List of best-selling Game Boy Advance video games
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This is a list of video games for the Game Boy Advance video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling games on the Game Boy Advance are Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. First released in Japan on November 21, 2002, they went on to sell over 16 million units worldwide.[1] Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, enhanced remakes of the original Pokémon Red, Green and Blue games, are the second-best-selling games on the platform with sales in excess of 12 million units combined.[1] Pokémon Emerald, an enhanced version of Ruby and Sapphire, is third with sales of more than 7 million units.[2] The top five is rounded out by Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, each of which sold over 5.5 million units.[3]
There are a total of 40 Game Boy Advance games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, eleven were developed internally by Nintendo development divisions. Other developers with the most million-selling games include Game Freak with three games, and HAL Laboratory and Flagship, with two games each. Of the 40 games on this list, 25 were published in one or more regions by Nintendo. Other publishers with multiple million-selling games include The Pokémon Company with five games, THQ with three games, and Konami and Namco with two games each. The most popular franchises on Game Boy Advance include Pokémon (over 39 million combined units) and Super Mario (16.69 million combined units).
List
† | Game was bundled with Game Boy Advance consoles during its lifetime |
Game | Developer(s)[a] | Publisher(s)[a] | Release date[b] | Sales | Ref. |
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Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire | Game Freak | November 21, 2002 | 16,220,000 | [1] | |
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen | Game Freak | January 24, 2004 | 12,000,000 | [1] | |
Pokémon Emerald | Game Freak | September 16, 2004 | 7,060,000 | [4] | |
Mario Kart: Super Circuit | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | July 21, 2001 | 5,910,000 | [5] |
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 | Nintendo R&D2 | Nintendo | December 14, 2001 | 5,690,000 | [3] |
Super Mario Advance | Nintendo R&D2 | Nintendo | March 21, 2001 | 5,570,000 | [6] |
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 † | Nintendo R&D2 | Nintendo | July 11, 2003 | 5,430,000 | [6] |
Namco Museum | Mass Media Games | Namco | June 11, 2001 | 2,960,000 | [7] |
Pac-Man Collection | Mass Media Games | Namco | July 12, 2001 | 2,940,000 | [8] |
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | Nintendo R&D2 | Nintendo | September 23, 2002 | 2,830,000 | [6] |
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past |
| Nintendo | December 2, 2002 | 2,820,000 | [6] |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team | Chunsoft | November 17, 2005 | 2,360,000 | [6] | |
NES Classics Series: Super Mario Bros. | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | February 14, 2004 | 2,270,000 | [6] |
Wario Land 4 | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | August 21, 2001 | 2,200,000 | [6] |
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | AlphaDream | Nintendo | November 17, 2003 | 2,150,000 | [6] |
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | October 25, 2002 | 2,100,000 | [6] |
Finding Nemo | Vicarious Visions | THQ | May 10, 2003 | 1,840,000 | [7][9][10] |
Donkey Kong Country | Rare | Nintendo | June 6, 2003 | 1,820,000 | [6] |
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap | Flagship | Nintendo | November 4, 2004 | 1,760,000 | [6] |
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul | Konami | Konami | July 5, 2001 | 1,710,534 | [c] |
Golden Sun | Camelot Software Planning | Nintendo | August 1, 2001 | 1,650,000 | [6] |
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance | Square | February 14, 2003 | 1,621,000 | [6][9] | |
Metroid Fusion | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | November 17, 2002 | 1,600,000 | [6] |
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories | Square Enix | November 11, 2004 | 1,542,000 | [7][9] | |
Sonic Advance | December 20, 2001 | 1,515,000 | [7][9][13] | ||
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror |
| Nintendo | April 15, 2004 | 1,470,000 | [6] |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel | Konami | Konami | April 15, 2003 | 1,460,000 | [14] |
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku | Webfoot Technologies | Infogrames | May 14, 2002 | 1,400,000 | [7] |
Mario vs. Donkey Kong | Nintendo Software Technology | Nintendo | May 24, 2004 | 1,370,000 | [6] |
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire | Jupiter | August 1, 2003 | 1,370,000 | [6] | |
The Incredibles | Helixe | THQ | November 1, 2004 | 1,366,000 | [7][9][10] |
Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun and Blue Moon | Capcom Production Studio 2 | Capcom | December 14, 2003 | 1,350,000 | [15] |
Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog | Konami Software Shanghai | Konami | November 23, 2001 | 1,310,000 | [7] |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Eurocom | Electronic Arts | November 5, 2002 | 1,200,000 | [7][13] |
Disney Princess | Vicarious Visions | THQ | April 2, 2003 | 1,170,000 | [7][13] |
Golden Sun: The Lost Age | Camelot Software Planning | Nintendo | June 28, 2002 | 1,120,000 | [6] |
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | March 21, 2003 | 1,100,000 | [6] |
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity | NDcube | Nintendo | March 21, 2001 | 1,050,000 | [6] |
Sonic Advance 2 | December 19, 2002 | 1,016,541 | [6] | ||
Spyro: Season of Ice | Digital Eclipse | Universal Interactive Studios | October 29, 2001 | 1,000,000 | [12] |
Notes
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External links
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