Video Game Ninja

Who can forget the good'ol Game Boy Advance? Many of us have lost hundreds of hours into this little bugger. Many of us still play GBA games on our Nintendo DS Phats and Lites. And many of us, including myself, have not picked up a DSi because of the omission of the GBA slot.

And although the DS is kicking every other consoles butt, it's nice to know that the Game Boy Advance hasn't fell off the face of the earth. Kotaku.com reports:

Ask yourself: when was the last time you saw a Game Boy Advance on a shelf? Or heard about a new Game Boy Advance game? Or even heard Nintendo mention the console, even in passing?

Exactly. Never. So, fearing for the health of the poor little guy, we contacted Nintendo to see whether the console had been quietly killed off in the middle of the night, its years of loyal service rewarded with naught but an unmarked grave somewhere outside Nintendo HQ.

Nintendo's response was a surprising one. Turns out the Game Boy Advance is not dead. Shipments of the console are still being made to distributors and retailers across the world, and last fiscal year, the GBA sold 420,000 units worldwide, with the vast majority of those sales being made in the Asian and developing markets.

It's really nice to see that this tried-and-true gaming system is still being supported and circulated by Nintendo. There are a ton of gamers out there who get pure joy out of playing GBA games, and don't really want or need a DS or DSi.

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