List of Nintendo handhelds

The Nintendo Game Boy lines of handheld consoles was started with the released of the original Nintendo Game Boy in 1989. In the United States, the Game Boy was a huge success, mainly due to the successful marketing of Nintendo and the packin title, Tetris.

Since then, there has been five more releases (plus one more release in Japan only) in the handheld martket by Nintendo, keeping them as the leader in handheld gaming. The latest release, the Nintendo DS, left out the Game Boy name and is considered the successor to the Game Boy line.

The Game Boy line is considered the successor to Nintendo's original handheld line, the Game & Watch series of games.

Releases

 * Nintendo Game Boy (1989)
 * Nintendo Game Boy Pocket (1996)
 * Nintendo Game Boy Color (1998)
 * Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2001)
 * Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP (2003)
 * Nintendo Game Boy Micro (2005)

Japanese Only

 * Nintendo Game Boy Light (1997)