2001 – 2007retired
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“Small, purple, and only interested in games — and all the better for it.”
“Small screen, big legacy: the last Game Boy went out tiny, tidy, and dignified.”
Released in Japan on September 13, 2005, the Game Boy Micro was a miniaturized version of the Game Boy Advance — the last of the Game Boy line. It was a handheld stripped down to pure portability, small enough to pocket and proud of it. Fans who loved it loved it precisely because it was the Game Boy idea distilled to its smallest, sharpest form.
The Micro broke with tradition by dropping backward compatibility with original Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, and it sold about 2.4 million units worldwide — short of Nintendo's expectations. By 2008 it was discontinued, closing the book on the Game Boy name entirely. It didn't go out a bestseller, but it went out as the final chapter, which is its own kind of honor.
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“Small, purple, and only interested in games — and all the better for it.”
“It scanned the cards, saved the data, and left us wanting a sixth game.”
“Big heads, bigger lips, and a briefcase full of early-2000s attitude, missed daily.”