Nintendo’s popular game console, Switch, has entered its 6th year on the market and is about to exceed 30 million sales in Japan. Switch, which experienced a serious increase in sales in June, is about to equal the record of the legendary game console Game Boy (GB). GB had sold 32.5 million units in Japan. Nintendo’s recent success has brought the Game Boy legend back to the fore.
Game Boy, which started a new era in game consoles and even gave its name to game consoles for years, was released in Japan on April 21, 1989. It is said that the designer of the game, Gunpei Yokoi, got the idea for the Game Boy when he saw the man sitting next to him on the train playing with the keys of the calculator. Gunpei persuades Nintendo’s CEO, Hiroshi Yamauchi, to accept this idea. He says that the console will sell 25 million in the first 3 years. Nintendo’s other employees, on the other hand, approach this idea with a distance. But Gunpei goes ahead and designs the Game Boy that will change the game world to this day.
With its devices such as Nintendo, NES and Famicom, video games were allowed to enter homes from arcades, and GB allowed us to take these games wherever we wanted. And it would not be wrong to say that the GB evolution that started then dominates the game console market today.
With its 8-bit processor and black and white pixels, two factors were most effective in the retention of GB: Robust design and large game library… Nintendo has created a ‘Game Boy legend’ with its consistent design and investments in portable games.
So how did it evolve from the original GB to the Switch released in 2017?
GAME BOY (1989)
Its simple, robust and functional design and large game library enabled GB to stand up to its more technological rival, Game Gear, for about 10 years. Those who are older will remember that at one time all game consoles were called ‘Game Boy’. It was also the only console where Tetris could be played for a long time. While the GB’s black and white graphics may not appeal to modern gamers, the console has helped build a huge market of portable games that benefits the gaming industry. The original Game Boy retails for $131 on Amazon.
GAME BOY COLOR (1998)
Nintendo’s first color game console could also play classic GB games. The Game Boy Color actually served as a temporary measure before the Game Boy Advance, which was released in 2001 and had more advanced features.
GAME BOY ADVANCE (GBA, 2001)
The console was designed as a generational evolution of the original. The device, in which certain developments were implemented in portable gaming hardware, attracted attention with its 32-bit processor. In this way, games that can be played on home consoles began to enter handheld consoles. Thus, the developers managed to introduce the classic games of the 1990s to new players.
GAME BOY ADVANCE SP (GBA SP, 2003)
This model, which brought the air of the 2000s to GB, was foldable. GBA SP, which is the first GB model with a battery instead of a battery, also came with backlight and the console was finally free from its dark screen. GBA SP was launched at the time of the mobile phone boom.
NINTENDO DS (2004)
With the second screen and touch control of the Nintendo DS, a new era has begun in handheld consoles. The developers’ desire to put the second screen at the bottom has resulted in more exciting games being designed. When the DS came out, it was a device powerful enough to play 3D games.
GAME BOY MICRO (2005)
Nintendo released the Game Boy Advanced Micro right after the DS. This device, which is a little larger than a handful, did not allow playing familiar GB games.
NINTENDO DS LITE (2006)
Nintendo has released two updated models of the console with the DS Lite and the DSi Lite. Improved the devices battery and put camera in DSi. The DS family is expressed as Nintendo’s best-selling consoles, with 150 million sales worldwide. The unique and impressive games of DS eclipsed the PlayStation Portable console at that time.
NINTENDO 3DS (2011)
The innovation in the hardware of the Nintendo 3DS was that it could offer 3D images without any accessories such as 3D glasses. However, it is possible to say that the 3D feature has become one of the most forgotten functions; It has only been used for special effects by very few games.
NINTENDO 2DS (2013)
After the 3D functionality was not in demand, Nintendo released a non-3D version of the same device. The 3DS continued as an upgraded version of the original DS with backward compatibility.
NEW NINTENDO 3DS (2015)
Designed in standard and XL sizes, the New Nintendo 3DS has the latest hardware development. In the new 3DS, the developers have prepared only portable device specific games. It doesn’t have as groundbreaking technology as the first DS, but Nintendo’s revisions to the console have extended the device’s lifespan.
Sources: Insider, Gizmochina, History-computer.com
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