Evolution of Nintendo Consoles By _tabbbyy May 9, 1980 Nintendo Releases the Game & Watch system Apr 2, 1989 The Game Boy is released Feb 10, 1995 The Virtual Boy is released, and fails. Mar 9, 1996 Nintendo releases the Game Boy Pocket Nov 10, 1997 Game Boy Light is released Mar 9, 1998 Game Boy Color is released Mar 9, 2001 Pokemon Mini is released Jun 11, 2001 The Gameboy Advance is released Feb 12, 2003 GameBoy Advance SP is released Jan 19, 2004 Nintendo DS is released Nov 16, 2005 Gameboy Micro is released Mar 9, 2006 Nintendo DS Lite is released Mar 9, 2008 Nintendo DSi is released