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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
Flag of Japan
Japan
Flag of USA
North America
Flag of Europe
Europe
MMBN Mega Man Battle Network March 21, 2001 October 30, 2001 November 30, 2001
Mega Man Battle Network 2 Coverart Mega Man Battle Network 2 December 14, 2001 June 17, 2002 October 18, 2002
Mega Man Zero US cover Mega Man Zero April 26, 2002 November 9, 2002 November 27, 2002
Mmandbass Mega Man & Bass August 10, 2002 March 12, 2003 March 21, 2003
MMBN3WhiteUSCover Mega Man Battle Network 3
(White version)
December 6, 2002 June 24, 2003 July 4, 2003
MMBN3BlueUSCover Mega Man Battle Network 3
(Blue version)[1]
March 28, 2003
MMZ2CoverScan Mega Man Zero 2 May 2, 2003 October 14, 2003 October 31, 2003
Megaman Battle Chip Challenge Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge August 8, 2003 March 2, 2004 March 19, 2004
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Red Sun Coverart Mega Man Battle Network 4
(Red Sun)
December 12, 2003 June 29, 2004 September 3, 2004
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Blue Moon Coverart Mega Man Battle Network 4
(Blue Moon)
MMZ3CoverScan Mega Man Zero 3 April 23, 2004 October 5, 2004 September 3, 2004
Exe4.5 Rockman EXE 4.5 Real Operation August 6, 2004 Unreleased
Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team ProtoMan Coverart Mega Man Battle Network 5
(Team ProtoMan)
December 9, 2004 June 10, 2005 June 21, 2005
Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team Colonel Coverart Mega Man Battle Network 5
(Team Colonel)
February 24, 2005
MMZ4CoverScan Mega Man Zero 4 April 21, 2005 October 4, 2005 September 16, 2005
Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar Coverart Mega Man Battle Network 6
(Cybeast Gregar)
November 23, 2005 June 13, 2006 June 16, 2006
Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Falzar Coverart Mega Man Battle Network 6
(Cybeast Falzar)

Accessories[]

e-Reader[]

Main article: 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[]

Main article: 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.

References[]

  1. Known as Battle Network Rockman EXE 3 BLACK in Japan

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