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Game Boy Advance Upgraded. Already.

Posted on Tuesday 7th January 2003 at 14:28 by Rangers51
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
Posted in: Gaming Industry News

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bond4154Comment 1: 2003-01-08 12:34
bond4154 Heh, I've been running on emulators so far; this may actually get me to buy one. Wow.
FraudulentTommahComment 2: 2003-01-10 02:54
FraudulentTommah 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  :p.
Sp0rkyComment 3: 2003-01-10 22:08
Sp0rky 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
Jlombardi13Comment 4: 2003-01-12 06:10
Jlombardi13 That's very cool. Best idea they've had in a while.
Choco_kitty317Comment 5: 2003-01-13 14:03
Choco_kitty317 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!
Rangers51Comment 6: 2003-01-13 16:48
Rangers51
Quote (Choco_kitty317 @ 13 Jan. 2003, 08:03)
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!

It's been almost two, I think. And this is not a whole new system, just an altered one.
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