Game Boy Micro Announced 96
The Nintendo press conference this afternoon revealed the new Game Boy Advanced format: the Game boy Micro. The new handheld will play all GBA titles, and is only slightly larger than an iPod. From the article: "The sporty, silver metal Game Boy Micro measures a mere 4 inches wide, 2 inches tall and 0.7 inches deep, allowing it to sit comfortably alongside today's hippest technological gadgets. It weighs an astonishing 2.8 ounces, or about the weight of 80 paper clips. Yet Game Boy Micro has the same processing power and plays the same games as Game Boy Advance SP models, complete with standard face controls and gleaming shoulder and Start/Select buttons that literally shine." Photo available from the AP.
Tiny goodness (Score:5, Interesting)
Very nice. Although, that screen is obviously tiny. It's about 2/3rds the width of the cartriadge. They did say it was the best screen they've put on a handheld though.
If it's cheap enough, I'll probably pick one up.
Re:Tiny goodness (Score:3, Interesting)
I think it certainly does look pretty cool though. It really is a radical new look for anything Nintendo... I don't think they've ever made anything metal before. Usually it was all plastic. This looks more like an accessory people carry around at all times, rather than just another kid's toy.
good job Nintendo.
Re:Tiny goodness (Score:2)
Which ones are you thinking of? Or are you talking about the Game and Watch series, and the one I have is an exception?
Hmmm... I remember having the Zelda wristwatch in 3rd grade... I wish I still had it... quite fun.
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And the GBA SP has a rechargable battery, so that's nothing new.
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The origional Gameboy came out when I was probably about 5 or 6, and I played the heck out of that thing with it's monochrome display, and loved it. It ate batteries like they were cheaper than dirt.
When the DS came out I bought one in the first week. The DS games so far are total crap (I mean you Star Wars III! You let me down big!), but the fact that I can plug in
Re:Tiny goodness (Score:2)
I already have a DS. This thing is a lot more portable than the DS. I could slide that thing in my pocket and take it with me for a quick game.
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The Hunt: Rise of the Cartriadge!!
Too tiny? (Score:2)
Then I saw the picture of the little guy.
Going Out on a Limb Here... (Score:3, Informative)
Seriously, for me, the SP is about as small as I can stand handgrip-wise. I know this Micro returns to the GBA formfactor, but why? The SP seems to be the right balance of size, heft, and comfort. And screen visibility/legibility.
GTRacer
- What's in your wallet?
Amen! (Score:1)
Re:Amen! (Score:2)
My right shoulder button keeps jamming.
I know how to fix it temporarily but it keeps jamming after a while.
I think the metal rod in there is bent.
Anyone got a rod to sell?
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Re:Going Out on a Limb Here... (Score:1, Funny)
-Jimmy Page
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Geh! I hate the SP formfactor. It cramps your hands at an odd angle. Just hold a SP, and look at your wrists. Now hold a GBA, and look at your wrists. The GBA formfactor is much, much more natural for your hands. My mother-in-law, who's a Tetris addict with arthritis, can confirm this as well.
I've been hoping that they'd release another GBA with the original GBA formfactor, but with an improved screen and hopefully equivalent battery life to the or
Re:Going Out on a Limb Here... (Score:3, Informative)
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Re:Going Out on a Limb Here... (Score:2)
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Thank you again for spotting that out. It will take a bit of getting used to this new position, but my wrists are happy.
now I just need to solve my right should button problem permanently... Keeps sticking, I think the rod is bent.
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Best gameboy (Score:2, Troll)
Now if this thing can do wireless multiplayer, and if I can play DOOM and quake on it, and maybe the atari2600 games, I'm all set.
Re:Best gameboy (Score:3, Informative)
You can buy a Majesco Wireless Link cable for GBA, it's not Wi-fi though.
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Never bought one, although I think I'll buy this one. It smacks of the original donkey kong nintendo devices.... just what people will buy for a quick game, not a game-console on the run (running fast games, running hot and shutting down after what 4 hours of play).
In which case get WarioWare, the very epitomie of a "quick game on the run". The GBA does have a fairly good library, although quite a bit of it is old SNES ports.
Now if this thing can do wireless multiplayer, and if I can play DOOM and
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I actually found a picture of one on ebay.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIte m &category=4315&item=8192367349&rd=1&ssPageName=WDV W [ebay.com]
Where is the key-ring? (Score:1)
If the price is right I'll be picking one up.
