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Game Boy Advance
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
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
[3]
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
[5]
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 †
Nintendo R&D2
Nintendo
July 11, 2003
5,430,000
[5]
Namco Museum †
Mass Media Games
Namco
June 11, 2001
2,960,000
[6]
Pac-Man Collection
Mass Media Games
Namco
July 12, 2001
2,940,000
[7]
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Nintendo R&D2
Nintendo
September 23, 2002
2,830,000
[5]
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Nintendo
December 2, 2002
2,820,000
[5]
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
Chunsoft
November 17, 2005
2,360,000
[5]
NES Classics Series: Super Mario Bros. †
Nintendo EAD
Nintendo
February 14, 2004
2,270,000
[5]
Wario Land 4
Nintendo R&D1
Nintendo
August 21, 2001
2,200,000
[5]
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga †
AlphaDream
Nintendo
November 17, 2003
2,150,000
[5]
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
HAL Laboratory
Nintendo
October 25, 2002
2,100,000
[5]
Finding Nemo
Vicarious Visions
THQ
May 10, 2003
1,840,000
[6]
[8]
[9]
Donkey Kong Country †
Rare
Nintendo
June 6, 2003
1,820,000
[5]
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Flagship
Nintendo
November 4, 2004
1,760,000
[5]
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
[5]
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance †
Square
February 14, 2003
1,621,000
[5]
[8]
Metroid Fusion
Nintendo R&D1
Nintendo
November 17, 2002
1,600,000
[5]
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories †
Square Enix
November 11, 2004
1,542,000
[6]
[8]
Sonic Advance
December 20, 2001
1,515,000
[6]
[8]
[12]
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
Nintendo
April 15, 2004
1,470,000
[5]
Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel
Konami
Konami
April 15, 2003
1,460,000
[13]
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku
Webfoot Technologies
Infogrames
May 14, 2002
1,400,000
[6]
Mario vs. Donkey Kong †
Nintendo Software Technology
Nintendo
May 24, 2004
1,370,000
[5]
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire †
Jupiter
August 1, 2003
1,370,000
[5]
The Incredibles
Helixe
THQ
November 1, 2004
1,366,000
[6]
[8]
[9]
Mega Man Battle Network 4 : Red Sun and Blue Moon †
Capcom Production Studio 2
Capcom
December 14, 2003
1,350,000
[14]
Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog
Konami Software Shanghai
Konami
November 23, 2001
1,310,000
[6]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets †
Eurocom
Electronic Arts
November 5, 2002
1,200,000
[6]
[12]
Disney Princess
Vicarious Visions
THQ
April 2, 2003
1,170,000
[6]
[12]
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Camelot Software Planning
Nintendo
June 28, 2002
1,120,000
[5]
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!
Nintendo R&D1
Nintendo
March 21, 2003
1,100,000
[5]
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity †
NDcube
Nintendo
March 21, 2001
1,050,000
[5]
Sonic Advance 2
December 19, 2002
1,016,541
[5]
Spyro: Season of Ice
Digital Eclipse
Universal Interactive Studios
October 29, 2001
1,000,000
[11]
Notes
^
a
b Only developers and publishers for the original release of each game are listed.
^ Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
^ 410,534 in Japan.
[10] 1.3 million in the United States.
[11]
^ Kirby & the Amazing Mirror features additional development by
Dimps .
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