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[[File:Game Boy Advance.png|thumb|240px]]
[[File:Game Boy Advance.png|thumb|240px]]
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The '''Game Boy Advance''' is a handheld game
system
created by [[Nintendo]]. It
was
the third
system in
the [[Game Boy]]
series
. It
has
backwards
compatibility, to the
[[Game Boy]] and [[Game Boy Color]].
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The '''Game Boy Advance''' is a handheld
video
game
console
created by [[Nintendo]]. It
is
the third
installment of
the [[Game Boy]]
franchise
. It
is
backwards
compatibile with
[[Game Boy]] and [[Game Boy Color]]
games
.
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==Versions==
==Versions==
===Game Boy Advance SP===
===Game Boy Advance SP===
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[[File:DiddyDixieGBA.jpg|thumb|[[Diddy ]]and [[Dixie]] playing '''Game Boy Advance SP'''.]]
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[[File:DiddyDixieGBA.jpg|thumb|[[
Diddy Kong|
Diddy]] and [[
Dixie Kong|
Dixie]] playing
''Super Donkey Kong 2'' on a
'''Game Boy Advance SP'''.]]
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The '''Game Boy Advance SP'''
was an upgraded version of the original GBA. It featured a new design, with
a clamshell
style
and front-lit screen. It also
came with
a rechargeable battery
, rather than requiring
AA
's. The only major drawback was the absence of a headphone jack
. The "SP"
stands for
"'''Sp'''ecial".
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The '''Game Boy Advance SP'''
features
a clamshell
design
and
a
front-lit screen
, unlike the original Game Boy Advance
. It also
has
a rechargeable battery
within it; it does not operate using
AA
batteries
. The
title's
"SP"
is an abbreviation of
"'''Sp'''ecial
", similar to how the "DS" of [[Nintendo DS]] is short for "Dual Screen
".
===Game Boy Micro===
===Game Boy Micro===
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The '''Game Boy Micro''' is the third design of the
GBA
.
At a size of only
four inches wide, two inches tall, less than an inch deep, and
a weight of
2.8 ounces, it is smaller than any other
system in the
Game Boy
line
.
It's screen is
slightly smaller than that of the
GBA and SP
, but it
maintains
the
same
resolution. It is not backwards compatible.
It comes with
an adjustable backlight
for playing in
the
dark
.
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The '''Game Boy Micro'''
, branded as '''Game Boy micro''',
is the third design of the
Game Boy Advance
.
Given it being
four inches wide, two inches tall, less than an inch deep, and
weighing
2.8 ounces, it is smaller
and lighter
than any other Game Boy
system
.
The Game Boy micro has a
slightly smaller
screen
than that of the
previous two Game Boy Advances
, but it
retains
the
screen
resolution
(240 by 160 pixels)
. It is not backwards compatible
, unlike the other two Game Boy Advances
.
This handheld also has
an adjustable backlight
, like with
the
SP
.
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==Donkey Kong Games==
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==Games related to ''Donkey Kong''==
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There are
two
canceled
games
,
''Diddy Kong Pilot'' and ''Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers''
due to
[[Rare]]
joining
Microsoft. The
current games are
''DK: King of Swing'' and
the
remakes ''Donkey Kong Country'', ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', and ''Donkey Kong Country 3''.
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The Game Boy Advance has
two
cancelled
games
:
''Diddy Kong Pilot'' and ''Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers''
. The former was cancelled because Nintendo deemed the game as "substandard"<ref>http://www.dkvine.com/?p=1082</ref>, while the latter was cancelled because
[[Rare]]
moved to
Microsoft
in 2002
. The
system's only original Donkey Kong title is
''DK: King of Swing''
,
and remakes
of
''Donkey Kong Country'', ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', and ''Donkey Kong Country 3''
<nowiki>'</nowiki>s were released on this handheld
.
<gallery>
<gallery>
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File:DKC3-GBA-Box.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3]]''
File:DKC3-GBA-Box.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3]]''
File:Dkkingofswing.jpg|''[[DK: King of Swing]]''
File:Dkkingofswing.jpg|''[[DK: King of Swing]]''
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File:DKP Title screen.png|''[[Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' (
canceled
)
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File:DKP Title screen.png|''[[Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' (
cancelled
)
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File:CoconutCrackersTitle.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers]]'' (
canceled
)
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File:CoconutCrackersTitle.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers]]'' (
cancelled
)
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</gallery>
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== References ==
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<references>
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{{Systems}}
{{Systems}}
[[Category:Systems]]
[[Category:Systems]]