Re:Where is the key-ring? (Score:2)
Not that it stopped anyone from making the NES-on-a-Chip...
So, anyone up to a GBC-on-a-chip?
Micro announced??? (Score:2, Interesting)
Electroplankton [nintendo.com] is being released stateside!
Re:Micro announced??? (Score:1)
I played this in Japan when I was on vacation two weeks ago, and boy does it rock.
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Too Tiny! (Score:2, Insightful)
This reminds me of the Sony Watchman and all the other micro TV sets when they hit the market en force. (I remember an episode of Home Improvement, I think it was, where something happened to the great room TV, and everyone tried watching football on a screen this small... With a magnifying glass, no less.)
If you don't need glasses yet, I'd wager that the eye strain from trying to play this thing will make you need a pair right quick.
Holster? (Score:1)
Otherwise, what's the point of making it so small?
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Re:Holster? (Score:2)
yeah...... *crickets chirping*
and you'd... wear this in public? i seeeeeee.......
*snicker*
no no! it sounds like a good idea! uh, stylin! yeah.....
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Nice (Score:2, Informative)
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iPod Mini (Score:5, Informative)
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It's not really new, is it? (Score:1, Interesting)
I would say I'm not excited about it (and based on the appearance I'm NOT excited), but I suppose they upped the format with DS so they can't be expected to release a new cartridge system for the Game Boy line too. And after all, the original Game Boy cartridges lasted through the original, pocket, and color. GBA has already had the hor
Re:It's not really new, is it? (Score:2)
I think this line from the article sums it up pretty clearly: "Yet Game Boy Micro has the same processing power and plays the same games as Game Boy Advance SP models..."
Re:It's not really new, is it? (Score:5, Informative)
GB Micro: 4" wide, 0.7" thick
GBA SP: 3.2" wide, ~0.9" thick
It's not smaller, as far as your hands are concerned. It's wider. A little thinner, but really not much (maybe not even, I'm not sure those numbers are the 'unfolded' numbers). Smaller than the original GBA's 5.7", but still wider than the GBA SP.
Just in case there was any question... (Score:3, Interesting)
All I have to say is THANK GOODNESS. I love my SP, and have no problems if other people want to buy this Micro, but I'm extremely glad that this isn't the GBA's successor. The entire reason I love my GBA SP is because of the clamshell design - my GB, GBC, and GBA all had their screens scratched to hell because of the open design.
Having said that, now that they're milking the GBA design for all it's worth & expanding the line with GBA v3, it's going to be a very long time before we get the GBA's successor, innit?
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I donno about y'all (Score:2, Flamebait)
If only, (Score:1)
If wishes were fax0rs, call in the... (Score:1)
Instead of a game, it's a music repository with software interface through the SP.
Get to it!
why? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:why? (Score:1, Funny)
Why is sony re-re-releasing the Playstation? They have a brand new console out now and should be concentrating on it. Not bashing the Playstation though its great, but seriously how stupid does Sony think the public is?
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For instance, if I have a portable games machine, I want it to be portable. Frankly the DS is too big to fulfill this requirement. So was the first GBA.
This though, this would take up less room than a wallet or a set of keys. This you could pick up and take with you without feeling like you should be packing a backpack or something.
Hence, they are really going after the people who look at the other systems and say 'they are too big'. Its much the same as w
Re:why? (Score:2)
It's the same reasons anybody re-releases a console.
Comparisons (Score:2, Interesting)
People will purchase the new one in spite of the original working just as well.
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Spoken like someone who's never actually played both a GB and a GBP. The GBP had a much better LCD display, with far sharper contrast and all but eliminating the blurring you'd see on the original units. Nintendo didn't hype this fact because it'd make their old hardware look too bad, but the GBP is much easier on the eyes.
Ok.. you are kidding right? (Score:2)
Thank you! next.
Cut to the chase Nintendo, wheres the new gameboy? the one with 3d support, mini dvd games and broadband connection?
Re:Ok.. you are kidding right? (Score:2)
It says right in the press release - "Game Boy Micro represents the latest evolution in the image of the Game Boy Advance line, but it is not a successor to any current system."
Units! (Score:3, Funny)
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"Less space than a Nomad. No Wireless. Lame." (Score:1)
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Wait... you're saying that something else has been named Nomad? Blasphemy!
Limited Screens for Limited Means (Score:1, Troll)
It's not small. (Score:2, Interesting)