Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP Gaming Console (Pearl Pink)The Game Boy Advance SP[a] (GBA SP), released in Japan on February 14, 2003, is a sixth generation handheld game console developed, released, and marketed by Nintendo that served as an upgraded version of the original Game Boy Advance. The "SP" in the name stands for "Special". It is the penultimate console in the Game Boy Advance family before the Game Boy Micro, which was released in September 2005. The Game Boy Advance line was followed by the