Game Boy Advance Upgraded. Already.
Yes, it's true - if you just shelled out $70 for a GBA, plus another whatever for an Afterburner, and then took your GBA apart to install it, et cetera, you shafted yourself. Sorry.
The GBA will soon be accompanied by a backlit, foldable version that will cost $99 and play all existing GBA games. No longer will you need to suffer through a dark screen, or the worry that accompanies performing major surgery to install a light. Now you can get it straight from Nintendo.
The unit is shaped much like the original Game Boy, only with a hinge right in the center. This allows the unit to fold into a shape three inches square and only an inch thick. At a premium of only $30 over the original GBA, I see the new GBA SP overrunning sales of the original within three months.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/tech....y_x.htm
The GBA will soon be accompanied by a backlit, foldable version that will cost $99 and play all existing GBA games. No longer will you need to suffer through a dark screen, or the worry that accompanies performing major surgery to install a light. Now you can get it straight from Nintendo.
The unit is shaped much like the original Game Boy, only with a hinge right in the center. This allows the unit to fold into a shape three inches square and only an inch thick. At a premium of only $30 over the original GBA, I see the new GBA SP overrunning sales of the original within three months.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/tech....y_x.htm
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| bond4154 | Comment 1: 2003-01-08 12:34 | ||
| Heh, I've been running on emulators so far; this may actually get me to buy one. Wow. | |||
| FraudulentTommah | Comment 2: 2003-01-10 02:54 | ||
Dammit! I just got a Gameboy Advanced for my birthday! Dammit dammit dammit. I COULDN'T have just waited. A light you say? Sounds neat, but mine works just fine  . | |||
| Sp0rky | Comment 3: 2003-01-10 22:08 | ||
| damn!! I've bought just about every game boy so far (gameboy pocket, game boy color, GBA, not the original clunker though) To release another one so soon angers me!  Oh well, since I've already got a GBA and a rechargable battery pack it isnt worth it to buy the new one, so I guess I'll just invest in getting a backlight for now | |||
| Jlombardi13 | Comment 4: 2003-01-12 06:10 | ||
| That's very cool. Best idea they've had in a while. | |||
| Choco_kitty317 | Comment 5: 2003-01-13 14:03 | ||
| geez, was it, what, only a year if not less since gba came out! form recent rumors that there already working on a new game cube to! bah! | |||
| Rangers51 | Comment 6: 2003-01-13 16:48 | ||
It's been almost two, I think. And this is not a whole new system, just an altered one. | |||
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