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Title: The new GBA
Post by: nO-One on January 07, 2003, 08:36:51 AM: not sure if this has been posted, but here it is.

http://money.cnn.com/2003/01/06/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/screenshots_library/dir_165/vortal_pic_82643.jpg

http://www.mainichi.co.jp/life/hobby/game/news/news/2003/01/img/07-1.jpg

and their are a bunch of other links out there.
Title: The new GBA
Post by: Samwise on January 07, 2003, 08:45:50 AM: Looks cool (and small :eek: ). :)
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Post by: Jumpman on January 07, 2003, 09:17:04 AM: Now that\'s a handheld. :shocked:

Best. Design. Ever. Still needs two more buttons, but look how could it is. :(
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on January 07, 2003, 09:34:03 AM: I personally don\'t like the design.

The GBA design was great, this is just a boring looking GBC that you can fold over.
Title: The new GBA
Post by: nataku on January 07, 2003, 10:24:02 AM: I\'ll get it, only because I don\'t have a GBA yet. I like the design of it, but it doesn\'t look very comfortable.

Having a backlit screen and recharable battery will be great.

It doesn\'t look like E-readers will work with this thing tho.
Title: The new GBA
Post by: Unicron! on January 07, 2003, 01:16:01 PM: Wow.A portable GBA.Would it burn my penis?
Title: The new GBA
Post by: Titan on January 07, 2003, 02:00:55 PM: Are they still making the old version? Anyway, that\'s pretty cool. I guess I\'ll pick one of those up one day. They are small and can fit right in my pocket.
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Post by: Black Samurai on January 07, 2003, 02:15:14 PM: I can actually see myself buying and playing that thing. Looks cool and modern where as the original GBA made me too selfconscious to use in public. (I know. Its very sad.)

Thumbs up Nintendo. As long as the battery lasts for a decent amount of time then I\'m sold.
Title: The new GBA
Post by: Blade on January 07, 2003, 02:36:06 PM: Thumbs up, Nintendo. They apparently put a lot of effort into it to make the front-light feasible. Too bad that I already own a GBA with Afterburner which seems like a waste of money now that GBA-SP is coming. *sigh*
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Post by: Mr. Kennedy on January 07, 2003, 03:02:29 PM: Looks much better, but the position of the buttons will take some time to get used to. I\'m not going to get it since I am currently satisfied with my GBA at the moment...
Title: The new GBA
Post by: Kimahri on January 07, 2003, 03:08:12 PM: Is the screen the same size?
Title: The new GBA
Post by: nataku on January 07, 2003, 04:25:13 PM: I think so.
Title: The new GBA
Post by: Nu on January 07, 2003, 04:53:15 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Gohan
As long as the battery lasts for a decent amount of time then I\'m sold.

Lasts 10 hours with the light, and 18 hours without.
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Post by: cloud345 on January 07, 2003, 05:56:27 PM: For those in the N.Y. area channel 5 news will be doing a story on the new gameboy advanced SP at 10pm.
Title: The new GBA
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on January 07, 2003, 06:02:45 PM: yeah, I saw the samething
Title: The new GBA
Post by: theomen on January 08, 2003, 11:30:45 PM: looks cool, I might pick one up when they come out.
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 09, 2003, 06:11:21 AM: I\'ll buy one but I got complaints.

(1) Why wasn\'t this the original design Damnit!

(2) It doesn\'t look very comfortable.

Other than that, great modern design. Kudos to Nintendo.
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Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on January 09, 2003, 10:10:38 AM: The model is not very nice, but the backlight option is what I\'ve been waiting for years.
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Post by: Blade on January 09, 2003, 02:20:35 PM: LiC: Actually, PGC\'s Billy Berghammer (30-year-old guy, i.e. big hands) says the design feels better. :)
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Post by: Mr. Kennedy on January 09, 2003, 03:42:12 PM: its looks are decieving, it looks like the controls are too close together, but they\'re probably very comfortable.
Title: The new GBA
Post by: Eiksirf on January 09, 2003, 07:56:56 PM: For the record, the screen is the same size and the E-Reader will work.

However, PGC reports the system won\'t be able to handle tilt-sensitive games such as Kirby\'s Tilt-n-Tumble.

And in my opinion? Sexy. I\'m getting one right away! :)

-Eik
Title: The new GBA
Post by: Kimahri on January 09, 2003, 08:47:58 PM: Quote
Originally posted by The Hurricane
its looks are decieving, it looks like the controls are too close together, but they\'re probably very comfortable.

I think it will feel good.... more like the classic gameboy.

Quote
For the record, the screen is the same size and the E-Reader will work.

http://www.gamerevolution.com says that it will not work with the E-reader.

http://www.gamerevolution.com/articles/gba_sp/gba_sp.htm
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Post by: Eiksirf on January 10, 2003, 08:59:19 AM: That\'s interesting. It does say that.

Straight from PGC: All accessories work with it, everything. Including the e-Reader.

So there\'s definitely a conflict there.

There might have been confusion stemming from this bit of Nintendo\'s press release:

All current and future Game Boy Advance games are compatible with the new system. And, similarly, Game Boy Advance SP is backward compatible, allowing use with virtually all games and accessories previously released in the Game Boy line.

"Virtually" all. That might be where E-Reader and tilt-n-tumble games fit in.

But as long as Castlevania, Sonic, etc play on that baby, I\'m there. :)

-Eik
Title: The new GBA
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 10, 2003, 10:04:52 AM: Food for thought: Nintendo has confirmed that they will slowly phase out the original GBA design - which would mean, if this didn\'t work with the EcardReader, than the Ecard Reader would also be dead. I somehow doubt Nintendo is killing it already. Then again, it has been underwhelming. I don\'t ever use mine.
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Post by: Blade on January 10, 2003, 02:26:31 PM: E-Reader works with it, but current Tilt-Pak games (Kirby\'s Tile and Tumble) will not.
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Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on January 11, 2003, 07:21:18 AM: I like the rechargeable batteries...
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Post by: Hawke on January 11, 2003, 10:33:07 AM: That thing is... one of the ugliest things I\'ve seen in a long while. And for something\'s sake I saw a picture of Michael Jackson the other day.
Title: The new GBA
Post by: Spencer on January 17, 2003, 04:32:29 PM: that looks really cool. kinda pda-ish
Title: The new GBA
Post by: SonyFan on January 18, 2003, 06:41:42 PM: I don\'t like it.. looks too "original GameBoy"-ish. I like the design of the one I got, and Im not too concerned about the backlight. The only time I play mine is at work, and well, the lighting there is perfect for GBA.