The new GameBoy Advance SP...,

[EVA fiend]

Any of you guys seen the new design of the GBA-SP (Special Project)...? I have to say that it looks very bad ass IMO..., it kinda reminds me of the original Game & Watch handhelds that Nintendo produced decades ago..., & the biggest improvement is that it's screen is now illuminated (about bloody time Nintendo)...,

I dunno if I'm going to buy one, as my GBA works fine with one of those snake light adapters..., but I'd really like a black one, so that I can slap a NERV logo onto it..., :heh:

Any comments boys & girls...?

http://www.gameboy-advance-sp.com/

[Magnus9]

Well when Nintendo first announced it it pissed me off and I still am a little. Those of us who paid for the original should get some kind of compensation. It always felt like my GBA was incomplete and now it really shows.

Well anyway the SP does look cool and the lighted screen as well as the rechargeable battery will be nice but I don't expect to buy one.

Im looking much more forward to the GBAPlayer. The only time I really play my GBA is at home on the couch anyway. NOw I can enjoy my games on the TV instead of a dim little screen. Yay!

[Oogami Ichirou]

GBAPlayer? that sounds awesome.. I'd like to play on a TV.. I wonder when that comes out.

[Magnus9]

Originally posted by Oogami Ichirou
GBAPlayer? that sounds awesome.. I'd like to play on a TV.. I wonder when that comes out.

Its supposed to be out around the same time as the SP. You need a GC to use it though. The players supposed to plug into the bottom of it or something.

[Junko Saotome]

Originally posted by Magnus9
Well when Nintendo first announced it it pissed me off and I still am a little. Those of us who paid for the original should get some kind of compensation. It always felt like my GBA was incomplete and now it really shows.

Well anyway the SP does look cool and the lighted screen as well as the rechargeable battery will be nice but I don't expect to buy one.

Im looking much more forward to the GBAPlayer. The only time I really play my GBA is at home on the couch anyway. NOw I can enjoy my games on the TV instead of a dim little screen. Yay!

I agree with you there. They should do something for the people that got the GBA before the SP.

I read about the GBAPlayer. I can't wait for that to come out. I thought it was going to come out sometime in May. But it's good that they pushed up its release.

[EVA fiend]

Originally posted by Magnus9
Well when Nintendo first announced it it pissed me off and I still am a little. Those of us who paid for the original should get some kind of compensation. It always felt like my GBA was incomplete and now it really shows.

Compensation...? A free SP upgrade would be nice..., :D But I reckon that's highly unlikely..., :(

As for the GBAPlayer..., hmm..., my mates told me about this a while back..., it sounds like a cool idea..., but I'm not enamoured by the fact that I'd have to buy a GC first..., there aren't any GC games that I want to play...,

[Oogami Ichirou]

Do you have to own the new gba for this gbaplayer thing to work? I do have a GC but im not buying this new gba.

[EVA fiend]

Originally posted by Oogami Ichirou
Do you have to own the new gba for this gbaplayer thing to work? I do have a GC but im not buying this new gba.

Nah.., I don't think so..., it works with the bog standard GBA I've heard...,

[Magnus9]

Originally posted by EVA fiend
Nah.., I don't think so..., it works with the bog standard GBA I've heard...,

I'm pretty sure you don't need a GBA at all. I'm pretty sure you don't because I know there are some Japanese third party companies developing controllers specifically for use with the GBAPlayer.

Also the release date is now May 26. The Magic Box (http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm) has posted some pictures.

[Oogami Ichirou]

hmm that seems even more interesting.. I'm definitely getting this! :D

[Black_Knight]

Originally posted by Magnus9
Well when Nintendo first announced it it pissed me off and I still am a little. Those of us who paid for the original should get some kind of compensation. It always felt like my GBA was incomplete and now it really shows.

Well anyway the SP does look cool and the lighted screen as well as the rechargeable battery will be nice but I don't expect to buy one.


Stop your bitching, we wanted it first, we got it, now those who waited get some better... Usually that's how it happens...

How ungrateful....

[Elln9999]

I saw an article about the Gameboy Advance SP in the new gamepro. It looks great espically with the LCD. Even though I'm not fan of gameboy since i only have the first origingal one. But i think this one is gonna be a hit.

[Junko Saotome]

I found out at a game store where I live is doing a trade in on GBAs for the SP. I don't know about doing this or not. I'm still thinking.

[EVA fiend]

Originally posted by Junko Saotome
I found out at a game store where I live is doing a trade in on GBAs for the SP. I don't know about doing this or not. I'm still thinking.

If they do that here in the UK.., I'm definately trading my GBA in..., :D

[Destructa]

I first saw the Gameboy Advanced SP in a Nintendo Power magazine. It looks way cooler than the old one especially in silver.

[EVA fiend]

Yes.., I know I'm 'bumping' a month old thread.., but I can't be arsed to start another one..., :tongue3:

But anyway..., I've had a crap couple of weeks.., so last weekend I went & did some retail therapy..., & one of the things I bought was a black GameBoy-SP..., I couldn't resist..., it's sweet siren call was lulling me into the shop (that & the fact my mate was working that day so he gave me a discount)..., it is sweeeeet.., the back lit screen is very clear & crisp..., & it no longer looks like a toy..., so I can take it into work, & pretend it's a PDA or something..., :lol:
As for my old GBA.., I've still got it..., but it's been relegated to the shelf along with my Neo Geo Pocket Color...,

[Steathassasn]

i saw the sp a while back but ..i thought to my self..." hey if i get this now..then all they are gona do is bring out new collors then 4-5yrs later bring out another "bigger more Powerful " gameboy"...so i say to all of you ..save your money and see what else comes out..maybe they will make a clear sp or make one that has a tv adapter..( like the old Gamegear ..which i still have ^.^ )

yeah i say wait..for the next sp wanabe ..but thats just my 2 cents...eh..

[Kawanua the Samurai]

I have a SP


:D

[Destructa]

I just got one too.

[Brian West 0]

The screen is too dang small.I rather keep my GBA and not spend a hundred dollars. I rather just spend the 30 or 40 dollars to buy the worm light and the rechargable battery, but hey if you got the extra $100 go for it.

Thats my comment no one say anything about it.

[Sigurd Fatima]

Some freshman at my school has one. Basically other than portability it holds no real purpose. But portability is important for a portable system. lol I have every GB to date except GB color. I may or may not get SP, but probably not and wait for the next gen. GB.

Peace. V

[DjinniGuy]

Originally posted by Brian West 0
Thats my comment no one say anything about it.

Forgive me. ;)

The screen is too dang small.

The GBA's screen and the GBA SP's screen are exactly the same size.