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Special Famicom Edition GBA Revealed 18

Posted by simoniker from the potent-geek-toy dept.
Tim Grube writes "Gaming Horizon is running a story announcing that Nintendo of Japan has revealed a special edition GameBoy Advance SP to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Famicom/NES. A total of 1000 will be made and will not be available for sale. Instead, they will be given away as part of a lottery if you purchase certain GBA games." IGN Pocket has more information, including a good picture of the unit, which sports the original maroon and white Famicom colors.
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  • Does it just have some kind of logo on it and has a different color, like the special edition pokemon etc. GBAs?

    Is it shaped differently? Like a Famicom, or a Famicom controller?

    Can it run Famicom games? Oh wait, all GBAs can do that. [pocketnes.org]

  • NEStalgia (Score:5, Funny)

    by isaac ( 2852 ) on Monday July 14, 2003 @04:45PM (#6437041)
    Now in order to fully replicate that NEStalgia, this special edition needs an extra-flaky cartridge connector that randomly stops working until you blow into it for 3 minutes. :/

    -isaac

  • pure genius. (Score:3, Insightful)

    by andrew_dupont ( 253112 ) on Monday July 14, 2003 @04:59PM (#6437163)
    Great marketing strategy--giving GBAs to those who already have them.

    (Yeah, yeah, I know. Collector's item and whatnot.)

    I rather like the ugly little unit, actually. Bit of a nostalgia kick that only the Japanese can appreciate.

    • Well some of the games that qualify you for the contest are GameCube ones. In fact, one of them is Final Fantasy: Crystal Chonoicles, the buyers of which may need as many as four GBAs if they want all their friends to play.
    • "Great marketing strategy--giving GBAs to those who already have them"

      I know you were being sarcastic, but the pathetic thing is, for the largest of their target markets, this strategy works VERY well. To give an example: I was talking to my 12 year old brother about his GBA SP, and he said that he was getting another one. I was baffled as to why, wondering if it was new features or something. What was the reason you might be wondering? They were coming out with a new 'limited-edition' color. Yeah...I

  • NES Colors? (Score:4, Informative)

    by FoxIVX ( 104861 ) on Monday July 14, 2003 @05:27PM (#6437523)
    which sports the original maroon and white NES colors.

    Actually, it sports the original Famicon colors, white, marron and gold. Nothing to do with the NES, which looks NOTHING at all like a Famicon. The North American NES was grey/dark grey and bright red.
  • This makes me wonder: Why don't we see any GBA Casemods (and by casemod, I do not mean "paint job." I mean taking the GBA guts and putting them in another casing, preferrably one of your own construction) out there?

    I mean, the SP guts are obviously tiny. Most likely square-shaped. What about putting an SP in an old-style GameBoy brick? How about something that looks like a SNES cartridge, but unfolds SP-style? How about one that looks like an Atari Joystick? A mini-gamecube? The possibilities are th
    • you know why the SP is so damn popular? because its the smallest GameBoy ever and it has a backlight. if you look at most gamebox mods, theyre done for size anyway. people try to fit mini itx consoles into NES consoles, 5 consoles into a big lian li case, playstation original onto a PSX controller. i love my SP especially because it easilly fits into my pocket, why would i ever want to stuff my pocket with something huge and clunky that just wouldn't fit? your suggestions about adoption arn't totally unfoun
  • If you are a Nintendo geek (as I am), check out today's Famicom, 20 Years of Fun [gamespy.com]. It is the first in a 5 part series.

    Mr.

  • I've noticed Nintendo has been going retro here in the states and in Japan... check out the Japanese shirts: http://www.nesretro.com/shite/famicomshirts.html [nesretro.com] I've even seen Shigeru Miyamoto wearing the Donkey Kong shirt. In the states, you might find the retro shirts licensed by Nintendo in a Hot Topic. I really liked the one they did of just a plain screenshot of Donkey Kong... I shoulda got it while I had the chance (I own a DK machine, would've been a nice tribute =P). I'm sure alot of ppl have

  • Wow (Score:1)

    by Kelz ( 611260 )
    That thing looks like the pimp-mobile from the third Austin Powers movie.

    Domo aregato, Mr. Nintendo.

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