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However, it finally had an integrated backlight that made possible to see the game, and a built-in rechargeable battery which allowed a long play after a single charge. The design, although still very small, was considerably different from the original model, featuring a clamshell design protecting the screen when not playing. In early 2003, the new model was finally released, and called the Game Boy Advance SP. However, Nintendo was aware of the problem and quickly started work on a new GBA model. The kit is considered now to have made a difference, but was also criticized for its difficulty of installation, its tendency to wash out the colors and create trapezoid shadows in the screen by reflecting the console's internal parts, and the expensive fees taken by technicians to fit the screen for people unwilling to make the operation themselves. The first widely available solution to remedy it was called the Afterburner, it was a third-party kit that was to be installed by the user himself in order to brighten up the screen. The screen problem remained the main complaint against the Game Boy Advance. Addressing the lighting problem and the Game Boy Advance SPĪn Afterburner-equipped GBA featuring Advance Wars. Further future games, including Golden Sun, Sonic Advance, and the very successful Advance Wars, Metroid Fusion or the new versions of Pokémon helped consolidate the commercial smash of the GBA. Despite that, the console managed to sell extremely well within a time period which was even shorter than for the original Game Boy. The console came under frequent criticism in its beginnings because of its screen, which was extremely dark and had to relay on external light sources to be visible. 2 which sold by the millions,, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon or Konami Krazy Racers and was also backward compatible with all previous Game Boy games. The console was sold at its start at less than $100 and featured a larger than usual line-up at its start, which included notably Super Mario Advance, a remake of Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Advance, one of the first great successes of the GBA.įinally, Nintendo announced and launched almost simultaneously the Game Boy Advance in 2001 with much publicity.

Unveiling and launch of the Game Boy Advance

However, its massive success allowed Okada and Nintendo to further refine the Game Boy's successor. Little circulated around the Project Atlantis before 2001, and the competition made it necessary to produce a stopgap machine, which the Game Boy Color actually was. According to some sources, the name actually came from the fact that Nintendo hoped to release the console in 1996 concurrently to the Atlanta Olympic games.

The preliminary work on it started in 1996 or 1995, at which time the development of the new console bore the name "Project Atlantis".