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[[File:Gameboy.png| | {{Console-infobox | ||
|image=[[File:Gameboy.png|250px]] | |||
|caption=The original model of the Game Boy | |||
|release=JP: April 21, 1989<br/>NA: July 31, 1989<br/>EU: September 28, 1990 | |||
|sold=118.69 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e1603.pdf|title=Consolidated Sales Transition by Region|site=nintendo.co.jp|type=PDF}}</ref> (including Game Boy Color) | |||
|metroid=''[[Metroid II: Return of Samus]]'' (1991) | |||
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The '''Game Boy''' is a handheld video game console made by [[Nintendo]] and released in 1989. ''[[Metroid II: Return of Samus]]'' was released for the Game Boy in 1991. | |||
The Game Boy features a four-color grayscale display. Two revisions of the original Game Boy were released: the smaller Game Boy Pocket in 1996 and the Game Boy Light, which features an electroluminescent backlight, in Japan only in 1998. The Game Boy was succeeded by the [[nwiki:Game Boy Color|Game Boy Color]] in 1998 and the [[Game Boy Advance]] in 2001. | |||
Several Game Boy games, including ''Metroid II: Return of Samus'', were re-released on the [[Virtual Console]] for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. | |||
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[[Category:Consoles]] | [[Category:Consoles]] | ||
[[Category:Nintendo]] | [[Category:Nintendo]] |