Game Boy Advance Suicune Blue (スイクンブルー) - Pokemon Center original
AGB-001 · Nintendo · 2001
Why
It was released only in Japan; it’s rare in our markets, so we don’t set a rarity level. release type “store-exclusive» - no lower than Uncommon. Estimate: exact units produced unknown.The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and in other regions in June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advance. Compared to the Game Boy Color it succeeded, the console offered a significantly more powerful ARM7 processor and improved graphics, while retaining backward compatibility with games initially developed for its predecessor. The 32-bit GBA is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles, competing against Nokia's N-Gage and Bandai's Japan-only WonderSwan.
For now, in English only. Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0How to tell them apart
Dull pastel/grey-blue shell; Pokemon silhouettes (greyscale Pikachu and Pichu) printed on either side of the 'GAME BOY ADVANCE' logo below the screen; Pokemon Center sticker on the back.
Details from sources
Pokemon Center (Japan) exclusive released alongside the console launch (Dengeki 30th-anniversary column). Sources disagree on the artwork: Bulbapedia's GBA page says it shows the legendary beasts with emphasis on Suicune, while Bulbapedia's console-editions page and Wikipedia en say Pikachu and Pichu. Price = Nintendo catalogue 9,800 yen.
Data source: web.archive.org
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