Which Came First: Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS? GBA (2001)

Game Boy Advance launched March 2001 (Japan) / June 2001 (NA).

Nintendo DS (often called “DS” or “DS Phat”) launched November 2004 (NA) / December 2004 (Japan).

The GBA was the DS’s direct predecessor; the DS added dual screens, touch, and wireless while maintaining GBA cartridge backward compatibility (original DS/DS Lite only).