Best-selling GBA games and total Game Boy Advance sales

How many Game Boy Advance consoles Nintendo sold, by region and model — and the 15 best-selling GBA games.

Nintendo sold 81.51 million Game Boy Advance consoles worldwide, including the SP and Micro, along with 377.42 million games (Nintendo IR, as of 30 September 2026). The best-selling GBA game is Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, at about 16.22 million copies combined.

Consoles sold
81.51M
Games sold
377.42M
of which SP
43.52M
of which Micro
2.42M

The Americas bought the most

By Nintendo’s regional figures, the Americas accounted for 41.64 million consoles — more than half. Japan bought 16.96 million and the rest of the world 22.91 million. Software followed the same pattern: 217.24 million games in the Americas, 73.11 million in Japan and 87.06 million elsewhere.

The Americas: 41.64 millionThe Americas41.64Other regions: 22.91 millionOther regions22.91Japan: 16.96 millionJapan16.96

The SP sold more than half

The rechargeable, lit, clamshell GBA SP had sold about 43.52 million units by 2009 — more than half of the family. The tiny Game Boy Micro had sold only 2.42 million by March 2007. Nintendo never published a separate figure for the original GBA.

Compared with other Nintendo handhelds

The GBA sold roughly half as many units as the Nintendo DS, and fewer than the Game Boy and Game Boy Color combined.

Nintendo DS: 154.02 millionNintendo DS154.02Game Boy + Color: 118.69 millionGame Boy + Color118.69Game Boy Advance: 81.51 millionGame Boy Advance81.51

The 15 best-selling GBA games

#GameYearCopies (millions)
1Pokémon Ruby Version (Ruby + Sapphire)200216.22
2Pokémon FireRed Version (FireRed + LeafGreen)200412.00
3Pokémon Emerald Version20046.80–7.06
4Mario Kart: Super Circuit20015.91
5Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World20015.69
6Super Mario Advance20015.57
7Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 320035.43
8Namco Museum20012.96
9Pac-Man Collection20012.94
10Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi’s Island20022.83
11The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords20022.82
12Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team20052.36
13Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros.20042.27
14Wario Land 420012.20
15Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga20032.15

Game sales are from Wikipedia’s compiled list of best-selling GBA games; neither Nintendo nor The Pokémon Company publishes official per-title figures, and sources differ slightly — Emerald is given as 6.8 million, “over 7 million” and 7.06 million. FireRed & LeafGreen counts the GBA release only.

Sources

Console and software totals are Nintendo’s official figures; per-game sales are secondary data.

  1. Nintendo IR, Dedicated Video Game Sales Units
  2. Nintendo, Consolidated Sales Transition by Region (Dec 2014)
  3. Nintendo, Consolidated Financial Highlights (April 2007) — Game Boy Micro
  4. Wikipedia, Game Boy Advance SP (sales)
  5. Wikipedia, List of best-selling Game Boy Advance video games

Last checked: 2026-11-11