23 Years Ago, This Best-Selling Nintendo Handheld Walked So the Switch Could Run
Briefly

The Game Boy Advance (GBA) managed to do both. The GBA not only arrived in a body that was easier to hold, but also packed in a lot more power. It was enough to reproduce SNES-quality graphics on the go for the very first time, laying the groundwork for Nintendo's handheld dominance in the years that followed.
The most obvious change between the Game Boy Color and the Game Boy Advance was the switch from a vertical form factor to a horizontal one. The change allowed the GBA to fit a larger and wider 2.9-inch LCD display, while also making the handheld roomier and more comfortable for larger hands to hold.
Nintendo drastically changed the GBA internally as well. It moved from the custom 4MHz SM83 Sharp chip in the Game Boy and Game Boy Color to a 16MHz ARM7TDMI chip and a Sharp chip in the GBA that let the handheld play new 32-bit games and the GBC and GB's simpler 8-bit titles.
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