Game Boy Advance and Nintendo 64 games are scheduled to be added in the future.
We've had ideas about coincidental linking with other players, and obviously, with the Game Boy Advance sometimes even up to eight.
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Software: the Game Boy Advance has nearly 700 titles available, all of which will be playable on the Game Boy Micro.
N-Gage costs twice as much as the Game Boy Advance and has far fewer software titles, notes Nick Gibson of Games Investor Consulting.
But it will play every Game Boy Advance game you own.
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Whereas the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS were met with universal success, the Nintendo 3DS is currently sitting on store shelves, waiting to be purchased.
The screen may prove frustrating if your games include reading a lot of small text but most Game Boy Advance arcade-style games look and feel great on the Micro.
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It is fully Game Boy Advance compatible (it has a slot for the carts), and has a DS cart slot to take advantage of the new dual screen features as well.
When you think about it, the last two generations of handheld gaming (chiefly Nintendo DS and starting with Game Boy Advance) got flooded with more casual gamers than any of its predecessors, like Game Boy and Game Boy Color.
Nintendo's already dipped its toes into motion-sensing handheld gaming with the gyro-equipped WarioWare: Twisted for the Game Boy Advance, but it looks like the company looks has even grander plans to let you make a fool of yourself in public, at least if a recent patent application is any indication.
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Virtual Console for Wii U: A spring system update will add Virtual Console software to the Nintendo eShop for Wii U. The service will launch right after the spring update and will include a selection of NES and Super NES games, with Game Boy Advance games to be added in the future.
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In 2003, Nintendo released the completely redesigned Game Boy Advance SP which, most importantly, added a front-lit screen, attempting rectifying the one major problem people had with the original GBA. Recently, Nintendo released yet another GBA varient, the Game Boy Micro, with a small and sleek design aimed in large part at an older, iPod-totting audience.
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