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Game Boy Advance Ambassador Games Are Live

7:30PM December 16, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

The Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program’s second batch of games are now. You can see a full list here. Download them the same way you downloaded the NES games! More »


Nintendo

10 Years Ago Today, The Last Game Boy Was Born

3:00PM March 22, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

On March 21, 2001, stores in Japan began selling the first units of the Game Boy Advance. There are few sentences that can better describe how far video games have come in the past decade than that. More »


Nintendo

The Zelda Games That Weren’t Really Zelda Games

4:00PM February 26, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

If you want to get canonical, Skyward Sword will be the 14th game in the Legend of Zelda series. But it’s not the 14th Zelda game ever made. Not when you count these spin-off games! More »


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Why Is Nintendo Doing 3D Now?

6:00PM June 22, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

In 1995, Nintendo released the Virtual Boy, a 3D gaming peripheral that made people vomit. It was yanked from the market, and Time called it one of the worst inventions ever. Yet, Nintendo has returned again with 3D. Why? More »


In Real Life

At Least The Zune HD Can Play Game Boy Titles

2:00AM May 16, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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Microsoft’s support for the Zune HD as a game playing device has been pretty abysmal. Luckily there are hackers, one of which has the beginnings of a serviceable Game Boy Advance emulator working on the device. More »


In Real Life

Advance Wars: The Board Game!

3:30PM March 30, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Advance Wars works well as a video game. But as a board game? Yeah, looks like it works pretty well as a board game, too. More »


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Nintendo 3DS Is A New Hardware Series

8:00PM March 23, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Whether it be the DS Lite or the DSi, Nintendo has announced a spate of Nintendo DS hardware spin-offs in the last few years. The Nintendo 3DS is not a spin-off. It’s worth pointing out, you know. More »


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The Nintendo DS Has Outsold The Game Boy Advance In The US

12:00PM January 16, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Nintendo had a very happy holiday in the United States, shattering sales records by selling more than seven million hardware units in December 2009 between the Wii and Nintendo DS. But Nintendo has a few more records to brag about. More »


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No, The Game Boy Advance Is Not Dead

2:30PM May 19, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

With the Nintendo DS now the undisputed heavyweight champion of the handheld gaming space, we got to wondering: what’s become of the humble Game Boy Advance? Is it dead? More »


In Real Life

A Eulogy For The Game Boy Advance

7:20AM April 9, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

The arrival of the Nintendo DSi in North America, Europe and Australia brings about the first Nintendo handheld in nearly eight years that doesn’t support Game Boy Advance games. Who wants to reflect?

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