuit_(iQue_Prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Polarium_Advance_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Tomato_Adventure_(iQue_prototype)
https://web.archive.org/web/20230205174600/https://www.siliconera.com/a-look-into-what-couldve-been-prototype-unreleased-chinese-gba-games/
Hidden Palace pages for the leaked builds:
https://hiddenpalace.org/Advance_Wars_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/DK_King_of_Swing_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Densetsu_no_Stafy_(Mar_6,_2006_iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Densetsu_no_Stafy_2_(Jun_6,_2006_iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Famicom_Mini_Collection_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Fire_Emblem:_The_Binding_Blade_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Kuru_Kuru_Kururin_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Kururin_Paradise_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Mario_%26_Luigi:_Superstar_Saga_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Mario_Kart:_Super_Circuit_(iQue_Prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Polarium_Advance_(iQue_prototype)
https://hiddenpalace.org/Tomato_Adventure_(iQue_prototype)