

More importantly though, the Game Boy Advance had a killer selection of first and third-party games, with the likes of Capcom, Konami, and Square throwing their support behind the ergonomically-excellent console.

The Game Boy Advance SP is our pick for the best handheld game console ever made. It was able to link up with the GameCube for some fascinating asynchronous gaming experiences and its hardware was a notable step up from anything else on the market at the time, especially after the SP fixed some annoyances from its predecessor. As a successor to the Game Boy and the Game Boy Color, the Game Boy Advance stuck to the script of its predecessors, but it wasn't afraid to add a few new ideas to the mix as well. By mixing an impressive amount of mobile power into an attractive frame and then seasoning it with a constant stream of quality titles, the end result was bound to be a winner with fans. Nintendo's recipe for handheld success was a simple but proven formula by the time that the Game Boy Advance hit the market in the early-2000s.
