Game Boy Advance

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Game Boy Advance
General Information
Console Type	Handheld console
Manufactured by	Nintendo
Release Date	March 21, 2001 June 11, 2001 / June 22, 2001
Discontinued	2006 2008
Console Guide
Preceded by	Game Boy Color
Succeeded by	Nintendo DS

Game Boy Advance (ゲームボーイアドバンス, Gēmu Bōi Adobansu) is a handheld video game console manufactured by Nintendo and it is a successor to the Game Boy. The console was first released in Japan on March 21, 2001 and later released internationally in the summer of the following year.

The first video game in the Mega Man franchise released for the handheld console was the first entry of the Mega Man Battle Network series, initially released in Japan on the same time as the Game Boy Advance. The final Mega Man video game title to be released for the console was Mega Man Battle Network 6, first released on late 2005 in Japan. During its run, the Game Boy Advance saw the release of the Mega Man Battle Network series and Mega Man Zero series in their entirety.

The only game in the classic series of the Mega Man franchise to be released for console was Mega Man & Bass (a port of the original Super Famicom video game titled Rockman & Forte), initially released in Japan on August 10, 2002.

Game Boy Advance games can also be played on the Nintendo GameCube with the Game Boy Player and in some versions of the Nintendo DS via backward compatibility.

The console was succeeded by the Nintendo DS in 2004. The console was discontinued in Japan in 2006 and later worldwide in 2008.

List of Mega Man games

There are seventeen Mega Man games produced for the console.

Image	Title	Release date
		Japan	North America	Europe
	Mega Man Battle Network	March 21, 2001	October 30, 2001	November 30, 2001
	Mega Man Battle Network 2	December 14, 2001	June 17, 2002	October 18, 2002
	Mega Man Zero	April 26, 2002	November 9, 2002	November 27, 2002
	Mega Man & Bass	August 10, 2002	March 12, 2003	March 21, 2003
	Mega Man Battle Network 3 (White version)	December 6, 2002	June 24, 2003	July 4, 2003
	Mega Man Battle Network 3 (Blue version)	March 28, 2003
	Mega Man Zero 2	May 2, 2003	October 14, 2003	October 31, 2003
	Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge	August 8, 2003	March 2, 2004	March 19, 2004
	Mega Man Battle Network 4 (Red Sun)	December 12, 2003	June 29, 2004	September 3, 2004
	Mega Man Battle Network 4 (Blue Moon)
	Mega Man Zero 3	April 23, 2004	October 5, 2004	September 3, 2004
	Rockman EXE 4.5 Real Operation	August 6, 2004	Unreleased
	Mega Man Battle Network 5 (Team ProtoMan)	December 9, 2004	June 10, 2005	June 21, 2005
	Mega Man Battle Network 5 (Team Colonel)	February 24, 2005
	Mega Man Zero 4	April 21, 2005	October 4, 2005	September 16, 2005
	Mega Man Battle Network 6 (Cybeast Gregar)	November 23, 2005	June 13, 2006	June 16, 2006
	Mega Man Battle Network 6 (Cybeast Falzar)

Accessories

e-Reader

The e-Reader is an accessory that can read cards to add or modify content in the games. It is compatible with Mega Man Zero 3 and three of the Mega Man Battle Network games.

Battle Chip Gate

The Battle Chip Gate, Progress Chip Gate, and Beast Link Gate are accessories that allow the use of toy Battle Chips in four of the Mega Man Battle Network games.

Trivia

• Mega Man ZX, Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS and the first two Mega Man Star Force games have extra features that are unlocked when specific Game Boy Advance games are placed on the Nintendo DS.
• The GameCube version of Mega Man X: Command Mission requires a Game Boy Advance to use the Treasure Navi, a radar to locate Treasure Tokens that unlock figures in the Sky Room.
• Two Game Boy Advances appear inside Dex's room in Mega Man Battle Network 2, and a Game Boy Advance SP appears in his room in Mega Man Battle Network 5.
• Mega Man Mania was original planned to be released on the Game Boy Advance prior to its cancellation.
• Rockman EXE 4.5 Real Operation is the only Rockman game for the Game Boy Advance that was never released outside of Japan.

External links

• Article at Wikipedia