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Boasting an advanced 32bit Arm processor, 2.9-inch display, and 15-hour battery life, the GBA was a huge leap forward for the series, selling 80m units across its lifetime. The strong tech specs and addition of shoulder buttons allowed more varied and intricate games, reducing the gap between handheld and console experiences. Advance Wars is one of the greatest turn-based strategy sims of all time regardless of platform, and there were excellent Zelda, Super Metroid, Castlevania and Super Mario adventures. The later SP model, with its lit screen and clamshell design, made the GBA a truly indispensable travel companion. 3. Nintendo 3DS/2DS (2011) a b c Wesley, David; Barczak, Gloria (2010). Innovation and Marketing in the Video Game Industry: Avoiding the Performance Trap. Gower Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-5660-9167-4. a b "Sonic Rush Adventure for DS". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021 . Retrieved November 24, 2010. a b "Sonic Classic Collection Release Information for DS". GameFAQs. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010 . Retrieved December 2, 2010.A promotion was set up I partnership with SEGA to celebrate both the 25th anniversary of the Sonic franchise, and kids gaming passion, McDonald's set up a search for a silver game [2] 25 of these silver games were sent out all across the country, and the winner would receive Sonic video games as the grand prize. [2] March 2016). Game Boy Advance: 15 ans d'histoire (1ère partie) (French). Puissance Nintendo. Retrieved on 22 March 2018.

Whitehead, Thomas (March 6, 2012). "Game Gear Hits North American eShop on 15th March". Nintendo Life. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015 . Retrieved December 11, 2015. Sonic and racing had always seemed an obvious fit, and Sega had made early forays into the concept with the Game Gear's Sonic Drift titles. This Saturn title offered a substantial tech injection for Sonics pole-position aspirations, with co-developers Travellers Tales tweaking the game's design to squeeze as much speed and detail out of the 32-bit hardware as possible. Sonic's 10th anniversary saw the release of Sonic Adventure, but 2001 also saw the release of a 2D Sonic game, Sonic Advance, for the GBA — marking the first time the blue blur made his way onto a Nintendo console. Sonic Advance kept the heart and soul of Classic Sonic, while also updating his sprite and his abilities to be more in line with the emerging modern Sonic design. Sonic could grind rails, there was a Tiny Chao Garden, and just overall, Sonic was far more expressive than he had ever been in the older 2D Sonic games. Orpheus, Joshua (May 27, 2021). "Sonic Colors Ultimate Revealed for PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch and PC With September Release". Noisy Pixel. Archived from the original on May 27, 2021 . Retrieved May 28, 2021. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric". Sega Corporation. February 6, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014 . Retrieved February 6, 2014.With that, we’ve touched on most of the major Sonic titles on portable platforms. But, the list is far from comprehensive. Sonic X on Leapster, anyone? Yeah, that might be the weirdest Sonic handheld game. Sonic the Hedgehog (Master System) for Wii". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010 . Retrieved December 5, 2010. a b "Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld". Allgame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014 . Retrieved January 16, 2011. Sonic Advance (2001) · Sonic Advance 2 (2002) · Sonic Pinball Party (2003) · Sonic Battle (2003) · Sonic Advance 3 (2004) · Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis (2006)

Video game developer Shigeru Miyamoto holds up the new Nintendo Game Boy Advance, 2001. Photograph: John Barr/AP 4. Game Boy Advance/SP (2001)

Created by Game Boy inventor Gunpei Yokoi, the Wonderswan was a powerful rival to the Game Boy series, with its 16-bit NEC V20 chip, excellent monochrome screen and 40-hour battery life. Players could also rotate the device and play it vertically to get the best out of scrolling shooters. There was decent software support from Namco, Capcom and Squaresoft, and a colour version arrived a year later, but Bandai never garnered international interest in the console and the Game Boy Advance demolished it. 12. Atari Lynx (1989) The pandemic was a time when the entire world united after being forced into the confines of their own homes. Games like Among Us became hugely popular, but there's another handheld that was released during the perfect and allowed players to hang out together in spite of the restrictions of the pandemic. Sonic Generations (2011) · Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2012) · Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012) · 3D Sonic the Hedgehog (2013) · Sonic Lost World (2013) · Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014) · Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (2014) · 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2015) · Sega 3D Classics Collection (2015) · Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) · Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (2016) · Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives 3: Final Stage (2016) a b "Sonic Free Riders for Xbox 360". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 5, 2010 . Retrieved November 16, 2010.

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