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The Game Boy was the first, excluding the Game and Watch line, of battery-powered handheld game consoles sold by [[Nintendo]], and is the third system that allowed a portable Legend of Zelda game, behind the Zelda Game Watch and Zelda Game & Watch. It is one of the world's best-selling game system line, selling over 118 million units worldwide to date since its release 1989<ref>[http://www.nintendo.com/corp/report/06AnnualReport.pdf#page=14 Annual Report 2006 (PDF File)]</ref>, and has spawned many successful spin-offs, including the [[Game Boy Pocket]] | The Game Boy was the first, excluding the Game and Watch line, of battery-powered handheld game consoles sold by [[Nintendo]], and is the third system that allowed a portable Legend of Zelda game, behind the Zelda Game Watch and Zelda Game & Watch. It is one of the world's best-selling game system line, selling over 118 million units worldwide to date since its release 1989<ref>[http://www.nintendo.com/corp/report/06AnnualReport.pdf#page=14 Annual Report 2006 (PDF File)]</ref>, and has spawned many successful spin-offs, including the [[Game Boy Pocket]]. | ||
==Spin offs== | |||
The Game Boy Pocket was a smaller, more portable version of the Game Boy, the [[Game Boy Color]], a system that was both portable and in color, the [[Game Boy Advance]] which was more technologically advanced, and had two extra buttons, and the [[Game Boy Advance SP]], which was a smaller [[Game Boy Advance]], but with an adjustable backlit screen. | |||
==Zelda Games of the Console== | |||
The original Game Boy had two Zelda releases: [[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]], and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, an expanded version of Link's Awakening that was actually playable as a standard Game Boy game, but could also be played as a full-color Game Boy Color game instead of keeping the original shades of grey as most games did. However, a special dungeon, the Color Dungeon, could only be played on a Game Boy Color. | |||
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Revision as of 10:12, 21 November 2009
The Game Boy was the first, excluding the Game and Watch line, of battery-powered handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo, and is the third system that allowed a portable Legend of Zelda game, behind the Zelda Game Watch and Zelda Game & Watch. It is one of the world's best-selling game system line, selling over 118 million units worldwide to date since its release 1989[1], and has spawned many successful spin-offs, including the Game Boy Pocket.
Spin offs
The Game Boy Pocket was a smaller, more portable version of the Game Boy, the Game Boy Color, a system that was both portable and in color, the Game Boy Advance which was more technologically advanced, and had two extra buttons, and the Game Boy Advance SP, which was a smaller Game Boy Advance, but with an adjustable backlit screen.
Zelda Games of the Console
The original Game Boy had two Zelda releases: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, an expanded version of Link's Awakening that was actually playable as a standard Game Boy game, but could also be played as a full-color Game Boy Color game instead of keeping the original shades of grey as most games did. However, a special dungeon, the Color Dungeon, could only be played on a Game Boy Color.