List of best-selling Game Boy Advance video games

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]

Game Boy Advance

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

Key
Game was bundled with Game Boy Advance consoles during its lifetime
GameDeveloper(s)[a]Publisher(s)[a]Release date[b]SalesRef.
Pokémon Ruby and SapphireGame FreakNovember 21, 200216,220,000[1]
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreenGame FreakJanuary 24, 200412,000,000[1]
Pokémon EmeraldGame FreakSeptember 16, 20047,060,000[4]
Mario Kart: Super CircuitIntelligent SystemsNintendoJuly 21, 20015,910,000[3]
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2Nintendo R&D2NintendoDecember 14, 20015,690,000[3]
Super Mario AdvanceNintendo R&D2NintendoMarch 21, 20015,570,000[5]
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3Nintendo R&D2NintendoJuly 11, 20035,430,000[5]
Namco MuseumMass Media GamesNamcoJune 11, 20012,960,000[6]
Pac-Man CollectionMass Media GamesNamcoJuly 12, 20012,940,000[7]
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3Nintendo R&D2NintendoSeptember 23, 20022,830,000[5]
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the PastNintendoDecember 2, 20022,820,000[5]
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue TeamChunsoftNovember 17, 20052,360,000[5]
NES Classics Series: Super Mario Bros.Nintendo EADNintendoFebruary 14, 20042,270,000[5]
Wario Land 4Nintendo R&D1NintendoAugust 21, 20012,200,000[5]
Mario & Luigi: Superstar SagaAlphaDreamNintendoNovember 17, 20032,150,000[5]
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream LandHAL LaboratoryNintendoOctober 25, 20022,100,000[5]
Finding NemoVicarious VisionsTHQMay 10, 20031,840,000[6][8][9]
Donkey Kong CountryRareNintendoJune 6, 20031,820,000[5]
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish CapFlagshipNintendoNovember 4, 20041,760,000[5]
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist SoulKonamiKonamiJuly 5, 20011,710,534[c]
Golden SunCamelot Software PlanningNintendoAugust 1, 20011,650,000[5]
Final Fantasy Tactics AdvanceSquareFebruary 14, 20031,621,000[5][8]
Metroid FusionNintendo R&D1NintendoNovember 17, 20021,600,000[5]
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of MemoriesSquare EnixNovember 11, 20041,542,000[6][8]
Sonic AdvanceDecember 20, 20011,515,000[6][8][12]
Kirby & the Amazing MirrorNintendoApril 15, 20041,470,000[5]
Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined DuelKonamiKonamiApril 15, 20031,460,000[13]
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of GokuWebfoot TechnologiesInfogramesMay 14, 20021,400,000[6]
Mario vs. Donkey KongNintendo Software TechnologyNintendoMay 24, 20041,370,000[5]
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & SapphireJupiterAugust 1, 20031,370,000[5]
The IncrediblesHelixeTHQNovember 1, 20041,366,000[6][8][9]
Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun and Blue MoonCapcom Production Studio 2CapcomDecember 14, 20031,350,000[14]
Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the FrogKonami Software ShanghaiKonamiNovember 23, 20011,310,000[6]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsEurocomElectronic ArtsNovember 5, 20021,200,000[6][12]
Disney PrincessVicarious VisionsTHQApril 2, 20031,170,000[6][12]
Golden Sun: The Lost AgeCamelot Software PlanningNintendoJune 28, 20021,120,000[5]
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!Nintendo R&D1NintendoMarch 21, 20031,100,000[5]
F-Zero: Maximum VelocityNDcubeNintendoMarch 21, 20011,050,000[5]
Sonic Advance 2December 19, 20021,016,541[5]
Spyro: Season of IceDigital EclipseUniversal Interactive StudiosOctober 29, 20011,000,000[11]

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