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{{quote2|Now you're playing with power. Portable power.|The Game Boy slogan}}

[[File:Game Boy logo.svg|left|230px]]The '''[[nwiki:Game Boy|Game Boy]]''' is [[Nintendo]]'s second handheld console. The Game Boy is one of the best selling game systems of all time, containing a processor 2.345x faster than the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] and selling around 64,420,000 units worldwide (more than 118,000,000 counting the [[Game Boy Color]]). The console found enough success not to receive a successor until the Game Boy Color in 1998. It was discontinued in 2003 and is a well-known console to both Nintendo fans and collectors. It is the handheld counterpart of the NES and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]. It has 8-bit graphics (similar to the NES). Its code name is the Dot Matrix Game, referring to the dot matrix display it had for its games, contrasting the preceding [[Game & Watch]]'s pre-printed LCD display.

The Game Boy has the {{button|gb|A}}, {{button|gb|B}}, {{button|gb|start}}, and {{button|gb|select}} buttons as well as the {{button|gb|Pad}}, which make the controls similar to that on the NES. In 1995, a new version of the Game Boy, as part of Nintendo's [[:File:GBPIL x16.png|"Play It Loud!"]] campaign, was released. This version is exactly the same as the original; the only difference is that it was released in a wide variety of colors such as red, blue, green, and even clear. Game Boy and Game Boy Color games are also available on the [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS|Virtual Console]].